Ehsan Mirhoseyni was born on July 3, 1985 in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran. He has done works on traditional culture, especially the women’s burqa and the social issues surrounding them, as well as the legends of this region in the field of painting, photography, and new art. In 2006, he began extensive research on the burqa in Hormozgan. His research helped to preserve the burqa, which was in decline. He published the results of his study in the book Burqa, Climatic Art and Aboriginal Identity in 2015.
He participated in several exhibitions and festivals, including a solo fair of photo, video, and installation art titled Gariz: Aesthetics of Pain in 2012, a group exhibition titled Image of Women in Iranian Contemporary Art at the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Arts in 2015, and the Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts in Tehran in 2012. He held a master’s degree in painting and a bachelor’s in visual arts education, as well as teaching at universities and art schools, being director of the educational and research visual arts website. He published his works in various books and publications, such as the Festival of Art for Peace book, Photographic, Scientific, Cultural, and Artistic Magazine, and Scientific and Analytical Iranian Artist House Publication.
Ehsan Mirhoseyni
Born: July 3, 1985, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
ehsanmirhoseyni@gmail.com +989351306201
Education
2011: M.A: painting, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
2008: B.A: Visual arts, teacher training, Tehran, Iran.
Solo exhibition:
2014: Basmeh gallery “women and Borqes” Photography and Painting, Tehran, Iran.
2012: Bahar gallery of Iran’s Artists’ house “Gariz, aesthetics of pain”, photography, video art and installation art, Tehran, Iran.
2011: Shahed gallery “Borqe below zero”, Painting, Tehran, Iran.
2008: Garmsary gallery, drawing and installation art, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Group Exhibition:
2015: Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Arts, “Images of women in Iranian contemporary art”, Armenia.
2015: Anahita gallery, “Nothingness” painting, Tehran, Iran.
2013-16: Aria Gallery, “Small Canvas Paintings”, Tehran, Iran.
2009: Garmsary gallery, “New Look”, painting, Bandar abbas, Iran.
2024: Grand prize of Iran contemporary painting.
Festivals:
FIMI | Iberian Mask International Festival, P. Art. S. woods edition ,Lisbon, Portugal :2019
2016: 4th Festival of Art for Peace, Zemestan Gallery of Iran’s Artists’ house, “party on the waves”, Tehran, Iran.
2015: 3th Festival of Art for Peace, Niavaran Cultural Center, “Peace with nature”, Tehran, Iran.
2014: 2th Festival of Art for Peace, Zemestan Gallery of Iran’s Artists’ house, “Peace”, Tehran, Iran.
2012: 5th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts (painting), Imam Ali Museum, Tehran, Iran.
2011: 4th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts (painting), Saba Institute Tehran, Iran.
2008-10: International Festival of Visual Arts, Gorgan, Iran.
2007: 14th Youth Visual Arts Festival, Islamic countries, Urmia, Iran.
2006: 13th Youth Visual Arts Festival, Ardabil, Iran.
Executive activities:
2012-17: Holding Group Drawing and Painting Exhibitions, Works by Students, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
2016: Holding Contemporary Art Specialty Conference, Tuba Cultural Center, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
2010: Holding five courses “Drawing Workshop”, Tuba Cultural Center, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
2008: Holding the Video and Installation art Exhibition, Hormozgan University, Iran.
Book:
2015: “Borqe, Art climate and Aboriginal identity”, Ehsan Mirhoseyni, Publisher: Hormozgan University.
Essays:
2012: 3th Conference on Anthropology of Image, “Hormozgan Women’s Borqes”, Tehran University, Iran.
2012: Hormozgan Journal of Research, “Borqe Aesthetics”, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Teaching:
Universities and art schools of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
The manager of educational and research website of visual arts of borqe.ir