Bahram Hanafi

Bahram Hanafi was born in Miandoab in 1966. He completed his postgraduate studies in art research at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran and is also a graduate of Calligraphers Association. Bahram Hanafi held more than 15 solo exhibitions and participated in 50 group exhibitions. Hanafi has always been active in international activities and has exhibited his works in auctions and exhibitions in different cities and countries such as:, London, Dubai, America, Bangladesh, Italy and Qatar. In the artworks of Bahram Hanafi, what can always be seen is his desire for new trends in calligraphy. In his works, Hanafi, by going through the rules of classical calligraphy, has reached a kind of improvisation, and can be said they own almost all the characteristics of abstract painting. He creates this norm breaking in calligraphy in different forms each time. The performance technique of Hanafi works is unique. In this technique, he sometimes places the layers of colors so flat on the surface of the canvas that it misleads the audience to recognize the technique and induces an impression of printing, but in fact, the speed of action that Hanafi has in his improvisations and the use of unusual metal parts, Makes his special personal technique.

Saadat Afzood