Amir Ali Ghassemi
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Amirali Ghasemi born on 20 August 1980 in Tehran
, Iran
is an Iranian artist. His focus area is mainly graphic design
, photography
and digital art
. Amirali Ghasemi is also a well known curator of Iranian new generation artists, showing their works through various programs such as "Deep Depression" & "Deeper Depression".
and illustration
, and later in 1998 he entered the Art faculty of Azad University in Tehran. While studying toward a bachelor degree in graphic design, he became interested in a range of artistic possibilities offered by multi-media techniques.
and multimedia
at the 7th Biennale of Iranian Graphic Designers, which was followed by his participation in graphic competitions and exhibitions in Iran
, France
, Germany
, South Korea
, and Japan
.
In addition, he has directed audiovisual projects with Iranian rock bands, such as Meera, D.N.A, and 127. Also, because of his blogging experience, he was selected to contribute to the "International Art Blog Project" by The Centre of Attention
in London.
He graduated in 2004 with a BA in graphic design, with a research thesis emphasized on the history of digital art
.
And also different Iranian newspapers :
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
is an Iranian artist. His focus area is mainly graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
. Amirali Ghasemi is also a well known curator of Iranian new generation artists, showing their works through various programs such as "Deep Depression" & "Deeper Depression".
Early life
After high-school he started experimenting with photographyPhotography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
, and later in 1998 he entered the Art faculty of Azad University in Tehran. While studying toward a bachelor degree in graphic design, he became interested in a range of artistic possibilities offered by multi-media techniques.
Entering the world of art
He won the 2nd prize for web designWeb design
Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...
and multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
at the 7th Biennale of Iranian Graphic Designers, which was followed by his participation in graphic competitions and exhibitions in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, France
France
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, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
In addition, he has directed audiovisual projects with Iranian rock bands, such as Meera, D.N.A, and 127. Also, because of his blogging experience, he was selected to contribute to the "International Art Blog Project" by The Centre of Attention
The Centre of Attention
The Centre of Attention is a London-based contemporary art organisation set up in 1999. Projects are shown internationally and constitute an ongoing enquiry into the phenomenon of art production, presentation and consumption....
in London.
He graduated in 2004 with a BA in graphic design, with a research thesis emphasized on the history of digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
.
Parkingallery
In 1998, he established Parkingallery, an independent art gallery and studio in Tehran. Following that, in 2002, Parkingallery.com, a virtual gallery, which has become an online platform for many young Iranian artists has been launched.Current
He is currently working as Art director/curator of parkingallery - an independent art space in Tehran - and also as a freelance photographer for various artistic and cultural magazines, and is busy with his video installations and interactive projects, and writing about the Tehran arts scene and contemporary Iranian art in his web-log.Projects
- Contribution to The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Imagine Art After project. - Participation in Fast Forward Curatorial workshop on the occasion of the 4th berlin biennial for contemporary art.
Exhibitions
As a curator, he has directed many exhibition projects for Parkingallery. Some of them listed below :- Amirali's Hard Disk Posters, Photos and Multimedia works
- Limited Access Video Screening
- Deep Depression
- The Transition installations
- Lost in no Space video Screening as a guest curator of Conscious in Coma project Istanbul
Video & Interactive Art
Also, his video art pieces was appeared on different occasions inside and outside Iran :- Pulp Tehran
- Plays the TV - TV scratching for OK video festival
- Day Dream Sleeper - Documentation of a Performance With Wolfgang Knapp
- Meeting her online - Collaboration with sound artists: Erfan abdi and Amir Lashgari
- Happy face/Snow Head -Short Film Nominated for "Fairplay 2007" Film/Video award
- The Dancing Fan
- DepTV Series of Video Diaries
- Video Diaries
- Random Tehran Diaries
- Word for Word
- Coffee shop ladies Interactive project
- Tehran remixed Interactive collaboration with other Iranian artists
Magazine Features
His writings and his designs have been featured in different magazines including :- Bidoun Magazine (US/UAE/UK/IRAN)
- Frieze Magazine (UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) - étapes Magazine (FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) - (2+3)D (PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) - Typo Magazine (Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
) - Neshan (IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
) - Andishe-e-Iranshar (Iran)
- Tasvir:Image Of the Year (Iran)
And also different Iranian newspapers :
- Akhbar
- Entekhab
- Iran
Awards
- The fifth prize of "Tokoha CG Art Exhibition" for "Portrait of ForoughForough FarrokhzadForugh Farrokhzād was an Iranian poet and film director. Forugh Farrokhzad is arguably one of Iran's most influential female poets of the twentieth century...
"http://www.amiralighasemi.com/biography/tokoha.htm, Jan. 2002, Tokoha Art Museum, Tokoha, Japan. - The second prize of web and multimedia section for the design of the site: iranianprofile.com, at the 7th Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers, March 2002.
- The Jury's special award from 2005 Taiwan International Poster Design Award
- IcogradaIcogradaInternational Council of Graphic Design Associations was founded in London in 1963. Icograda is the world body for professional communication design and visual communication. Icograda network members include professional organisations, design promotion bodies, design media and design education...
IcogradaIcogradaInternational Council of Graphic Design Associations was founded in London in 1963. Icograda is the world body for professional communication design and visual communication. Icograda network members include professional organisations, design promotion bodies, design media and design education...
http://www.icograda.org/ Excellence Award [9th Tehran International Poster biennial]http://www.tehran-poster-biennial.com for designing " [Group video installation]http://www.parkingallery.com/amiraliposters/06.htm' poster 2007 - Excellence award, 6th Seoul triennial of Asia graphic poster, South Korea, 2006
- Excellence award, 6th Seoul triennial of Asia graphic poster, South Korea, 2007