THE STORY
"With photographs, you can create an identity for others, and define their identity from your point of view."
Photographer, Painter, Researcher
Born 1956 Abadan, Iran
BA, Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University
Arman Stepanian is among the famous Iranian photographers who created new windows into the world of Iranian photography.
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Group Exhibitions (In IRAN)
Tehran Biennial of Graphic Design, 1st to 5th
Asian Biennial of Graphic Design, Iranian Center for Cultural
Research and Study, 1990
2nd and 9th Iranian Photography Biennial, 1990 & 2004
Persian vision, Tehran & Isfahan MoCA, 2002 & 2003
Iranian and Armenian Painters, Hoor Research Center, 1993
Homa Art Gallery 2010
Khak Art Gallery 2013
Group International Exhibitions:
Iranian Vision, Electra Gallery Paris Museum,2000
Iranian Vision, Tsaloniki, Greece, 2002
Melina Mercury Cultural Complex, Cypress, 2003
Iranian Vision Nicolaysen Art Museum, Wyoming, USA, 2005
Salwa Zaidan Gallery, UAE,2008
Chelsea Art Museum New York, USA (Iran inside out), 2009
Tehran-New York, Milani-Heller Gallery, USA 2010
Austria, Vienna Art Fair 2012
Solo Exhibitions:
Sofitel Gallery, Luxemburg, 2002
Seyhoun, Gallery, 2002
Silk Road Gallery, 2004 & 2005& 2010
Homa Art Gallery, 2011
Etemad Art Gallery, Dubai 2012
Special diploma of the jury panel, 1st and 2nd Iranian Graphic Design Biennial, 1987 & 1989
Diploma of Honor, photography Festival of Art and Worship,
Niavaran Cultural Center, 2005
Tehran Auction 2012 & 2013
Christie’s auction, Paris
Sotheby’s Auction, London
Sotheby Auction, Qatar
- Research on the History of Iranian Photography,
- The organizer of the exhibition “Armenian-Iranians Seen in Camera”, Tehran MoCA, 1990
- Aesthetics of the Qajar Photography, Aks Magazine, 1997
