Career Highlights:

• 1952: Illustrator for journals, magazines, and books
• 1963-64: Worked in advertising agencies
• 1964: B.A. in Fine Arts, Tehran University
• 1961-78: Art Director for various magazines, Tehran
• 1968: Established own design studio
• 1969-79: Art Director and Costume Designer for theaters and films
• 1969: Lecturer of Graphic Design, Tehran University
• 1971-73: Directed three animated films, Tehran
• 1975-77: Lecturer at Decorative Arts College, Tehran
• 1978: Lecturer at Farabi University
• 1973-80: Head of Plastic Arts Section, UNESCO Commission, Tehran
• 1975: Member of International Advertising Association, USA
• 1977: Member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI)
• 1989: Lecturer at Art League, Indianapolis, USA

Publications:

• Books:
  • Drawing and Painting
  • Graphic Art in Iran
  • Design and Designing
  • Signs (Cultural and Trademarks of M. Momayez)
  • Plakat, Poster, Morteza Momayez
• Articles:
  • Magazine Layout Design
  • Slogans and Titles
  • Visual Design in the Persian Alphabet
  • A Survey of Sign, Illustration, and Imagination
  • A Short History of Poster in Iran
• Prefaces:
  • 50 Years of Graphic Arts in Iran exhibition catalog
  • Poster Art in Iran exhibition catalog
  • First Asian Graphic Design Biennial exhibition catalog
  • Who is Who in Graphic Art (Iran section)
• Born: 1936, Tehran, Iran