Bio

 

 A bit about myself:

I took painting seriously when I was fifteen years old working with one of the most prolific Iranian Illustrators and instructors in Iran, and later on I specified my field in Illustration, working with one of the top Iranian children's book publishers, subsequently having more than twenty books published in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Parallel to children's book illustration, after my graduation from Sheridan College in 2007 I started working as an illustrator and animator for the Swedish production company Chimney Pot in Dubai. Soon I became the art director of many of their short films and commercials

The first feature film I worked on as a  production designer and art director was the beautiful and lyrical children’s film “The Desert Fish”, shot in Iran and completed in Canada in 2013. Following the success of “The Desert Fish”, I was commissioned as the production designer for the multi-ethnic fiction Australian film “Journey” in 2016. Alongside my freelance illustration and animation work I also work as a matte painter and concept artist for  VFX companies in Toronto for the past 10 years.

In 2020, I became a partner in one of the Visual effect houses in Toronto as a creative director. 

Exhibitions

Biennial of Illustration Bratislava                                                 2001

5th Tehran Biennial of Illustration                                               2002

8th International Biennial of Illustration Belgrade                      2005

9th International Biennial of Illustration Belgrade                      2007

10th International Biennial of Illustration Belgrade                    2009

Teatrio Italy ''The Cannonball Lady''                                           2010

Solo exhibition     Haft Samar  Gallery Tehran                           2010

Group exhibition     faravahar  Gallery Tehran                            2011