Mehdi Ghadyanloo

Mehdi Ghadyanloo
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Karaj, Iran
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Websitewww.mehdighadyanloo.com

Mehdi Ghadyanloo (born 1981 in Karaj, Iran) is an Iranian artist, painter, and muralist. Known for his gigantic trompe-l'œil-style murals in central Tehran, Ghadyanloo has become the most prolific Iranian public artist with over 100 murals across the globe in the USA, the UK, Russia and his native Iran.[1] Ghadyanloo also creates paintings, with surreal and minimalistic themes. While his colourful commissioned mural works have led to him being simplistically coined as Iran’s answer to Banksy by the press, Ghadyanloo is more inclined to draw comparisons with European surrealist painters such as Magritte, Girgio de Chirico and the minimal lines of modernist 20th century architects such as Le Corbusier.[2] Mehdi takes his inspirations of Giorgio de Chirico, Magritte, and the minimalism of Le Corbusier, and turns them into a voice all of his own.[3]

  1. ^ "World Economic Forum paintings auctioned at Sotheby's for The Lotus Flower". Lotus Flower. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ Magazine, Wallpaper* (13 March 2017). "Double take: Mehdi Ghadyanloo uses the art of illusion to reveal truths". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. ^ Zand, Roxane (2017). "The Otherworldly Art of Mehdi Ghadyanloo". sothebys.com/.