Erfan Abdi
Graphic designer - Media Artist
1983,Tehran
No.13 Taheri st, Vali Asr ave, 1966943463 Tehran, Iran
Tel: + 98 21 2201 7571
Mobile: +98 912 140 7723
Email: info{at}erfanabdi{dot}com , erfanabdi{at}gmail{dot}com
Website: http://www.erfanabdi.com/
Audio Blog: http://www.audio.erfanabdi.com/
Education:
High school diploma in mathematics in 2000
B.A. in Graphic design, Tehran University, College of Fine Arts, 2001-2007
Working experience:
Freelance Graphic designer since 2003
Composing Electronic Music since 2004
Experimental films & videos since 2005
Founder of The music Band TryAngle 2007
Teaching Graphic design at MFT 2007
Exhibitions/workshops/participation:
2008
10th Tajrobeh Theater Festival Tehran, Iran
re/act International Student Festival for Digital Media Art Heidelberg, Germany2007
DID video Screening Centre Socioculturel Madeleine Rebérioux- Créteil , Nov 2007 France
Image of the Year Tasvir magazine, Oct 2007, Iranian Artists Forum
Tehran-Berlin Work in Progress July - Oct 2007, Azad Art Gallery,Tehran, Bethanien/Reloading Images temporary school
3 Etudes for Visual Music : Degree Show for BA in Graphic Design - June 2007 Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts.
9th Tehran International Poster biennial, Tehran, Saba Cultural Center, June-July 2007 Tehran.
Limited Access, Sound installation March 2007, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran.2005
How to communicate humanitarian action September 29 - October 30; Museum of Resistance, Turino, Italy
Collaborations:
as a composer
Around the world in 80 days, a video by Cedric Bomford
Word For Word, A video By Amirali Ghasemi
Between 2 shores, A film By Hamed Sahihi
One Stupid Idea, An animation by Elham Doust Haghighi
as a motion graphic designer
Motion Graphics for 9th Tehran International Poster biennial ( IGDS )
Motion Graphics for Iaara ( International Art & Architecture Research Association) 2007
Motion Graphics with clip for Peyman Tavan Tehran electricity manufacturing company
Films/videos:
The Photo Theater of Faust short film, Documentary, 30 min, 2008
Bored up performance/video Installation, 3 min 40 seconds, 2007.
Along With Gunpowder Smell video Installation, 5 min, 2007.
Travelsome Video Installation, 5 min, 2006.
RePlay 3 min, 2006
The desert, 13 min, 2006.
Foot prints 1 min, 2005
The emperor’s new cloths 14 min, Short film in 2003
Working software:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Propellerhead Reason, Cakewalk Sonar, Final Cut Studio, Logic Pro, Corel Draw, Corel Rave, Steinberg Nuendo.
Languages:
Farsi (Native) - English (fluent) - German (intermediate)