Raoof Haghighi is an Iranian-born British artist, known for his portraiture and realism.
He was born in 1976 in Shiraz, Iran.
His father was an artist and it was in Iran where he started to learn painting;
he is a self taught artist. Since 1995, he has had many group and solo art exhibitions internationally, including in Iran, the United Kingdom, United States, Czech Republic, Spain, and Ireland.
Awards
* 2011, 2015, 2017 –
BP Portrait Award
The BP Portrait Award is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. It is the successor to the John Player Portrait Award. It is the most important portrait prize in the world, and is reputedly ...
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National Portrait Gallery, London, England
*2017 – Winner of the Gold Memorial Bowl award for best miniature work in the exhibition at the
Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, London, England
* 2016 – Overall winner of Jackson's competition 'Drawn in competition', Jackson Art Supplies, London, England
* 2014 – Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 London Heat winner
* 2011 – Overall winner – Artist of the Year 2011 – ''Artists & Illustrators'' magazine
Exhibitions
* Prague City Gallery – The
Stone Bell House The Stone Bell House is located at the Old Town Square in Prague. It is located next to the Kinský Palace, on the corner of Old Town Square and Týnská street.
Origin of the name
The house is named after the stone bell embedded in the outside ...
The Reunion of Poetry and Philosophy 3 March – 4 April 2018
* BP Portrait Award 2017 –
The National Portrait Gallery, London – 22 June – 24 September 2017
* Royal Society of Miniature Painters. 20 September – 1 October 2017 at
Mall Galleries, London.
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BP Portrait Award
The BP Portrait Award is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. It is the successor to the John Player Portrait Award. It is the most important portrait prize in the world, and is reputedly ...
2015 – June–September 2015 – National Portrait Gallery, London
* BP Portrait Award 2011 National Portrait Gallery, London – Wolverhampton Art Gallery
References
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Living people
Iranian painters
1976 births
People from Shiraz
British portrait artists
British people of Iranian descent