ALI SOLTANI TEHRANI

Born in 1979, Ahvaz, Iran

Currently live in Tehran

Education

2017 Story Telling Master Class, under study of Søren Pagter, Gozar Gallery, Tehran, Iran

1996 –  Diploma of Film Making, Iranian Young Cinema Society, Ahvaz, Iran

Solo exhibition

2019 – Eve’s Inhabitants, Doorbin Gallery, Ahvaz, Iran 

2016 – The Other, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Selected Group Exhibition

2024 – ±50, Gooye Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2023 – 10 days with Iranian Photographers (9th reunion), Artists’ House, Tehran, Iran

2020 – Contemporary Art, 4 Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2020 – Distorted sight, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2019 – The Probable Truth, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2019 – Landscapes Before the Eyes, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2019 – The Probable Truth, Vista Galley, Tehran, Iran

2018 – The Art of Self Narrative, Katherine Maria Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2017 – Bathhouse, City Visual Art Gallery, Kashan, Iran

2017 – City of Tales, Saless Gallery in cooperation with Factory TT, Tehran, Iran

2017 – City of Tales, Negah Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2017 – The Heart Became Broken, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2017 – Iran-An open Portfolio, Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia

2016 – 30 Nama Kiarostami, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2016 – Portrait, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2016 – Mr. President, Azad Galley, Tehran, Iran

Collection

Ahvaz Museum of Contemporary Art

Private Collection, London

Talks/Interview

2024 – Artist Talk with Photography Students, Pars University, Tehran, Iran

2019 – 10 days with photographers (analysis sessions), Iranian Art Forum, Tehran, Iran

2019 – “Speaking for Themselves” exhibition interview, Watch

Publications/Press

2019 – Note on The Other, Farshid Rahimi, Avam Mag, Online Magazine Read

2018 –  Oil and Nostalgia, Sun and Dust, Community and Art: a note on photography in Ahvaz, Amirhossein Kardouni, Herfe- Honarmand, Vol 72.  Read

2016  – Metamorphosis in the Other, Arash Tanhaee, No 667, 40Cheragh, Tehran, Iran

Work Experiences

Editorial Clients include,

   AP,

   AFP,

   Reuters

Institutional Clients such as,

    Khouzestan Steel Company (KSC),

    Ahvaz Municipality Beautification Organization, National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC),

    PetroPars,

    Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts