A G Ehsan

A.G. Ehsan
(Born Ehsan Ghanbarzad Khajeh, 1986)

Visual artist based in Ankara - Turkey. He studies a doctorate in painting at Hacettepe University. Ehsan is known for his oil painting portraits of women with Halftone look. His portraits of women are pulled from his photos of models and random fashion photos from the internet. Ehsan has focused on portraiture of women for the better part of his career, though he also has B.A in architecture engineering and had a notable career as a caricaturist in his youth (1996-2006).

Work

In his late portraits, Ehsan is focused on women. This approach came from his fascination with Iranian modern poet Forough Farrokhzad. Using halftone images came from his statements about the contemporary image of women and it’s aesthetics in the age of mass-production. Portraits of pretty women, cold and strong gazing directly at the viewers. It seems like that they will never age, they are not mothers and the effect of time seem to be missing in some kind of perfection in their appearance. Mathematic order and Deconstruction in his works are influenced by his experiences in architecture design and Derrida’s philosophy. For Ehsan, every portraiture translates by the audience and viewers' life experien...

2015: Studying Doctorate of Painting in Hacettepe university.
 ( Ankara - Turkey ).
2014: MFA from Hacettepe university. (Ankara - Turkey).
2009: Bachelor of Architecture from Tabriz Azad university.
  (Tabriz - Iran).

2019: Anna laudel galery Istanbul.
2018: Anna laudel galery Istanbul.
2017: Anna laudel galery Istanbul.
2016: Solo painting exhibition in Foy art gallery (Ankara- Turkey). 
2015: Group painting exhibition in Summart gallery (Istanbul-Turkey).
2014: Group painting exhibition in German embassy (Ankara- Turkey).
2013: Group painting exhibition in Lale gallery (Tehran-Iran).
2013: Group painting exhibition in Sarv gallery (Tabriz-Iran).
2013: Solo painting exhibition Peker Art House gallery (Ankara- Turkey).
2012: Group print-making exhibition Artist gallery (Ankara - Turkey).
2011 & 2012: Group exhibition in Hacettepe university 
(Ankara- Turkey).
2012: Group painting exhibition in Sarv gallery (Tabriz-Iran).
2011: One day installation show in Tabriz Art House (Tabriz-Iran).
2011: Solo underground painting exhibition in artist’s studio 
(Tabriz-Iran).
2010: Group painting exhibition in Lale gallery (Tehran-Iran).
2005: Participate in National Youth Festival of Visual Arts
 and achieved gold medal (Shahre kord-Iran).
2004: Participate in National Youth Festival of Visual Arts and achieved gold medal. (Mashhad-Iran).
1999 & 2001: Participate in 4th and 5th Tehran cartoon contest
 (Iran).
2000: Participate in Umuri...