Ghodratollah Agheli

Ghodratollah Agheli was born in 1968 in Jolfa City, East Azarbaijan Province, in Iran. After finishing primary and secondary education, he seriously started to learn arts from painting and drawing masters of Mirak Art School of Tabriz. His passionate interest in arts and painting convinced him to leave Tabriz for Tehran where he started to learn sculpture techniques under supervision of masters of Visual Arts Center of Tehran for four consecutive years, and won Grade II in art and from then on he is working professionally and eagerly in artistic fields.

Agheli has not only succeeded to hold over 25 solo exhibitions during these years, but also he has participated in 60 group, biennial exhibitions and artistic expositions in Iran, Germany, France, England, Austria, Ukraine, Morocco, Dubai and Qatar.

About 40 monumental sculptures, embossed artworks, urban monuments make up the casework of the hardworking artist. His monumental sculptures can be found either in Iran’s art museums or private collections.

He is very active in art’s social planning field, as well, for instance, membership of Iranian society of sculptors board of directors and launching a comprehensive and professional website on sculpture field called, “Iransculpture.ir” can be pointed out. He is also active in conducting field and experimental studies, analytical searches, setting down specialized articles such as “researches on Roots of Designs of Iranian Kilim”,  “Islamic Designs Collection”  and “Fifty Years of Iranian Contemporary Art” and etc. His One Hundred Years of Modern Sculpture is under publication. His collection “Venus in the Land of Troubles” was presented in 2012.