Artist of the Month
Iraj Golzari
Iraj Golzari is one of Iran’s leading ceramics artists. Golzaris spends most of his time near the historical city of Hamedan, whom many believe to be one of the ancient world’s centers of ceramics.
Lalejin (Lalajin and local name: Lalin) is one of the towns near Hamadan. According to the official data, Lalejin has approximately 14,700 inhabitants. This town is known as the center of pottery and ceramics in the Middle-East.
80 percent of Lalejin’s population are potters, ceramists and related jobs. Lalejin is one of the important centers of pottery and ceramic productions in Iran and in the world. The products of Lalejin artists are very various and include the different kinds of luxury consumption earthen wares.
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Filmmakers
Reza Memari was born on March 1976 in Orumieh, Iran. His family subsequently moved to Munich, Germany, where he graduated from the Academy for Marketing and Communication. Until 1999 he worked as a Public Relations Manager and later as the European Product Manager for a major American video game publisher.
Musicians
One of the most exciting musical incidents of our era, Mohsen Namjoo has truly advanced the pace of evolution of Iranian popular music. His brave and courageous foray into uncharted territory takes you boldly with him as if he has just grabbed your hand in his full speed reckless stride and hurries you along, with him into the darkness and the unknown. And you don’t mind at all!
Other Artists
Painters
Mahtab is an artist with numerous talents, who « sings what she draws and draws what she sings ». Born in 1966 in Tehran into an Azeri family, she was immersed in music from Azerbaijan from the earliest years of her life and was encouraged to develop her natural aptitude for Art.
Writers
In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father’s glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since.
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