Towhidi Tabari

توحیدی طبری
Towhidi Tabari
توحیدی طبری ; Towhidi Tabari
	calligrapher, painter, illuminator, collector

Towhidi Tabari (

Mazandarani

: توحیدی طبری Tawhidi Tabari ; born 15 June 1964) is an Iranian artist.

He is a member of the Society of Iranian Calligraphists,^[1] International Association of Art, La Maison des Artistes de France^[2] and of the Plastic Arts Center of the Ministry of Culture of Iran. He joined Mujahideen in 2014.

Biography

He started learning calligraphy at the age of 14, with Mohammad Zaman Ferasat and Mehdi Fallah Moghadam in Babol. At 19, he moved to

Iranian traditional arts and Graphic Design. Towhidi Tabari worked for 6 years at the Iran Aircraft Industries as the chief calligrapher and designer, in their Graphic Design Department. For one year, he taught Calligraphy at the Jahad Daneshgahi (branch of University of Tehran

) and for two years, at the Osweh Highschool, Tehran.

Modern Western art had a deep impact on his style from 2003, after a stay of almost a year at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, giving birth to a more abstract art form, blended with traditional Persian elements.

Towhidi Tabari is a specialist in the

Nasta`liq

and Shekasteh calligraphic styles.

Exhibitions

From his first collective exhibition in 1986, starting officially his career, he has exhibited in various countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia in more than 50 individual exhibitions and participated in over 100 collective exhibitions, becoming a world-renowned calligrapher. Some of them:

1986 Contemporary Calligraphers of
Mazandaran
province, Iran.
1987 National Congress of Calligraphy,
Ramsar
, Iran
1989
Noshirvani Institute of Technology
, Babol
1992 Daryabeygui Gallery, Tehran
1993 Zarrabi Gallery, Tehran
1995 Daryabeygui Gallery, Tehran
1996 Art Gallery, Babol
1997 Avicenne Cultural Center, Tehran
1998 Iranian Associations, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg; Germany
1998 La Maison d'Iran, Paris, France
1999 Contemporary Arts Museum, Tehran^[3]
1999 Syrian Cultural Center, Paris, France
1999 François Mitterrand National Library of France for the commemorations of Hafez
1999 International Omar Khayyam Congress UNESCO, Paris
2000 Iranian Cultural Center, Paris
2000 Individual exposition in the Los Angeles Iranian Association, U.S.
2002 Lebanon Fine Arts University,^[4] Tripoli
2002 ARTSUD, Palais de Congrès, Paris
2002
Great Mosque
, Paris
2003 Cité Internationale des Arts,^[5] Paris
2003 Mediathèque
Issy-Les-Moulineaux
, France
2004
National Library of Croatia,^[6]^[7]^[8] Zagreb

2004 Salle André Malraux,

Île-de-France

, France

2005 Exposition of works based on the poetry of
Rumi,^[9]^[10]^[11]
Iranian Cultural Center, Paris

2005 Exposition on the occasion of the Iranian New Year, city of Cesson Sevigné,^[12] France
2006
National Archives of Paris
, France
2007 Exposition at the city of Cogolin-Sainte Maxime,^[14] Côte d'Azur, France
2007 Festival of Calligraphy, Théoule-sur-Mer, Cannes,^[15] France
2007 Cultural Center of Courbevoie,^[16] Île-de-France, France
2014 Institut des cultures arabes et méditerranéennes

Persian Calligraphy and Illumination School

The Persian Calligraphy and Illumination School in Paris opened in April 2002. It is the first of its kind in France and more than 300 students have already followed its courses, with some of them attaining high levels of quality. The school is open to all levels, from the beginner wishing to know the basic principles of calligraphy or illumination, to those searching a thorough training. It has already conferred certificates to some of its first students, allowing them to have exhibitions of their own works.

Towhidi Tabari has also participated in several Persian calligraphy and illumination workshops in various French cities and institutes - as the 3-day workshop in the Air France Headquarters (2004) or during the 2006 Nuit Blanche in the National Archives in Paris - and in the National Library in Croatia (2004).

Awards

1997 Winner of the Towhid Festival, Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran.
1999 Certificate of the Contemporary Arts Museum of Tehran, Iran.
2000 Winner of the
Sacred Art
Festival, Ministry of Culture, Iran.
2002 Medal from the Lebanon Fine Arts University,^[4] Tripoli
2003 Letter of thanks of French president Jacques Chirac
2004
Caillebotte Award from the city of Yerres

2004 Certificate of the Academy of Fine Arts of Zagreb, Croatia

Conference

Since the beginning of his European career, Towhidi Tabari has given many interviews on the radio and TV, besides conferences in different institutions about traditional Persian arts and its history, as for example:

2004 Academy of Fine Arts [17] of Zagreb, Croatia

Graphic Designer

Towhidi Tabari has also developed work as a graphic designer, designing more than 50 posters, logos, invitations, page layouts, pamphlets, booklets and book covers.

Khanevade Sabz magazine logo,^[18] Tehran, Iran.
"Shiraz: Persian Paradise" poster, catalogue and invitations; Asnières-Sur-Seine, France.
"Regard Persan": Persian Art Exposition (poster and catalogue),
Neuilly-Sur-Seine
, France.
Rumi Festival, poster, catalogue and invitation, UNESCO, Paris, France
Hafez Festival, poster, catalogue and invitations, Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France.
Celebration of
Château de Versailles
, France.
"Hanooz", poetry book by Mohammad Mokri, book cover, Paris, France.

References

^ Iran's Association of Calligraphers : Home
^ La Maison des Artistes - Association des Artistes
^ Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art - Index Archived 2006-12-20 at archive.today
^ ^a ^b ALBA Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ Tabari TOWHIDI
^ Slobodna Dalmacija
^ Kultura Archived 2015-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.vjesnik.hr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Mevlana Jalaluddin - French Persian Mevlana Exhibited in Paris Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.daily.ir/2005/10/796/#more-796 Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
^ "French-Persian Rumi Exhibited in Paris - Persian Journal Culture Archaeological History Art Archaeology cultural history news & Iranian culture newspaper". Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
^ CIM577-useweb^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Quartier du Centre / Marais - Nuit Blanche - 7 octobre 2006
^ Un maître calligraphe au collège · Collège Assomption de Cogolin - Sainte-Maxime Archived 2007-07-07 at archive.today
^ programme12 pages Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Expositions Centre Culturel Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu - Academy of fine arts in Zagreb
^ خانواده سبز Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] Iran's Association of Calligraphers : Home

[2] La Maison des Artistes - Association des Artistes

[3] Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art - Index Archived 2006-12-20 at archive.today

[autogenerated1-4] ALBA Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Tabari TOWHIDI

[6] Slobodna Dalmacija

[7] Kultura Archived 2015-05-06 at the Wayback Machine

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.vjesnik.hr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] Mevlana Jalaluddin - French Persian Mevlana Exhibited in Paris Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine

[10] ttp://www.daily.ir/2005/10/796/#more-796 Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)

[11] "French-Persian Rumi Exhibited in Paris - Persian Journal Culture Archaeological History Art Archaeology cultural history news & Iranian culture newspaper". Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2007-12-16.

[12] CIM577-useweb^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] Quartier du Centre / Marais - Nuit Blanche - 7 octobre 2006

[14] Un maître calligraphe au collège · Collège Assomption de Cogolin - Sainte-Maxime Archived 2007-07-07 at archive.today

[15] rogramme12 pages Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine

[16] Expositions Centre Culturel Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine

[17] Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu - Academy of fine arts in Zagreb

[18] خانواده سبز Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine

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