Parviz Payghamy

I was born in Tehran in 1961 and discovered my passion for painting very early -- I was 8 years old. I started working as a painter from age 16. Conditions were very favorable for making art at that time and I was utterly immersed in art and poetry -- in fact my colleagues and professors at the university used to call me "the poet painter". The work of Paul Klee inspired me and I loved the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. Painting was always the central part of my life and has remained so.
I moved to Los Angeles in the year 2000.

I studied at the University of Teheran, graduating with a BFA in 1988.
The year after graduation I was employed as a tutor of art at Teheran University.

2017 Solo show at Aahoo Art Studio, Pasadena CA
2014 Solo exhibition at Aahoo Art Studio, Pasadena CA
2013 Solo Exhibition at the Pasadena Playhouse, CA
2013 Solo exhibition at Aahoo Art Studio, Pasadena CA
2012 Solo exhibition at Aahoo Art Studio, Pasadena CA
2012 Solo show at Aahoo Art Studio, Pasadena, CA
2011 Abra Gallery -- Group Show, Los Angeles
2010 Exhibited at ART EXPO San Francisco,CA
2009 Group exhibition with Universal Love Foundation, Beverly Hills, LA
2009 Exhibited at ART EXPO New York, NY
2008 Exhibited at ART EXPO Las Vegas, Nevada
2008 Exhibited at ART EXPO New York, NY
2007 Exhibited at ART EXPO Miami, Florida
2006 Group Exhibition at LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles
2002 Group Exhibition at Pierce College, LA
1987 The 24th International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal, Canada
1988 Group show at Arya Gallery, Teheran