Mokhtar Paki

Muralist

His latest project “Sinbad Voyage”, a mural depicting the immigrants experience, was painted in central Berkeley in early 2023.  Mokhtar creates and shows his works at his studio Firehouse Art Collective regularly.  His Daily Sketches, reflect the social, cultural and political environment, have been posted uninterrupted on social media since November 9, 2016. His illustrations had appeared in the local as well as European publications since the 1980s. Some of the places he has exhibited his works are: Strut Gallery, San Francisco-2021, Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, 2019, La Casa del Tunel: Art Center, Tijuana BC, México,  2013, Persian Center, Berkeley, 2013, Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, 2010, Intersection For The Arts, San Francisco, 2007, Oliver Gallery, Oakland, 2007.Mokhtar also writes.  His two novels “Icon of Mana” and “Scheherazade of Silence” as well as his essays and short stories have been published in Sweden and Iran since 1985.  His graphic novel “Demons and Dolls” is in the publishing process in the United States.