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Nasrollah Afjei is a visual artist who was born in 1933 in TehranFirst Degree License from Iranian Calligraphists’ AssociationTeaching in Tehran Schools and Universities from 1997- 2004

 Afjei has more than 30 years artistic activities, by focusing on calligraphy. He has learnt different

techniques and experienced variety of materials, and received Art Diploma. Later, due to his expertise and innovative works, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance offered him the First Degree Art Certificate.

International Solo Exhibition: •Courtyard Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2002•Abdollah Nazemi Art Gallery, USA, 2001•Pacific Art Gallery, Santamanica, USA, 2003•Galerie Nicolas Flamel, Paris , 2011

Artworks Archive: •Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (more than 10 works)•National Museum of Holy Quran (5 work), Tehran•Imam Ali Museum, Tehran•Sanati Museum of Contemporary Art, Kerman, Iran•Astan Ghods Razavi Museum, Tehran•Sadabad Palace, Tehran•Holy Masoume Grave, Ghom, Iran •Baharestan Parliament, Tehran•Many more private collections from all over the world

Hair calligraphy

Ashoora, Mohtasham Kashani's Poem

Flower vase of LoveBronze

LoversBronze

Sound of Love's Word

Blue masgh calligraphy exercise

Wave Painted in 2008sold 19 April 2011 Dubai Price Realized $218,500

Black Homework,ink on canvasSold for £62,400

Separation 2008

Hafez Poem

Untitled, ink on canvas, 119 x 119cmSold for US$ 18,240)

Untitled, Price Realized $80,500 29 April 2009

Baghareh Surah

Untitled, Price Realized $80,500 29 April 2009

The Quatrains of Omer Khayyam sold at Sotheby's London in 2010 for $173265.

Afjei has classically learnt calligraphy and professionally works on Nastalique, Shekasteh-Nastalique and Solthe. His calligraphy-paintings are so personal and variable and the imaginary view of his works are dominant toward the calligraphic forms.In other words, he uses the letters as some tools to paint and the geometry of the words are shaping his various compositions. His new view is an imaginative one and sometimes exaggerated but they are always enthusiastic and meanwhile he is perfect at calligraphy his calligraphy-paintings are quite varied. As he has gained experience on calligraphy-painting on different sizes for many years, now he has created some new ones which some part of them are seen before but with this difference that his new works are much more imaginative and are done very easily. This collection that is called “Siah Mashque” are created with the repetition of letters and this letters are more flexible as they are affected by the compositions. Actually we can say that Afjei uses the letters depending on his personal opinions and we can’t see no other same works elsewhere.

Ali Jamshidi

Sound: Music of Iran, Karaj, Iran - Bedah-E Navzai Santur

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Woman playing the tar,1669Woman playing the santur in a painting from the Hasht-Behesht Palace in Isfahan Iran, 1669.

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