Kazem Khorasani / Professor, Graphic Designer and Calligrapher

Art Research PhD (Modern Calligraphy)

Master of Graphic Design / Art University of Tehran

Owner of 10 Years Golden Visa Card of UAE/Dubai

  • Member of the Center for the Development of Visual Arts of Iran
  • Member of the Cité Paris Artists Association
  • Artist invited by the Museum of Contemporary Arts of Tehran for a study opportunity to the Cité Paris Artists (Cité 2015)
  • Inventor of Modern Kufic Calligraphy in 1377
  • Director of the Khorasani Graphic Design Studio
  • Director of the Department and Faculty Member of the University with more than two decades of university teaching

(Director of the Bachelor’s and Master’s Department of Visual Communication, Iqbal Lahori University of Mashhad 1398-1402 / Lecturer and Director of the Department of Art, Ferdows University of Mashhad / 1385-1394)

  • Lecturer of practical preparation classes for the Master’s degree in Graphic Arts with 14 years of first place in the exam
  • Member of the working group for recruiting instructors for applied scientific centers of Khorasan Razavi for ten years
  • Lecturer and official member of the Iranian Calligraphers Association since 1376
  • Chairman and founder of the Ferdows branch of the Iranian Calligraphers Association for 4 years
  • Member of the Graphic Council of Mashhad Municipality 1387-1390
  • Member of the Audit Board of the General Directorate of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Khorasan Razavi Galleries
  • First to third place and selected 55 national and international festivals (Fajr International, Al-Barda Emirates, Qazvin Biennial, Imam Reza, etc.)
  • Creating more than 1600 calligraphy works from thirty years ago to now
  • Participating in 19 solo exhibitions and more than 200 group exhibitions inside and outside the country (France, Italy, Turkey, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Lebanon, Qatar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Tehran, Emirates, Canada, England, America, Australia, etc.)
  • Attending the group of eighty selected Iranian artists by invitation of Her Highness Farah Pahlavi in the FIAP Jean Monnet/Paris April-May 2024 exhibition (along with artworks by Sohrab Sepehri, Behjat Sadr, Iran Darudi, Bahman Mohasses, etc.)
  • Designer and manufacturer of more than 300 urban elements in different cities of the country
  • Sign design for more than 350 brands and organizational complexes
  • Advertising and design manager of Aalis factories group
  • Environmental advertising contractor of Khorasan Razavi International Exhibitions Company 2002-2003
  • Designer of inscriptions of Iqbal Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan
  • Designer of embossed stone inscriptions on the western and southern facades of the new buildings of Hasineh-e-Irshad in Tehran (about ninety square meters, four layers)
  • Designer of interior inscriptions of the luxurious wooden shrine of Imam Zadegan in Tehran
  • Design of embossed stone inscriptions in the area of ​​​​Martyrs’ Square in Mashhad (Mashhad Municipality) 150 square meters
  • Holding 28 workshops and presenting conferences inside and outside Iran
  • Publishing more than 40 works in domestic and foreign art magazines and books (France, Italy, Canada, etc.)
  • Writing 16 scientific research, scientific-promotional articles and presenting at scientific conferences and conventions inside and outside Iran
  • Author of 5 books related to calligraphy and graphics
  • Author of the book on teaching modern Kufic calligraphy in three languages; Persian, English, Arabic (commissioned by the Khowla Art and Culture Center – Abu Dhabi)
  • Scriber of 30th part of the Holy Quran in early Kufic script on natural goat leather and gold leaf gilding
  • Scriber of the world’s largest handwritten Quran in early Kufic script on Cowhide leather with 24-carat gold leaf in dimensions of 200 by 150 centimeters (in progress)
  • Purchased artworks at auctions in Qatar (Al-Bahieh), England (Gunnersbury Park Museum – London)
  • Purchased artworks to the Imam Ali Museum in Tehran, the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Tehran and collectors from France, the Emirates, Kuwait, the United States, Canada, Turkey, England, Canada and etc. .

Modern Calligraphy Artworks