Born in Tehran, Iran in 1982, Mohsen Ahmadvand received his BA
in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University. He
prefers drawing over painting for its efficiency and directness.
Born in Sari, Iran in 1992, Sina Choopani considers himself an experimental artist. He studied Sculpture at the University of Tehran.
Born in Khuzestan, Iran and raised in London, Kourosh Salehi
studied traditional Persian painting as a child and later attended
art school in the UK. He is based in Abu Dhabi.
Born in Tehran, Iran in 1945, Fereydoun Ave is a central figure in the Iranian art scene as he is one of the most important and influential
contemporary artists of Iran.
Born in Tunisia in 1937, Nja Mahdaoui graduated from the Academia Santa Andrea in Rome and the École du Louvre in Paris in 1967. As a visual artist he has mainly focused on calligraphy. Initially inspired by abstract painting, his work is remarkably innovative in the artistic field of the “written word”.
Elif Fırat was born 1994 in Istanbul. In 2013, she started studying in Mimar Sinan University’s Ceramic and Glass Design Department. Her sculptures are a reflection of the emotional human condition, how the environment takes a toll on our inner and outer beings. This practice lends itself to her own catharsis regarding heavy matters that undeniably affect us all.
Born in Sivas, Turkey in 1983, Şeyda Özdamar studied Textile and
Fashion Design at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. She continued her
studies in Kayseri at the Faculty of Fine Arts, focusing on sculpture.
Cansu Sönmez was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1991. She graduated
from Marmara University Atatürk Education Faculty (Painting
Department) in 2013 and she continued her studies at Mimar Sinan
Fine Arts University, Basic Art and Design Master Programme.
afak Gürboğa was born in İzmir, Turkey in 1989. He holds a BA and
an MA from Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Painting.
Khaled Takreti is a renowned Syrian artist, who was born in Beirut
in 1964. He graduated from the Architecture and Painting Academy
in Damascus after which he worked as an architect in Damascus’
General Directorate of Antiquity and Museums. In 1992, he moved
to New York to develop his artistic practice and later settled in Paris.