Professional Experience

• Founder and Manager

  • Bahar School of Visual and Skilled Arts, Khorramshahr (2002 - Present)

  • Established the first specialized art school in fields of visual arts, graphic skills, digital photography, and various painting techniques.

  • Educated several thousand individuals and introduced them to the art community.

  • Integrated information and software technology in line with visual arts development.

  • Conducted permanent exhibitions since 2003.

  • Participated in various domestic and foreign festivals and exhibitions.

  • Member of artists' fund and artists' insurance.

• Manager

  • Bahar School of Visual and Skilled Arts (June 2005 - Present)

  • Sole art education center in Khorramshahr for the last 18 years.

  • Annual certification of 200 students in computer graphics and digital photography.

• Manager

  • Lotus (April 2022 - Present)

  • Specializes in visual arts, agricultural affairs, and software information technology.

• Manager

  • CEO/Visual Arts Unit, Khorramshahr Visual Arts Association (May 2019 - Present)

  • Oversaw the Visual Arts Association from 2008 to 2010 and again since 2019.

• Manager

  • House of Culture (April 2015 - Present)

  • Managing Director of educational and research activities at Khaneh Sevom e Khordad.

• Manager

  • Taranom e Bahar Arvand (April 2016 - Present)

  • Managing Director of the Cultural Heritage and Handicraft Lovers Association, a non-profit institution.

• Manager

  • Nozhan Bahar Arvand (April 2015 - Present)

  • Managing Director of commercial and urban furniture enterprise.

Education

• Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

  • Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (March 2022 - Present)

• Master's Degree in Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning

  • Ahvaz Azad University (September 2018 - September 2020)

• Bachelor's Degree in General Painting

  • Abadan Azad University (September 2010 - September 2014)

Skills

• Painting in all techniques

• Drawing, sketches, and figurative art

• Volume sculpture

• Business Administration (DBA)

• Architecture, design, and interior decoration

• Aerial mapping

• Computer and office software proficiency

Certificates

• New York Art Symposium Honors Diploma (May 2023, Zervas Institute New York)

• UNESCO Art Symposium Certificate in New York (May 2023, Zerwars Institute)

• Honorary Award of UNESCO World Federation Zevars (May 2023, Federation Zevars Institute)

• Gold Medal of the American World Federation 2023 (May 2023, UNESCO Zevars Institute, New York)

• Business Management and Commerce (April 2012, Iran Chamber of Commerce)

• Management and Revenue Generation (March 2020, Iran Chamber of Commerce)

• Work Management with Excel Software for Managers (March 2022, Iran Chamber of Commerce)

• How to Become a Powerful Person (January 2022, Iran Chamber of Commerce)

• Italian Fabriano Festival Certificate (February 2017, Italian Fabriano Festival)

Projects

• Permanent exhibitions in schools (2005 - Present)

• Organizer and presenter of workshops by the Visual Arts Association (2017 - Present)

• Executive Director of painting and photography festivals in deprived areas (2021)

Voluntary Activities

• Free training classes for clients covered by the Relief Committee and Welfare Department of Khorramshahr city (2019)

• Charity celebrations and events for handicraft photography artists and community members in Hamidieh village, Khuzestan province (2019)