CV of SM Vahid M Jazayeri

Personal details:

Name: Seyed Mohammad Vahid
Last name: Mousavi Jazayeri

Academic degree:

First-rate artistic certificate equal to a doctorate.
BSc in Graphics.

Performing arts: Professional calligrapher in different styles of calligraphy: Kufic, Naskh, Thulth and Modern Typography.
Interest: Researching on ancient manuscripts and calligraphic inscriptions of ancient buildings and objects (such as potteries, coins and gravestones).
Special finding: Finding the “lost pen of Primary Kufic writing, after hundreds of years and revealed its secrets in Kufic encyclopedia (2004)”.

Publication of calligraphic books and albums:

1. S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri , Perette E. Michelli. Tutorial Handbook of Early Arabic Kufic Script: Reading, Writing, and Calligraphy. Blautopf Publishing 2016.
2. S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri , Perette E. Michelli. Tutorial Handbook of Arabic Kufic Script: Freehand Monogram Design. Blautopf Publishing 2016.
3. S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri, Ali M. Chaharmahali, Patrick Ringgenberg, Perette E. Michelli, S. M. H. Mousavi Jazayeri. Kufic Inscriptions of the Historic Grand Mosque of Shoushtar. Blautopf Publishing 2015.
4. Early Arabic Kufic Calligraphy of Mousavi Jazayeri: Surat al-Waqiah by S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri (Artist, Author), S. M. H. Mousavi Jazayeri (Series Editor), Dr. Perette E. Michelli (Foreword), Farid al-Ali (Foreword). Blautopf Publishing 2015.
5. S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri (Author), Perette E Michelli (Foreword), Valerie Gonzalez (Foreword), Saad D Abulhab. Collected Works of Mousavi Jazayeri: 1993 to 2015. Blautopf Publishing 2015.
6. Early Arabic Kufic Calligraphy of Mousavi Jazayeri: Surat al-Mulk by S. M. V. Mousavi Jazayeri (Artist, Author), S. M. H. Mousavi Jazayeri (Series Editor), Dr. Perette E. Michelli (Foreword), Dr. Patrick Ringgenberg(Foreword), Dr. Valérie Gonzalez (Foreword). Blautopf Publishing 2015.
7. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV, Dr Hamid Reza Ghelichkhani, Bahram Kalhornia. From Kufic Inscriptions to Contemporary Typography Steps towards a comprehensive Farsi Script. 2014.
8. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV, Mousavi Jazayeri SMH, Christian L. Kufic Stone Inscription Culture, Script, and Graphics: The Aesthetic Art and Global Heritage of Early Kufic Calligraphy. Blautopf Publishing 2013.
9. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV, Mousavi Jazayeri SMH, Dr . Ringgenberg P., Dr Michelli P.E.,Dr Christian M.L., Liboon C. Teaching Reading and Writing Ancient Primary Kufic in the Manuscripts: The Origin of the Alphabets of Contemporary Arabic, Farsi and Turkish Othmani Scripts; With 90 Pages from an Ancient Kufic Manuscript. 2013 
10. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV, Mousavi Jazayeri SMH, Christian L. Stone-Inscriptions with Kufic Script, the Global Cultural Heritage. 2012.
11. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV, Mousavi Jazayeri SMH, Christian L. Stone-inscriptions with Thulth script of Istanbul, Turkey: A comparison between Thulth script with Kufic and Naskh styles of calligraphy over history. 2011.
12. Treasury of coins: the mirror of History and Art (an album about coins of Heidarzadeh’s museum), 2011, Aban Publisher.
13. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV; Mousavi Jazayeri SMH. Script and calligraphy: 1st volume: Kufic script. Aban publisher, 2010. This book had got the sign/seal of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO. This series of books were nominated for the best book of spring season in Iran, 2011.
14. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV; Script and calligraphy: 2nd volume: Naskh and Thulth styles of calligraphy. Aban publisher, 2010. This book had got the sign/seal of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO. This series of books were nominated for the best book of spring season in Iran, 2011 (this book include a complete Arabic translation).
15. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV; Script and calligraphy: 3rd volume: Typography. Aban publisher, 2010. This book had got the sign/seal of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO. This series of books were nominated for the best book of spring season in Iran, 2011.
16. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV. Breeze of East: exquisite pieces of Kufic manuscripts. 2008.
17. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV. Seventh Heaven: Typographic works on Bisme Allah Arrahman Arrahim. 5th print. 2008.
18. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV. Messiha of Souls: 8 calligraphic pieces on different styles of calligraphy. 2007.
19. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV. Diffusing Musk: 14 Thulth inscriptions. 2007.
20. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV. Divine Love: exquisite manuscripts with Kufic style of calligraphy. 2005.
21. Mousavi Jazayeri SMV. Kufic Encyclopedia: 1st volume: How to write the Primary method of Kufic style of calligraphy. 2004.

Teaching experiences:
1990: Teaching of Thulth style of calligraphy (advanced level) in Teacher of Tehran Association of Calligraphers.
1997-2000: Teaching of Latin Calligraphy and Typography at university in Tehran.
2013-2015: Teacher of 27 workshops on Kufic calligraphy in different universities and institutes.

Exhibitions:
2016: Kufic painting-valligraphy, Tehran.
2015: Kufic exhibition in Katara, Doha, Qatar.
2011: Kufic Script on “Manuscripts and Potteries” of Mousavi Jazayeri. National Library and Archives of Iran, 12-17 February 2011, Tehran, Iran.
2009: Kufic Calligraphy, Forever Love, Mashhad, Iran
2007: Exhibition in Morocco.
1995 - 2006: Some exhibitions (both personal and with group) in Iran

Awards
2009: The best award for managing and publishing the exquisite books and poster in Iran during the year 2009.
1995: 1st prize in the national festival of Bisme Allah Arrahman Arrahim.

Designer of calligraphic posters:
2011: The 1st national festival of rare manuscripts.
2010: Designer of the 1st international competition of the exquisite manuscripts.
2010: The calligraphic calendar of 2010
2008: The calligraphic calendar of 2008
2007: The calligraphic calendar of 2007

International Congress Acceptances:
- Can eastern calligraphy tell us much about our ancient ancestors? American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) 2012 Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 14-17.

Workshops and Book Fairs:
- Conductor of a workshop entitled “Kufic Script” in International Conference of Religion in the Light of Art, 10-11 April 2012, Hamedan Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.
- Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. May 2014.
- Doha Book Fair, Qatar, 7-17 Jan 2015.
- Katara, Visual Arts, 18-20 Jan 2015.
- Kuwait International Prize of the Holy Quran, 5 - 8 April 2015.
- Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. 7-13 May 2014.
- Sharjah International Book Fair, 4-14 Nov 2015.
- Al Itqan American School of Sharjah, Nov 2015.
- Kufic calligraphy, 2016, DUCTAC, Dubai.
- Thuluth Calligraphy, 2016, DUCTAC, Dubai.
- Kufic calligraphy, 2016, Ahwaz.
- 10 sessions for learning Kufic script, 2016, Academy of Art, Tehran.
- Learning Kufic script, 14 Oct 2016, Alserkal Aven with INGCreatives, Dubai.
- Kearning Kufic Logotypes, 15 Oct 2016, Alserkal Aven with INGCreatives, Dubai.
- Sharjah International Book Fair, UAE. 2-12 Nov 2016
- Kufic calligraphy for logotype designing, 5 Nov 2016, 1971 Design Space, Sharjah, UAE
- Learning Primary Kufic, 13 Nov 2016, Lotus Institute, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE.
- Learning Eastern Kufic, 13 Nov 2016, Lotus Institute, Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE.
- Workshop in Forgotten Styles of Calligraphy, 17 Nov 2016, Contemporary Art Museum, Isfahan, Iran.
- Over 20 workshops in different museums, universities and libraries of Iran (2012-2015)