Ebrahim Morkabatchi: The Painter of Blurred Borders

Ebrahim Morkabatchi, a contemporary painter and illustrator, was born in 1977 in Ardabil.
He has traversed a challenging artistic path, moving from realistic painting to abstraction and a fusion of these two styles.
He has held 6 solo exhibitions and participated in over 36 group exhibitions.
Morkabatchi studied painting academically at the Danesh-e Elm va Farhang University, but through continuous study and deep exploration of the essence of painting, he developed a new and personal language in his works.
His works reflect a passage between reality and abstraction, sleep and wakefulness, madness and rationality.
Colors, compositions, and lines in his paintings are in a constant oscillation between these two realms, inviting viewers on a journey through the blurred and sometimes intertwined borders of the artist’s inner and outer worlds.
To express these fluid and intertwined concepts, Morkabatchi also employs other tools such as illustration and video.
In these fields, as in painting, he creates a complex, borderless universe of his own.
Sometimes he blurs the lines between different media, and other times, with a deep understanding of each medium’s limitations and capabilities, he discovers new expressive languages. In some cases, he connects these media to one another.
One of the prominent features of Morkabatchi’s works is the profound and inseparable link between language and image.
In his art books, he blends these two elements as if they are narrating a single story.
His statements, written over the years for his exhibitions, attest to this.
In these texts, the message is not merely a description or interpretation of the paintings but functions as an independent medium to complete and deepen the hidden meanings within the works.
As a bilingual artist, Morkabatchi draws upon the rich culture and language of Persian and Azerbaijani in creating his works.
This trait adds a double richness to his art and presents an innovative interaction between the two cultures.
Inspired by Azerbaijani folk tales, he creates motifs that are not merely visual representations of stories but also open a window to reflection and contemplation on Azerbaijani culture and language.

Solo Exhibitions by Azim Morkabtchi

1401 Mojdeh Gallery, Tehran

1398 Negah Gallery, Tehran

1395 Negah Gallery, Tehran

1394 Saba Gallery (Academy of Arts), Tehran

1387 Baran Gallery, Tehran

1385 Baran Gallery, Tehran

Group Exhibition by Azim Morkabtchi

1400 Postcard Exhibition Carbafu, Atigh and Asr Galleries, Mashhad and Tehran

1400 Art Fair Istanbul, Turkey

1400 Micro Macro Painting Exhibition, Vista and Fornarzio Galleries, Iran, Italy

1399 Shoreline Separate Painting Exhibition, Iran Artists House, Tehran

1399 Virtual Exhibition of Members of the Iranian Painters Association, Tehran

1399 Carbafu Postcard Exhibition, Saye Gallery, Tehran

1398 Painting Exhibition titled “Text within Text,” Iran Artists House, Tehran

1398 Painting Exhibition titled “In the Room,” Negah Gallery, Tehran

1398 Exhibition of Works from Several Generations of Contemporary Iranian Artists, Laleh Gallery, Tehran

1398 Painting Exhibition, Laleh Gallery, Tehran

1398 Still Life Painting Exhibition “1+12,” Iran Artists House, Tehran

1398 Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran

1398 Painting Exhibition on the Theme of “Solitude,” Farmanfarma Gallery, Tehran

1397 Painting Exhibition, Goharan Gallery, Tehran

1397 Drawing Exhibition, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran

1396 Painting Exhibition, “Freedom,” Negah Gallery, Tehran

1396 Drawing Exhibition, Ban Gallery, Tehran

1396 Portrait Painting Exhibition, White Line Gallery, Tehran

1395 Painting Exhibition, “Human,” Fereshteh Gallery, Tehran

1395 Pioneers of Iranian Art Painting Exhibition, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran

1395 Research Portfolio of Members Under Forty of the Iranian Painters Association, Iran Artists House, Tehran

1394 Annual Exhibition of Members of the Iranian Painters Association, Iran Artists House, Tehran

1394 One Hundred Iranian Artists, Genoa, Italy, Profili D, Satura Art Gallery

1393 Seventh Fajr International Festival, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute, Tehran

1393 Members’ Artwork Exhibition of the Iranian Painters Association, Haft Aineh Gallery, Sari

1393 Painting Exhibition, “Headline One, The Birth of a Painter,” Iran Artists House, Tehran

1392 Painting Exhibition, Shalaman Gallery, Tehran

1391 Tehran Art Fair, Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute, Tehran

1391 Members’ Artwork Exhibition of the Iranian Painters Association, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Isfahan

1391 Annual Members’ Exhibition of the Iranian Painters Association, Iran Artists House, Tehran

1390 Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Iranian Painters, Iran Artists House, Tehran

1385 Drawing and Painting Exhibition, Kamal al-Din Bahaad Gallery, Tehran

1383 Painting Exhibition, Bahman Cultural Center, Tehran

1380 Drawing Exhibition, Fadak Cultural and Artistic Group, Ardabil

Activities of Azim Morkabtchi

1396 Illustration of the book “Fereydoun’s Ghamnom,” Taroud Publishing, Tehran

1395 Poster Designer for the Play Based on Duchess Malfi, Tehran 1394 Works Published in the Satura Art Gallery Catalog 2015 Profili D, Artist

1394 Illustration of the Yearbook “Dar Chaharrah Fasl” (In the Crossroads of Seasons), Cheshmeh Publishing, Tehran

1393 Illustration of the Iranian Student Documentary Film

1392 Illustration and Title Sequence for the Feature Film “Darya and the Flying Fish”

1391 Illustration of the poetry book “Fereydoun’s Ghamnom,” Nakja Publishing, France