Arash Badrtalei, is an Iranian artist. He is a member of the Graphic Designers Association and Iranian Illustration Association. He began his professional career as a graphic designer and illustrator in 2004 with his graduation. His most important work during these years was designing posters for artistic events, especially theater.
Also he presented himself as an interdisciplinary artist whose practice focused on the relationship between theater and visual art, especially graphic. This continues throughout his artistic career by creating several interdisciplinary shows and illustrating posters and brochures for the theater.
His latest project, Lettres from Drawing Town, is the continuation of his artistic approach, being an interdisciplinary show bringing together graphics, illustration, storytelling and theater.
activities:
– Writer and Artistic Designer of the multimedia project of “the Drawing-ville” (produced by Valise Theater, Canada 2017-2018)
– Artistic Consultant and Graphic Designer at Valise Theater Company, 2017 (Canada)
– Writing and Illustration of the Story Book (A Letter from the Drawing-ville), Tika Publishings, Tehran, 2017
– Uniform poster design for specialized meetings of the Museum of Cinema (Iranian Museum of Cinema), 2017
– Uniform Poster Design for Two-Window Event (Center for intellectual breeding of kids and teens) 2017
– Poster Design for Guilan Theater Festival (General Directorate of Culture and Islamic Guidance)
– Designing city boards in cooperation with (Tehran Municipal Beauty Center, 2016)
– Design of city boards under the name of Baharestan event, commissioned by Tehran Municipal Organization of Fine Arts, 2015
– Graphic Designer of the International Film and Caspian Film Festival (Iranian Youth Cinema Society), 2014
– Poster Design for the Art Week of Rasht (Directorate of Culture and Islamic Guidance), 2014 and 2017
– Poster design for cinematic films such as (Parvanegi), directed by Qasem Jafari to attend the Cannes Film Festival (2010), and film (Kati & Star) participating in the Children’s Film Festival in Isfahan, 2017
– Graphic Design of the State Festival of Mobile Photos, (Art Context), 2009
– Collaboration with Magazine (Kayhan Children) as illustrator and fellow editorial from 2004 to 2010
– Graphic Design of Guilan Painting Festival for 2 years (Directorate of Culture and Islamic Guidance), 2006 and 2008
Other activities:
Collaboration with publishers such as Amir Kabir, Scientific and Cultural, Caravan, Intellectual Development Center, Daf, Ilya, Avin and Tika as Cover Designer or Illustrator. Poster designings for independent theater directors and theatre groups such as the Tehran Theater Group (Dr. Massoud Delkhah), Seven Theatre Group (Dr. Mohammad Reza Khaki), Valise Theatre Company, Rooydad theatre Group and Afra Theater Group.
Exhibitions:
– Silver Cuisine Exhibition (Annual Exhibition of Members of the Association of Iranian – Graphic Designers, House of Artists, 2017)
– Group exhibition (we are our illustrators) (Illustration Week, Association of Illustrators, House of Artists, 2017)
– Group Exhibition of Illustrations (Illustration Week, Iranian Painters Association, House of Artists, 2016)
– Self-Poster Exhibition (sponsored by the Iranian Society of Organ Donation, House of Artists, 2016)
– Thousand and One Nights Exhibition, Niavaran Museum, 2015
– Individual exhibition of theater posters, Rasht, 2015
– Collective exhibition of theater festivals in 200 and 2011
– Solo Photo Exhibition, Guilan Art Concert 2008
– Exhibition of posters of Tohidi religions, Tehran (Imam Ali museum) 2006
– International Cartoon Exhibition Discrimination, Tehran, 2001 (First Selection)