Mohammad Hossein Emad

Mohammad Hossein Emad (born 1957; ) is an Iranian contemporary sculptor and educator.

Background Emad was born on 26 August 1957 in Arak, Pahlavi Iran (now Iran). He lived in Arak until the age of 33, when he moved to the capital city of Tehran. He began being interested in painting at the age of five when he started copying images found in the magazines.

He began his artistic activities with experimental painting. He later began experimenting with sculpture and held his first exhibition at Tehran's Afrand Gallery in 1993.

In 2009, Assar Art Gallery published a book entitled Mohammad Hossein Emad's sculptures on the works of the artist.

Awards Honorary diploma from the fifth biennial of Iran's contemporary sculpture in 2007 Selected as the sculptor of the year at Tehran's fourth contemporary sculpture biennial in 2005 Winner of the first prize at 'Mirror of Art' exhibition at Tehran's Bahman Cultural Centre in 1996