Biography

Jalal Sepehr

Jalal Sepehr was born in 1968 in Tehran, Iran. He is a Tehran based self-taught  photographer who has been doing photography since 1994. He is known as a fine art photographer locally and internationally. His photos has been featured in many prestigious publications.

He had been a founding member of  the Fanoos website whose aim was promoting contemporary Iranian photography (2003-2007)

Besides working  on his photographic projects, he has held quite a few workshops in this field and curated displacement in Silkroad gallery . He is an active member of Virtual Arts of Iran Association and Advertising & Industrial Photography Association of Iran.

Project

2014

Displacement curated by Jalal Sepehr a Group show at Silk Road gallery, Tehran

2006

Fanoos Photo Slideshow with Shadi Ghadirian and Daryoush Kiyani, House of Artists, Tehran

Solo exhibitions

2016

“As far as the eye can see”, Officine dell immagine  Gallery, Milan
Red Zone photo series, Silk Road Gallery,Tehran

2015

Knot series, water & Persian Rugs, Isabelle Gounod Gallery, Paris

2011

Knot series and Water and Persian Rugs, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
Carpets Unbound, Khaki Gallery Photo, Boston, USA

2009

water and Persian Rugs, Gallery Esther Woerdehoff, Paris

Group exhibitions

2023

Mia Photo Fair in Milan,Italy
Photo Londan by LS10 Gallery directed by Elisenda Faustino Deu

2022

Basket goes Persian – When origins inspire Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris
Paris Photo by Silk Road gallery

2021

raw emotion in Iranian contemporary a virtual group exhibition at IS10 Gallery, London

2019

Silence Meal Project Trafo Center for contemporary Art  Berlin
“Tir Art” art fair, Tehran
“Life Documents” Negah Gallery , Tehran
Emerging Iranian Art  LS10 Gallery,London
Shahr International Visual Art festival Pardis Mellat, Tehran
Iran Visual poetries Photo Gaspesie Montreal-Canada
Paris Photo by Silk Road Gallery
“A few Days in Between” Arta Gallery, Toronto
“Iranian Contemporary Photography” Durev Gallery, Paris

2018

Paris Photo by Silk Road gallery
Dubai's annual photography festival - GPP Photo Week
Photography show “Women” Negah Gallery

2017

“Iran:Year 38”Arles Photography Festival
Paris Photo by Silk Road gallery

2016

Magic And Power , marta herford museum Germany
Art Paris by Silk Road Gallery ,France  
Mia Photo Fair in Milan,Italy

2015

Reality & Fantasy a Glance at the Iranian Contemporary  Photography ,Pardis Gallery, Tehran
The Secrets of Eternity, Khayyam and Contemporary Art Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
Heaven and hell . From magic carpets to drones,  Boghossian Foundation, Brussels
Spring Hesitance festival, museum of Negarestan Garden, Tehran
Rebirth, group show, Nicolas Flamel Gallery,  Paris
The young collectors auction in Dubai (Ayyam Gallery)

2014

Eyes On Iran, Hinterland gallery,  Vianna Art Week
Paris Photo by Silk Road gallery
Mils027, silk Road gallery, Australias photography festival , Sydney
Neo-Traditionalism in Contemporary Iranian Art, Tehran museum of contemporary Art
In.Ter.Weave, Roiya gallery, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
Displacement a Group show at Silk Road gallery, Tehran

2013

Christies, Auction Dubai
By Iranian Contemporary Photographers, Mellat Gallery, Tehran
Begging a collection, Silk Road gallery, Tehran

2012

Pulso Iraniano, Riodojaniro and Sao Paulo biennale of Brazil
Tension in tradition, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation Auction, London
'I Run with Iran' Nicolas Flamel Gallery, Paris
Iranian perspectives, Richard Young Gallery, London
beyond-dreams, Omid-e-mehr.org/as virtual group Exhibition,London

2011

Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation Auction, London

2010

Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2009

Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris
International Photo Festival, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

2008

First and Second Annual Photo Exhibition CPC/CAPA, Seymour Art Gallery, North, Vancouver, Canada
Photo Transportation and Trafic Festival, House of Artists, Tehran
We Can Do Photo Festival, House of Photographers, Tehran
Photo Travel Competition, Tehran

2007

First and Second Annual Photo Exhibition CPC/CAPA, Sulaymania, Kurdistan, Irak
First and Second Annual Photo Exhibition-Competition CPC/CAPA, Tehran
Humour of the peoples art collection Biennal . House of Humour and Satire, Bulgaria
The First Photo Festival Healthy of Iran Oroomie
IranInternational Photo Festival, Knokke-Heist, Belgium.

2006

Tenth Biennal of Iranian Photography (documentary photography), Tehran
Fanoos Photo Slideshow, House of Artists, Tehran
Photo Children Festival, Tehran
International Art Photography Fair, Slovakia

2005

Second Iranian Sport Photo Festival, Tehran
Second Photo Festival of Sea, Ship and Seafarers, Tehran
Fajr Photo Festival, Mah-Shahr
Nature Photography Iran Exhibition, Tehran
Ashoura Photo Festival, Tehran (Jury Price)
Iranian Rustic Women Photo Festival, Ispahan

2004

Photo Festival of Sea, Ship and Seafarers, Tehran
Animal Protection Society Exhibition, Tehran

2003

Ashouraian Photography Festival, Tehran
Industrial Photography Festival of Iran, Tehran, Iran1998
Bazaar Photo Exhibition, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran

Awards

2023

Finalists of the BNL BNP Paribas Award 

2016

Finalist  of Codice MIA IV Edition photo fair  Milan-Italy 2016

2015

Third place,nature section,  International Photography Awards MIFA

2014

International Photography Awards IPA-USA The second prize in nature category

2011

Selected Winner of Iranian Persbook Festival
The first prize in entrepreneurship category for Entrepreneurship Photo Contest, Tehran

2009

Prix de la Photographie, Paris (2nd Prize in advertising category)

2007

CAPA Postcard Competition (Canadian Association for Photography ART) (First Prize)
Photo Shooka festival, Niyavaran museum, Tehran, Iran (secants Prize)

2005

International Art Award, China (Honorable Mention)

Second Photo Festival of Sea, Ship and Seafarers, Tehran, Iran (First Prize)

2004

Photo Festival of Sea, Ship and Seafarers, Tehran, Iran (2nd Prize)

Publications

2015

Contemporary Iranian Art,  New Perspectives by Hamid keshmirshekan,
Nazar art  Publication

2014

Traveller Conde Nast, Tappeti volanti by Giovanna M.Bonomo,  Spring 

2009

Images Magazine, France (November)
Different sames New Perspectives In contemporary Iranian Art, Thames & Hudson,London

2008

"Iranian photography now", Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostifildern. 
Canvas Magazine, Dubai

2007

Al-Thani Award Book (exhibition catalog)ue
Knokke-Heist Photo Festival (exhibition catalogue)
Around the Life(Book)