Art

Mohammad Khazaei; Artist and Scholar
Mohammad Khazaei was born in 1962; He has a PhD in Graphic Design(Islamic Art and Design) from Birmingham University, UK, 1997. Dr. Khazaei is associate professor and as a member of the academic board of Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran since 1998. He also is the editor-in-chief of the specialized monthly journal of “ Book of the Month in Art” since in 2005. Top designer of the Graphic Designers in first Tehran Biannual, 1988. Dr. Khazaei is also a winner of a scholarship(Pares) from the Third Graphic Biannual, 1991. Other achievements of Dr. Khazaei are the following: Commendation letter from the 2nd International Islamic Poster Biannual, 2006 and Commendation letter from the 9th Contemporary Iranian Graphic Biannual for sign and logo designs. , 2007. He is the designer of close to 45 posters on different themes from 1981 to 2009. He is also the designer and creator the following logos: Sazman e Sanjesh, Institute of Islamic art studies, Universities of Shiraz, Shahrekord, Zabol, Iranshahr and etc. Khazaei has published many books among them are the Elixir of Design (a collection of Persian designs from the Mongol era to the Safavids), 1988. A Thousand Designs, 1992 (2nd edition in 2002); Early Islamic Persian Art (in English), London 1999; The Arts of Islam, A Collection of Essays, 2003. Khazaei has submitted many papers in international conferences such as the International Islamic Art Conference in HOFSTRA, New York, 1996; and also the Seminar on The Art Majors in the universities of UK, 1996-97; also he has participated in over 25 lectures in national and international conferences. The publication of two ISI articles, over 12 scientific-research essays, and also 42 articles in scientific-promotional periodicals can be seen in Dr. Khazaie’s resume. Khazaei also participated in many art events as the leading judge such as the Ashura Poster, 2007; The Tenth Biannual of Tehran’s Poster, 2009; and many other cultural and artistic events.