Darvish Fakhr

Background

Born in 1969, Fakhr grew up in the United States. before moving to Britain where his practice has been based for the last two decades.

Career

He is an award-winning artist in the field of Iranian portrait paintings. Of American/ Iranian heritage, Fakhr trained at the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. He currently lives in Brighton, Sussex.

2014 "Palimpsest" Edge of Arabia, London

2013 "Farce" Aun Gallery, Tehran

2011 "Safar" Aun Gallery, Tehran

2008 Commissioned by Jerwood Gallery to paint Akram Khan.

The nine piece panel is now part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, London

2007 "Embodiment" group showSignal Gallery, Hoxton, London

2006 Included in Publication, "The Portrait Now" by Sandy Nairne and Sarah Howgate

2003 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London

2003 Quod Art Gallery, Brighton

2002 Chelsea Art Fair, London

2001 Medici Gallery, Piccadilly, London

2001 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2001 Royal West of England Academy, 3rd Place, Bristol

1998 Exhibition of Portraits at Blue Gallery, Chelsea

1997 Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art

1993 Annual Boit Competition, Museum School, Boston, Massachusetts

Fakhr"s paintings show the depths of emotion behind outwardly ritualised lives and aim to help us understand the common humanity that links the Western world and the Middle East. He explores the relationship between shared memory and the passage of time, looking both to the past and the future.

Achievements

• 2007 Boite Postale AwardNational Portrait Gallery, London and Edinburgh 2006 Boite Postale AwardNational Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 2005 Boite Postale Travel Award Show, National Portrait Gallery, London and Edinburgh 2004 Winner of Boite Postale Travel Award, National Portrait Gallery, London 2000 Boite Postale Award – National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 1999 Boite Postale Award – National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen 1998 Boite Postale Award – National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen.