Younes Faghihi

Younes Faghihi is an abstract painter who was born in 1981 in Iran, immigrated to France in 2011 and lives in Paris.
He states” Letters and words are the vital elements of communication for human. In many countries if Intellectual thoughts express them self by talking, they will be prisoned if they are written they will be censored, and I found the way to free the words and thoughts in my paintings. I paint the Persian letters which were tools of my expression emotion from my childhood till now. I made my own brushes and pens in large formats to let the letters express themselves unlimited on my canvas.”
His talent in art demonstrated in his childhood when he was 10. He started painting and years after, he also showed interest in calligraphy.
He got his high school diploma in Graphic Design in 1997 and graduated in visual art bachelor in Iran in 2003. And because he was interested to calligraphy, he got highest degree as a professional calligrapher by the Iranian Calligraphy Association in 2001.
In 2010 he got Research Scholarship Cite International Des Arts in Paris and since then he is living in Paris. Soon after his immigration to France his artwork was exhibited in GRK Gallery in 2013 in Paris and afterwards, Le100 Gallery ...

2010: M.A in advertising Management - EMU ( Eastern Mediterranean University )
2003: BAF, Azad Art and Architecture University
2001: Graduated of highest degree as a professional calligrapher by the Iranian Society of Calligraphy
1997: High school diploma | Graphic Design

2021: Donya gallery paris
2019: “The World Of Words”, Mana Art Center
2018: Oliver Mousson Gallery, Paris, France
2016: Le 100 Gallery, Paris, France
2014: GRK Gallery, Paris, France
2013: GRK Gallery, Paris, France
2004: Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran
2002: Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
2000: Laleh Gallery, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
1998: Jamshidieh Gallery, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
1998: Calligraphy, Honar-e-sabz Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Group shows:

2019: Beyond The Limits, Mana Art Center
2018: Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018: Kamil Art Gallery, Monaco
2014: Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris, France
2014: GRK Gallery, Paris, France
2013: When The Letters Are Love, MANART Gallery, Paris, France
2010: Mah e Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: Several live Calligraphy performances, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2010: Islamic Cultural Centre, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
2009: Iran Cultural Center, Nederland, Canada, USA
2007: Iranian Artists Forum, Tehran, Iran