Maziar Zand
b.1978, Tehran, Iran
Educational background
Studying Master’s degree in Design-Visual communication | Oslo National Academy of the Arts | 2008-
Master’s degree in Architecture With grade 18 of 20 | Azad Tehran University | 1996 – 2005
Typo image course | Specialized(Vije) Visual Arts Institute | winter 2005
Poster course | Specialized(Vije) Visual Arts Institute | summer 2006
Script in the realm of Iranian Culture course | Specialized(Vije) Visual Arts Institute | fall 2006
Running a Successful Business course | Specialized(Vije) Visual Arts Institute | fall 2006
Art and Thought course | Mahe Mehr School, Cultural Art Center | winter 2007
Contemporary Art History course | Mahe Mehr School, Cultural Art Center | April 2006 – September 2007
Membership and Other activities
Member of Iran Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts
Member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society. (IGDS)
Professional photography since 1993
Professional graphic designing since 1998
Selected poster for Annual Graphis Poster 2007 book By Graphis Publication
Introduction of The works in New Graphic Magazine | No.13 | 2007
Lecture in Iranian Artist’s Forum | Tehran | In subject: ‘The art after Modernism’ | 2007
Publish the works in Iran annual book of design | 2008
Art Director of M.Zand Design Studio
Work with Design and Film editing Softwares such as: Adobe photoshop, Corel DRAW, AdobePermier, and familiar with: Final cut Pro, 3D Studio Max, Autocad,…
Participate in Exhibitions
First Biannual of the Islamic World Posters | 2004
Europe Today for Tomorrow | international poster contest in Zagreb (HR) 2005.07
The 2nd China International Biennial Poster CIPB2005 | Hangzhou (CN) | 2005.10
Conservation of Nature and Environment poster exhibition | The Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic | 2005
Taiwan International Poster Design Award | 2005.10
22nd International Biennale of Graphic Design 2006 | Brno (CZ)
Quanto International graphics competition on prostitution | Venice 2006
Computer Art Biennale | Rzeszow Poland | 2006
Walter Koschatzky online exhibition 2007
Second International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World | Tehran | 2007
Hong Kong international poster triennial | 2007
“Start Soma” gallery | U.S. | 2007
The 9th Tehran International Biennial Poster | 2007
Taiwan International Poster Design Award | 2007
