Aziz Art September 2016

Iran Darroudi born September 2,
1936 in Mashhad is a
contemporary Iranian artist, living
between Tehran and Paris.Her
art consists of surreal paintings
dealing with Iranian themed
imagery and strong lighting.
Early life
Born in Mashhad, Iran to a family
consisting of traders from
Khorasan on her fathers side and
on her mothers side the family
was Caucasian merchants who
had settled in Mashhad.Her
family moved to Hamburg,
Germany for her fathers
business in 1937 and by the early
1940s they were forced to leave
because of the beginnings of
World War II. By 1945 her family
returned to Mashhad.
Darroudi studied at
Ecole Superier des Beaux-Arts in
Paris, history of art at the École du
Louvre in Paris, stained glass at the
Royal Academy of Brussels,and
television direction and production
at the RCA Institute in New York.
Career
Darroudi's first solo exhibition was
held in Miami in 1958 at the
invitation of the Florida State Art
Center.
She wrote articles on the history of
art and art criticism for the
conservative Iranian newspaper,
Kayhan.
In 1966 in New York, she met and
married Parviz Moghaddasi, who
was studying television direction.
The couple worked at the newly
established Iranian television
organization as producer and
director for six years.
In 1968 she made 55 minute long
documentary about the 1968
Venice Biennial. She was appointed
as an honorary professor at the
Industrial University of Tehran,
teaching art history. In 1969 the ITT
Corporation commissioned her to
paint Iranian Oil. She held
successful exhibitions in Paris and
at the Atrium Artist Gallery,
Geneva, and a month later at
Galarie 21, Zurich.
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