Darvish Fakhr

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Darvish Fakhr
Born1969
Newfoundland, Canada
NationalityIranian-Canadian
Education School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Slade School of Fine Art, London
Known forPainter of portraits
Website artist website

Darvish Fakhr (born 1969) [1] is an Iranian American [2] artist born in Newfoundland. He is an artist in the field of Iranian portrait paintings.

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Biography

Born in 1969, Fakhr grew up in the U.S. before moving to Britain where his practice has been based for the last two decades.

Fakhr trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. [3] In 2004 he won the BP Travel Award and used the opportunity to go to Iran and paint local people in Tehran and Isfahan. [2]

Fakhr's paintings show the depths of emotion behind outwardly ritualised lives and aim to help us understand the common humanity that links the Western world and the Middle East. [4] He explores the relationship between shared memory and the passage of time, looking both to the past and the future. [5] He currently lives in Brighton, Sussex.

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References

  1. 1 2 1 artwork by or after Darvish Fakhr at the Art UK site. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  2. 1 2 Edge of Arabia exhibition information , retrieved September 23, 2014
  3. National Portrait Gallery BP Award , retrieved September 23, 2014
  4. Artupdate.com , retrieved September 23, 2014
  5. Aun Gallery artist, archived from the original on February 21, 2014, retrieved September 23, 2014
  6. National Portrait Gallery BP Award , retrieved September 23, 2014
  7. National Portrait Gallery BP Award , retrieved September 23, 2014
  8. Antiques Trade Gazette , retrieved September 23, 2014
  9. BBC News – BP Travel Award, June 22, 2004, retrieved September 23, 2014