Darvish Fakhr

Darvish Fakhr (born 1969) is an Iranian American artist born in Newfoundland. He is an artist in the field of Iranian portrait paintings.

Biography Born in 1969, Fakhr grew up in the U.S. before moving to Britain where his practice has been based for the last two decades.

Fakhr trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. In 2004 he won the BP Travel Award and used the opportunity to go to Iran and paint local people in Tehran and Isfahan. He explores the relationship between shared memory and the passage of time, looking both to the past and the future. He currently lives in Brighton, Sussex.

Exhibitions

2014 "Palimpsest" Edge of Arabia, London 2011 "Safar" Aun Gallery, Tehran 2008 Commissioned by Jerwood Gallery to paint Akram Khan. The nine-piece panel is now part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, London. 2006 BP Award- National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 2005 BP Travel Award Show, National Portrait Gallery, London and Edinburgh 2004 Winner of BP Travel Award, National Portrait Gallery, London 2000 BP Award – National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 1999 BP Award – National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 1998 BP Award – National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen