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<p>Né en Iran, Khosro Berahmandi a grandi à Téhéran. Au début de la vingtaine, il se sent interpellé par le climat politique de son pays et ainsi voit sa destinée dans la révolution iranienne. À travers celle-ci, il caresse du bout des doigts un absolu lié au rêve collectif de son peuple. Du rêve au cauchemar, il se retrouve brusquement plongé au cœur d'une tragédie humaine. Affligé de la perte d'amis proches, il choisit, déchiré, de s'échapper de son pays natal pour trouver refuge ailleurs. Il traversera deux pays à pieds avant de trouver la sécurité.<br />
Arrivé au Canada au début des années 80, il questionne sa destinée. Ne trouvant pas de réponses concrètes à ses interrogations, il poursuit la quête d'un deuxième refuge dans lequel il pourra exprimer son étonnement. Il le découvre finalement dans le langage silencieux des formes et des couleurs.<br />
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<p>Khosro étudie les beaux-arts à l'Université de Western Ontario où il suit son premier cours avec le peintre Paterson Ewen qui lui inculque le courage de parcourir le chemin de l'art. Il termine son baccalauréat à l'Université Concordia à Montréal. Puis, il poursuit sa formation à l'Université de Paris où il obtient une maîtrise en arts plastiques. Établi à Montréal depuis quelques années, il a participé à une vingtaine d'expositions au Canada, en Europe et aux États-Unis.</p>
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<p>Khosro Berahmandi a participé à une trentaine d'expositions en Europe, aux États-Unis et au Canada. À Montréal, le public a pu apprécier son travail lors de nombreuses expositions dont les plus récentes<strong><em> </em></strong><em>Pâturage lunatique<strong>, </strong></em>(Gesù-Centre de Créativité, Art sacré 2004), <em>Tremblement d’œil </em>(Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal, 2006), <em>Argile étincelante</em>, (MEKIC, 2007), <em>L'œil renversé</em> (Maison culturelle de Montréal-Nord), <em>Resurgir, </em>(MEKIC), et L’œil perché, (bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy, Québec) ont connu un grand succès auprès des amateurs d’art qui ont souligné l’originalité de ses œuvres. Il a également collaboré avec des poètes iraniens tels que Yadola Royai, Hossein Sharang et Bahman Sadighi afin d’orner de ses toiles leurs livres de poésie. La plus récente de ces collaborations <em>Le même à l’écart</em> a paru chez MEKIC, le printemps 2009. Pour plus des renseignements, visitez son site internet au : www.khosro.info</p>
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