Andisheh Avini

Shaped Collage Painting in Carved Wood Frame Iranian American Contemporary Art

2007

Fereydoun (Fred) Rahimi Assa (Iranian, b. 1936) "Lonely Soul in Desert" Oil and mixed media on canvas, Hand signed lower left Framed : 40-1/2"h x 30-1/2"w Sight: 40"h x 30"w Made with metallic foil or paint, the patchwork-like piece bears geometric designs and symbols. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Fereydoun Rahimi Assa (b. 1936) moved to Tehran at the age of three. He attended the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran in the same year group as well-known formidable masters, Hossein Zenderoudi and Massoud Arabshahi. After being awarded a travelling scholarship in 1964, Rahimi-Assa went to Israel for three months of study. Although Rahimi-Assa saw success through the several exhibitions he held in Israel, unable to secure a long-term visa and not keen to return to Iran, he found himself in the US – in no small part, thanks to the help of Eric Azari in obtaining a long-term residency visa. Fred Rahimi-Assa went first to New York and later settled in New Jersey. While in New York, he worked in some capacity at Columbia University’s Painting department where he also exhibited several times, including a solo show in 1968. In the same year, Rahimi-Assa participated in a group exhibition of Modern Persian painting, sponsored by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University – founded that year by Professor Ehsan Yarshater (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University). After moving out of the City, to New Jersey in the 1970s, Rahimi Asa continued to exhibit with local institutes and organized art seminars in the homes of various artists. His work was included in the Middle East auction held by Sotheby's. It includes pioneering artists such as Egyptian Mahmoud Mokhtar, Moroccan modernism, Mohamed Melehi...

Large mixed media on canvas composed of torn piece of burlap on canvas painted with a landscape scene of a city street, abstract shapes and shades and finished with glittered Arabic ...

Fereydoun (Fred) Rahimi Assa (Iranian, b. 1936) Oil and mixed media on canvas, Hand signed lower left Framed : 48-1/2"h x 36-1/2"w Sight: 48"h x 36"w Made with metallic paint, the abstract expressionist bears geometric designs and symbols. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Fereydoun Rahimi Assa (b. 1936) moved to Tehran at the age of three. He attended the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran in the same year group as well-known formidable masters, Hossein Zenderoudi and Massoud Arabshahi. After being awarded a travelling scholarship in 1964, Rahimi-Assa went to Israel for three months of study. Although Rahimi-Assa saw success through the several exhibitions he held in Israel, unable to secure a long-term visa and not keen to return to Iran, he found himself in the US – in no small part, thanks to the help of Eric Azari in obtaining a long-term residency visa. Fred Rahimi-Assa went first to New York and later settled in New Jersey. While in New York, he worked in some capacity at Columbia University’s Painting department where he also exhibited several times, including a solo show in 1968. In the same year, Rahimi-Assa participated in a group exhibition of Modern Persian painting, sponsored by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University – founded that year by Professor Ehsan Yarshater (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University). After moving out of the City, to New Jersey in the 1970s, Rahimi Asa continued to exhibit with local institutes and organized art seminars in the homes of various artists. His work was included in the Middle East auction held by Sotheby's. It includes pioneering artists such as Egyptian Mahmoud Mokhtar, Moroccan modernism, Mohammed Melehi, Lebanese Huguette Caland and Bahman Mohasses...

Yuval Shaul, (Israeli, Born 1961) Hand signed Large Scale Mural Abstract Mixed Media Oil Painting on Board Framed in Artist's Metal (welded steel or iron) frame. Measures 54.5 X 75 inches Yuval Shaul was born 1961 in Tel Aviv, Israel, He is one of the most important artists in Israel, Yuval graduated from the Avni Institute, Tel Aviv with Art Studies in 1988 as-well as studying under Zvi Millstein Studio in 1984. Winner of the 2011 Cutlog Prize, Paris, he has also achieved the Young Artist Prize from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in 1991 and completed 2 one-year scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and Sharet Foundation 1989-1990. more recently he has returned to painting after two decades of focusing on making sculptures. In the exhibition 'New Abstract' Shaul presented colorful, abstract paintings that interact with each other and creating dynamic compositions. Shaul works as an alchemist who uses oil paints mixed with industrial metal paints, thinners, and more materials to creates his dynamic compositions by lifting the papers in different directions and propping them up on various stands so that the colors mix, drip, run and eventually settle. This painting process emphasizes Shaul's individual painting, which he calls "painting in action / in motion". This bears the influence of the Pattern and Decoration movement artists such as Brad Davis, Mary Grigoriadis, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, Kim MacConnel, Sonya Rapoport, Miriam Schapiro and Valerie Jaudon. YUVAL SHAUL Born in Israel in 1961. Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel EDUCATION 1984 – 1988 Art Studies at Avni Institute, Tel Aviv 1983 – 1984 Zvi Millstein Studio, Paris SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Gal Gaon Gallery, TLV 2018 Christine Parker Gallery, NYC 2015 Beijing 3 Gallery, Beijing 2014 Lebenson Gallery, Paris 2013 Yves Saint Laurent Fondation, Paris; Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris 2010 Lebinson Gallery, Paris 2009 Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv 2008 Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv 2004 Minoriten-Galerie, Graz 2002 Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya 2001 Gulman Gallery, Moscow 2000 July M. Gallery, Tel Aviv 1999 Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod Buro Empty Gallery, Amsterdam 1997 Art Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem 1996 Beit Ha'amudim Gallery, Tel Aviv 1995 Haifa University, Haifa 1993 Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv 1992 Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Post=Postmodernism # Utopia. Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa THE WALK. Yehuda Altmann, Peter Krauskopf, Yuval Shaul, Halle 9 Kirowwerk, Leipzig 2015 Boys and their Toys, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2011 Post Fossil, Design Museum Holon, Holon Ceramics Biennale, Israel Museum, Jerusalem Tel Aviv Photo, Rothschild 12, Tel Aviv 2010 3 Exhibition, Pure Evil Gallery, Tel Aviv Umm El Fahem Art Gallery, Umm El Fahem The Tiger, Florentine Gallery, Tel Aviv Lebinson Gallery, Paris 2009 Nahum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv 2008 Ein Harod Museum, Ein Harod 2003 Double Vision: The Works of Aissa Deebi & Yuval Shaul, The Art Gallery, Haifa Israeli Contemporary, Robert Sandelson Gallery, London Thou Shalt Make...: The Resurgence of Judaism in Israeli Art, Time for Art, Tel Aviv Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya To Wake the Leopard, Florentin 45, Tel Aviv 2001 Cutting Edge, Arco 01, Madrid The Armoury Show, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv July M. Gallery, Tel Aviv 2000 Contemporary Israeli & Palestinian Art, Galway Arts Center, Ladies & Gentlemen, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Language of the Light, Language of the Shadow, Artist Center, Moscow 1997 Virtual Reality Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Artists: Diti Almog, Ran Hadari, Yarden Wolfson, Gil Shachar, Aram Gershuni. Ladies and Gentlemen - Contemporary Israeli Art Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 2000 Artists: Tsibi Geva, Yehudit Sasportas, Michal Chelbin, Izhar Patkin, Tal Shochat, Miriam Cabessa, Pinchas Cohen Gan, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv Artists: Farid Abu Shakra,David Gerstein, (Dudu) Jacques Jano. Time for Art - Center for Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Artists: Arie Aroch,Mordecai Ardon, Michail Grobman, Boris Schatz, Naftali Bezem, Michael Druks, Zoya Cherkassky...

Soody Sharifi, mixed media collage on paper, Middle Eastern Artist. Framed artwork in brand new condition. Signed by artist on verso.

Stunning carved abstract calligraphy artwork on wood panel by Bahrain artist Ali Al Mahmeed, Signed verso. Size: 29.5 x 48 in / 75 x 122 cm (framed). Spanning over 30 years, Ali Al ...

While her work shows a deep-felt connection and appreciation for the rich textile heritage of both Turkey and the Near East, Ani Afshar is, nevertheless, fearless in her experimentat...

"Islamic Courtyard" Abstract Collage 37" x 33" inch by Neama El Sanhoury Fabric Collage on Cotton Mesh on Wood ARTIST BIO Neama El Sanhoury's upbri...