Khosrow Hassanzadeh

Painter Khosrow Hassanzadeh was born in Tehran in 1963, and lives in between Tehran and London.

After serving in the Iran-Iraq war he studied painting at the Motjama-e-Honar University and Persian literature at the Azad University, both in Iran.

His most recent solo exhibitions include “Ready to Order” at the British Museum, London (2009); “Khosrow Hassanzadeh” at Arndt & Partner, Berlin (2009); “Khosrow Hassanzadeh” at the KIT Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (2006); “Terrorist”, at the Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (2005); “Pahlavan”, at the Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut and Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (2004, 2003); “Ashura”, Gallery Janine Rubeiz, Beirut (2002); “Chador”, at the Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran (2000); “Falling Figures” (with Bita Fayyazi), at the Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran (2000); and “Life, War & Art: Paintings of Khosrow Hassanzadeh”, Diorama Arts Centre, London (1999).

Selected group exhibitions include “Diwan East West”, at the Venice Biennale (2009); “Word into Art”, at the British Museum, London (2006); “West by East”, at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona (2005); “Musulmanes, Musulmans: au Caire, à Téhéran, Istanbul, Paris, Dakar”, at the Parc de la Villette, Paris (2004); “Far Near Distance: Contemporary Positions of Iranian Artists”, at the House of World Cultures, Berlin (2004); “Haft: 7 Artistes Contemporains Iraniens”, at the Musée des Années 30, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt (2003); and “Iranian Contemporary Art”, at the Barbican Centre, London (2001).

His work is in numerous public collections, including the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran; the British Museum, London; KIT Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam; and the World Bank, Washington DC.