Pejman Rahimizadeh
I came into the world in 1970 in Pars Hospital in the city of Tehran, Iran. I have a sister who was born three years ahead of me and a brother who came along eight years after me. I spent my formative years in the city of Lahijan at the foot of a mountain called Satan’s Peak. Many years have passed since then and the city has grown up considerably. After all these years I never did figure out how this mountain --whose green slopes could be traversed in all of half a day after which you might suddenly come face to face with a porcupine --got its name. All that has remained of that little mountain is its name, the scent of the rain and the porcupines which have long since disappeared.
I have designed over 500 book and magazine covers mainly directed to or about young readers. Besides illustrating, I also paint and work on different type of sculptures. These are my private domain. They are places where I myself am the only audience, a private conversation. No one has commissioned them and no one will look at them. Naturally there is great freedom in this act. But I love my children and young adult audience and will work for them as long as I can only occasionally answering the pangs of that exhilarating freedom afforded me by painting and sculpting.
In the end, I have to say we all wish to be remembered. We wish to leave a legacy which will remain from our physical selves and memories, a legacy which makes life more beautiful for living in the world. Life is more important than anything else.
For my son and for all the children of the world.
International Exhibitions
Nippon International Caricature Exhibition, 1994, Japan.
Andromeda International Caricature Exhibition, 1994, Italy.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2001, Bratislava, Slovakia.
International Illustration Exhibition (BAIJ), 2002, Japan.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2003, Bratislava, Slovakia.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Szatrican Illustration Exhibition, 2006, Poland.
International Illustration Exhibition, Munich Library, 2007, Germany.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2007, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Illustration Exhibition (CJ), 2009, South Korea.
Group Exhibition of Iranian Illustrators, 2009, Italy.
International Illustration Exhibition, Tokyo Library, 2009, Japan.
Szatrican Illustration Exhibition, 2010, Poland.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Email
prahimizadeh@gmail.com
Cell phone
(+98) 912 790 37 22
I have designed over 500 book and magazine covers mainly directed to or about young readers. Besides illustrating, I also paint and work on different type of sculptures. These are my private domain. They are places where I myself am the only audience, a private conversation. No one has commissioned them and no one will look at them. Naturally there is great freedom in this act. But I love my children and young adult audience and will work for them as long as I can only occasionally answering the pangs of that exhilarating freedom afforded me by painting and sculpting.
In the end, I have to say we all wish to be remembered. We wish to leave a legacy which will remain from our physical selves and memories, a legacy which makes life more beautiful for living in the world. Life is more important than anything else.
For my son and for all the children of the world.
International Exhibitions
Nippon International Caricature Exhibition, 1994, Japan.
Andromeda International Caricature Exhibition, 1994, Italy.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2001, Bratislava, Slovakia.
International Illustration Exhibition (BAIJ), 2002, Japan.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2003, Bratislava, Slovakia.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2005, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Szatrican Illustration Exhibition, 2006, Poland.
International Illustration Exhibition, Munich Library, 2007, Germany.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2007, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Illustration Exhibition (CJ), 2009, South Korea.
Group Exhibition of Iranian Illustrators, 2009, Italy.
International Illustration Exhibition, Tokyo Library, 2009, Japan.
Szatrican Illustration Exhibition, 2010, Poland.
International Illustration Exhibition (BIB), 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia.
prahimizadeh@gmail.com
Cell phone
(+98) 912 790 37 22
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