Mehrad Meraji

Mehrad Meraji was born in Tehran on July 9th , 1986. At the age of ten, Mehrad immigrated to Canada with his family. With his dad as his mentor and teacher he was trained in the technical aspect of art, while allowing his natural skill to flourish. In his final year at high school, several of his teachers purchased his artworks and even the school purchased a piece. He is currently a third year student at the Ontario Collage of Art Design , studying painting and drawing, while working part time at the Toronto Public Library.

Mehrad Meraji

It is as if Mehrad was born with a pencil in his hand He comes as the youngest exhibitor to a forum in which masters are present and he doesn’t hesitate. His hand is sure, deft and whole heartedly consumed with a personal vision. He is interested in life, as only the young are able to be, sans criticism, agenda or cynicism, with an embracing affirmation of the joys of identity. With a Chuck Close bravado, he renders his family and friends, blows them up for examination with relentless pride and comes across with great portraits, contemporary in scale and yet traditionally masterful.

Julie Oakes

	Group Exhibitions
2007    Peel Gallery , Brampton , Canada 2007    the Figure Show, OCAD, Toronto, Ontario 2006    Iran Iran and I ran with Bogos, HendBones Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2006    Result of the Head Hunt, HeadBones Gallery, Toronto Ontario 2006    Creation, Scarborough Art Council, Toronto, Ontario 2006    Second Year Painting, OCAD, Toronto, Ontario 2006    Drawing 2006, John B. Arid Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2005    First Year Show, OCAD, Toronto, Ontario
	Achievements
2006    First Place Award, Drawing 2006, John B. Arid Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2004    Art Purchase Award, Sir, John A Macdonald, Toronto, Ontario

SIx weeks of Iraninan show

Pooyan Tabatabaei

Headbones Gallery

Mohsen Vaziri Moghadam

Mahmoud Meraji

Behzad Adineh