Exhibitions

Late 1950's - Present

Exhibitions

"POETS, LOCKS, CAGES"

"POETS, LOCKS, CAGES"

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver

July 1 - November 19 2023
"Oh Nightingale"

"Oh Nightingale"

Art Museum, West Vancouver

July - October 2019
"Lovers"

"Lovers"

Art Center - Tehran

July 2018
"Parviz Tanavoli and Atelier Niavaran"

"Parviz Tanavoli and Atelier Niavaran"

Boom Gallery - Tehran

November 2017
"Parviz Tanavoli and the Lions of Iran"

"Parviz Tanavoli and the Lions of Iran"

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA)

July - August 2017
"Celebrating 80 - Art in the Hand"

"Celebrating 80 - Art in the Hand"

Goldsmiths' Centre, London

March 2017
"Things and Nothings"

"Things and Nothings"

Art Center, Tehran

November 2017
"Parviz Tanavoli and fifty years of Pop Art"

"Parviz Tanavoli and fifty years of Pop Art"

Shahrivar Gallery, Tehran

May - June 2016
"The World goes Pop"

"The World goes Pop"

Tate Modern, London

September 2015 - January 2016
"Global/Local 1960–2015: Six Artists from Iran"

"Global/Local 1960–2015: Six Artists from Iran"

Grey Art Gallery, NYU

January - April 2016
"The Armory Show - Modern"

"The Armory Show - Modern"

Grey Art Gallery, NYU

March 2015
"Parviz Tanavoli"

"Parviz Tanavoli"

Davis Museum, Boston

February - June 2015
"Poet"

"Poet"

Etemad Gallery, Tehran

November 2014
"Modern Iranian Art: Selections from the Abby Weed Grey Collection at NYU"

"Modern Iranian Art: Selections from the Abby Weed Grey Collection at NYU"

Grey Art Gallery, NYU

September - December 2013
"Parviz Tanavoli"

"Parviz Tanavoli"

Meem Gallery, Dubai

January - February 2013
"Iran Modern"

"Iran Modern"

Asia Society, New York

September 2013 - January 2014
"Contemporary Iranian Art"

"Contemporary Iranian Art"

Metropolitan Museum, New York

March - September 2012
"Heech the Sculpture Series"

"Heech the Sculpture Series"

Gallery 10, Tehran

June 2011
"Parviz Tanavoli at the British Museum"

"Parviz Tanavoli at the British Museum"

British Museum, London

September 2011
"Parviz Tanavoli and Abbas Kiarostami"

"Parviz Tanavoli and Abbas Kiarostami"

Meem Gallery, Dubai

November 2009
"Parviz Tanavoli : Bodywear"

"Parviz Tanavoli : Bodywear"

Gallery 10, Tehran

May - August 2009
"Parviz Tanavoli Retrospective"

"Parviz Tanavoli Retrospective"

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA)

January - April 2003
"Museum of Parviz Tanavoli"

"Museum of Parviz Tanavoli"

Museum of Parviz Tanavoli, Tehran

May 2003
"Neue Galerie"

"Neue Galerie"

Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany

January - March 1978
"Parviz Tanavoli Bronze Sculpture"

"Parviz Tanavoli Bronze Sculpture"

Grey Art Gallery, NYU

December 1976 - January 1977
"Nightingales by Parviz Tanavoli"

"Nightingales by Parviz Tanavoli"

Litho Gallery, Tehran

December 1974
"Sculpture Exhibition by Parviz Tanavoli"

"Sculpture Exhibition by Parviz Tanavoli"

Goethe Instituts, Tehran

October 1972
"Sculpture Exhibition"

"Sculpture Exhibition"

Iran Americ Society, Tehran

April - June 1970
"Tanavoli Sculptures"

"Tanavoli Sculptures"

Shiraz & Isfahan, Iran

March - July 1970
"K.Schlamming, P.Tanavoli"

"K.Schlamming, P.Tanavoli"

Iran American Society, Tehran

June 1969
"Modern Iranische Kunst"

"Modern Iranische Kunst"

Goethe Instituts, Tehran

June 1968
"Sculpture Exhibition by Tanavoli"

"Sculpture Exhibition by Tanavoli"

Gallery Seihoun, Tehran

February - March 1968
"Sculpture Exhibition by Parviz Tanavoli"

"Sculpture Exhibition by Parviz Tanavoli"

Gallery Seihoun, Tehran

April - May 1967
"Exhibition of Sculpture and Paintings by Tanavoli"

"Exhibition of Sculpture and Paintings by Tanavoli"

Borghese Gallery, Tehran

November 1965
"Parviz Tanavoli Ceramic Sculpture"

"Parviz Tanavoli Ceramic Sculpture"

KB Gallery, Minneapolis

November - December 1963
"14 Contemporary Iranians"

"14 Contemporary Iranians"

Minneapolis School of Art, Minnesota

June - July 1962
"Exhibition P - Tanavoli"

"Exhibition P - Tanavoli"

Atelier Kaboud, Tehran

December 1961
"Parviz Tanavoli"

"Parviz Tanavoli"

Atelier Kaboud, Tehran

December 1961
"Exhibition of Parviz Tanavoli"

"Exhibition of Parviz Tanavoli"

Farhang Hall, Tehran

October 1960
"Exhibition of Iranian Artists"

"Exhibition of Iranian Artists"

Saderat Bank, Tehran

June - July 1960
"Biennale Internazionale di Scultura"

"Biennale Internazionale di Scultura"

Carrara Biennial, Italy

July - August 1959
"Biennale Internazionale d'arte"

"Biennale Internazionale d'arte"

Venice Biennial

June - October 1958

Collections

"Persian Steel - The Tanavoli Collection"

"Persian Steel - The Tanavoli Collection"

Victoria Art Gallery, BC

March - July 2007
"Persian Steel - The Tanavoli Collection"

"Persian Steel - The Tanavoli Collection"

Vancouver Museum, BC

March - September 2007
"Persian Steel - A Mirror of Life in Iran"

"Persian Steel - A Mirror of Life in Iran"

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

September 2004
"Steel a Mirror of Life in Iran"

"Steel a Mirror of Life in Iran"

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

September - November 2000
"Von LIEBE. MACHT und MYSTIK"

"Von LIEBE. MACHT und MYSTIK"

Volkerkunde Museum, Basel, Switzerland

September 1994 - March 1995
"Lion Rugs of Iran"

"Lion Rugs of Iran"

Vancouver, Victoria BC

June - September 1992
"Textile Museum"

"Textile Museum"

Krefeld, Germany

November 1990 - January 1991
"Lion Rugs from Fars"

"Lion Rugs from Fars"

Bagh Ferdows, Tehran

May 1987
"Lion Rugs"

"Lion Rugs"

Barbican Art Gallery, London

December 1986 - January 1987
"Lion Rugs"

"Lion Rugs"

Durham Museum - Omaha

July - August 1987
"Lowenteppiche Aus Iran"

"Lowenteppiche Aus Iran"

University Museum, Zurich

September 1985 - January 1986
"Lion Rugs from Fars"

"Lion Rugs from Fars"

Australia

1980-1981
"Lion Rugs from Fars"

"Lion Rugs from Fars"

Talar Sahar, Shiraz, Iran

September 1978