Davar Yousefi, born in 1342 in Khalkhal
The first five years of life are spent in Khalkhal and in 1347 he moved with his family from Khalkhal to Rasht. He spent his studies in Rasht and from the same childhood he became interested in painting. He pursued painting experimentally. He studied art until the age of 26, and in 1989, he began to study painting at the university in earnest.
Yousefi received his bachelor’s degree in painting in 1372 and his master’s degree in painting from the Islamic Azad University of Tehran in 1375. He became a member of the faculty of the painting department of the same university in 1378. Al-Zahra, Azad and Soura have been busy. Yousefi is a regular member of the Iranian Painters Association and has also been a member of the jury of several art festivals and symposia.
He held his first solo exhibition in Aria Gallery in 1373, and after that he held several solo exhibitions in Aria Galleries of Free Designers, Berg, Artists’ House and Sarban, and more than 190 group exhibitions in Iran, Canada, Italy, Greece, South Korea. , Turkey, UAE and Kuwait and also participated in the second and sixth biennials of the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Islamic World in the Saba Cultural Complex.
He has designed and executed several permanent mural projects with prominent mosaic and concrete techniques in Tehran.