Reza Karimi (artist)


Reza Karimi is an Iranian born painter/artist living in New York.
Karimi was born in Isfahan, Iran on Aug 23 1946. Emigrated to New York in 1969.
He attended Queens College, 1974 & Brooklyn College, 1978. He originally started working with watercolor paintings based on his childhood in Isfahan, but moved on to paintings of the New York area. In more recent years, he has moved on to more oil-based paintings of a political bent, reflecting on the political turbulence of Iran, including the trial of Mossadegh and the treatment of women in Iran.

Education

Grant, Ancient Persepolis, Fine Arts Ministry 1966
Putnam Arts Council, 1987

Member

Am Inst for Conservation
Putnam Arts Council

Media

Watercolor, Oil on Canvas

Publications

Contributor, Technology in the service of art

Interviews

Ispand Magazine, Summer 1993
Exceptional Images, Glochin Publications, July 1994
Persian Heritage, Fall 1996
Hunter of light and Memories, Golchin Publications, May 1998
Bahrain Clientele, Victoria von Sydow, March/April 2008

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