Abolala Soudavar
Date of birth: June 2, 1945
Education · 1957-63 - Alborz High School Tehran · 1963-65 - Lycee St Louis, Paris · 1965-67 - Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France · 1967-68 - Stanford University, Stanford, CA · 1980-81 - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
Professional occupation · 1968-69 - Research Engineer for Systems Engineering, Palo Alto, CA · 1969-75 - Director of Sales, Khawar Industrial Group, Tehran, Iran · 1975-79 - President, Khawar Industrial Group, Tehran, Iran · 1983– 2006 - Director, Mirak Inc., Houston, TX
University and Museum Affiliations · 1970-77 - Assist. Professor of Mathematics, Tehran University · 1983-present - Member of the Visiting Committee for Islamic Art: Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1987-94 - Member of the Board of Trustees- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · 1995-1997 - Member of the Visiting Committee, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago · 1995-2003 - Member of the Board of Trustees: Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C. · 1997– present - Member of the Collections Committee, Harvard University Museums
Art Exhibitions 1- Consultant to the Treasures of Islam exhibition at the Musée Rath, Geneva (1985} 2- Organized the traveling exhibition Art of the Persian Courts for the following venues: · Los Angeles County Museum 1992-93 · The Smart Museum, Chicago University 1993 · The Menil Museum, Houston 1993-94 · The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1994-95 · The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1996-97
The exhibition was favorably reviewed among others by: · The New York Times, H. Cotter, Feb. 23, 97 · Washington Post, P. Richard, Nov. 17, 96 · Washington Post, H. Burchard, Nov. 11, 96 · Point de Vue, A. Yalda, Sept. 5, 95 (PDF 2.9MB) · Toronto Star, C. Hume, Oct. 6, 94 · ROM Magazine, Rotunda, L. Golombek, Fall 1994 (PDF 5.2 MB) · International Herald Tribune, A.S. Melikian-Chirvani, Dec. 18, 93 · Eastern Art Review, London, L.S. Diba, vol. IV 1992-93 PDF2.9MB · Chicago Tribune, A.G. Artner, Feb. 28, 93 |
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