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Hadi Tabatabai, Iranian Artist, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Mahssa Talai, Art Advisor, Paris

Hadi Tabatabai

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About

Hadi Tabatabai is an American artist from Iranian origins living and working at San Francisco. 

 

Hadi Tabatabai works, minimal and singular, are an invitation to peace and to travel. Possessing a highly personal language, he differs technically and visually from minimalist artists even if his geometric grids recall those of the artist Agnes Martin. His blue drawings, emblematic, are an obvious reference to the artist Yves Klein who said « All colors bring forth associations of concrete ideas while blue evokes at most the sea and the sky. » An entire life in the United States has made this contemporary artist of Iranian origin a painter and a sculptor endowed with a technique unequalled in Iran. His works are in several prestigious public and private collections including those of the artists Agnes Martin and Luc Tuymans.

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Hadi Tabatabai, Iranian Artist, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Mahssa Talai, Art Advisor, Paris

Collection Mahssa Talaï
Acquired in 2019

U
ntitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
28 x 25 cm / 30 x 28 cm
Unique

Hadi Tabatabai, Iranian Artist, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Mahssa Talai, Art Advisor, Paris

Collection Agnes Martin

Acquired in 2004

 

Untitled, 2002

Thread, acrylic and pencil on wood panel

30 x 28 cm
Unique

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS :

ACHENBACH FOUNDATION, SAN FRANCISCO
BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, BERKELEY
BLANTON MUSEUM, AUSTIN
BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM, BRUNSWICK
COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, WATERVILLE
CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, HONOLULU
DAVIS MUSEUM WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, WILMINGTON
LANNAN FOUNDATION, SANTA FE
PROGRESSIVE ART COLLECTION, MAYFIELD

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS :

AGNES MARTIN, NEW YORK
LLOYD COTSEN, LOS ANGELES
LUC TUYMANS, ANTWERP
WERNER KRAMARSKY, NEW YORK

ART AWARDS :

2011         NOMINEE, SECA ART AWARD, SFMOMA, SAN FRANCISCO
2008         GRANT RECIPIENT, POLLOCK KRASNER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK
2004         FINALIST, SECA ART AWARD, SFMOMA, SAN FRANCISCO
2001         NOMINEE, SECA ART AWARD, SFMOMA, SAN FRANCISCO

EDUCATION :

1995         BFA IN PAINTING, THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, SAN FRANCISCO
1985         BS IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO

SOLO SHOWS :

2022         HADI TABATABAI, RECENT WORKS, BARTHA CONTEMPORARY, LONDON
2020         HADI TABATABAI, BLACK, WHITE, SOMETIMES BLUE, PETER BLAKE GALLERY, LAGUNA BEACH
2019         HADI TABATABAI, NEW WORKS, BARTHA CONTEMPORARY, LONDON
2018         HADI TABATABAI, BLUE NIGHTS, INDE JACOBS GALLERY, MARFA
2018         HADI TABATABAI, TO FIND REST, LANNAN FOUNDATION, SANTA FE
2017         HADI TABATABAI, WHAT S ON, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH
2017         HADI TABATABAI, WHAT S ON, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH
2011         HADI TABATABAI, PORTALS, BRIAN GROSS FINE ART, SAN FRANCISCO
2010         HADI TABATABAI, SILENCE AND ABUNDANCE, INDE JACOBS GALLERY, MARFA
2009         HADI TABATABAI, THE SPACE OF A LINE, BRIAN GROSS FINE ART, SAN FRANCISCO
2006         HADI TABATABAI, DARUNI, STEPHEN WIRTZ GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
2005         HADI TABATABAI, INTERIOR SPACES, ANTHONY GRANT GALLERY, NEW YORK
2000         HADI TABATABAI, NEW WORKS, JAMES NICHOLSON GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
2000         HADI TABATABAI, INTRODUCTIONS, STEPHEN WIRTZ GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO

GROUP SHOWS :

2023         TABATABAI AND ZAMMITT, PLACE VAUBAN, PARIS
2017         TABATABAI AND THUNE, COLLEGE OF MARIN, KENTFIELD
2015         TABATABAI AND VISSERS, INDE JACOBS GALLERY, MARFA
2014         TABATABAI AND DELEGET AND VOISINE, PETER BLAKE GALLERY, LAGUNA BEACH
2010         TABATABAI AND BELL AND SCHIFF, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK

GROUP SHOW :

2020         BLACK, THE QUEEN OF COLOR, CHARLOTTE JACKSON GALLERY, SANTA FE
2019         THE EDGE OF LIGHT, HBAC, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
2019         TWENTY FIVE YEARS, PETER BLAKE GALLERY, LAGUNA BEACH
2019         NINE IRANIAN ARTISTS IN LONDON, THE SPARK IS YOU, PARASOL UNIT, LONDON
2018         RUMINATE, BEGOVICH GALLERY, FULLERTON
2018         WAY BAY 2, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, BERKELEY
2018         WAY BAY 1, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, BERKELEY
2017         ZEICHNUNGEN, GALERIE KIM BEHM, FRANKFURT 
2017         THE BOX PROJECT, UNCOMMON THREADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON
2017         THE BOX PROJECT, UNCOMMON THREADS, RACINE ART MUSEUM, RACINE
2016         THE BOX PROJECT, UNCOMMON THREADS, FOWLER MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES
2016         DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, WORKS ON PAPER, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2015         INTRO, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER GALLERY, BONN
2015         L'AMOUR EST DANS LE TRAIT (ARCHITECTURE), GALERIE VITRINE 65, PARIS
2014         SURFACE SOUNDS, CHERYL HAZAN CONTEMPORARY ART, NEW YORK
2014         EXTENDING THE LINE, GRTHREADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON
2013         THE SOUND OF THE SURFACE, A DRAWING PROJECT, KIM BEHM GALLERY, FRANKFURT
2013         INDIAN TANTRIC AND WESTERN CONTEMPORARY, BARTHA CONTEMPORARY, LONDON
2013         NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A MONOCHROME, WIGNALL MUSEUM, RANCHO CUCAMONGA
2013         DIALOGUE BETWEEN COLOMBIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, BEATRIZ ESGUERRA, BOGOTA
2013         AUS DER SACHE HERAUS, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER, BONN
2012         NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A MONOCHROME, IOWA MUSEUM OF ART, IOWA
2012         CONTEMPORARY DRAWING AS IDEA AND PROCESS, KEMPER ART MUSEUM, SAINT LOUIS
2012         PAPIER PAPER 2, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER GALLERY, BONN
2012         COOL CALM COLLECTED, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2011         DRIFT OF SUMMER, RM GALLERY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAN
2011         PAPIER PAPER I, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER, BONN
2011         DIFFERENT ABSTRACTIONS, GREEN CARDAMON, LONDON
2011         DRAWN, TAPED, BURNED, ABSTRACTION ON PAPER, KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, KATONAH
2012         TOUCH + PARIS, PARIS CONCRET, PARIS
2010         IRAN DIVERSO, BLACK OR WHITE, VERSO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, TURIN
2010         BY A THREAD, SAN JOSE INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN JOSE
2010         ACCROCHAGE  DORA BASSI GALLERY, GORIZIA
2010         TABATABAI, SCHIFF, BELL, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2009         WORKS ON PAPER, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2009         METAPHYSICAL ABSTRACTION, BERKELEY ART CENTER, BERKELEY
2009         MASHQ, REPETITION MEDITATION MEDIATION, GREEN CARDAMOM, LONDON
2009         YIELD, SCHMIDT CONTEMPORARY ART, SAINT LOUIS
2008         BANNED AND RECOVERED, SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR THE BOOK, SAN FRANCISCO
2008         EAST OF THE WEST, SOMARTS, SAN FRANCISCO
2008         OUT OF THE FOG, ARTISTS FROM HEADLANDS, ART WORKS DOWNTOWN, SAN RAFAEL
2006         GRIDLOCK, GALLERY JOE, PHILADELPHIA
2005         SERIES, GALLERY JOE, PHILADELPHIA
2005         DRAWINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER II, PATRICK HEIDE ART PROJECTS, LONDON
2005         REPEAT PERFORMANCE, ANTHONY GRANT GALLERY, NEW YORK
2004         WOODWORK, ANTHONY GRANT GALLERY, NEW YORK
2001         BAY AREA DRAWING, BAY AREA COLLECTIONS, PALO ALTO ART CENTER, PALO ALTO
2001         GROUP SHOW, KIYO HIGASHI GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
2000         GROUP SHOW, TRIANGLE GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO

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