Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam

Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam (; 27 July 1924 – 7 September 2018) was an Iranian-born painter, sculptor, and a professor of art. He was most notable for his style of abstract expressionism, and was once referred to as the "pioneer of modern Iranian abstraction".

Life and education Mohsen Vaziri was born on 27 July 1924 in Tehran, Qajar Iran.

Shortly after obtaining his diploma at the Agricultural Institute in 1943, he applied to the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran). He attended for three years.

In 1985, Vaziri returned to Rome with his wife and two children. the Parviz Tanavoli Museum, and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

Notable exhibitions

1952: (debut solo exhibition), Iran-America Society, Tehran 1956: Portonovo Art Gallery, Rome 1958: Venice Biennial 1960: Tehran Biennial 1960 Venice Biennial (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964) 1950: Rome Quadriennale 1962: Tehran Biennial 1962: Venice Biennial (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964) 1962: São Paulo Biennial, Brazil (1962) 1963: (group exhibition), São Paulo Biennial, Brazil 1964: Museum of Modern Art, New York 1964: Venice Biennial 1969: Shiraz Arts Festival, Iran 2004: Contemporary Art Museum, Tehran (with Gerhard Richter) 2009: Pioneers of Modern Iranian Art, Tehran 2011: Pioneers of Modern Iranian Art, Tehran 2018: Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam: The Iranian Pioneer of Modern Abstraction, Setareh Gallery, Duselldorf 2018: Modernism in Iran: 1958–1978, (group exhibition)