Hamid Rahmanian
Iranian filmmaker, graphic designer, performer
Hamid Rahmanian (Persian: حمید رحمانیان; born 1968) is an Iranian-born American multi-disciplinary artist who has worked extensively in cinema, illustration, and shadow theater.
He has been awarded a 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow Award and 2022 United Artist fellowship award.
Since the late 1980s, he has produced works that draw on traditional Iranian visual forms while incorporating contemporary techniques such as digital design and multimedia staging. Since 2008, a central focus of Rahmanian’s work has been the reinterpretation of the Shahnameh. His projects aim to reintroduce the text to contemporary and international audiences through visual storytelling and design. His projects include documentary and narrative films, large-scale shadow plays, and illustrated and pop-up adaptations of the Shahnameh. Rahmanian lives and works in New York City.
Early life and education
He was educated in Tehran, Iran where he gained his Bachelor of fine arts in graphic design from University of Tehran. He has worked as a graphic designer since 1987. In 1992, he received the highest honor and was awarded recognition as the youngest professional designer in Iran.
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