Seyed Mohammad Ehsaei,
Born in 1939
Official member of the ministry of culture and education, 1958-1978
Graphic & Calligraphy director at the Society of Young Red Lion and the Sun, 1962-1965
Calligrapher at the Paris and Ghardooneh Institutes, 1960-1965
Graphic designer, calligrapher, expert and author in arts and auditor of art books at the educational books institute of Iran, 1964-1974
Lecturing in arts illustrations groups of the Fine Arts School at Tehran University, 1971
Official member of the tutorial staff at Tehran University, 1978 to present
Consultant to the director of studies and cultural research institute in printing and publishing section, 1982-1983
Twice member of the high Council of Calligraphy Institute of Iran, and high council of professorship assessment, 1985-1988
Member of the high council of the Cultural Revolution in the art section and took part in the programming of graphics and arts syllabus, 1985-1986
Member of the founders’ committee of the society of painting artists, 1987
Member of the high council of Iran for illustration, 1988
Member of the committee of the trustees’ calligraphy society of Iran, 1996
Member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society high council, 1998
One of the 3 members’ committee of the cultural heritage for the evaluation of calligraphy and calligraphers, 2001-2003
Other Activities:
Design and execution of 450 square meters of relief pottery, “painting calligraphy”, order of Tehran University for the Academy of Theology, 1975-1978
Calligraphy of 5 epigraphs for the Alghadir mosque of Tehran, 1980
Writing of the Quran by Reyhan – ten copies (still continuing), 1985
Calligraphy and pottery – relief epigraph of the entrance of the National Museum of Iran, 1985
Writing of 30 meters epigraph for the cultural relations section for the Ministry of Education and Cultures, 1990
Design & execution of 230 square meters of relief pottery for the Iranian Embassy at Abu Dhabi (Arab Emirates), 1988-1991
Writing of the Soureh of Youssef with Nastaligh letter form, 2003
Writing of “Hafez Poems” with Nastaligh letter form, 2003
Prizes & Encouragements:
In the student competition of calligraphy was chosen first, in Ramsar Camp, 1958
First chosen in the students’ competion of visual arts, 1968
First painter of the year, 1973
National Price of the French government in the international festival of Callais sur mer, 1974
Presentation of honorary prize from the jury’s committee for his artistic activities, 1991
Selected artist “defender of the Quran” writing and designing of numerous pages of the Quran, 1999
Especial appreciation of jury for his calligraphy paintings and his new insight and access to the true nature of calligraphy, 2000
Group Exhibitions:
Noboniad Hall- “25 years of art in Iran” at the Archeological Museum of Iran (Iran Bastan), 1966
Hilton Hotel- presentation of the first painting calligraphy with oil on canvas, 1968
Painters of Iran- exhibition at the Culture and Arts’ Ministry Museum and Iran Bastan, 1973
First International Arts Exhibition of Tehran, 1974
Guest at the group exhibition of the blue Group, 1975
International Festival-calais-sur mer-France, 1975
Personal participation at the international exhibition in Bales Switzerland, 1976
International exhibition of Bologna, Italy, 1977
Iranian Artists in Shanghais, China, 1977
International exhibition in Bales, Switzerland, 1978
Iranian Artists exhibition at UNESCO, Paris, 1983
Biennal at Dakar, Bangladesh, 1984
“Iranian Art” Dusseldor, Germany (personal Participation), 1991
Iranian Artists in Arabia (personal participation), 1999
Iranian Art at the United Nations in Geneva (personal participation), 2000
Contemporary Art of Iran exhibition, (personal participation) London, 2001
Contemporary art of Iran in Texas and Florida, (personal participation) USA, 2002-2003
Participation in a group exhibition (4 people) from Iran to the invitation of the Art Academy of China and participation in the Edges and Earth seminar on the occasion of the 70th year of the establishment of the Art Academy of China, 2003
Participation in more than 200 group exhibitions in Iran and around the world, 1968-2003
Participation in all biennals of painting, graphics, calligraphy and painting of the Islamic world at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, 1991-2003
Solo Exhibitions:
Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran, 1973
Iran American Society, Tehran, 1974
Lito Gallery, Tehran, 1975
Cyrus Gallery, Paris, 1976
Review of Works from 1347 to 1968, Alzahra University, Tehran, 1977
Olo Gallery, Finland, 1990
Zand Gallery, UAE, 1990
Ziba Gallery, Vancouver, 2001