Psychoanalyst, painter and calligrapher, Hassan Makaremi was born in Shiraz, in southern Iran, in 1950. Since 1983, he has lived and worked in Paris. More than seventeen exhibitions of his works were organized in France and in the United States. His latest exhibitions were held at UNESCO in 2009 and at Malakoff City Hall in 2010. He has published several articles in French as well as in some Iranian magazines, some of which were compiled and published in 2005. Moreover, he published an anthology of poety and short stories with his wife entitled “Piano played in duet”. Hassan Makaremi obtained a diploma from the Teheran Polytechnic School and the Paris “Ecole Centrale” (Central School). Being a professional engineer, he contributes to the “Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques” (Centre for Studies in Diplomacy and Strategy“) in Paris and the Institute for Business Management at the Sorbonne Pantheon, University of Paris 1.
Working in psychoanalysis since 1996, he is member of the Association Lacanienne Internationale (Lacan International Association) and conducts lectures at the Freud Library of Limoges. He is also an invited member of the Freudian School of Paris. Since 1990, he has been treasurer of the Iranian League for the Defense of Human Rights, affiliated with the FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights).
“For centuries, with patience and passion, Persian Masters of calligraphy tried to put in harmony this calligraphy with the totality of the Persian culture. To let myself go to the influence of the characters, while releasing myself from time; to swim in these signs, to be touched by the rain of the words; to leave time to take concerned sentences and worms, here is my passion which I want you to see”.