Iranian graphic designer and typographer based in Berlin.
Masoud has worked as a freelance designer and also for several design studios (recently Design Research Lab in Berlin) since 2008 and shown his works in several national and international exhibitions.
He is currently studying Visual Communication at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin)
More about his works at It's Nice That
Masoud Morgan on creating a sense of destruction and suspense in 3D typography
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Permanent Collections
since 2016, Museum of the Decorative Arts in Paris, France
since 2015, Museum of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg, Germany
since 2015, Iranian Museum of Graphic Design, Tehran, Iran
Exhibitions
2021
IPT2021; 13th International Poster Triennale at the Museum of Art and Design, Toyama (JPN)
2020
Persian Sign and Seal; 100 Logotypes + 20 Classics, Typomania 2020, Moscow International Festival (RU)
2018
Huroof; Group exhibition of graphic design from the Middle East: Explorations in Contemporary Typography, Fully Booked Dubai Art Book Fair, Dubai (UAE)
The Heirs; Group exhibition of contemporary typographic based posters from Iran, Havuz art gallery - bina kadıköy Istanbul (TR)
Fold/ Unfold; Group exhibition in the context of Vorspiel transmediale 2018, Designtransfer gallery, Berlin (DE)
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show at Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts (USA)
2017
Light-Shadow-Modulators; Group exhibition of kinetic objects, 48 Stunden Neukölln art festival, Berlin (DE)
AZAD Collaborative Design Project at the Graphic Design Festival Paris, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris (FR)
Metamorphopolis; A collaborative design project for the contemporary urban identity of StudioKargah in the Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
Festival "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists, Tehran (IR)
2016
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show in the Northeast at Keene College’s Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, New Hampshire (USA)
AZAD; Posters from the Collaborative Design Project of the Azad Art Gallery in The Hinterland Gallery, Vienna (AT)
Presentation of the graphic project of Azad Art Gallery in the Lebanese American University, Beirut (LB)
Festival "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show at the Spanish American Culture Center, Havana (CU)
2015
Silver Cypress; Participation in the fourth biennial Graphic design exhibition in the culture house of Iranian artist, Tehran (IR)
In the beginning was the word; typographic poster exhibition in Iranian Museum of Graphic Arts, Tehran (IR)
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show at the International Fountain Pavilion, Seattle Center (USA)
2014
Minus 30; Posters of new generation of Iranian graphic artists in the graphic week of Tehran in the House of Culture of Iranian Artists, Tehran (IR)
2014, Far up close; Posters of Iranian graphic artists in Tournai Kulturhaus (BE)
Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
2013
Sixth biennial poster exhibition of China in Hangzhou (CN)
2012
Golden Bee; tenth international biennial graphic design exhibition in Moscow (RU)
Right-to-Left; Iranian and Arabic visual culture, Bethanian Art Center, Berlin (DE)
2011
100 Persian logo types, exhibition in Novosibirsk (RU)
The 1980-2010 Reza Abedini selected Iranian Book cover designs, Cartacanta exhibition (IT)
Didar; Graphic design exhibition of the Vijes School of Graphics and Communications at Ilia State University, Tbilisi (GE)
Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
2010
Divarkub; Exhibition of the young generation of Iranian graphic artists, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran, Semnan, Mashhad, (IR)
2010, Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
2009
Third International Biennial Exhibition "Graphic in the Muslim World "at the Iranian Academy of Arts in Tehran (IR)
Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
Publication
2019
it's nice that; Masoud Morgan on creating a sense of destruction and suspense in 3D typography (Link)
2017
Metamorphopolis; Book of the collaborative design project for contemporary urban identity by StudioKargah and Mohsen Art Gallery (IR)
2015
Silver Cypress; Book of the Fourth National Biennial Graphic design exhibition, Karbeh publishing house for contemporary art (IR)
2014
Vitrin; Book of selected Iranian book cover designs from the last 35 years (1978-2013), Mirdashti publishing house (IR)
Minus 30; Book of posters of the new generation of Iranian graphic artists, Aban Verlag (IR)
Far up close; Book of posters of Iranian graphic artists (IR)
2013
Book of selected pictures, posters and paintings of the 1st Festival of the National Flag (IR)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2012
Golden Bee; Book of the tenth international biennial Graphic exhibition in Moscow (RU)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2011
Arabesque 2; Book of the Graphic in the Middle East, Gestalten Verlag (DE)
Neshan; Iranian Graphic Design Magazine (IR)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2010
Divarkub; Book of the posters of iranian graphic designers, Aban Verlag (IR)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2009
Book of the third international biennial exhibition "Graphics in the Muslim World" (IR)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2008
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
Masoud Morgan is a iranian graphic designer and typographer based in Berlin.
He has worked as a freelance designer and also for several design studios (Studiokargah in Tehran, Design Research Lab in Berlin) since 2008 and shown works in several national and international exhibitions.
Masoud is currently studying Visual Communication with a focus on Typography at Berlin University of the ArtsUdK
Permanent Collections
Exhibitions
2020
Persian Sign and Seal; 100 Logotypes + 20 Classics, Typomania 2020, Moscow International Festival (RU)
2018
Huroof; Group exhibition of graphic design from the Middle East: Explorations in Contemporary Typography, Fully Booked Dubai Art Book Fair, Dubai (UAE)
The Heirs; Group exhibition of contemporary typographic based posters from Iran, Havuz art gallery - bina kadıköy Istanbul (TR)
Fold/ Unfold; Group exhibition in the context of Vorspiel transmediale 2018, Designtransfer gallery, Berlin (DE)
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show at Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts (USA)
2017
Light-Shadow-Modulators; Group exhibition of kinetic objects, 48 Stunden Neukölln art festival, Berlin (DE)
AZAD Collaborative Design Project at the Graphic Design Festival Paris, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris (FR)
Metamorphopolis; A collaborative design project for the contemporary urban identity of StudioKargah in the Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
Festival "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists, Tehran (IR)
2016
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show in the Northeast at Keene College’s Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, New Hampshire (USA)
AZAD; Posters from the Collaborative Design Project of the Azad Art Gallery in The Hinterland Gallery, Vienna (AT)
Presentation of the graphic project of Azad Art Gallery in the Lebanese American University, Beirut (LB)
Festival "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show at the Spanish American Culture Center, Havana (CU)
2015
Silver Cypress; Participation in the fourth biennial Graphic design exhibition in the culture house of Iranian artist, Tehran (IR)
In the beginning was the word; typographic poster exhibition in Iranian Museum of Graphic Arts, Tehran (IR)
The Seattle Havana Tehran; Poster Show at the International Fountain Pavilion, Seattle Center (USA)
2014
Minus 30; Posters of new generation of Iranian graphic artists in the graphic week of Tehran in the House of Culture of Iranian Artists, Tehran (IR)
2014, Far up close; Posters of Iranian graphic artists in Tournai Kulturhaus (BE)
Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
2013
Sixth biennial poster exhibition of China in Hangzhou (CN)
2012
Golden Bee; tenth international biennial graphic design exhibition in Moscow (RU)
Right-to-Left; Iranian and Arabic visual culture, Bethanian Art Center, Berlin (DE)
2011
100 Persian logo types, exhibition in Novosibirsk (RU)
The 1980-2010 Reza Abedini selected Iranian Book cover designs, Cartacanta exhibition (IT)
Didar; Graphic design exhibition of the Vijes School of Graphics and Communications at Ilia State University, Tbilisi (GE)
Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
2010
Divarkub; Exhibition of the young generation of Iranian graphic artists, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran, Semnan, Mashhad, (IR)
2010, Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
2009
Third International Biennial Exhibition "Graphic in the Muslim World "at the Iranian Academy of Arts in Tehran (IR)
Festival of the "Picture of the Year" at the House of Culture of Iranian Artists in Tehran (IR)
Publication
2017
Metamorphopolis; Book of the collaborative design project for contemporary urban identity by StudioKargah and Mohsen Art Gallery (IR)
2015
Silver Cypress; Book of the Fourth National Biennial Graphic design exhibition, Karbeh publishing house for contemporary art (IR)
2014
Vitrin; Book of selected Iranian book cover designs from the last 35 years (1978-2013), Mirdashti publishing house (IR)
Minus 30; Book of posters of the new generation of Iranian graphic artists, Aban Verlag (IR)
Far up close; Book of posters of Iranian graphic artists (IR)
2013
Book of selected pictures, posters and paintings of the 1st Festival of the National Flag (IR)
Book of the 6th biennial poster exhibition of China (CN)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2012
Golden Bee; Book of the tenth international biennial Graphic exhibition in Moscow (RU)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2011
Arabesque 2; Book of the Graphic in the Middle East, Gestalten Verlag (DE)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
Neshan; Iranian Graphic Design Magazine (IR)
2010
Divarkub; Book of the posters of iranian graphic designers, Aban Verlag (IR)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2009
Book of the third international biennial exhibition "Graphics in the Muslim World" (IR)
Tassvir; Journal of Visual Arts (IR)
2008