Pooya Aryanpour Iranian, b. 1971
Pooya Aryanpour (b. 1971, Tehran, Iran) is an artist, art instructor, and university lecturer based in Tehran. He studied Painting at Azad University of Tehran, where he obtained his MA in 1999. He has curator shows over the past three decades.
Pooya Aryanpour has made use of mirrors in his sculptures since the 2000s, a practice made popular by artist Monir Farmanfarmaian in the early 1970s. Aryanpour's studies of Qajar (19th-20th centuries) mirror-works have given his work a reflective character. His work may be considered interactive and conceptual as some fleetingly reflect the images of their viewers. Large size sculptures are covered with tiny mirrors that change color with a shift in light or position, multiplying what they reflect. The plurality of images thus proliferated has a spiritual dimension – mirror-works are used in places of worship throughout Iran. The muliplicity of images shatters the individual's ego to arrive at a devotional unity.
His work has been extensively exhibited, both in Iran and at international biennials, gallery shows, art fairs, and institutional exhibitions, namely sculpture biennial in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (2017) | Sophia Contemporary Gallery (London, 2016) | "Gone with the Wind" (Kahrizad Sugar Factory, Tehran, 2022).
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Pooya Aryanpour | "Gone with the Wind"
Dastan:Outside 6 May - 10 Jun 2022 Dastan:OutsideA solo presentation of works by Pooya Aryanpour at Kahrizak Sugar Factory presented by Studio Pooya Aryanpour and Maryam Majd Art Projects (MMAP) in collaboration with Dastan Gallery.Read more -
Teer Art Fair 2018
Teer Art Fair 2018 24 - 30 Jun 2018 Art FairsDastan's Presentation at the first edition of TeerArtRead more
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Pooya Aryanpour's Piece on View at Golestan Palace
"Picnic: Iranian Style", Curated by Faryar Javaherian September 13, 2017'Picnic: Iranian Style' will be open to public view from Friday, September 15, 2017 to Monday, November 20, 2017 at Golestan Palace Museum, Tehran, Iran....Read more -
Pooya Aryanpour's "Temptation" featured in The 7th Tehran National Sculpture Biennial
September 5 - October 22, 2017 at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art September 5, 2017The 7th Tehran National Sculpture Biennial opens today, September 5, 2017, at 18:00-20:00 IRST, at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art with works by over 100...Read more