Arman Stepanian
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The Lady with Roses
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90 x 60 cm, Editions 1/7 & 2/7
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In the Memory of
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She was Murdered
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The inspiration for these photographs came to me on a day when I was visiting my father's grave. Looking at the photographs on the gravestones, I wondered whether, at the time that the pictures were being taken, the sitters ever thought that these photographs would eventually end up on their graves (thoughts of a sick mind). I started working with this idea in mind. I then made up a story (and a personality) for each picture.
— Arman Stepanian
Arman Stepanian
Born in 1956, Abadan (IR)
Works and lives in Tehran (IR)
Education
B.A., Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Tehran (IR)
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Homa Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2005 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2004 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2002 Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2002 Sofitel Gallery, Luxembourg (LU)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Homa Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
2010 Tehran - New York, Milani-Heller Gallery, New York City (NY-USA)
2009 Salwa Zaidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
2009 Iran Inside Out, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City (NY-USA)
2009 Iran Inside Out, De Paul Museum, Chicago (IL-USA)
2008 Ghaf Gallery, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
2006 Iranian Contemporary Photographers, De Santos Gallery, Houston (TX-USA)
2005 Iranian Vision, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper (WY- USA)
2004 9th Iranian Photography Biennial, Tehran (IR)
2003 Melina Mercury Cultural Complex, Nicosia (CY)
2003 Persian Visions, MoCA, Isfahan (IR)
2002 Persian Visions, MoCA, Tehran (IR)
2002 A Glimpse of Iran, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki (GR)
2001 Persian Regards, Espace Electra, Paris (FR)
1993 Iranian and Armenian Painters, Hoor Research Center, Tehran (IR)
1990 Asian Biennial of Graphic Design, Iranian Center for Cultural Research and Study, Tehran (IR)
1990 2nd Iranian Photography Biennial, Tehran (IR)
1987 1st Iranian Graphic Design Biennial, Tehran (IR)
Awards
2005 Diploma of Honour, Photography Festival of Art and Worship, Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran (IR)
1989 Special Diploma of the Jury Panel, 2nd Iranian Graphic Design Biennial, Tehran (IR)
1987 Special Diploma of the Jury Panel, 1st Iranian Graphic Design Biennial, Tehran (IR)
Publications
1997 Aesthetics in the Works of Qajar Photographers, Aks Magazine, Tehran (IR)
1990 Armenian-Iranians seen in Camera, MoCA, Tehran (IR)