Life Chronology
| 1940 |
Born on 30th Oct.; in Rasht, Principal city of northern province of Guilan
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| 1946 |
Enters Onsory Elementary School; in Rasht
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| 1951 | Death of Father ( Mohammad Aghdashlou, Hadjiov) |
| 1953 | Enters Jam Secondary School |
| 1954 | Sells First painting: an exact copy of Velazquez, Reclining Venus |
| 1956 | Finds work as graphic artist; for Ashena Advertising Co. |
| 1959 | Enters Faculty of fine Arts, University of Tehran |
| 1963 | Starts Writing art reviews ; for Andisheh va Honar Quarterly |
| 1967 | Quits the university |
| 1972 | Marriage To Shohreh Vaziri Tabar |
| 1973-78 | Instructor and lecturer; at various art colleges |
| 1975 | First exhibition of paintings (at Iran-American Society);Starts a weekly tv art-show: “ways of Seeing” (which runs for two years)
“Iranian Calligraphy; A collection of works from 15th to 20th century, Aghdashloo’s collection,(An Exhibition, at Negarestan Museum), Writes the script and paints the backdrops for an animation film, “the Rainbow” |
| 1976 | Accepts public offices; helps found and is the first curator of Reza Abbasi Museum |
| 1977 | Produces and writes commentaries for a series of documentaries on Persian Calligraphy, Persian Tile-making and Persian Architecture |
| 1979 | Returns to working as graphic artist (after an absence of two years, and never leaves the medium again);returns to lecturing on Arts; at faculty of Arts, Al-Zahra University |
| 1980 | Divorce from Shohreh Vazriy-Tabar |
| 1981 | Marriage to Firoozeh Athari;Researches, writes commentaries and co-produces two documents on The History of Persian Calligraphy;
Establishes a private academy to instruct graphics as well as painting (still thriving to date) |
| 1982 | Birth of son, Takin;Death of mother (Nahid Nakhjavan);
Researches, writes/ narrates commentaries and co-produces a series of 13 documentaries on The History of Persian Painting, “Towards Simorgh” (For IRI tv) |
| 1987 | Birth of Daughter Tara |
| 1989 | PUblishes First Collection of paintings, “Portraits” |
| 1992 | Publishes “Of Joys and Yearnings” (Selected Essays and Dialogues: 1974 – 1991) |
| 1993 | Publishes second collection of paintings: “Aydin Aghdashloo: A Selection of Paintings: 1961 – 1993” |
| 1997 | Publishes “Agha Lotfali Sooratgar” |
| 1999 | Second exhibition of paintings: “Aydin Aghdashloo’s Book Covers” (at Museum of Modern Art, Tehran);Second edition of “Of Joys and Yearnings” Publishes “Years of Fire and Snow” (Selected Essays and Dialogues: 1991 – 199″; Publishes ” Of Matters Private and Public: |
| 2000 | Teaching in Faculty of Art, University Of Kerman |
| 2001 | 25 Lectures on Art and culture in Tehran, Kerman, Rasht, Isphahan, Mashhad, Shiraz Wife and children resident in Canada |
| Jury member of Poster Biannual in Tehran contemporary Art museum | |
| Joining “Iranian Contemporary Art” Exhibition, Barbican Center, Curve Gallery, London | |
| 2002 | Joining “Iranian Contemporary” Exhibition, Christie’s, London |
| 12 lectures on Iranian Graphic, Modern and classic painting in Tehran | |
| 2003 | Publishes “Other Essays and Talks” ; (1999-2003) |
| 2004 | Taking part in ” A Caccia in Paradiso – Court Arts of Safavid Iran 1501-5076 ” in Milan, As representative of Iran |