Esmaeil Rahsvand

Esmaeil Rashvand / Visual Artist & CalligrapherDate of Birth: 1957-Iran                                                                                                                                          Activities: Calligraphy, Painting, Teaching, Art Research, Author 

Education: Master in Art

Solo Exhibitions:
Shokouh Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, Feb. 2014.
Imam Khomeini Art Gallery, Zanjan-Iran, Aug. 2013.
Shokouh Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, May. 2012.
Mashgh-e-Eshgh (VII), (Practice of Love): Imam Khomeini Art Gallery, Zanjan-Iran, 1998.
Mashgh-e-Eshgh (VI), (Practice of Love): Imam Khomeini Art Gallery, Zanjan-Iran, 1996.
Mashgh-e-Eshgh (V), (Practice of Love): Amir Kabir Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, 1995.
Mashgh-e-Eshgh (IV), (Practice of Love): Khaneh-e-Aftab Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, 1994.
Mashgh-e-Eshgh (III, (Practice of Love): Imam Khomeini Art Gallery, Zanjan-Iran, 1992.
Mashgh-e-Eshgh (II), (Practice of Love): Khaneh-e-Aftab Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, 1992.
Mashgh-e-Eshgh (I), (Practice of Love): Sohrevardy Art Gallery, Zanjan, 1991.

Awards, Festivals & Exhibitions:
Visual Arts Group Exhibition, East Arts Museum, Rome-Italy, Mar. 2015.
Visual Arts Group Exhibition, Mojhdeh Art Gallery, Kerman-Iran, Oct. 2014.
Visual Arts Group Exhibition Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, Jun. 2013.
Calligraphy Group Exhibition, Nicolas Flamel Art Gallery, Paris-France, Nov. 2013.
Visual Arts Group Exhibition Shokouh Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran, Feb. 2013.
A Review Of Half Century Of Iranian Contemporary Calligraphy “Naghashikhat”, Group Exhibition, Tehran Museum Of Contemporary Arts, Tehran-Iran, 2 Jul. -11 Sep. 2011.
Published Artwork in “Sarmashq” (Catalog), International Meeting of Calligraphy in the Islamic Word, the section of new trends in Calligraphy, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tehran-Iran, 2004.
First Award of Calligraphy, “Nastaliq” style, Zanjan-Iran, (for three consecutive years), 1996 – 1998.
Judgment on Calligraphy Festival, Zanjan-Iran, 1996 – 1997. 
Judgment on Calligraphy Festival, Red Crescent Youth Organization, Zanjan-Iran, 1996.

Books & Paper:
 Author of Learning Calligraphy, Edition 2001-2015 for Graphic, Handicraft, Printing and calligraphy students for all          governmental and non-governmental schools and collages in Iran this book is also source for art university entrance exams.   Author has paper in art fields as calligraphy, calligraphic painting, and some reviews so that gazette in famous press, as:
Calligraphy, edition 2001 for Graphic, Handicraft, Printing and calligraphy students for all governmental and non-governmental schools and colleges in Iran.
CALLIGRAPHY ART BEYOND PENMANSHIP, Hamshahry Newspaper, 1996. 
WORSHIP FINGERS QUIDDITY, Art Magazine, 1999.
NEW THEORY ABOUT ARTS ASPECT OF CALLIGRAPHY, Hamshahry Newspaper, 1999. 
REVIEW AND EXPLAIN OF WHY STUDENTS ARE NOT PENMANSHIP, Penmanship Book, Iran Educational System, 1999. 
Necessity of Reviewing and Explaining Calligraphy Teaching, Hamshahry Newspaper, 2000. 
Calligraphy Today, International Meeting Of Calligraphy in Islam World, 2002. 
Art Criticism about Calligraphy and “Naghashikhat” (Contemporary Calligraphy). Art Magazine, 2004.