Mohammad Hossein Emad

Emad was born in the Iranian city of Arak and lived there until the age of 33 before moving to the capital Tehran. He began being interested in painting at the age of five when he started copying images found in the magazines.[1]

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.

Emad has been commissioned for a series of urban projects. Among his urban sculptures are 'Vazir', situated in Tehran's Gofteman Park, and the Beheshti Monument situated in Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, both commissioned in 2004. He has also made three sculptures for the Dr. Hesabi Centre in the cities of Tehran, Bushehr and Arak.[2]

In 2009, Assar Art Gallery published a book entitled Mohammad Hossein Emad's sculptures on the works of the artist.[2]

• Honorary diploma from the fifth biennial of Iran's contemporary sculpture in 2007[3]
• 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

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