Nāser Houshmand Vaziri
Nāser Houshmand Vaziri ( Persian ناصر هوشمند وزیری; * 1946 in Hamadan , Iran ) is an Iranian sculptor .
Life
Born in Hamadan, Nāser Houshmand Vaziri moved to Tehran with his parents when he was five . His artistic talent was already evident while he was still at high school, where his teachers noticed him and exhibited his first works of art. After graduating from high school, Nāser Houshmand Vaziri enrolled in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University in 1966 , where he studied sculpture . After completing his studies, he opened his own studio on Fātemi Street in Tehran in 1971. In 2005 he moved to Lavāsān in north-east Tehran to realize his lifelong dream of converting his house and its surroundings into a workshop and an art museum. This complex also includes a cave museum carved into the rock.
Nāser Houshmand Vaziri is the father of two daughters who are also active in the field of sculpture and painting.
Work and exhibitions
Nāser Houshmand Vaziri works mainly rock, but also clay , wood , sand , glass , fiberglass , ceramics , resin , antlers , metal and cement . Both classical, mythological figures from the Shāhnāme as well as modern sculptures and sculptures are created . Vaziri also deals with environmental issues and taxidermy .
His sculptures in Jamschidieh Park and in Ferdowsi Park ( Bāgh-e Ferdowsi ) in Tehran are best known . The latter was awarded the Agha Khan Prize for Architecture . Furthermore, 25 of his sculptures are in the Zandschaner Völkerkundemuseum, the city's former laundry.
Further exhibitions took place in Hanover in 2003 and in Tehran in 2006.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official website of Nāser Houshmand Vaziri
- Sculptures in the Jamschidieh Park and in the Zanjani Ethnological Museum
- Video report about Nāser Houshmand Vaziri on jadidonline.com
- Panorama of his sculpture garden
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vaziri, Nāser Houshmand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamadan , Iran |