Arien Valizadeh

New Illustration for Plazm to be used for Portland Center Stage's production
The History (and Mystery) of the Universe
Based on the life of R. Buckminster Fuller


A 22 year old Iranian-American artist currently residing in Los Angeles, California. Immediate goals are to attend art school as a Fine Art major in the mean while participate in various art exhibitions and programmes imposed by media/market obsessions. Privately learning under the master Farsi Calligrapher, Massoud Valipour and voluntarily helping Zaman Zamani, the great Iranian painter, re-expose his work to the art community, Arien means to be taught the Persian Arts in a traditional manner, as well as familiarize himself to Contemporary Iranian artists prolonged role in Western society.

Found Here: http://www.arienjaan.com/about.html