Alireza Astaneh is known as an artist who makes a phenomenon, free from all its values while he is appreciating that. Being calligraphy to its essence, his works embrace a different principle. Astaneh has created the formal structure of his works by the inspiration of originality of Minimalism; this can be observed by titling of his series, as well. Later, Astaneh’s visual achievement found its trends to Modular Art. The recent art series of Astaneh while carrying neo-conceptual artificial implications associates the geometric method of Islamic architecture. He tries to show an equality between contemporaneity and the idea of being meaningless by his emphasis on the artificial mood of repetition. Actually, he consciously persists on his art style in order to reveal his despair of elitism.
Astaneh’s works should be realized as an evaluation in the concept of identity among new generation of Iran’s art, when he presents something new of his own identity by looking back to the past.
“Part of a note by Shahrouz Nazari“
Selected solo exhibitions
- “His master’s voice”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2023.
- “Panic Room”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2021.
- “Rivoli street”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2017.
- “The Verbal Cages”, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE, 2016.
- “Function of Flowers”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2015.
- “The Verbal Cages”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
- ”Tehran Taxi”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2012.
- “Castelli”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2011.
- “Amnesia”, Vaali Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2009.
Selected group exhibitions
- “Tik Tok Tik Tok” , Yafteh Projects, Tehran, Iran, 2024.
- “Time Dimension, The Five Corner” , Xhoma Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2024.
- “Semantic Scope” , Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2024.
- “The Collector 9” , Artibition Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2024.
- “A Selection of 70 Years of Iranian Sculpture”, Art Center Gallery, Tehran, Iran. 2024
- “Contemporary Iranian Art”, Azadi Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran. 2024
- “A Selection of 70 Years of Iranian Sculpture”, Art Center Gallery, Tehran, Iran. 2023
- “Contemporary Iranian Art”, Azadi Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran. 2022.
- “Korsie”, Meyar Culture Institute, Tehran, Iran, 2022.
- “Selected Vol 5” , Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2022.
- “Basket goes Persian”, Nicolas Flamel Art Gallery, Paris, France, 2021.
- “Once upon a time”, Foundry down town Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2021.
- “The Collector 9”, Artibition Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2021.
- “Contemporary Iranian Art”, Azadi Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran, 2021.
- “Selected Vol 3” , Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2021.
- “The Collector 6” , Artibition Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2020.
- “Shabtab 8” , Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2020.
- “Wintry” , Mojdeh Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2020.
- “Contemporary Iranian Art”, Azadi Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran, 2020.
- “Shabtab 7” , Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2020.
- “From Tehran with Love” , 8070 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, USA, 2020.
- “Patternitecture” , Gallery #1 Niavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran, 2019.
- “Iran Contemporary” , Abghari Art Gallery, Marbella, Spain, 2019.
- “Become the Sky”, Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris, France, 2017.
- “Contemporary Iranian Art”, Espinas Palace, Tehran, Iran, 2016.
- “30 sculptures 30 sculptors”, Saless Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2016.
- “Summer Collection”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2016.
- “Iran Art Now”, Setareh Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2016.
- “Summer Collection”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2015.
- “Modern& Contemporary Iranian Art”, Azadi Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran, 2015.
- “The Great Game”, 56th Venice Biennial, Pavilion of Iran, Venice, Italy, 2015.
- “Drawing week 03”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2015.
- “Write me a Poem”, Mottahedan Projects, Dubai, UAE, 2015.
- “Inspiration/ Insistence”, Sotheby’s Los Angeles, USA, 2014.
- “Neo-Traditionalism in Contemporary Iranian Art”, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014.
- “Modern& Contemporary Iranian Art”, Azadi Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
- “The Young Collectors”, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2014.
- “Ey Iran”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
- “Cheragh”, Iranian Artist Foroum, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
- “City of Tales”, Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris, France, 2014.
- “Alternative Calligraphy 03”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
- “Voyage”, Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris, France, 2013.
- “The Young Collectors”, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2013.
- “Peykareh”, Sareban Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
- “Art Feast”, Iranian Artist Forum, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
- “Modern& Contemporary Iranian Art”, Azadi Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
- “Drawing week 01”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
- “11th Art Basel- Miami Beach”, Miami, US, 2012.
- “Words Unveiled”, Geneva, Switzerland, 2012.
- the first Middle Eastern Works of “Millon house”, Opera Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2012.
- “7th Vienna fair”, Vienna, Austria, 2012.
- “9th Shanghai biennial”, Shanghai, China, 2012.
- “Art Dubai”, Kashya Hildebrand Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2012.
- “Magic of Persia”, Dubai, UAE, 2012.
- “alternative calligraphy 01”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2012.
- “10th Art Basel- Miami Beach”, Miami, US 2011.
- “Christie’s orientalists”, Paris, France, 2011.
- “summer collection”, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2011.
- “Nastaliq masters”, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran, 2008
Selected books
- A “wow!” indicates beauty, A conversation between Shahrouz Nazari and Alireza Astaneh, Published by Homa Publications, Tehran, Iran, 2021.
- “The Last Word”, Aydin Aghdashloo, Published by Aban Publications, Tehran, Iran, 2015.
- “The Great Game”, Published by Silvana Editoriale Publications, Venice, Italy, 2015.
- “mehr-e-honar”, published by Agricultural Bank of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
- “Tehran Art”, published by Contemporary Art Publications, Singapore, 2012.