Mehrdad Khataei, Born in Tabriz, Iran, 1976. He received his M.A. Fine Art from the Azad University of Tehran, 2001. Mehrdad began teaching at the University of Tehran since 2001. His Artworks have been shown in numerous national and international biennials, exhibitions and are held in the collections of Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo (Japan), Library of Congress, Washington, DC (USA), Kochi International Exhibition of Prints Ino-cho Paper Museum (Japan), The Cultural Arts Association of Valladolid (Spain), The Ben Read more...icia Public Library (California), Printmaking Museum of Douro (Portugal), Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts (Russia), Guanlan Original Printmaking Base (China), Museum of Engraving, Paleologi Castle in Acqui Terme (Italy), etc. | Honors and Awards: First Prize - Premio Fibrenus 2015 - Carnello cArte ad Arte, (Italy), Semi Grand-Prix - Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial 2015 (Japan), Nomination - 1st International Biennale of Graphic Art, Lodz, (Poland), etc.

Skills: Etching Engraving Mezzotint Aquatint Dry Point