An Iranian painter, calligrapher and sculptor, and one of the founders of the Iranian Saqqa Saqqa-khaneh
movement. Zenderoudi is unquestionably a pioneer of Iranian modern art.
He was included in the French magazine Connaissances des Arts list of ten best living artists, and has
received many accolades and won many international awards, starting at the biennales of Venice and Sao
Paolo in 1960 and 1961, when he was still in his early 20s.
In 1963, New York’s Museum of Modern Art acquired one of his pieces, which not only marked the first of
his paintings to enter a major public collection, but also served as a catalyst for other museums to follow,
such as the British Museum in London, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Statens Museum in Copenhagen,
among others. He has been living between Paris and New York since 1961