Parviz Tanavoli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Parviz Tanavoli

Iranian sculptor

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1937

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Profession: writer, author, artist, sculptor, university teacher

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Parviz Tanavoli (born 23 March 1937 in Tehran) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, scholar and art collector.
Since 1989 he has lived and worked both in Tehran and Vancouver, Canada. Tanavoli's work has been auctioned around the world leading to overall sales of over $6.7 million, making him the most expensive living Iranian artist.
Tanavoli is known for his heeches, three dimensional representations of the Persian word for 'nothing', heech.
Composed of three Persian characters in the style of nasta'liq.
The three letters he, ye and ce are combined to produce the word ‘heech’.