Parviz Tanavoli

Painter, Sculptor and Collector
Tehran 1937

Educations

  • B.A. from the Carrara and Brera Academies, Italy
  • 3 years course of sculpture at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, USA

Awards and Prizes

  • Prize of Jose McMillan
  • At Christies auction of Dubai hold in 2007, oneof his pieces "oh, Persepolis" broke records and sold approximately 2.5 million U.S.D

Pieces in Museums and collections

  • The British Museum, The Grey Art Gallery, New York University, The Isfahan Cultural Centre, Rockefeller Centre in New York, Olympic Park in Seoul, Royal Museum of Jordan, Vienna, Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum of Modern Art, Walker Arts Centre in Minneapolis, Shiraz University and The Tehran’s City Theatre

Artistic Activities

  • Manufactured jewelry based in his sculptures

Publications

  • He studied, investigated and collected carpets and handicrafts of Iran and wrote and published more than 20 books.

Visual Arts Parviz Tanavoli

Parviz Tanavoli

Heech Statue Bronze Sculpture 100 × 42 × 42cm

Parviz Tanavoli

Heech and Myself Statue Bronze Sculpture 27 × 6 × 7cm

Parviz Tanavoli

On the Bravery of Farhad Relief Copper 70 × 70cm

Parviz Tanavoli

Statue Bronze 12 × 16cm

Parviz Tanavoli

Statue Bronze 12 × 36cm

Parviz Tanavoli

Statue Bronze 12 × 16cm