Pooya Aryanpour
Iranian, b. 1971
Pooya Aryanpour, born in 1971 in Tehran, Iran, is an artist, art instructor and university lecturer. He studied painting at the Faculty of Art and Architecture, Azad University Tehran, where he obtained his Master’s degree in 1999. His work has been extensively exhibited, both in Iran and overseas, at biennials, galleries, art fairs and institutional exhibitions.
Aryanpour started his artistic practice in the mid-1990s, initially focusing on painting. He explored subject material rooted in the traditions of Iranian culture. Aryanpour’s early pieces employed traces of colour, abstract forms and drawing to create mystery and suspense. Aryanpour’s sculptures and sculptural installations, while rooted in the very traditions and thought processes involved in his drawings and paintings, appear as large recognisable forms that engage the viewer in an interactive and performative act by transforming his drawings into intricate mirror works and projecting them in space.
Pooya Aryanpour lives and works in Tehran, Iran.