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Massoud Arabshahi
1935. Born in Tehran, Iran
1940
- 1947
For nearly nine years learnt painting and drawing academically
1950
- 1956
Entered the school of art and learnt academic drawing techniques, colour combinations, compositions and analysis of the works of art
- 1957
Untitled 1957 - 1959
Graduated from the Boys Academy of Arts
1960
- 1960
Started to work in the graphics department of Iran's Ministry of Culture as well as manually working with tiles in ceramic workshops
- 1961
Practical research in clay works of ancient times, Kashan's Sialk Hill
- 1961
Studied and researched mythology and entered the School of Decorative Arts in Tehran
- 1962
Winner of the first prize, 3rd Tehran Biennial
- 1962
Participated in the 3rd Biennial of Tehran
- 1962
Solo show, Iran-Indian Cultural Centre, Tehran
- 1962
Research on Elamite art period, especially jewelry making and metal work
- 1962
Findings regarding lines, sketches & symbols, plaster engraving & mural
- 1963
Began to work on engravings on metal and plaster
- 1963
Practically researching and findings of Babylonian art period, especially jewelry as well as Assyrian objects on metal
- 1963
Research on the art of Achaemenid period, especially metal works
- 1963
Conducting research and making findings on Iranian art in Islamic period, especially architecture
- 1964
Solo show, India Artistic Center, Tehran
- 1964
Group show, Tehran University, Tehran
- 1964
Conducting research about Egyptian art period, especially metal work and plaster engraving
1970
- 1970
Group show, Modern Iranian Art: A Retrospective, Iran-America Society, Tehran
- 1971
Presented some commissioned artistic works including oil painting, sculptures and architectural reliefs for Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade
- 1971
Solo show, Negar Gallery, Tehran
- 1971
Conducting research and making findings on Lurestan's bronze period, especially their weapons and decorative objects
- 1972
Winner of the first prize, Public Contest for Sculpture Ornament at the Farah-abad Park, Tehran
- 1972
Group show, Litho Gallery, Tehran
- 1973
First prize winner, Monaco International Show
- 1973
Art fair, World's Fair of Monaco
- 1973
Group show, Gallery Guilot, Paris
- 1973
Presenting some artworks in sculpture, brocaded silk, plaster engraving, ceramic, relief and painting based on his studies about Sassanian art period
- 1973
Conducting research and making findings on Sassanian period, especially lines, sketches and symbols in that period
- 1973
Prize-winner in the Monaco International Show
- 1973
Prize-winner in the Mother Day Festival
- 1973
Group show, Galerie Guiot, Paris
- 1973
Group show, Monaco International Show Monte Carlo, Monaco
1980
- 1982
Moved to France
- 1983
Art fair, Paris International Art Festival
- 1984
Made an aluminum sculpture for the front yard of the California Insurance Company in Sacramento
- 1984
Moved to USA
- 1986
Participated in the Los Angeles Art Expo
- 1986
Untitled 1986 - 1989
Executed two Relief Works on Gypsum on a Private Building in Los Angeles
1990
- 1991
Group show, Los Angeles Expo, California
- 1992
Executed a metal relief work for the entrance of west Hollywood building, Los Angeles
- 1992
Returned to Iran
- 1993
Solo show, Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
- 1994
Solo show, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
- 1995
Executed a well-known public installation, a large relief on Tehran's Moddarress Highway was commissioned by the city hall
- 1996
Solo show, California's Association of Architects, California
- 1997
Tehran's Municipality commissioned him to do a relief work for the wall of the conference hall of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory on an area of 400 square meters
- 1998
Worked on a relief on the entrance of the Islamic Countries Summit building, Tehran
- 1998
Group show, "Reflection of Tradition in Modern Iranian Painting", Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art
- 1998
Group show,"Tehran Contemporary Drawing Show", Barg Gallery
- 1999
Celebration of Life 1999 2000
- 2000
Solo show, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
- 2000
Group show, Collaboration with Tehran's Contemporary Art Museum, Ravagh Yahya Gallery, Tunisia
- 2000
Group show, "Contemporary Iranian Artists", Museum of National Folk and Popular Art, Rome
- 2000
Group show, Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art presented a few of his works in a project in Morocco
- 2001
Group show, "Iranian Modern Art", Washington
- 2001
Group show,"Two Modernist Iranian Pioneers", Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
- 2001
Project, Lawyers Association Building, Made by brass and copper on a 700 square meter area
- 2001
Group show, "Iranian Contemporary Art", Barbican Centre, London
- 2001
Solo show, Tehran's Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran
- 2002
Solo show, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
- 2002
Group show, "The Scent of Heaven in the Works of Iranian Painters", Los Angeles
- 2003
Painting show, Arian Gallery, Tehran
- 2006
Solo show, Mah art Gallery, Tehran
- 2007
Solo painting show, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
2010
- 2011
Group show, Art Expo, Los Angeles
- 2011
Art fair, Art Dubai, UAE
- 2013
Group show, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2014
Group show, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2014
Untitled 2014 - 2015
Group show, "1960's Iranian Modern Art", Shahrivar Gallery, Tehran
- 2016
Solo show, Iranshahr Gallery, Tehran
- 2018
Group show, "Summer Show", Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2018
Group show, "Free Sale", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2018
Group show, "Saqqakhaneh", Meem Gallery, Dubai
- 2018
Group show, "96+", Afrand Gallery, Tehran
- 2018
Group show, "The Second Anniversary of Negar Art Gallery", Negar Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2019
Group show, "10 - 20 - 30", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2019
Group show, "Survivors of Tehran's Identity", Teer Art Week, Tehran
- 2019
Died in Tehran, Iran
2020
- 2020
Group show, "Full Length...", E1 Gallery, Tehran
- 2020
Group show, "One by One", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2021
Group show, "Sanctuary", Azad Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2021
Group show, "Collector 8", Artibition Gallery, Tehran
- 2021
Group show, "Color Dynamism", Hameh Gallery, Tehran
- 2021
Group show, "A Rare Collection of Iranian Modern Art", Leila Heller, Dubai
- 2022
Group show, "Winter Selection 2022", Shirin Gallery, Tehran
- 2022
Group show, "Connoisseur's Look", Negar Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2022
Group show, "Geometric Abstraction in Contemporary Aspect ", Jaleh Gallery, Tehran
- 2023
Group show, "Modern Collector", Artibition Gallery, Tehran
- 2023
Group show, "Masters of Mondern Art", Ech Gallery, Tehran
- 2024
Group show, "A Collection", Plus 2, Tehran
- 2024
Solo show, "Curves and Circles", Art Center, Tehran
- 2024
Group show, "Golden Years", Far Gallery, Tehran
- 2024
Group show, "Saqqakhaneh, the Birth of a Dream", Javid Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2024
Group show, "Abstract Illusions", Artibition Gallery, Tehran
- 2025
Group show, "Four Items, Four Horizons from Freedom to Individuality", Mah Art Gallery, Tehran
- 2025
Massoud Arabshahi and Mahsa Karimizadeh"Re-align", E1 Gallery, Tehran
- 2025
Group show, "Fragments of Persian Modernity", Foundry, Dubai
- 2025
Group show, "Recovery \ Seventh Series", Nian Gallery, Tehran
- 2025
Group show, "Continuum: The Unbroken Line of Persian Art", Foundry, Dubai
- 2025
Group show, "Infinite Geometry", Mellal Gallery, Tehran
- 2026
Group show, "Red Status", Karchive Gallery, Tehran
