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Mohamad Barrangi

Header: Mohamad Barrangi
Also known as: Mohamad Barrangi; given name: Mohamad Barrangi
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; athlete/sportsman; Iranian; Male
Life dates: 1988- (Born in Rasht, Iran, 1988)
Biography: Born Rasht, Iran, 1988. After studing art he moved into book illustration. He has developed a particular form of print making in a two-stage process that involves drawing and printing onto handmade paper. Barrangi lives in the UK having left Iran some years ago. The themes he chooses for his work are from Persian mythology, inspired by the visual culture and the books he had around him as a child growing up in Iran.