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About Morteza Farahnak : During childhood, he was always interested in visual things, such as colorful toys, moving billboards, paintings, etc. He was one of the best in the painting course in elementary school. He started Art in high school when he registered for a Cameraman major. After high school, he entered to Soroush Technical University in Isfahan to study Graphic design. during last year of education, He started working as a Graphic designer in Hebe company. As he graduated Graphic design in 2010, he left Hebe company and start working as a freelance graphic designer in Qom. Since then, he has worked on different projects and has participated in many national and international poster exhibitions. In 2011, he won second prize in the International HIV poster competition in Skopje/Macedonia. Starting his Bachelor's at Islamic Azad University made him stop working hard, but he won First place in the 11th Biennial of Qom's Graphic Designers, and was invited to Dumlupinar University/Kutahya/Turkey to participate in a Poster exhibition and two workshops. He gained B.A in Graphic Design in 2014 and started working hard again. In 2014, he established Designers Building and started bigger projects. As a young graphic designer, he loves to learn new things in the world of graphic design, therefore he has been trying to participate in different workshops; until now he has met great designers such as Finn Nygaard from Denmark, Piotr Kunce from Poland, Alexander and Svetlana Faldin from Russia Ali Tomak, Yosef Kes, Ali Can Metin, Cem Cara from Turkey. Design must be a problem solver, but Art comes from our soul. ORGANIZATION: Design Office EDUCATION: 2014, Graphic Design and Illustration, BA, Islamic Azad University branch of Qom, Iran. EXPERIENCE: 2010 - 2018, Freelance Graphic Designer at the home office. 2018, Graphic Designer at Raimon Creative Solutions. 2018, Creative Designer at Fourmind advertising agency. 2018 - 2020, Freelance Graphic Designer at the home office. 2020 - 2022, Product Graphic Designer at Basalam Social Marketplace. 2022 - present, Designer at my own Design Office. PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS: 2017, Morteza Farahnak's poster exhibition in Cafe Gallery, Tehran, Iran. MIXED EXHIBITIONS: 2011, "The Pause", Soore Gallery, Alborz/Iran. 2011, "Five Generations of Ashoora posters", Imam Ali Museum, Tehran/Iran. 2012, "Segunda llamada", José Luis Cuevas Gallery,Mexico city/Mexico. 2012, "Prevention of violence", Atatürk University, Erzurum/Turkey. 2012, "Free Posters", Aftab Gallery, Tehran/Iran. 2013, "Iranian student poster exhibition", Dumlupinar Faculty of Fine Arts, Kutahya/Turkey. 2013, "6th United Designs", Saint Luis Fine Arts University, Missouri/USA. 2014, "Open Interpretation", Afdesta Gallery, Shiraz/Iran. 2014, "7th United Designs", Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai/China. 2020, The 3rd Iranian packaging designer’s biennale exhibition, Tehran/Iran 2021, 40 years of Tehran in the 17th Tassvir festival, Tehran/Iran. 2022, “Point of view” sign exhibition held with IGDS, Tehran/Iran 2024, “Looking for new Generation” poster exhibition held by IGDS, Tehran/Iran 2024, International Poster Biennial (Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México) at the Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City/Mexico 2024, Theatrical posters international biennale at the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre, Yerevan/Armenia. EVENTS: 2014, Visual Identity Designer of World Graphic Day international poster exhibition, Tehran Artistic Scope, Tehran/Iran. 2019, Art Director and Graphic Designer of the 21st Qom Province Theater Festival. 2021, Art Director and Graphic Designer of the 22nd Qom Province Theater Festival. 2023, Art Director and Graphic Designer of the 24th Qom Province Theater Festival. 2024, Art Director and Graphic Designer of the 25th Qom Province Theater Festival. AWARDS: 2011,Second Prize in 4th International Student Poster Competition Skopje, Macedonia. 2012, First Place in 12th Biennial of Graphic Designers of Qom, Iran. 2015, Bronze A’ Design Award winner in Graphics and Visual Communication design category, Italy. 2017, First Prize,37th Fadjr International Theater Festival winner in the poster category. Iran. 2020, Chosen in special section “40years Tehran” in 17th Tassvir Sal festival, Iran. PRESS APPEARANCES: 2011,"Hope Knows No Borders", Twisted Manga electronic magazine, 21 September, Mexico City/Mexico. 2012,"Four Persians In Turkey Exhibition", Etemad newspaper, 30 June, Tehran/Iran. 2012,"Qom branch student success in International Festival", Farhikhtegan newspaper, Tehran/Iran. ACCOLADES: 2016, Superior Youth of Qom-Iran in the index of “Active youth in the Field of Culture and Art” in 6th AliAkbar Festival, Iran. LANGUAGE SKILLS: Persian (Native), English (Advanced) COMPUTER LITERACY: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Figma, COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS:: I participated in many workshops and learn from great designers such as Finn Nygaard from Denmark, Piotr Kunce from Poland, Stephan Bundi from Switzerland, Studio Faldin from Russia, Studio Noviki from Poland, Ali Tomak, Yosef Kes, Ali Can Metin and Cem Cara from Turkey. SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES:: 2013, Gave a speech about “Ashoora posters” at Tehran Art University. 2013, Invited as an Iranian young designer in a poster exhibition and two workshops, at Dumlupinar University, KUTAHYA-TURKIYE. 2017, Invited teacher to hold a Minimal Thinking in Graphic Design workshop at the University of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, TEHRAN/IRAN. 2022, Speech about the nature of design and new approaches held by Qom Visual Arts Association, QOM/IRAN. 2023, Speech about design experiences at Jahad Daneshgahi University, QOM/IRAN. 2025, Poster Workshop focusing on advertising at Gonbadsabz, QOM/IRAN. MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS: 2014-2016, Member of the Executive team at Graphic Designers Association of Qom/Iran 2021, Official Member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society. JURY MEMBERSHIPS: 2019, Jury Member in the poster category of 21st Qom province Theater Festival. HOBBIES: Antique Collector, Traveling, Playing traditional music, CLIENTELE: Iran National Standards Organization, Tehran Beautification Organization, Tehran Artistic Scope, Qom IRIB, Qom Visual Arts Association, Qom Dramatic Arts Association, Fourmind Advertising Agency, Emrooz Theatre Group, and etc. WEB SITE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morteza-farahnak-88230 b68/ PORTFOLIO URL: https://www.instagram.com/m.farahnak.designs/ REGISTRATION DATE: 2015-01-03 15:42:37 COUNTRY/REGION: Iran ACCOUNT TYPE: Young |
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