About Mostafa Sarabi
Mostafa Sarabi, born in 1982 in Kermanshah, Iran holds a BA in painting from Shahed University. His artistic career includes several solo exhibitions at Delgosha, Atashzad, and Balice Hertling galleries, as well as participation in international group shows. He has also exhibited at prominent art fairs such as FIAC Paris and Art Basel Hong Kong.
Sarabi’s works are marked by a symbolic and primitive approach, deeply rooted in his personal and family experiences. His paintings feature recurring motifs: a white horse symbolizing “the artist himself,” a lion representing “his father,” a black horse for “his mother,” and crimson trees depicting “people who were once present in his life but are no longer.”
Technically, Sarabi primarily works with acrylic on canvas or wood, favoring raw, vibrant, and intense colors inspired directly by nature and traditional Persian carpets. His figures are often rendered in a simple, static manner — a quality influenced by the unpretentiousness of the local people of his hometown.
At Auctions
First Attendance
10 March 2021
# Attendance
7
# Artworks
10
Average Realized Price
6,813 USD
Average Min Estimate
2,268 USD
Average Max Estimate
3,601 USD
Sell-through Rate
83.333%
Average Growth of Artwork Worth
195.119%
Timeline
Modern & Contemporary Paintings, 20th Century Art auction
10 July
Storyteller VS. Cupbearer exhibition
28 February
Contemporary Finds auction
11 December
Modern & Contemporary Middle East auction
22 October
Bazaar of Damascus exhibition
16 February
Process exhibition
10 November
20th Century Art/Middle East auction
24 October
My Neighbour Wolf exhibition
12 August
Wired: Online auction
19 April
The Hoarder IV: Now or Never auction
20 December
Jungle exhibition
3 September
Resize exhibition
13 May
Silky Way exhibition
23 October
Small Artworks collection exhibition
11 June
A Stranger In The Island exhibition
17 April
New Day · New Wave auction
10 March
The Sea, Which Can't Be Seen From The Coast exhibition
12 June
Supreme Baba exhibition
19 December
Angels of Chandelier exhibition
30 November
Reminiscence exhibition
19 January
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