Iman Maleki ايمان مالكي

BIOGRAPHY

Iman was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of Painting since he was a child. At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the mastery of his first and only teacher - Morteza Katouzian - who is the greatest realist painter of Iran. Meanwhile, he began to paint professionally. In 1999 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Art University of Tehran. Since 1998, he has participated in several exhibitions.

In the year 2000, he got married and in the following year he established ARA Painting Studio and started to teach painting, considering classical and traditional values. The most important exhibitions he has participated in, are: The Exhibition of Realist painters of Iran at Tehran Contemporary Museum of Art(1999) and The Group Exhibition of KARA Studio Painters at SABZ Gallery(1998) and at SA'AD ABAD Palace(2003) . In 2005, Iman received the William Bouguereau award and the Chairman's Choice award in the second international ARC salon competition.

POSTERS AND BOOKS

GALLERY

Potrait Of A young Man



Looking at these images for the first time, you play a game with yourself: It’s like staring at an optical illusion. One moment you’re convinced you’re looking at a photograph, then a switch is flipped in your brain, and you see a painting. But then you notice the fine filaments of each
strand of hair, the delicate veins traced out beneath the skin, the caress of daylight upon a curving cheek, and you start to question again.



A Girl Studying



Iman Maleki’s paintings remind us that politics, religion, cultural traditions, all the things we are told divide the many peoples of the world, don’t make us different at all. At most they add accents to our lives. The simple daily experiences of being a human being are understood by everyone.




A Sunset In Tehran