MORTEZA MOMAYEZ
1936 Born in Tehran – Iran
1952 Illustrator for journals, magazines and books
1963-64 Worked in advertising agencies
1964 B.A Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University
1961-78 Art director of various magazines, Tehran
1968 Own studies
1969-79 Art director and Costume designer for theaters and films
1969 Lecturer of Graphic Design, Tehran University
1971-73 Director of three animated films, Tehran
1975-77 Lecturer of Decorative Arts College – Tehran
1978 Lecturer of Farabi University
1973-80 Head of Plastic Arts Section, UNESCO Commission Tehran
1975 Member of International Advertising Association USA
1977 Member of AGI
1989 Lecturer of Art League, Indianapolis – USA
PUBLICATIONS :
Books : Drawing and Painting – Graphic Art in Iran – Design and Designing
Signs (Cultural and Trademarks of M.Momayez). Plakat, Poster, Morteza Momayez
Articles: Magazine lay-out Design – Slogans and Titles – Visual Design in the Persian Alphabet – a Survey of Sign- Illustration and Imagination-A Short History of Poster in Iran
Prefaces: Catalogue of “50 Years of Graphic Arts in Iran” exhibition-Catalogue of “poster Art in Iran” exhibition – Catalogue of “First Asian Graphic Design Biennial – Tehran” exhibition – Who is Who in Graphic Art (Section of Iran)
EXHIBITIONS :
Art Biennial Tehran-Poster Biennial Warsaw-Poster –Exhibition Cannes Poster Biennial Bruo-Poster Biennial Lahti-Bergische Lowe, W. Germany – Art Poster Gallery, Bad Durkheim, W. Germany – Triennale Toyama 1985/1988 Japan – Colorado International Poster Exhibition 1987 – Salon International de L’Affiche, 1986/88 France – Galleries and Museums in Tehran – Six one – man exhibitions in Tehran .
Presented in NOVUM ,Germany- MODERN PUBLICITY, England- PROJECT.
Poland – GRAPHIS POSTER, Switzerland – AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHERS,USA-ARTNEWS,USA– LETTERHEADS,USA – GRAPHIC DESIGN, Japan – WHO IS WHO IN GRAPHIC ART, Switzerland- TOP GRAPHIC DESIGN, Switzerland- LOGOTYPES OF THE WORLD 1970-1983,Japan – POSTER BY MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE GRAPHIC INTERNATIONAL, 1960-1985,USA – WORLD TRADEMARKS AND LOGOTYPES I, Japan- IDEA, No. 212, 1989, Japan .