Education
2013 Ph.D. in Applied mathematics, university of Coimbra, Portugal
2006 Master in Persian calligraphy, Association of Iranian calligraphers, Iran
Supervisor
2024 Co-Supervisor for Master thesis with title “Type Design Harmonizing Cultures-Morocco and Portugal” at Faculty of architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Awards
2025 Appreciation Award in the 4th Fujairah International Calligraphy & Ornamentation Competition, Fujairah, UAE
Performance
2025 Persian Calligraphy, Faculty of Lecturer, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2023 Fashion show demo 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 “Listen to this reed-flute, how it complains” with the Khorasani music, Oriente Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Workshops
2025 The Art of written words, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 A Arte da Calligrafia persa, Estudio Victor Cordon, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 Demonstration of Calligraphy, Associação comunidade Islamica Tapada das Mercés e Mem-Martins, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 Art and Calligraphy, Aga Khan Center, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy, Politecnico de Leiria, Escolar superior dos artes e design, Portugal
2022 Introducing Kufic script, Mabna institution, Shiraz, Iran
2020 Demonstration in Astoria Hotel, Coimbra, Portugal
2020 Persian calligraphy workshop, Liquidambar, Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Workshop com Somayeh Gholami, Casa da Esquina, Coimbra, Portugal
Talks
2024 Ink and Elegance: A Journey Through the Persian Calligraphy and the Kufic Script, Faculty of Architecture, University of
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy, Politecnico de Leiria, Escolar superior dos artes e design, Portugal
2019 Presentation about Persian calligraphy, WING (Woman International Group) in Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Exhibitions
2026 Exposição edições 2025, Taguspark, Portugal
2025 Cria tu, Biblioteca municipal José Soares, Nazaré, Portugal
2025 Exposição solidário, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
2025 Solo Exhibition, Where letters become dreams, Ba gallery, Tehran, Iran
2025 Solo Exhibition, Echos of silence, Solo, Casa da Cultura Luso-Árabe Mediterrânica, Albufeira, Portugal
2024 Pequenos formatos, Monumental gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 Solo Exhibition, Blueprint of our existence, Solo Painting-calligraphy exhibition, Aga Khan Center, Lisbon, Portugal
2023 Solo Exhibition, Blueprint of our existence, Solo Painting-calligraphy exhibition, Seyhoun art gallery, Tehran, Iran
2023 Aproximações Poéticas , CAE Figueira da Foz, Portugal
2023 Aproximações Poéticas, Museu da Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro, Àgueda, Portugal
2022 The miracle of the pen, the visual exhibition
2021 Bridges Conference, https://gallery.bridgesmathart.org/exhibitions/2021-bridges-conference/somayehgholami
2020 No one will understand what is between you and me, Vieira Duque galleria de Arte e Cultura, Coimbra, Portugal
2020 O meo lado femenino, Museu da Fundação Dionísio Pinheiro e Alice Cardoso Pinheiro, Àgueda, Portugal
2020 Collective virtual exhibition “Arte vs. Virus!”, artsteps | !ARTE vs VIRUS!
2020 The visual exhibition, Calligraphy-painting group exhibition Rouhollah Delkhani’s students appreciating Iranian Medical
Staff, Kahfi Gallery, https://www.instagram.com/p/CDekOQHnevP/
2019 Norouz with Persian Calligraphy, Pavilhão Centro de Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Persian Calligraphy, Liquidambar, Coimbra, Portugal
Art residencies
September- December 2025 Matemática na Mente, Caligrafia na Forma, Tagus Park, Portugal
Projects
2016-2018 Hafez Project: Designed and implemented Hafez’s poem with Nastaliq calligraphy to decorate the window guards on the façade of a six-floor
residential building comprising ten apartments. Additionally, calligraphy designs were integrated into the lobby area, Shiraz, Iran
2022-2024 Molana Project: Persian calligraphy design with Rumi’s poem implemented on metal for Window and Balcony Guards on both sides of a five-floor residential building facades including eight apartments, Shiraz, Iran