Mehdi Ahmadi is a painter and actor born in 1966 in Tehran. He is recognized by many as an actor, but first he was a painter. Ahmadi believes that he does not exchange painting with anything else and always attaches more importance to painting. Parastoo Rajaei, painter and writer, is his wife.

Mehdi Ahmadi studied for two years in the field of architecture at the Tehran University of Science and Technology, but after that he changed his field and finally received a bachelor’s degree in graphics from Tehran University of Art. Besides University, Ahmadi studied drawing and painting in Ahmad Vakili’s classes for five years, and to strengthen his connection with art theory, he also participated in Ruyin Pakbaz’s “Art History” and “Practical Experience of Painting Styles” courses. In the meantime, in 1990, he acted in Khosrow Sinai’s movie “In the Alleys of Love” and officially entered the field of acting. He was also a student of artists such as Gholamhossein Nami, Morteza Momayez, Gisela Varga Sinai and Farah Ossuoli.

He held his first solo exhibition in Tehran’s Individual Gallery in 1993, and has participated in more than 50 domestic and foreign exhibitions, such as participating in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art biennial in his early youth and the illustration biennale in Portugal. Mehdi Ahmadi also has cooperation with Homa, Hoor, Sayeh and Siin galleries in his portfolio.