Biography

KOOROSH SHISHEGARAN

B. 1944

EDUCATION

Tehran Fine Art High School, 1967

B.A. in Interior Design, 1973

SOME OF THE ARTISTIC PROJECTS

Reproduction Art, 1973-74

Appropriation of Works of Great Artists, 1974-76

Postal Art, 1976

Art + Art, 1976-77

Art for Production, 1977-78

Socio-Political Posters, 1978-81

War Drawings, 1981-85

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Mess Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1973

Iranian National University, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1974

Mess Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1974

Talaar-e Iran (Qandriz), Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1976

Mess Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1976

Central Youth Palace, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1976

Farah-abad Youth Palace, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1976

Wash Art Exhibition in Washington D.C., 1977

Basel Biennale, Switzerland, 1978

Classic Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1989

Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1990

Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1992

Arya Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1996

Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition,  1997

Millennium Painting Exhibition, London, 1999

Exhibition of Iranian Art, Rome, 2000

Meridian International Center, USA, 2001-2003

Barbican Art Center, London, 2001

Beijing International Biennial, 2003

Khak Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition, 2006

Khak Gallery, Tehran, Self-Portraits, 2007

Gallery 10, Tehran, Van Gogh’s Ear, autumn 2008

Gallery 10, Tehran, Mona Lisa, spring 2010

Gallery 10, Van Gogh’s Ear: Second Cut, autumn 2010

Opera Gallery, London, Solo exhibition, 2012

Opera Gallery, “Peace from the Bottom of My Art,” London, 2013

Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (15 May – 24 August 2014), Unedited History: Iran 1960-2014

MAXXI Museum, Rome, Unedited History, 2015

Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Solo exhibition, 2015

SELECTED LITERATURE

Books

Koorosh Shishegaran: The Art of Altruism, Ed. Hamid Keshmirshekan, London, Saqi Books, 2016.

Art of the Middle East: Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World and Iran, Saeb Eigner, Merrell Publishers Ltd., London, 2015.

Hunar-e Mu’aser-e Iran, risheh-ha va didgah-hay-e nuvin, Hamid Keshmirshekan, Tehran, Nazar Publication, 2015.

Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives, Hamid Keshmirshekan, London, Saqi Books, 2013.

Catalogs

Koorosh Shishegaran: A Window onto an Endless Chaos, Shirin Gallery, Art Dubai, 2015.

Peace from the Bottom of My Art, Opera Gallery, exhibition catalog, London, 2013.

Koorosh Shishegaran, Opera Gallery, exhibition catalog, London, 2012.

Iranian Modern Art Movement: The Iranian collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, TMOCA, 2006.

The 6th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial catalog, TMOCA, 2004.

Beijing International Biennial Catalogue, 2001.

Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Center, Rose Issa, Ruyin Pakbaz, Daryush Shaygan, London, 2001.

Art Breeze from the Gardens of Persia: New Art from Iran, Meridian International Center, Washington D.C., 2001.

The First International Painting Biennial of the Islamic World catalog, TMOCA, 2000.

Magazines

Canvas magazine, Artist Profile, Volume 9, Issue 4, July/August 2013.

Mokaab monthly, Artist Profile, No.8, April 2012.

Art Tomorrow quarterly, Artist Profile, No.+3, Winter 2011.

Neshan Magazine, Artist Profile, No.18, Autumn-Winter 2008.

Tandis magazine, Artist Profile, No.74, June 2006.

Tavoos quarterly, Artist Profile, No.3&4, Spring and Summer 2000.