About Nazar Moosavinia
Nazar Moosavinia is a contemporary painter born in 1979 in Abadan, Iran. He received his BA in Painting from Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran and completed his MA in Painting at the Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Tehran.
Moosavinia held his first solo exhibition in 2006 at Dey Gallery in Tehran. Later that same year, his second solo show was presented in collaboration with Assar Gallery, also in Tehran. His first international experience followed in 2007, when he participated in the group exhibition "Portraying the Lady" in London. In 2008, his works were included in another London-based group exhibition titled "Whispered Secrets, Murmured Dreams". In subsequent years, he has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Iran and abroad, with the majority of his domestic presentations organized in collaboration with Mah Art Gallery, Tehran.
Moosavinia’s paintings are often described as surreal, a characterization largely prompted by the sense of estrangement and the uncanny situations his images evoke. Human and animal motifs recur prominently in his work, frequently merged to form hybrid, grotesque figures that recall the visual imagination of painters such as Hieronymus Bosch.
Another key and recurring element in Nazar Moosavinia’s paintings is the presence of partitions or barriers that separate the figures within the pictorial space. Interaction between these figures is mediated through small openings embedded in these surfaces. Overall, the artist’s practice is grounded in a sustained play between juxtaposition and substitution within otherwise familiar and recognizable visual logics. Across different phases of his career, this strategy functions as a central device for constructing a dreamlike and imaginative atmosphere.
The Most Expensive Artwork
At Auctions
First Attendance
23 October 2008
# Attendance
14
# Artworks
14
Average Realized Price
5,684 USD
Average Min Estimate
3,659 USD
Average Max Estimate
5,524 USD
Sell-through Rate
57.143%
Average Growth of Artwork Worth
33.515%
Timeline
Displaying works from the khosroshahi collection exhibition
10 October
Resize exhibition
16 August
10s of Artworks, 10s of Millions exhibition
8 March
20th/21st Century Art auction
5 March
Modern Collector: Art Online auction
26 November
Figure exhibition
23 June
resize exhibition
13 April
Recovery/ The third series exhibition
10 March
Art Closer Than Ever exhibition
26 August
Treasure 1 exhibition
22 July
Descartes Island exhibition
10 December
The 14th Tehran- Contemporary Iranian Art auction
12 August
No.3 auction
23 April
دوازدهمین دوره حراج تهران auction
17 January
Intangible Silence exhibition
11 October
The Probably Truth exhibition
23 August
Annual Review exhibition
19 July
Neo-expressionism in Iranian Contemporary Art exhibition
10 May
Collector Circle, 2019 exhibition
4 January
Summer Sale of Artibition exhibition
7 September
The Fourth Annual Auction of Behnam Daheshpour Gallery exhibition
28 June
Crisis exhibition
16 February
The 6th Tehran- Contemporary Iranian Art auction
23 December
The Winter Experience exhibition
10 June
Toxic Forests exhibition
25 September
سومین دوره حراج تهران auction
30 May
The Young Collectors auction
27 May
The Young Collectors auction
21 January
Ayyam - Dubai - September 2013 auction
16 September
The Young Collectors - Art from the Middle East auction
30 April
Art for Peace Festival exhibition
1 January
The Young Collectors : Art from the Middle East auction
22 October
Contemporary Art Including Arab & Iranian Art auction
16 October
Nezar Mousavinia Artworks exhibition
22 May
Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art auction
23 October