Y.Z. Kami

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Iranian | 1956

Y.Z. Kami is an Iranian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1956. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Gagosian, Beverly Hills have featured Y.Z. Kami's work in the past.Y.Z. Kami's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1,258 USD to 1,094,464 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,094,464 USD for Blue Dome I, sold at Tehran Auction in 2021. Y.Z. Kami has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Wallpaper in July 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Kamran Youssefzadeh

At Auction

Notable Lots

Endless Prayers (Rumi) I ,2012

By Y.Z. Kami

-88%

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Self-Portrait as a Child ,1991

By Y.Z. Kami

4 Works: Self-Portrait as a Child plus three other works - Y.Z. Kami

4 Works: Self-Portrait as a Child plus three other works ,1989

By Y.Z. Kami

+28%

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled ,2007

By Y.Z. Kami

+225%

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Rumi ,2014

By Y.Z. Kami

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Endless Prayers VIII ,2008

By Y.Z. Kami

+81%

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Past Exhibitions

Y.Z. Kami: Night and Day

Gagosian, New York (555 W 24th)

Chelsea | New York | USA

17 Jan, 2023 - 25 Feb, 2023

Group Exhibition

Leila Heller Gallery, New York

New York | USA

22 Jun, 2016 - 01 Sep, 2016

Y.Z. Kami: Paintings

Gagosian, New York (980 Madison Avenue)

Upper East Side | New York | USA

16 Jan, 2014 - 22 Feb, 2014

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Articles

Yz Kami's Meditative, Architecturally Inspired 鈥楧omes鈥� Take over Gagosian Beverly Hills

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鈥� ..Anonymity is not a condition of, but indeed a trait of Kami鈥檚 practice of portraiture, which allows the artist to render tableaux of archetypal but concrete humanity: images of individuals un-idealized... 鈥�
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Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai

鈥� .. Best known for his large鈥搒cale, seemingly floating, otherworldly portraits, Kami鈥檚 oeuvre has been described by Homi Bhabha as a "mediated transmission across materials, genres, and time exposures", or... 鈥�
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Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai

鈥� .. Likewise, for Untitled (2011-12) the image of a young woman with dark locks is obscured by the soft gauze of Kami鈥檚 exalting use of the apotheosizing Sfumato painting style, typical of all of his figurative... 鈥�
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Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai

鈥� ..Kami鈥檚 portraits of introspective subjects project a broad and inviting presence... 鈥�
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Gagosian Gallery, London (Britannia Street)

鈥� ..Kami does not aim to create photorealistic portrayals; rather, he seeks to evoke the presence of spirit... 鈥�
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Gagosian Gallery, London (Britannia Street)

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Y.Z. Kami

At Auction

Notable Lots

Endless Prayers (Rumi) I ,2012

Self-Portrait as a Child ,1991

4 Works: Self-Portrait as a Child plus three other works ,1989

Recent Auction Results

Untitled ,2007

Rumi ,2014

Endless Prayers VIII ,2008

Past Exhibitions

Y.Z. Kami: Night and Day

Group Exhibition

Y.Z. Kami: Paintings

Articles

Yz Kami's Meditative, Architecturally Inspired 鈥楧omes鈥� Take over Gagosian Beverly Hills

Gagosian Presents "The Domes," an Exhibition of Paintings by Y.Z. Kami in Beverly Hills

Gagosian to participate in Art Basel Paris 2024 with a presentation of exceptional modern works

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