Towhidi Tabari
Towhidi Tabari (Persian توحیدی طبری, Tawhidi Al -Tabari Arab توحیدی الطبری; Birth Name: Ali Naghi Towhidi; born June 15, 1964 in Babol, Māzandarān ) is an Iranian calligrapher, painter and Persian ornaments painter.
He currently lives in Paris, France. He is a member of the Association of Iranian Calligraphers, the International Federation of Arts UNESCO, the Artist's House in France and the Centre of Plastic Arts of the Ministry of Culture in Iran.
Biography
At the age of fourteen he began in Babol, in Mohammad Zaman Mehdi Fallah Moghadam Ferasat and to learn calligraphy. At nineteen, he moved to Tehran to study at the Institute of Iranian calligraphers at the Masters Gholam Hossein Amirkhani and Yadollah Kaboli Khansari, where he earned the title in calligraphy; at the same time he learned the fine arts, traditional Iranian art and graphic design. Towhidi Tabari spent six years working in the graphic design department at the Iranian national airline industry as chief calligrapher and designer. For one year he taught at the Jahad Daneshgahi ( branch of the University of Tehran ) and two years at the Osweh High School in Tehran.
Towhidi Tabari is a specialist of Nasta ` liq and Shekasteh styles.
Exhibitions
A world-renowned calligrapher; He has given more than 50 solo exhibitions in numerous American, European and Asian countries, both participated in more than a hundred group exhibitions.
Lessons
Since the founding of the first Persian Calligraphy and Illumination school in France in April 2002 in the premises of the Iranian Cultural Centre in Paris and the Town Hall of Asnières in cooperation with the SITAR Association, more than 300 students have taken courses. The top level has been achieved by some of the first graduates of this school, has allowed them to take part in exhibitions at the Cultural Center of Iran in November 2003 and in the auditorium of Saint Germain in October 2004. The school is open to all students who wish to attend these courses, for a period of eleven weeks, or a full training over several years. About twenty students who are regularly followed the course since the school's founding, have already received their diploma.
Workshops and courses
- Showroom Concorde: Forum of Asnières 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006
- Cithar Association: regularly from 2002 to 2007 every Wednesday
- Iranian Cultural Centre: three times in 2001, five in 2002, four times in 2003; five times in 2004; three times in 2005; three times in 2006
- Great Mosque of Paris: four times in 2002
- Association of the youth of the town hall Asnières, six times in 2003; 25 times in 2004
- Media Library of Issy -les -Moulineaux in 2003
- School Auguste Renoir: five times in 2003
- Showroom of Air France: Three times in 2004
- Cultural center of Palaiseau: Twice in 2004
- Hall André Malraux Mairie of Yerres 2004: Ten times in 2004
- Polytechnic University 2004
- Town Hall of Asnières: Three times in 2004
- Cultural Center of Neuilly -sur -Seine: Twice in 2005
- The town hall Saint Martin: 2006
- " Nuit Blanche " ( Long Night of the Arts) in Paris: The National Archives: 2006
- High school of the L' Assomption Cogolin / Sainte-Maxime 2007
Works
- Persian Calligraphy and Illumination on the topics: Persian poetry, the Qur'an; Arabic and French
- Works that are dedicated to Persian Calligraphy
- Posters and postcards: In France and in Iran published.
Festivals / Others
- Prizes at numerous national and international festivals
- Diploma and Medal of the School of Fine Arts in Lebanon ( " Ecole des Beaux -Arts )
- Thank you letter from the President Jacques Chirac
- Medal of the City of Yerres
Prices
- Prizes at numerous national and international festivals:
- 1999 Certificate of modern art museum, Iran 1999
- 2002 Medal of the Lebanese University of Fine Arts, Tripoli
- 2003 Thank you letter from the President Jacques Chirac
- 2004 Certificate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Croatia, 2004
- 2004 Prize of the City Caillebotte Yerres
Conference
- 2004 Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia.