HOWTAN RE

Architect, born in Tehran in 1974, Howtan and his two brothers were taken to Rome by their mother in 1979, when the Shah was overthrown. Since 1986 he has alternated between living in the United States and Italy.

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Well known as Interior Designer and Architect, although deeply interested in photography since he was 12 years old, he did not consider becoming an artist until he met Professor Achille Bonito Oliva in 2003. Dr. Oliva, professor of contemporary art at La Sapienza University in Rome, director of the 43rd Venice Bienniale and an important art critic, saw Howtan’s photographs and urged him to exhibit them.