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Prof. Dr. Amir H Zekgroo
Dr. Amir Hossein Zekrgoo, born in Tehran in 1957, is an artist, art historian and Indologist. He has held the post of Professor of Islamic Arts and the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, since 2001.
Prof. Amir is an established painter, an imaginative photographer, and a skillful calligrapher and a poet whose works have been exhibited in many countries namely China, Czechoslovakia, India, Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, UAE and USA since 1977.
His previous academic posts include; Professor of Eastern and Oriental Arts at the University of Art, Tehran (1993- 2001); Chief Editor, Honor Nameh, Quarterly Journal of Arts Research (1997-2001) at the University of Art, Tehran; and he was the founder and Director of the Ph.D programme in Arts Research at the University of Art, Tehran (1997-2001).
Dr Amir Zekrgoo’s areas of expertise include Islamic calligraphy, Islamic philosophy of art; sacred arts of the Silk Roads; Hindu and Buddhist art, iconography and mythology. |
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In his paintings, calligraphies and photographs one can see the presence of the East & the West. Eastern mysticism is sometimes treated with a blend of techniques of Western origin. This is a reflection of his long association with the oriental and occidental cultures during past three decades.
His journeys along the Silk Road had a deep impact on his artworks. In 1995 he was awarded the prestigious Hirayama Fellowship by UNESCO and has traveled many times along the silk Roads to study the art of the Silk Roads. In 1997 he was selected as a Member of UNESCO’s First International Team of Buddhist Studies.
Dr. Zekrgoo is a scholar of art of international repute and has been engaged in teaching art, history of art, philosophy of Eastern and Islamic arts, and comparative studies in religious and sacred arts since 1982. He has to his credit several books and nearly a hundred articles in English, Persian and Urdu in respective journals.
Dr. Amir’s most recent publications include: Water, The First Element (Malaysia, 2003); The Sacred Art of Marriage: Persian Marriage Certificates of the Qajar Dynasty (Malaysia, 2000); and Symbolism in Indian Art (Iranian Academy of Arts).
(Source : www.zekrgoo.com)
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