The Biography of Seyed Shahin Arab
Miniaturist
Born in 1971 -Mahalat 

Studies

Diploma of the Art School of Fine Arts
Master Degree in painting.

Exhibitions

Participation in over forty exhibitions inside and outside of the country_ over Iranian museums

Prizes

in 1995 by refereeship and arbitration of Mahmoud Farshchian he was elected as distinguished
miniaturist of Iran and received the first prize and plague of honor of the competition from first Vice-President and Minister of culture and Islamic Guidance and twice he won the first rank in student competitions in the field: miniature.

 Writings and printed works

1- Techniques and objects means of Iranian painting
2- Painting on warps and webs of carpets.
3- Schools of Iranian miniature
4- Iranian proverbs from view of picture
5- Design and sketched works of Master Shahin Arab
6- Pictorial lithographs of Iran during the Ghajar era
7- Compilation of works of art students of Master Shahin Arab
8- Selected works of miniature by Master Shahin Arab
9- Quatrains of Shahin

Main Works

1- Illustration of the poems of Hazerat Mowlana- Hazrat Hafez- Hakim Abolghasem Ferdowsi- glorified Sheikh Saadi- Hakim Omar Khayyam
2- Painting and design on various mosques in Iran in the name of compilation of the Dome of Love
3- Designing several modern carpets while preserving the old, antique orginality that are compatible with internal architecture of modern Islamic architecture.
 

 Ancillary Works

1- Design in destroyed barricades of the enclosure of Soltanieh Dome in Zanjan
2- Illustration of variegated and stories for display in network 1 of broadcast of Islamic Republic of Iran
3- Painting from different mansions of the town Naragh entitled the compilation named: my town Naregh
4- Reparation and golden works(gilding) of book and manuscripts
5- Writer of artistic articles in widely circulated papers.

Teaching

1- The instructor of Bahonar University
2- Teacher of University of Tehran Moghaddam Museum
3- Instructor of Sooreh Scientific and Applied Faculty
4- Executor of educational programs of traditional arts of network five of IRI Broadcast.
5- Teaching record since 1992 in the fields of miniature, gilding, poem works, carpet designing, painting and designing taught to 5000 art students and other fields' students.

Positions

1- Director of painting gallery of the Museum Witness to the History
2- Director of Tehran miniature school
3- Director of atelier of national arts (Seoul cultural complex)
4- Director of Moshashaian publications
5- Membership art cultural center.