| 1940 |
Born on 30th Oct.; in Rasht, Principal city of northern province of Guilan |
| 1946 |
Enters Onsory Elementary School; in Rasht |
| 1951 |
Death of Father ( Mohammad Aghdashlou, Hadjiov) |
| 1953 |
Enters Jam Secondary School |
| 1954 |
Sells First painting: an exact copy of Velazquez, Reclining Venus |
| 1956 |
Finds work as graphic artist; for Ashena Advertising Co. |
| 1959 |
Enters Faculty of fine Arts, University of Tehran |
| 1963 |
Starts Writing art reviews ; for Andisheh va Honar Quarterly |
| 1967 |
Quits the university |
| 1972 |
Marriage To Shohreh Vaziri Tabar |
| 1973-78 |
Instructor and lecturer; at various art colleges |
| 1975 |
First exhibition of paintings (at Iran-American Society);
Starts a weekly tv art-show: "ways of Seeing" (which runs for two years)
"Iranian Calligraphy; A collection of works from 15th to 20th century, Aghdashloo's collection,(An Exhibition, at Negarestan Museum),
Writes the script and paints the backdrops for an animation film, "the Rainbow" |
| 1976 |
Accepts public offices; helps found and is the first curator of Reza Abbasi Museum |
| 1977 |
Produces and writes commentaries for a series of documentaries on Persian Calligraphy, Persian Tile-making and Persian Architecture |
| 1979 |
Returns to working as graphic artist (after an absence of two years, and never leaves the medium again);
returns to lecturing on Arts; at faculty of Arts,
Al-Zahra University
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| 1980 |
Divorce from Shohreh Vazriy-Tabar |
| 1981 |
Marriage to Firoozeh Athari;
Researches, writes commentaries and co-produces two documents on The History of Persian Calligraphy;
Establishes a private academy to instruct graphics as well as painting (still thriving to date)
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| 1982 |
Birth of son, Takin;
Death of mother (Nahid Nakhjavan);
Researches, writes/ narrates commentaries and co-produces a series of 13 documentaries on The History of Persian Painting, "Towards Simorgh" (For IRI tv) |
| 1987 |
Birth of Daughter Tara |
| 1989 |
PUblishes First Collection of paintings, "Portraits" |
| 1992 |
Publishes "Of Joys and Yearnings" (Selected Essays and Dialogues: 1974 - 1991) |
| 1993 |
Publishes second collection of paintings:
"Aydin Aghdashloo: A Selection of Paintings: 1961 - 1993" |
| 1997 |
Publishes "Agha Lotfali Sooratgar" |
| 1999 |
Second exhibition of paintings: "Aydin Aghdashloo's Book Covers" (at Museum of Modern Art, Tehran);
Second edition of "Of Joys and Yearnings"
Publishes "Years of Fire and Snow" (Selected Essays and Dialogues: 1991 - 199";
Publishes " Of Matters Private and Public:
Aydin Aghdashloo Talks to Asghar Abdollahi and Mohammad Abdi" |
| 2000 |
Teaching in Faculty of Art, University Of Kerman |
| 2001 |
25 Lectures on Art and culture in Tehran, Kerman, Rasht, Isphahan, Mashhad, Shiraz
Wife and children resident in Canada |
| Jury member of Poster Biannual in Tehran contemporary Art museum |
| Joining "Iranian Contemporary Art" Exhibition, Barbican Center, Curve Gallery, London |
| 2002 |
Joining "Iranian Contemporary" Exhibition, Christie's, London |
| 12 lectures on Iranian Graphic, Modern and classic painting in Tehran |
| 2003 |
Publishes "Other Essays and Talks" ;
(1999-2003) |
| 2004 |
Taking part in " A Caccia in Paradiso - Court Arts of Safavid Iran 1501-5076 " in Milan, As representative of Iran |
