Biography of Aydin Aghdashloo

Aydin Aghdashloo can be considered as one of the greatest and most influential contemporary artists of Iran. Born in 1319 in Rasht, in addition to painting and drawing, he also writes and reviews films.

Aghdashloo started painting since childhood and became a professional painter and graphic artist after successive successes. He, who studied painting from Tehran University, is now in his seventh decade of life teaching and creating works of art and has trained five thousand students so far.

Aydin Aghdashloo has a good relationship with the media and is considered one of the most popular artists in the country. Also, he is one of those artists who never wanted to leave Iran and he himself says: “Absakhor and my audience are here”, while many artists of his generation have left the country or have turned a blind eye to the world.