Every Green Day and Every Red Night, 2010
Oil and tar on canvas
59.84 x 72.05 in
152 x 183 cm
Le Fig Pink Le Fig Green, 2016
Oil and tar on canvas
66.14 x 70.08 in
168 x 178 cm
Every Blue Day Night, 2010
Oil and tar on canvas
70.08 x 70.08 in
178 x 178 cm
Morning Party, 2020
Oil on canvas
70.08 x 79.92 in
178 x 203 cm
Pink Days and Nites, 2016
Oil on canvas
60.24 x 72.05 in
153 x 183 cm
Pink Party, 2020
Oil on canvas
70.87 x 66.92 in
180 x 170 cm
They Drink Secretly, 2018
Oil and gold paste on canvas
70.08 x 70.08 in
178 x 178 cm
Honor Blue, 2016
Oil on canvas
72 x 59.84 in
183 x 152 cm
Rose and Nightingale, 2010
Black sand, enamel & silver paste on canvas
95.67 x 29.92 in
243 x 76 cm
Crown Pink, 2019
Diptych
Oil on canvas
78.74 x 94.491 in
200 x 240 cm
Spring Garden Party, 2019
Diptych
Oil on canvas
78.74 x 94.491 in
200 x 240 cm
Exiled King and Queen, 2013
Diptych
Mixed media on canvas
78.75 x 94.5 in (each)
200 x 240 cm (each)
Born in 1952 in Sangsar, a small village in the North East of Iran, Reza Derakshani is a painter, musician and performance artist. Graduating from The University of Tehran in 1976, Derakshani continued his studies at Pasadena School of Art, going on to teach at the University of Tehran before leaving the country in 1986. Reza Derakshani’s work is featured in many public art collections including the British Museum, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the State Russian Museum; the Museum Gunzenhauser, Germany; the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and numerous private collections worldwide. Derakshani also performed as a musician at festivals such as the Brooklyn Museum and the Montreux Jazz Festival among others. He now spends his time in St Petersburg, Russia.