Hadi Tabatabai
About
Hadi Tabatabai is an American artist from Iranian origins living and working at San Francisco.
Hadi Tabatabai works, minimal and singular, are an invitation to peace and to travel. Possessing a highly personal language, he differs technically and visually from minimalist artists even if his geometric grids recall those of the artist Agnes Martin. His blue drawings, emblematic, are an obvious reference to the artist Yves Klein who said « All colors bring forth associations of concrete ideas while blue evokes at most the sea and the sky. » An entire life in the United States has made this contemporary artist of Iranian origin a painter and a sculptor endowed with a technique unequalled in Iran. His works are in several prestigious public and private collections including those of the artists Agnes Martin and Luc Tuymans.
Artworks
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Untitled, 2009
Pencil and laser on paper
25 × 22 cm
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Untitled, 2009
Pencil and laser on paper
25 × 22 cm
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Untitled, 2009
Pencil and laser on paper
25 × 22 cm
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Untitled, 2009
Pencil and laser on paper
25 × 22 cm
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Untitled, 2012
Thread and acrylic varnish on paper
50 × 48 cm
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Untitled, 2012
Thread and acrylic varnish on paper
50 × 48 cm
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Untitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
37 × 35 cm
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Untitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
37 × 35 cm
Unique -
Untitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
37 × 35 cm
Unique -
Untitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
37 × 35 cm
Unique -
Untitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
37 × 35 cm
Unique -
Untitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
37 × 35 cm
Unique
His blue drawings, emblematic, are an obvious reference to the artist Yves Klein who said « All colors bring forth associations of concrete ideas while blue evokes at most the sea and the sky »
Collections
Collection Mahssa Talaï
Acquired in 2019
Untitled, 2015
Pencil and laser on paper
28 x 25 cm
Unique
Collection Agnes Martin
Acquired in 2004
Untitled, 2002
Thread, acrylic and pencil on wood panel
30 x 28 cm
Unique
Resume
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS :
ACHENBACH FOUNDATION, SAN FRANCISCO
BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, BERKELEY
BLANTON MUSEUM, AUSTIN
BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM, BRUNSWICK
COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, WATERVILLE
CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, HONOLULU
DAVIS MUSEUM WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, WILMINGTON
LANNAN FOUNDATION, SANTA FE
PROGRESSIVE ART COLLECTION, MAYFIELD
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS :
AGNES MARTIN, NEW YORK
LLOYD COTSEN, LOS ANGELES
LUC TUYMANS, ANTWERP
WERNER KRAMARSKY, NEW YORK
THE COMPLETE RESUME IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON COMPUTER !
COMPLETE RESUME :
EDUCATION :
1995 BFA IN PAINTING, THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, SAN FRANCISCO
1985 BS IN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
ART AWARDS :
2011 NOMINEE, SECA ART AWARD, SFMOMA, SAN FRANCISCO
2008 GRANT RECIPIENT, POLLOCK KRASNER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK
2004 FINALIST, SECA ART AWARD, SFMOMA, SAN FRANCISCO
2001 NOMINEE, SECA ART AWARD, SFMOMA, SAN FRANCISCO
SOLO SHOWS :
2022 HADI TABATABAI, RECENT WORKS, BARTHA CONTEMPORARY, LONDON
2020 HADI TABATABAI, BLACK, WHITE, SOMETIMES BLUE, PETER BLAKE GALLERY, LAGUNA BEACH
2019 HADI TABATABAI, NEW WORKS, BARTHA CONTEMPORARY, LONDON
2018 HADI TABATABAI, BLUE NIGHTS, INDE JACOBS GALLERY, MARFA
2018 HADI TABATABAI, TO FIND REST, LANNAN FOUNDATION, SANTA FE
2017 HADI TABATABAI, WHAT S ON, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH
2017 HADI TABATABAI, WHAT S ON, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH
2011 HADI TABATABAI, PORTALS, BRIAN GROSS FINE ART, SAN FRANCISCO
2010 HADI TABATABAI, SILENCE AND ABUNDANCE, INDE JACOBS GALLERY, MARFA
2009 HADI TABATABAI, THE SPACE OF A LINE, BRIAN GROSS FINE ART, SAN FRANCISCO
2006 HADI TABATABAI, DARUNI, STEPHEN WIRTZ GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
2005 HADI TABATABAI, INTERIOR SPACES, ANTHONY GRANT GALLERY, NEW YORK
2000 HADI TABATABAI, NEW WORKS, JAMES NICHOLSON GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
2000 HADI TABATABAI, INTRODUCTIONS, STEPHEN WIRTZ GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
GROUP SHOWS :
2023 TABATABAI AND ZAMMITT, PLACE VAUBAN, PARIS
2017 TABATABAI AND THUNE, COLLEGE OF MARIN, KENTFIELD
2015 TABATABAI AND VISSERS, INDE JACOBS GALLERY, MARFA
2014 TABATABAI AND DELEGET AND VOISINE, PETER BLAKE GALLERY, LAGUNA BEACH
2010 TABATABAI AND BELL AND SCHIFF, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
GROUP SHOW :
2020 BLACK, THE QUEEN OF COLOR, CHARLOTTE JACKSON GALLERY, SANTA FE
2019 THE EDGE OF LIGHT, HBAC, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
2019 TWENTY FIVE YEARS, PETER BLAKE GALLERY, LAGUNA BEACH
2019 NINE IRANIAN ARTISTS IN LONDON, THE SPARK IS YOU, PARASOL UNIT, LONDON
2018 RUMINATE, BEGOVICH GALLERY, FULLERTON
2018 WAY BAY 2, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, BERKELEY
2018 WAY BAY 1, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, BERKELEY
2017 ZEICHNUNGEN, GALERIE KIM BEHM, FRANKFURT
2017 THE BOX PROJECT, UNCOMMON THREADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON
2017 THE BOX PROJECT, UNCOMMON THREADS, RACINE ART MUSEUM, RACINE
2016 THE BOX PROJECT, UNCOMMON THREADS, FOWLER MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES
2016 DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, WORKS ON PAPER, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2015 INTRO, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER GALLERY, BONN
2015 L'AMOUR EST DANS LE TRAIT (ARCHITECTURE), GALERIE VITRINE 65, PARIS
2014 SURFACE SOUNDS, CHERYL HAZAN CONTEMPORARY ART, NEW YORK
2014 EXTENDING THE LINE, GRTHREADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON
2013 THE SOUND OF THE SURFACE, A DRAWING PROJECT, KIM BEHM GALLERY, FRANKFURT
2013 INDIAN TANTRIC AND WESTERN CONTEMPORARY, BARTHA CONTEMPORARY, LONDON
2013 NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A MONOCHROME, WIGNALL MUSEUM, RANCHO CUCAMONGA
2013 DIALOGUE BETWEEN COLOMBIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, BEATRIZ ESGUERRA, BOGOTA
2013 AUS DER SACHE HERAUS, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER, BONN
2012 NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A MONOCHROME, IOWA MUSEUM OF ART, IOWA
2012 CONTEMPORARY DRAWING AS IDEA AND PROCESS, KEMPER ART MUSEUM, SAINT LOUIS
2012 PAPIER PAPER 2, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER GALLERY, BONN
2012 COOL CALM COLLECTED, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2011 DRIFT OF SUMMER, RM GALLERY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAN
2011 PAPIER PAPER I, CLEMENT AND SCHNEIDER, BONN
2011 DIFFERENT ABSTRACTIONS, GREEN CARDAMON, LONDON
2011 DRAWN, TAPED, BURNED, ABSTRACTION ON PAPER, KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, KATONAH
2012 TOUCH + PARIS, PARIS CONCRET, PARIS
2010 IRAN DIVERSO, BLACK OR WHITE, VERSO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, TURIN
2010 BY A THREAD, SAN JOSE INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN JOSE
2010 ACCROCHAGE DORA BASSI GALLERY, GORIZIA
2010 TABATABAI, SCHIFF, BELL, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2009 WORKS ON PAPER, DANESE GALLERY, NEW YORK
2009 METAPHYSICAL ABSTRACTION, BERKELEY ART CENTER, BERKELEY
2009 MASHQ, REPETITION MEDITATION MEDIATION, GREEN CARDAMOM, LONDON
2009 YIELD, SCHMIDT CONTEMPORARY ART, SAINT LOUIS
2008 BANNED AND RECOVERED, SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR THE BOOK, SAN FRANCISCO
2008 EAST OF THE WEST, SOMARTS, SAN FRANCISCO
2008 OUT OF THE FOG, ARTISTS FROM HEADLANDS, ART WORKS DOWNTOWN, SAN RAFAEL
2006 GRIDLOCK, GALLERY JOE, PHILADELPHIA
2005 SERIES, GALLERY JOE, PHILADELPHIA
2005 DRAWINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER II, PATRICK HEIDE ART PROJECTS, LONDON
2005 REPEAT PERFORMANCE, ANTHONY GRANT GALLERY, NEW YORK
2004 WOODWORK, ANTHONY GRANT GALLERY, NEW YORK
2001 BAY AREA DRAWING, BAY AREA COLLECTIONS, PALO ALTO ART CENTER, PALO ALTO
2001 GROUP SHOW, KIYO HIGASHI GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
2000 GROUP SHOW, TRIANGLE GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO