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"Salam! Iranian Picture Books and Crafts Exhibition

Morteza Zahedi: Did you sleep well last night? "Produced in 2004 22 × 17.5

Venue		LOGOS GALLERY Logos Gallery Shibuya Parco Part 1/B1
Period		2007.02.01 (thu) - 2007.02.14 (wed)　※Open during the exhibition 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.　※The last day ends at 5:00pm
Entrance fee		Free
Contact		03-3496-1287 (Logos Gallery)

Cooperation: Salam salam / tribe

■The picture book "Good, where are you going?" Reading session
2007.02.03 (Sat) 2:00pm~
The reader: Mario Manta, Keiko Aiko * Japanese

Morteza Zahedi: “You only have a week...”
2004 Production 11.3 × 5.3

Koran in the morning flowing from the mosque. A beautiful woman with eyes wearing a black chaddle on the road. The men with dark beards drinking tea beards beside the carpet spread out in the hustle and bustle bazaar. Or a country that enemies the world with dangerous weapons and attitudes.
・・They may be the image of a distant Iranian country that we have.
In fact, there is an Iran that we don't know, different from that kind of traditional image. Iran's traditional culture, which has a history of 2,500 years, has continued to spread its culture around the world, including poetry, music, art, and crafts. The artistic and cultural level of Iran, such as the ruins of Persia and carpets, must be said. And not to mention films that have been highly acclaimed internationally in recent years, modern Iran is full of young creativity. With Khomeini's policy of rejecting Western culture since the Islamic Revolution, many young people are building their own Iranian culture that is unique to the world.
Artists who freely think and create works in Iran. This time, at Logos Gallery, we will introduce the new charms of Iran beyond our imagination through their unique and fascinating works.

This exhibition focuses on paintings by Iranian artists who produce picture books and works by Iranian potters who are making them in Japan, and introduces the young creativity of modern Iran. At the venue, in addition to exhibiting and selling original and ceramic works, we will also sell Iranian picture books with words spelled in Persian, where the characters themselves are beautiful. In addition, we sell miscellaneous goods with excellent design and original miscellaneous goods that are used daily in Iran.

Iranian picture books that are rhythmic and sometimes very philosophical

Picture books express and convey stories with pictures and words, but the existence of letters is also an important element for picture books. This is because one page of the picture book is completed for the first time by arranging characters in the picture.
Picture books in Iran are told in Persian, the official language of the region. Persia letters have its own beauty as a graphic, and Iranian picture books, where they blend into the picture, simply entertain the eyes of what you see.
Also, stories born from a culture that respects poetry and literature are rhythmic and sometimes contain very philosophical content.
Illustrators and painters who have the ability to often win at international competitions paint such stories, making them a picture book with a mysterious depth.

Quality Iranian Illustrator

Marjan Vafaeian "Cow"
2005 Produced 21.5 × 18

Morteza, a young illustrator of such high quality Iranian picture book world Zahedi) Here are some pictures and picture books by Marjan Vafaeian.
Mortether Zahedi is 28 years old. Although young, he is a popular illustrator who works on more than 15 picture books in Iran. In addition, his ability has been recognized internationally, such as winning three times at the Bologna International Picture Book Original Painting Exhibition, which is said to be the gateway to new picture book writers. In 2006, his representative work, "Where do you go?" And "Look, look, this way" has been published in Japanese by Bruce Interactions. Recognition in Japan is also increasing. He is especially good at drawing animals and insects, and from his work, you can feel a humorous look to small beings.
Marjan Wefayan is also 28 years old. Although there are not many picture books published, in recent years French contest figures He has been selected for the futur and the Noma International Picture Book Original Painting Competition, and has rapidly gained his ability as an illustrator of picture books. The painting, composed of lines that are freely drawn regardless of existing concepts, comfortably stimulates the imagination of what you see, and has gained core fans in the solo exhibition in Japan I have performed so far.

This time, we selected only those that can be fully enjoyed as a single picture, focusing on the works that were born during the production of picture books. You can't miss the poetic title that Mortether puts. You will be able to feel a new story from each of them. This is the first exhibition in Japan, so please look forward to it.

Young Iranian potters produced in Japan

Taymour Sabu Li is 31 years old. In 2004, he became a research student at the Department of Ceramics at Tokyo University of the Arts, and is currently enrolled in the Master's Program in Ceramics at Tokyo Univ. of the Arts. He said of the charm of pottery, "The appearance of a potter's hand making pottery on a potter's wheel tells us that the process of making it has great value." It's like a kind of magic," he said. His work has a unique and mysterious charm, not a craft unique to Iran or a traditional Japanese ceramic.

<Exhibition sales (planned)＞

Marjan Vafaeian Untitled 2002 Produced 19 × 21.5

Pictures (original paintings)
Mortether: 20 points Marjan: 10 points
Ceramics
The work of Taymour Sabu Li
Picture book drawn by Mortether and Marjan (original Persian) 　
*There are 3 types of A5 size Japanese translation cards (all translations). A few other things without translation.
Goods used daily in Iran
Craft works
Original goods
(T-shirts, eco-bags, postcards, etc.)
Picture Books in Iran (Poetry Country Iran Picture Book Series)
Blues Published by Interactions

< Writer Profile>

Morteza (Morteza) Zahedi)

1978	Born in Rasht (Northern Iran).
2003	Graduated from university (major in painting).

There have been many solo and group exhibitions in Iran so far.

2002	5th Teheran Illustration Biennale 2nd place, special prize
2002	The 10th Festival of Books hosted by the Children's Education Association
2002	First Festival of Iran Children's Publications for the First Place
2003	2nd place in Belgrade Illustration Biennale, Gold Pen Award

2001-2003

Bratislava World Picture Book Original Painting Exhibition (Slovakia)

2003	The 40th Bologna International Picture Book Original Painting Exhibition (Italy)
2003	Bareiro International Exhibition (Portugal)
2004	Salmede International Exhibition (Italy)
2005	The 42nd Bologna International Picture Book Original Painting Exhibition (Italy)
2006	The 43rd Bologna International Picture Book Original Painting Exhibition (Italy)

2005	March T-BOX (Ginza)
2006	March T-BOX (Ginza)
2006	July: Misuzu-do Hall (Ochanomizu)
2006	August calo Bookhop & cafe (Osaka)
2006	November: Hanshakutei (Matsumoto)

I have written more than 15 books so far. The following are typical examples.
Little Ali and His Friends (2001)
“Now, where are you going?” (2002)
“Look, look, this way” (2003)
"Father of Peace" (2004)

Marjan (Marjan) Vafaeian)

1978	He was born in Teheran.
1996	Graduated from high school (graphic major).
2000	Entries for the Teheran Drawing Biennale will be exhibited at the Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art.
2003	Entries for the Belgrade Illustration Biennale will be published in the same catalog.
2004	Held the first exhibition in Japan at Ginza T-BOX, "Picture of Marjan and Picture Book Exhibition of Iran".
2004	figures Selected for futur 2004 (Paris)
2005	Noma International Picture Book Original Painting Competition Honorable Mention
2005	A solo exhibition in Dubai (UAE) in July and October.
2005	A solo exhibition at Ginza T-BOX in October.
2005	10-11 solo exhibition at Masuko Toko, Tochigi Prefecture.
＊There are many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in Iran.

Works published in the past.
・The picture book "dar baghcheh 'arus-o-damad ruyideh bud" 2003 Golshan Lars Publishing
・Small collection "cheshm 17" Marge Leeds Publishing, 2004
・Picture book "daman qermezi" and "Red Skirt-chan" (co-author) Shabbervies Publishing, 2004

Taymour Sabu Li (Teimour) Sabouri）

1975	Born in Neishabour, Iran.

1997-2001		Sistan& Balouchestan Graduated from the Department of Ceramics (B.F.A), Iranian zahedan.
2004-2005		Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan.
2005-2007		Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan.

1997	Sistan&Balouchestan Grand Prize in Craft category at the Prefectural Youth Visual Arts Festival (Zahedan, Iran)
1998	Sistan&Balouchestan Awarded in "glass-works" category at the University of Fine Arts Exhibition
1998	Sistan&Balouchestan First prize as a craft major at the University of Fine Arts Exhibition
2000	The 3rd Khorasan Final entry at the Prefectural Youth Visual Arts Festival (Mashhad, Iran)

1998	Sistan&Balouchestan Japanese calligraphy Exhibition for College of Art Students (Zahedan, Iran)
2000	Sistan&Balouchestan University Faculty of Fine Arts Festival (Zahedan, Iran)
2001	7th Contemporary Iranian Ceramic Artist Biennale (Mashhad, Iran)
2003	Exhibition of 9 works at the International Tourism & Crafts Exhibition (Mashhad, Iran)

1999	Ceramics, Soureh Gallery (Zahedan, Iran)
2001	Ceramics, Mirak Gallery (Mashhad, Iran)

2001	Emdadian, Iranian Curator His work is featured in Yaghoub’s book, Contempoary Iranian pottery & ceramics, A Selection from contemporary Iranian ceramist Artworks (Tehran: Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts, 2001).

Aiko Keiko

He studied Persian at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and graduate school. My specialty is Persian, and while studying in Iran, I read a picture book in Persian and learn how interesting it is. Currently, in order to introduce picture books from Iran, he has formed a unit called salamx2 with artist Yume Fujita, who translates and holds original paintings exhibitions.

―Noma International Picture Book Original Painting Competition―
The Noma International Picture Book Original Painting Competition has been held every other year since 1978, with the aim of discovering new illustrators, graphic designers, and painters from Asia (excluding Japan), the Pacific, Central and South America, and Africa, who are not blessed with opportunities to present their works, and encouraging creative activities.