puriaqara

Poorya Gharehgozloo (puriaqara) born on 30 May 1976, Tehran. Due to the artistic background of his family and his passion for arts, soon he started recognizing masters of arts and discovering their styles. In addition to experiencing creative activities by his own and attending sketching and drawing workshops, he started classical piano at the age of 9, continuing attentively With Armenian Pianist Raphael Minaskanian till now.
He graduated in Industrial Design (Azad University of Tehran) and at the same time participated in installation workshops of Behrooz Daresh, where he found his personal style and created a mixture of kinetic installations with light and sounds. After participating in group exhibitions & Tehran 4th sculpture biennale, has had two solo exhibitions in Tehran and took part in international group exhibitions.