Hiwa Pashaei

Pashaei has held a master class of Fine Arts in Tehran and Los Angeles in 2018.

Pashaei was director, instructor and juror of 100 Celebrities of Iranian Cinema and Theatre Exhibition which held in Ariana Art Gallery in 2017 with participation of 100 painter artists and attendance of prominent figures of Iranian cinema and theatre. Moreover he was director, instructor, curator and jury president in 100 Iranian Athletic Stars Exhibition which held in Museum of Fine Arts in Sa'dabad Complex in 2018 with participation of 100 painter artists and attendance of Minister of Sport and Youth, President of the International Olympic Committee on Iran and prominent Iranian athletic figures. This exhibition was enthusiastically received by some prominent visitors such as Shahram Nazeri and Sadegh Zibakalam.

Hiwa Pashaei was participated as director, instructor and curator of Portrait painting of Iranian Musicians Ehxibition in 2016 which held in Niavaran Cultural Center with attendance of prominent figures of Iranian traditional music. 14 artists participated in that event created portraits of 15 celebrated musicians using metal spring and 2.5 cm ribbons, in a manner inspired by carpet weaving. In this group exhibition musicians such as Shahram Nazeri, Keivan Saket and Shahrdad Rouhani were attended and Majid Derakhshani and Arsalan Kamkar debuted from their portraits together with the creator artists, and also Hana Kamkar debuted from Bijan Kamkar portrait.

Opening ceremony of "Bawan" exhibition held in May 2015 in Museum of the Qasr Prison, accompanied by performing Kurdish music by Shakhwashin ensemble, Kurdish dance by Aso Naderi, and also screening a documentary by Majid Azadi.

Hiwa Pashaei was interested in Middle-Eastern peoples' cultural semiology and did some researches on this field specially on Kurdish people. He went to France on behalf of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art to workout and research on painting and graphic design, and subsequently be the resident of Cité internationale des arts in Paris in 2012.

Pashaei established the Chero Publication in 2011 and began to work in publishing.

Hiwa Pashaei established the Honarjoo arts news website in 2009 and started working in his personal art studio from that time. He also founded the Jouan School of Visual Arts in that year. Moreover he was the art director of Takhte Jamshid Cultural and Art Foundation from 2005, and a member of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Center for Expansion of Visual Arts from 2008. Pashaei also founded the Rouge Art Gallery in Tehran in 2009, and Art & Culture Center of California (ACCC) in Los Angeles, United States in 2018.

Pashaei was member of the jury and one of the directors of the second Fajr International Visual Arts Festival in Museum of Contemporary Art of Ahvaz in 2009. He was jury president and director of Cultural Social Festival of Art Graduates of Iranian Universities in Museum of the Qasr Prison in Tehran in 2015. Moreover Pashaei was jury president and director of Drawing and Calligraphy Festival of Art Graduates of Iranian Universities, and also member of jury and director of the First Azadegan Visual Arts Festival, both held in the Museum of the Qasr Prison in 2015.

Hiwa Pashaei is a member of Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) from 2008 and Iranian Inventors Association from 2010.

He has held several painting, drawing and calligram workshops in Islamic Azad University, Kish branch of Applied Science and Technology University and Ideh Institute from 2008. He has taught in group workshop of designing logo and inscription in University of Science and Culture and Islamic Azad University, Parand Branch as a visiting professor in 2009. He was the director of graffiti part of the first Fajr International Visual Arts Festival in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and held workshop of graffiti and at the same time was a visiting scholar in painting part of that festival.

Pashaei went to Tehran and studied graphic design in Soore University and received bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A) degree from there in 2003. He continued his education in Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch and defended his thesis Designing Logos in Iran: Desining Logo for Iranian Institutions under the supervision of Bahram Kalhornia and advisory of Manouchehr Rakhshan in 2006.

Hiwa Pashaei or Hiva Pashaei (August 1979, Eslamabad-e Gharb – ) is a Kurdish painter, photographer, calligrapher, graphist, curator and publisher from Iran, living in the United States. He is active in the fields of painting, graphic design, research and education of visual arts. Pashaei is known for his spearhead role in pixel art in Iran and Kurdistan. Pashaei is also renowned because of his innovative use of Kurdish culture themes, specially culture of Kermanshah region Kurds, creating figurative works with the subject of Kurdish women, and presenting these themes in the form of modern and post modern art. He is manager of Rouge Art Gallery and Founder of Jowan Visual Art School in Tehran, and also CEO & Founder of Art & Culture Center of California "ACCC" in Los Angeles. Pashaei has held several individual and group exhibitions in Iran and other countries like Iraq, Japan, Italy, France and United States.

Hiwa Pashaei was born in August 1979, in Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province of Iranian Kurdistan. He graduated in graphic design in 1997 from Culture and Islamic Guidance Administration's Vocational School for Visual arts. Then he continued his education in Martyr Mofatteh Technical and Vocational University of Hamedan and graduated as associate of arts (A.A) in 2000.