Naveed Nour

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Naveed Nour was born in Germany to Iranian parents in 1963. He is a contemporary artist who uses photography as the basis of his work. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In the early 80's Nour documented the Iran-Iraq war while focusing on the social effects of war on society. His work of this period became the core of his "History Recalls" project[1]. While most of his work is based on traditional street photography until 2006 as seen in his Momento series, which was mostly in black and white, he later changed to color photography and started to focus on conceptual themes such as in his "Movements in Adagio" series. His latest work is called "12 Panels of Life in Gozo" and evolves around the seemingly culture of conflict in Victoria, the capital of Gozo in Malta. This project, which is a collaboration between Nour and Norbert Francis Attard has been juried by Transcultural Exchange, to be shown in April 2009 as part of a simultaneous global exhibit, titled "Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Art of the Future". The purpose of the proposed project is to encourage artists to work with others in different parts of the world to create collaborative artworks. The aim is to explore, foster and document the resulting cross-fertilization, mutli-disciplinary, ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking in order to encourage more of the same in both artistic and non-artistic disciplines.


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  • 1963 Born in Cologne, Germany
  • 1970 Moved to Iran
  • 1982 Entered University of Tehran's photography program at the faculty of fine art (Daneshkadeyeh Honarhayeh Ziba)
  • 1986-1987 Lived in Turkey and worked for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • 1991 Graduated from the University of Ottawa, BFA in Photography
  • 1991 – Present Works in photography and multimedia, while exhibiting his work internationally
  • 2003 Graduated from Cambridge College, Master of Management in e-Commerce
  • 2007 Starts "History Recalls", a forum for artists whose work reflects their experience of war and oppression
  • 2007 Co-founds PhotoEmerge with Zohreh Firouzabadian to help emerging photographers
  • 2007 Awarded an artist residency by TransCultural Exchange and Gozo Contemporary in Malta
  • 2008 Starts teaching at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

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  1. ^ The Art of War. nu-news.com.com. Retrieved on 17 October 2007.