Mahmoodkhan

Mahmoodkan, Born in 1947 in Rasht , Iran.

He taught in primary schools for 30 years in north of Iran.

20 years ago, because of a severe incident, he seriously damaged his spin. He undergone very difficult surgery but unfortunately, his body became more and more paralyzed. For 20 years, he lived home with his wife, without any contact with anybody else, and severely depressed during long periods.

He discovered painting long ago, but start seriously drawing only 70 years old. When we ask, why you just draw donkeys ? He answer, because donkey is obedient and oppressed, the perfect symbol of contemporary people.