pouya ahmadi, 1984 (Tehran), graphic designer/video artist
2004 to present, member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS)
education
2007 to 2009, masters of fine arts in visual communication,
uic/hgk basel, switzerland
2002 to 2007, bachelors of arts in graphic design,
department of fine arts, university of tehran, iran
experience
2005 to 2007, designer, neshan magazine, tehran
2004 to 2006, designer, didgraphics inc., tehran
honors/awards
2010, winner of international award for students in design, :output 13, netherlands
2010, winner of international ultra short film festival, art by chance, us, europe and asia
2010, winner of online portfolio challenge, open-output, netherlands
2007, 1st prize, the second international biennial of poster, tehran, iran
2006, 3rd prize, poster competition 'to greet world expo shanghai 2010', china
exhibitions
2010, art by chance, ultra short film festival, us, europe and asia
2010, persianissimo, poster exhibition, istanbul, turkey
2010, persianissimo, poster exhibition, famagusta, cyprus
2010, persianissimo, poster exhibition, bolzano, italy
2010, entwurf/gesicht/identität exhibition, basel, switzerland
2009, persianissimo, poster exhibition, colorado, usa
2009, gegenwart, mfa thesis show, basel, switzerland
2008, ornament and design process exhibition, basel, switzerland
2008, gen x, poster exhibition, toronto, canada
2008, silk road, IGDS members' poster exhibition, sharjah, uae
2008, shahnameh, the fourth iranian typography exhibition, tehran, iran
2007, anti-aids, poster exhibition/competition, kharkiv, ukraine
2007, the first festival of art and safety, tehran, iran
2007, the 16th international poster biennial, lahti, finland
2007, iranian typography exhibition, hgk basel, basel, switzerland
2007, the second international biennial of poster, tehran, iran
2007, the 9th international poster biennial of tehran, tehran, iran
2007, zigzag, poster group exhibition, tehran gallery, tehran, iran
2007, art and security poster festival, saba gallery, tehran, iran
2006, golden bee 7, international biennial of graphic design, moscow, russia
2006, tamga, logo design exhibition/competition, moscow, russia
2006, international poster competition to greet world expo, shanghai, china
2006, students and masters exhibition, group poster exhibition, tehran, iran
2006, 5th generation graphic designers exhibition, tehran, iran
2006, the day of graphic design, group poster exhibition, tehran, iran
2006, the world biennial exhibition of student poster, novisad, serbia
2006, the sings, exhibition of members of IGDS, tehran, iran
2004, the day of graphic design, group poster exhibition, tehran, iran
2003, human and …, group poster exhibition, tehran, iran
published
persianissimo, 2009, iran
swiss design network symposium, 2009, switzerland
ornament and design process, 2009, switzerland
arabesque - graphic design from the arab world and persia, 2008, germany
almanac of asia-pacific design III, 2007, hong kong
golden bee 7 catalogue, 2006, russia