Mehdi Darvishi was born in the summer of 1988, coinciding with the Iran - Iraq peace resolution. In his war-stricken hometown, Mehdi grew up unexposed to art galleries and museums. In 2007 he left home to earn a BFA in Painting at the University of Tehran where he learned basic printmaking techniques such as relief and intaglio. After receiving his degree in 2011, his interest in printmaking grew into a life's pursuit. He has since exhibited in over 30 countries and has participated in more than two hundreds global art fairs, exhibitions, competitions, residencies, and as a visiting artist. His works have been widely collected by museums such as the China Printmaking Museum, the Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, Bashkir state Art Museum, the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Art, the Tehran, Jyvaskyla Museum of Fine arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tama Art University collection, and the US Library of Congress. He is currently lives and works in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Outside of the Time, Mezzotint and etching, 31.5” x 23.5”, 2015