- Ghobad Shiva
Ghobad Shiva (PerB| قباد شیوا , born
1940 inHamadan ,Iran ) is anIran ian graphic designer.Career
He graduated in
1966 from the Faculty of Fine Arts of theUniversity of Tehran . He then spent several years acquiring practical experience in graphic art before earning a master's degree from Pratt University,New York , in1980 . Then after creating original works over several decades, he achieved a graphic art with an Iranian flavor, which indeed prompted museums and collectors across the world to add his works to their collections.His secondary activities included the establishment of graphic art sections for the Iranian radio an TV in
1968 and for Soroush Publisher in1971 . He was also one of the co-founders of the Iranian graphic designer society "IGDS ", an artisit advisor and jury member of the Iranian graphic art Biennal.He has also been teaching in eminent art faculties in
Tehran since1976 .All along his schooling years and professional career, he has held exhibitions of his paintings, photographers and, particularly,
graphic works inIran and abroad, notably inEngland ,France andUSA . His works have been repeatedly selected and reproduced in international graphic art periodicals and specialized books.He is a member of the Society of
Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and is presently busy directing his own institution, offering artistic management and advisory services, as well as designing environmental projects and exhibition areas. The referenced book comprises a selection of posters he has created in different decades.References
* Shiva, Ghobad. "Ghobad Shiva Art Director & Graphic Designer". Tehran, Iran: Nazar cultural & researching institute, 2005 ISBN 964-6994-29-6.
External links
* [http://www.shivadesign.com Official Web site]
* [http://www.jazirehdanesh.com/find.php?item=19.572.828.fa Ghobad Shiva in Knowledge Island]
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