Meamar is an
Iranian
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* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
* Iranian lan ...
artist based in the
United States
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Biography
Meamar was born Ali Meamar in
Ahvaz
Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is hom ...
,
Iran
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, in 1956. In 1982, he earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Interior Design and Sculpture from the
Accademia delle Belle Arti of Florence, Italy.
He then went on to the Accademia d’Arte e Design Leonetto Cappiello of Florence, where he studied Graphic Arts under the guidance of the Master of the Frescoes.
In 1985, Meamar moved to the United States. He currently resides with his wife and two daughters in the San Francisco Bay area.
Exhibits
* 2011 – Miami Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL
* 2010 – New York Art Expo, New York, NY
* 2007 – ABRA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
* 2004–Present - Art People Gallery, San Francisco
* 1999 - Hilton Fremont, CA
* 1989 - Art Expo-Los Angeles, CA
* 1988 - Art Expo-Los Angeles, CA
* 1987 - Art Expo-Los Angeles, CA
* 1983 - Doddoit Gallery-Paris, France
* 1982 - Est O Vest Gallery-Rome, Italy
* 1982 - Burdek AC Gallery-Zurich, Switzerland
* 1982 - Russo Gallery-Rome, Italy
* 1981 - Traghetto Gallery-Venice, Italy
* 1981 - Center Comunitario-Florence, Italy
* 1981 - Center Open Art-Milan, Italy
* 1980 - Arttits ABA- Florence, Italy
* 1978 - Festival of Art-Florence, Italy
References
"MEAMORPHISM THAT BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN FINE ART AND TECHNOLOGY , MEAMAR" June 18, 2020 , https://artpeople.net/2020/06/meamorphism-that-bridges-the-gap-between-fine-art-and-technology-meamar/
"Meamar Dream , Add Schools Creativity"https://www.artpeoplegallery.com/meamar-dream-add-schools-creativity/ June 3, 2016
* “Today’s Top Artists: Meamar,” in Art Business News, September 2010, pp. 20–21.
* “Meamar,” The Guild Sourcebook of Residential Art (2004), p. 270 & 303 (published b
Artful Home, LLC- formerly The Guild, Inc.).
* “Meamar,” The Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art 16 (2001), pp. 116–17 & 401 (published b
Artful Home, LLC- formerly The Guild, Inc.).
* “Allen Meamar” by William Marshak, in What’s Happening, the Tri-City Magazine (Fremont, Newark, Union City), March 1999, pp. 2–3.
External links
Official websiteArt People GalleryAbra Gallery
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1956 births
Iranian artists
Living people