Born in 1979 in Tehran, Yashar Samimi Mofakham is mostly known as a printmaker and runs his own printmaking studio in Tehran with his colleague and partner, Tarlan Rafiee. He has had a number of solo and group exhibitions in Iran and internationally. Samimi Mofakham also writes extensively on contemporary art and has curated several shows. He lives and works between Tehran and London.
Solo exhibitions:
2014 JAMM Art Gallery | Dubai
2010 66 Gallery | Tehran
2009 Naregatsi Art Institute | Yerevan
2007 Haft Samar Gallery | Tehran
Selected group exhibitions:
2014 The Rose and the Nightingale: A Persian Iconography (curated by Maneli Keykavoussi)
JAMM Art Gallery | Dubai
DW2 | Homa Gallery | Tehran
2013 Tehran Calling: London (curated by Tarlan Rafiee and Yashar Samimi Mofakham) | LPS Gallery | London
My name is not rouge (curated by Ali Bakhtiari) | Shirin Gallery | New York
2012 Magical Nights | Salsali Private Museum | Dubai
Magic of Persia | Jumeirah Emirates Towers | Dubai
Haft Negah | Niavaran Cultural Centre | Tehran
Text me | Lawrie Shabibi | Dubai
2011 How I learned to stop fearing and love exotic art (curated by Ali Bakhtiari) | JAMM | Kuwait City
Contemporary Printmaking | Fravahr Art Gallery | Tehran
X International Biennial of Engraving “Premio Acqui” | Acqui Terme (Italy)
Selfdom / a personal project (curated by Yashar Samimi Mofakham) | 7Samar Gallery | Tehran
2010 Dar Al Funoon | Kuwait City
Aria Art Gallery | Tehran
8th Triennial of Printmaking | Chamalières (France)
2009 British Art Medal Society | Royal Cornwall Museum | Truro (UK)
IX International Biennial of Engraving “Premio Acqui” | Acqui Terme (Italy)
2008 Seyhoun Gallery | West Hollywood (USA)
Naestved Print Studio | Naestved (Denmark)
British Art Medal Society | Birmingham University | Birmingham (UK)
British Art Medal Society | HSBC Money Gallery, British Museum | London
2007 VIII International Biennial of Engraving “Premio Acqui” | Acqui Terme (Italy)
Elahe Gallery | Tehran
Society of Iranian Painters | Sa’d Abad Museum | Teheran
2006 Painting and fine art prints (with Tarlan Rafiee) | Seyhoun Art Gallery | Tehran
Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition | Day Art Gallery | Tehran
Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition | Museum of Contemporary Art | Isfahan
2005 Vending Treasures of Galleries | Niavaran Artistic Creations Foundation | Tehran
Group Exhibition | Museum of Contemporary Art | Isfahan (Iran)
Collections:
Zoroastrian Cultural Centre | Paris
Fereydoun Ave Collection | Paris, Tehran, Dubai
Museum of Contemporary Art | Isfahan (Iran)
Naestved Municipal County’s collection (Denmark)
Engraving Museum of Acqui Terme (Italy)