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O P E R A G A L L E R Y

D U B A I

T h e M i d d l e E a s t e r n C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t

الفن املعارص يف الرشق األوسط

M i d d l e E a s t e r n C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t

Preface

Opera Gallery Group is pleased to announce the launch of our Middle-Eastern Art exhibition, presenting well-established Artists.

Twenty years after the opening of our first ‘Opera Gallery’ outfit, our team of international art experts is still driven by the same desire to accompany our clients in every step of their acquisition of Fine Art, through innovation and exclusive access.

To celebrate the New Year resolution of 2013 organized by Opera Gallery Dubai and in collaboration with ART NIGHTS DIFC, we are proud to offer a unique and exceptional collection of artworks reflecting the quality, originality and prestige of our Group has to offer. Visitors and participants will discover a rich and varied selection of Middle-eastern talents in order to expand contemporary art of the region internationally.

Opera Gallery New Resolution of 2013 will offer something for everyone, works of art to fall in love with, to add to a growing art collection or simply stunning investments for the near future.

We hope you’ll enjoy the selection of artworks we have to offer.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our guests and to wish you a very prosperous future in this upcoming Era.

We look forward to inviting you to our upcoming events.

Happy New Year,Opera GalleryDUBAI.

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AFJEHI NasrollahAHMED YOUSSEF

EHSAI MohammedESMAEILPOUR Ali

FANI AlirezaFATHI Golnaz

GUITAGGOSSIAN PaulHASSANZADEH Khosrow

KHODASHENAS MohammedKIARASH Yaghoubi

SABHAN AdamTANAVOLI Parviz

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نرصالله أفجه اي

يوسف أحمد

محمد إحساي

عيل إسامعيل ابور

عيل رضا فاين

جولناز فتحي

بول جواراجوشيان

خرسو حسن زاده

محمد خودا شيناز

كياراش يعقويب

آدم سبهان

بارفيز تانافويل

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بدون عنوان 2006

ألوان زيتية عىل قامش

x 180 180 سم

Unitilted, 2006

Oil on canvas110 x 110cm

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Unitilted, 2010

Handmade palm leaf paper floating180 x 180 cm


ورق النخيل اليدوي

x 180 180 سم

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Unitilted 2008

Car paint on cardboard95 x 186 cm


طالء سيارات عىل كرتون

x 95 186 سم

Love, peace and Luck #1

Acrylic on linen and wood with112 x 112 cm

الحب، السالم و الحظ 1#

اكريليك عىل الخشب و الكتان

x 112 112 سم

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A Quiet Celebration with Gustav Klimt

Acrylic on linen and wood with125 x 107 cm

احتفال هادىء

اكريليك عىل الخشب و الكتان

x 125 107 سم

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Unitilted, 2010

Acrylic on canvas200 x 160 cm

بدون عنوان

اكريليك عىل قامش

x 200 160 سم

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Recreation of Medusa

Photography120 x 100 cm

استجامم

تصوير فوتوغرايف

x 120 100 سم

Conqueror of paradise

Photography120 x 100 cm

فاتح الجنة

تصوير فوتوغرايف

x 120 100 سم

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Passage (1980)

Oil on canvas70 x 80 cm

مرور

ألوان زيتيتة عىل قامش

x 70 80 سم

Chador

Mixed media200 x 110 cm

شادر

وسائط متعددة

x 200 110 سم

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Caged, 2012


قفص


x 180 180 سم

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قصيدة


x 120 180 سم

Poem


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Unitilted (B)


بدون عنوان - ب


x 160 180 سم

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Unitilted 2008




x 95 186 سم

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Yellow ‹Hich›, 2007

FiberglassH : 65 cm

حاء

زجاج ليفي

طول : 65 سم

AFJEHI Nasrollah (b. 1933, Iran) نرص الله افجه اي

International Exhibitions

International Calligraphy Exhibition Of Ball, Switzerland (2 times)Exhibition Of The Word Traditional Painter, Bologna, ItalyThe World Of Islam Festival, London, EnglandThe Painting Exhibition Held By UNESCO, Kanisomer, FranceThe Iranian Art Festival, Dusseldorf, GermanyLateral Exhibition Of Non-Allied Countries Seminar Held At Jakarta, Indonesia

1998 Calligraphy Exhibition, Kuwait1999 Calligraphy Exhibition, Duba2000 Calligraphy Exhibition, Riyadh2001 Calligraphy Exhibition, Jakarta Indonesia2001 Calligraphy Exhibition, USA

AHMED Youssef (b. 1955, Qatar) يوسف أحمد

Group Exhibitions

2010 Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, Sundarem Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA2009 Signs: Contemporary Arab Art, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York2008 11th International Cairo Biennale, Giza Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East, British Museum, London2006 Langages du desert, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris2002 Regard sur l’art Contemporain Arabe Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris2001 Sharjah International Arts Biennial, Expo Centre, Sharjah

ESMAEILIPOUR Ali (b. 1933, Iran) عيل إسامعيل ابور

Solo Exhibitions

1999 Gajah Gallery, Singapore (Solo Exhibition)1998 Nokia Singapore Art at Singapore Art Museum Gajah Gallery, Singapore, 1998 (Solo Exhibition)1996 3th Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran 1996 (Solo Exhibition)1995 2th Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran (Solo Exhibition)1994 1th Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran 1994 (Solo Exhibition)

Group Exhibitions

2010 Oper Gallery , HongKong , 10 June2009 Opera Gallery ,Singapore , 19 March 2005 Opera Gallery,Singapore2004 Opera Gallery, Hong Kong2003 Opera Gallery, Miami2003 William Falkner Show, Bryant Gallery, New Orlean2001 Opera Gallery, New York2000 Opera Gallery, Singapore

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FATHI Golnaz (b. 1972, Iran) جولناز فتحي

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Third Line Gallery, Dubai ESPACE SD, Beirut La Gallery de Neuilly, Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture de Neuilly, Paris Expression plurielle en Francophonie: L’art contemporain entre tradition et modernité. Atelier ”Artistes en création”, Saida2004 Agence Le Carre Bleu, Paris L’OEIL DU HUIT Gallery, Paris Golestan Gallery, Tehran

Group Exhibitions

2004 Depot Square Gallery, Boston2003 Williams Tower Gallery, Houston The 6th Tehran Contemporary Painting Biennial, Museum of Contemporar Art, Tehran2001 Maison du Livre, Brussels Court Yard Gallery, Dubai2000 AZTECA Gallery, Madrid

EHSAI Mohammed (b. 1939, Iran) محمد إحساي

Solo Exhibitions

2007 He is the Merciful (Hou), Oil on canvas 79.5 x 136.6 in. / 202 x 347 cm2006 Mohabbat, black paint on Silver leaf, 130 x130cm2004 Al-Rahman (Asma Al-Hosna), Oil on Canvas, 315 x 200 cm2003 Ou Bakhshanda ast, Oil on Canvas, 305 x 200 cm2002 Zamin Sabz, Oil on canvas, 135 x135cm1995 Hov al Adel, (Blue Series, based on Kufi Banai style), Gheshm Collection, gouache on glazed board, 70 x70cm1993 Harim Eshgh poetry, (harim e esgh ra dargah basi baa la tar az aghl ast…kasi on aastaan busad ke jaan dar ostin daarad), Oil on canvas, 122 x 90 cm1990 Ferdowsi poetry, Cho Iran Nabashad Taneh Man Mabad, (Without Iran, my body does not exist), Oil on canvas, 90 x120 cm1990 Echo of the Word, 160 x 310 cm, Oil on canvas, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art1985 Jahan va Kareh jahan be heech, Oil on cnvas, 90 x120 cm1977 Hameh, Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm1974 Erot, oil on canvas, Collection of Contemporary Museum of Tehran on loan to Kerman Museum, (Ehsai has selected this work as his master piece in abstraction)1972 Torandj-2, Collection of Contemporary Museum of Tehran, Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm1972 AlGhalam, Oil on canvas, 100 x 220 cm1968 Gerehayeh (knots of) Khayam, Oil on canvas, 112 x 180cm (the first calligraphic painting Ehsai ever showed in exhibition)1964 Untitled, Composition rang-0-horouf, Oil on Canvas, 120 x 80 cm

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FANI Alireza (b. , Iran) عيل رضا فاين

Solo Exhibitions

2009 In search of illusion (Photo exhibition), Etemad Gallery, Tehran,Iran2007 In Search of the concept (Photo Exhibition), Khak Gallery, Tehran Iran

Group Exhibitions

2010 Made in Iran, Opera Gallery, Dubai, UAE 1st Invitational Biennial Photography Group Show, Skotia Gallery, New Mexico, USA 2009 LIFE “Art exhibition in benefit of Cancer Research UK.”, OperaGallery , London-UK Insight to Iranian Art, Opera Gallery, London-UK2008 Fadjr Theater Festival (25 years of theater poster design), Tehran-Iran 21st International Warsaw poster biennial, Warsaw- Poland 2007 The first photo exhibition (Art and Nature), Niavaran cultural center, Tehran2006 The 9th International Tehran Poster biennial”, Tehran-Iran2004 Group photo exhibition, Assar Art Gallery , Tehran – Iran 1st Poster Exhibition of “Passage Art Group” Tehran – Iran 1st Int’l Poster biennial of Islam world, won the 1st prize in Palestine section, Tehran-Iran2003 Winner of the best professional design in “ Anti SARS Int’l Poster Contest” China2001 “The 7th biennial of Graphic Design”, Tehran-Iran

HASSANZADEH Khorsow (b. 1963, Iran) زاده خسرو حسن

Solo exhibitions

2006 Khosrow Hassanzadeh, KIT Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam2006 Khosrow Hassanzadeh, B21 Art Gallery, Dubai2005 Terrorist, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran2004 Serigraphy and Mixed Media, Elsewhere Gallery, Phnom Penh 2004 Pahlavan, Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut2003 Pahlavan, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran2002 Iranian Printing Art, Iranian Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts, Zagreb 2002 Ashura, Gallery Janine Rubeiz, Beirut 2001 Ashura (with Sadegh Tirafkan), Unesco Palace, Beirut 2000 Chador, Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran 2000 Falling Figures (with Bita Fayyazi), Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran1999 Daily Memorandum, Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran1999 Life, War & Art: Paintings of Khosrow Hassanzadeh, Diorama Arts Centre, London 1994 Paintings of Khosrow Hassanzadeh, Barg Gallery, Tehran1991 Selection of Thirteen Paintings, Djamshidieh Gallery, Tehran

Group Exhibitions

2006 Iran.com: Iranische Kunst Heute, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg 2006 Word into Art, British Museum, London

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KHODASHENAS Mohammed (b. 1975, Iran) محمد خودا شيناز B.A. degree of Graphism from the Art University of Tehran, 2000Attendance at 22th biennial exhibition of Poster, Warsaw, Poland, 2010

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Kia Rostami workshop called “tea” at Yavazadeh Tea Fatory

Group Exhibitions

2010 Show at “Tehran gallery” Tehran2010 Show at Vijeh gallery2010 Khaneh Honarmandan’s show2009 Show at Venerde for Poster, Italy2008 York University, Toronto, Canada,2007 Tahran Azad, Tehran2006 Nominated at the first biennial of painting at the Province ofGilan

KARIASH Yaghoubi (b. 1938, Iran) كياراش يعقوبي

Group Exhibitions

1965 The collaborative exhibitions in honor of the 400th year of Mir Emad funeral, Tehran1964 Tarigh Javid exhibition , Tehran

1959-1969 The collaborative Koran exhibition for 10 years.1952 The collaborative exhibition of art students in trans - Iranian vocational schools

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SABHAN Adam (b. 1972, Syria) آدم سبهان

Important exhibitions

2012 4 walls art gallery april 20122011 London - British Museum2007 An Exhibition of Paintings and Book Launch by Sabhan Adam December

GUIRAGOSSIAN Paul (1926- 1993, Lebanon) بول جواراجوشيان

Important exhibitions

1954 The “La Palette” gallery – Beirut1955 The Center of Superior Studies – Beirut1956 The “La Palette” gallery – Beirut1958 The “La Permanente” & “Schubert” galleries – Florence1959 The Center of Superior Studies – Beirut1960 The Center of Superior Studies – Beirut The “Alecco Saab” gallery – Beirut1961 The “Alecco Saab” gallery – Beirut1962 The “Mouffe” gallery – Paris The “L’Orient” gallery – Beirut

1992 The “IMA” Museum (Institue Du Monde Arabe) – Paris, France Ministry of Tourism of Lebaon. Beirut, Lebanon Cultural Center. Bekaa, Lebanon1993 Chateau Fort” – Tripoli, Lebanon Akhnaton Gallery’ - Cairo, Egypt.1994 Masrah El Madinat” (Paul Guiragossian and Theater exhibition) Beirut, Lebanon. Emmagoss Art Gallery, (Homage to the Artist exhibition) Beirut, Lebanon1995 Emmagoss Art Gallery, (China Inks of Guiragossian) Beirut, Lebanon1997 USEK “Universite Saint Esprit de Kaslik” - (Sketches and Watercolors Exhibition) Kaslik, Lebanon1999 National Evangelical Church in Down Town Beirut (Images of Faith exhibition) Beirut,Lebanon

2000 Centre Culturel Francais de Beyrouth, (The Art of Portraits exhibition) Beirut,Lebanon2002 Emmagoss Art Gallery, (Latest Works exhibition) – Beirut, Lebanon2003 The Green Art Gallery – Dubai, UAE2004 The Press Club’s homage to Paul Guiragossian in the Press Headquarters Center in Down Town Beirut, Lebanon2007 Dar Al Funoon - Exhibition of watercolors - Kuwait2008 Emmagoss Art Gallery - Beirut. Exhibition entitled “L’Empire Des Meres”, Art Dubai, in collaboration with Art Space Dubai

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PARVIS Tanavoli (b. 1937, Iran) بارفيز تانافويل

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, Canada2003 Retrospective, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art1989 Rudolf Mangisch Galerie, Zurich1988 Hirschberg Galerie, Koln- Galerie Am Rosenberg, Graz1980 Galleria Greminger, Genova1978 Aachen Neue Galerie/Samlung Ludwig, Aachen 1976 Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York- Iran-America Society,Tehran1972 Goethe Institute, Tehran1971 Martin Gallery, Minneapolis1970 Iran-America Society, Tehran- Shiraz University, Shiraz 1967 Seihoun Gallery, Tehran 1965 Borghese Gallery, Tehran1962 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis- K. B. Gallery, Minneapolis1961 Atelier Kaboud, Tehran 1960 Farhang Hall, Tehran- Iran Club, London 1958 Reza Abbassi Hall, Tehran 1957 Tehran University- Farhang Hall, Tehran

Group Exhibitions

2006 The British Museum, London, UK2004 Persian Garden, (installation ), Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art2002 Iranian Contemporary Art, Christie’s, London- Picturing Iran Art, Society and Revolution, Grey Art Gallery, NY University2001 Iranian Cotemporary Art, Barbican Center, London 2000 Continental Shift, Aachen, Maastricht, Heerlen and Liege- 7th International Shoebox Sculpture, The University of Hawaii Art Gallery1999 Atrium Public Gallery, Vancouver1989 Contemporary Art from Islamic World, Barbican Centre, London1988 Olympiad of Art, Seoul,1977 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art1975 Grey Art Gallery, New York University1967 Quadriennale of Rome1964 Venice Biennale1962 Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris- Musee d’Ixelles, Brussels- Third International Biennale of Sculpture, Carrara-Walker Art Center, Minneapolis1960 Venice Biennale

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