Behrouz Darash
Sculptor
Iran

Born in Oroumieh, 1942
BS in Commerce, 1968
MS in International Economies, Tehran University, 1972

He traveled to Barcelona, Spain, and he studied and played guitar professionally in 1972.
Behrouz returned to Iran in 1972. Then he Studied and researched in visual arts on new forms and spaces and eventually he participated in some experimental group exhibitions during 1974-1977. He had no social activity in sculpture, due to revolutionary values and because of then special condition in Iran of after 1979. Darash traveled to Germany in 1988. He has also some research in Iranian contemporary poetry, which eventually culminated to publishing a collection of new ports in 1991.

Exhibitions and Prizes:
- Painting group exhibition, 1972
- First individual sculpture exhibition, 1972
- Individual exhibition, 1988
- Selected artist: Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Japan, 1993
- Tehran First Triennale Sculpture Works, 1995
- Special prize winner: Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Japan, 1995
- Group exhibition, 1997
- Dual felt exhibition, 1998
- Group exhibition, 1998
- Finalist of Premio Internazionale d'Arte Ermanno Casoli, Ancona, Italy, 1999
- Selected artist in Arte Sacre Contemporain 2000, Paris, France, 1999
- Grand prize winner, Second Iran Sculpture Biennale 2000, Tehran, 2000
- Group exhibition in Contemporary Arts Museum of Caracas, Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001
- Christies group exhibition, London, England, 2002
- Third Iran Sculpture Biennale 2002, Tehran, 2002
- Venice biennale, Italy, 2003
- Spiritual Art Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Museum, Tehran, 2003



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