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Ali Banisadr
Iranian artist
Ali Banisadr (born 1976), is an Iranian-born American artist from New York City working primarily with oil painting[1][2][3] and also with printmaking.[4] Banisadr was ranked #1 in Flash Art's Top 100 Artists of 2011.[1]
Early life and career
Banisadr was born in Tehran.
When he was twelve, he and his family moved to San Diego, in the United States.[5] He moved to New York in 2000 to study a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts, and for a Master of Fine Arts at the New York Academy of Art.[5]
In an interview with The Met, New York Banisadr said he is influenced by childhood memories of growing up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war and the Islamic Revolution.
He compares his work to Hieronymus Bosch and other figurative artists whose work revolve around dynamism and conflict.[6] Banisadr said his synesthesia greatly affects his paintings, imbuing a sens