Rashin Kheiriyeh
CAT BECAME A RIGHTEOUS MUSLIM (2012)
Acrylic on canvas
175 x 175 cm
Inspired by a Persian poet and satirist of the 14th century Ubayd Zakani
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Rashin Kheiriyeh, artist and illustrator, was born in Khoramshar, Iran in 1979 and graduatedwith a Master’s Degree from the University of Al-Zahara, Tehran in 2008.
She has been awarded numerous and varied international prizes ranging from the United States, Italy, Japan and Korea and is a member of both the French and Iranian Institutes of Illustrators.
Though having previously worked on animated shorts and other pr oductions, « The Young Man and the Cunning Tailor » is her first animated film as director.
Profession: Painter- Illustrator - Animation Director
BA in Graphic Design. Tehran, 2004
MA in Graphic Design, Tehran, 2008
Studied abroad at School of visual art New York City (SVA), 2011
Member of the society of Children’s book writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) in USAMember of Institute of the Illustrators in Iran
Member of Institute of the painters in Iran
Exhibition:1.Group exhibition of painting, School of visual art (SVA), New York, 20112.Solo exhibition of Painting, Vali Gallery,Tehran, 20113.Group exhibition of painting, Pardis Mellat Gallery,Tehran, 20114.Group exhibition of painting, Barg Gallery,Tehran, 2011 5.Solo exhibition of Painting, Day Art Gallery,Tehran, 20106.Group exhibition of painting, Pardis Mellat Gallery,Tehran, 20107.Group exhibition of Painting, Khaneh Honarmandan Gallery,Tehran, 20108.Group exhibitionof painting, Mah e Mehr Gallery,Tehran, 20099.Group Exhibition of Paintings “ Wishes & Dreams”,Washington DC, New York, 2007 10.Solo Exhibition of Illustrations, German, 2006 11.Group Exhibition of illustration, Austria, 200612.Group Exhibition of painting, Paris, 2005