Massoud Arabshahi

Massoud Arabshahi (; 1935 – 2019), was an Iranian painter, and bas-relief sculptor. He was a leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement, and was known for his conceptual artwork. Arabshahi had worked in Tehran, Paris, and California.

Early life and education Massoud Arabshahi was born in 1935 in Tehran, Iran. After the death of artist Mansoor Ghandriz in 1966, the Iran Gallery was renamed Ghandriz Gallery in his honor; and it remained open until the summer of 1978 during the Iranian revolution.

In 1975, Marcos Grigorian founded the Independent Artists Group in Tehran. The other founding artists included Arabshahi, Sirak Melkonian, Gholamhossein Nami, Morteza Momayez, Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi, and Faramarz Pilaram.

Arabshahi's work has been shown in a number of solo and group exhibitions in Iran, Europe and the United States including Two Modernist Iranian Pioneers, at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001; and Iranian Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre, London, 2001.

He died on September 16, 2019, in Tehran, Iran.

Prizes 1964, Ministry of Arts and Culture Prize, 4th Tehran Biennial 1965, Mother's Day Exhibition Prize, Tehran 1972, First Prize, Public contest for sculpture ornament at the Farah-abad Park, Tehran 1973, First Prize, Monaco International Exhibition

Exhibitions 1964, Tehran, Iran, India Artistic Center 1965, Tehran, Iran, Tehran University 1965, Paris, France, Biennial 1967, Paris, France, Galerie Solstice 1967, Paris, France, Museum of Sacred Arts 1968, U.S.A, Mobile Exhibition of Contemporary Iranian Arts 1970, Tehran, Iran, Modern Iranian Art: a Retrospective, Iran American Society 1971, Tehran, Iran, Negar Gallery 1973, Paris, France, Grand Palais 1973, Paris, France, Galerie Guiot 1973, Monaco, France, Monaco International Exhibition, Monte Carlo 1974, Tehran, Iran, International Exhibition of Arts 1975, Tehran, Iran, Blue, Takhte Jamshid Gallery 1975, Tehran, Iran, Volume and Environment, Iran America Society