Erfan Abdi Dezfouli (Iran)

Erfan Abdi Dezfouli
www.erfanabdi.com
www.audio.erfanabdi.com
Participant in
SoundLAB VI – sonic art project environments
soundPOOL – a challenge for imagination

Graphic designer – Media Artist
born in 1983,Tehran

Education:

High school diploma in mathematics in 2000
B.A. in Graphic design, Tehran University, College of Fine Arts, 2001-2007

Working experience:

Freelance Graphic designer since 2003
Composing Electronic Music since 2004
Experimental films & videos since 2005
Founder of The music Band TryAngle 2007
Teaching Graphic design at MFT 2007

Exhibitions/workshops/participation:

2008

– 10th Tajrobeh Theater Festival Tehran, Iran
– re/act International Student Festival for Digital Media Art Heidelberg, Germany

2007

РDID video Screening Centre Socioculturel Madeleine Reb̩rioux- Cr̩teil , Nov 2007 France
– Image of the Year Tasvir magazine, Oct 2007, Iranian Artists Forum
– Tehran-Berlin Work in Progress July – Oct 2007, Azad Art Gallery,Tehran, Bethanien/Reloading Images temporary school
– 3 Etudes for Visual Music : Degree Show for BA in Graphic Design – June 2007 Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts.
– 9th Tehran International Poster biennial, Tehran, Saba Cultural Center, June- July 2007 Tehran.
– Limited Access, Sound installation March 2007, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran.

2005

– How to communicate humanitarian action September 29 – October 30; Museum of Resistance, Turino, Italy

Collaborations:

as a composer

Around the world in 80 days, a video by Cedric Bomford
Word For Word, A video By Amirali Ghasemi
Between 2 shores, A film By Hamed Sahihi
One Stupid Idea, An animation by Elham Doust Haghighi

as a motion graphic designer

Motion Graphics for 9th Tehran International Poster biennial ( IGDS )
Motion Graphics for Iaara ( International Art & Architecture Research Association) 2007
Motion Graphics with clip for Peyman Tavan Tehran electricity manufacturing company

Films/videos:

The Photo Theater of Faust short film, Documentary, 30 min, 2008
Bored up performance/video Installation, 3 min 40 seconds, 2007.
Along With Gunpowder Smell video Installation, 5 min, 2007.
Travelsome Video Installation, 5 min, 2006.
RePlay 3 min, 2006
The desert, 13 min, 2006.
Foot prints 1 min, 2005
The emperor’s new cloths 14 min, Short film in 2003

Working software:

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Propellerhead Reason, Cakewalk Sonar, Final Cut Studio, Logic Pro, Corel Draw, Corel Rave, Steinberg Nuendo.

Languages:
Farsi (Native) – English (fluent) – German (intermediate)Work