Persian Artifacts, Antiques, Artwork and the Novel The Persian Lover: Creed and Greed by Naser Shahrivar on Display March & April 2026.

Artists’ Reception with Book Signing on March 7, 2026 from 2 to 4 pm.

Naser Shahrivar will have artifacts, artwork and his book The Persian Lover: Creed and Greed at Maquoketa Art Experience during March and April 2026. There will be a book signing and reception, as well as to hear Naser talk about Persian history, on March 7th from 2 to 4 pm. Mark your calendars!

Naser D. Shahrivar is a fulltime professional visual artist and has been since childhood. Naser owned and operated a gallery for forty years and now sits on the backside of that as he creates his own works.  He is a very diverse artist and specializes in realism and abstraction. Naser is a unique and prolific artist besides being his own worst critic; he works on more than one painting at a time. Currently Naser has roughly ten paintings in the works. He is a detail artist whether it is abstract or realism he puts great stride in perfecting every detail emphasizing on composition and color.

In his retirement years he has added the profession of published author and screenwriter to his achievements. Naser’s latest achievements were to have had two of his abstract pieces of his works accepted into the 4^th Annual New York Nil Galleries International Art Exhibition. His painting “Conversion” was selected and awarded as Best Painting among nearly six hundred entries. His painting “Morning Calm” a landscape was selected as top ten artists and featured in the International Artists Magazine.

Naser’s screenplay for The Persian Lover: Creed and Greed won the Oxford Script Awards in 2025.