Parviz Tanavoli (B. 1937) is an Iranian Canadian sculptor, painter, scholar and art collector who has, since
1989, lived and worked between Tehran, Canada, and the United States. He is a member of the Saqqa
khaneh movement, and widely referred to as the Father of Modern Iranian Sculpture, and is currently the
most expensive living Iranian artist with his The Wall (Oh, Persepolis) sold to Mathaf: Arab Museum of
Modern Art in Qatar for $2.84 million in 2008, an auction record for a Middle Eastern artist.
His work has been displayed at the British Museum in London, the Grey Art Gallery in NYU, Metropolitan
Museum in New York, Minneapolis Institute ofArt in Minneapolis, Olympic Park in Seoul, Qatar National
Museum, Royal Museum in Jordan, Royal Scottish Museum in the UK, the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna
and New York, Tate Modern in London, and in numerous prestigious venues globally