Iman Maleki was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of Painting since he was a child. At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the mastery of his first and only teacher – Morteza Katouzian – who is the greatest realist painter of Iran. Meanwhile, he began to paint professionally. The most important exhibitions he has participated in, are: The Exhibition of Realist painters of Iran at Tehran Contemporary Museum of Art(1999) and The Group Exhibition of KARA Studio Painters at SABZ Gallery (1998) and at SA’AD ABAD Palace (2003). In 2005, Iman received the William Bouguereau award and the Chairman’s Choice award in the second international ARC salon competition >>> imanmaleki.com 12 next › last »