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Dai, Saied

Persian by birth, Saied Dai was born in Tehran in 1958. His seven-year art training culminated in postgradute studies at the Royal Academy of Arts. He was invited back to the RA Schools to teach underLeonard McComb, where drawing was seen as the cornerstone of all art. He has also taught at the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture.

After being elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2004, he won the prestiguous Ondaatje Prize and gold medal for portraiture twice, in 2006 and 2022. He was also the recipient of the William Lock Prize in 2023. His work focuses on atmospheric and timeless figure compositions, portraits, still lives and landscapes.

For more of his work visit www.saieddai.co.uk

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