Imān Maleki (

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: ایمان ملکی) (born 1976 in

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) is an Iranian Realist

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

Life and career

Iman Maleki's fascination with painting began as a child. He started taking lessons in painting at the age of fifteen. His first and only teacher in painting was the celebrated Iranian painter Mortezā Kātouziān. His career as a professional painter began during this period. Maleki studied, from 1995, at the ''

Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...

'' Faculty of

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

, from where he graduated in

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in 1999. Since 1998 he has presented several exhibitions of his paintings. In 2000 Maleki established ''Ārā Painting Studio'' (آتلیه نقاشی آرا) where he also teaches painting. During the Second International Art Renewal Center ''Salon (TM)'' Competition in 2005, Maleki was awarded ''The

William Bouguereau William-Adolphe Bouguereau (; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female ...

Award – Emotion Theme and the Figure'' for his painting ''Omens of Hafez'' (''Fāl-e Hāfez'') and a ''Chairman's Choice Award'' for his other painting, ''A Girl by the Window,'' (''Dokhtari Dar Kenār-e Panjareh'').''A Girl by the Window''
(2000): Oil on canvas, 75

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21.6 inches). Maleki has been married since 2000. Maleki's ''Dizziness'' is featured at the Farjam Collection in Dubai at the exhibition Iran Inside Out. He is represented internationally by Artists Advocacy Group, an artists representation firm in Great Falls, VA.

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External links

Gallery of some paintings by Imān Maleki
(click on the small pictures to enlarge) * Shokā Sahrā'i, ''Reproduction, more alike than the original'' (''Noskheh, mānā tar az asl''), in Persian, Jadid Online, 15 May 2009

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Life and career

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