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Mehrdad Mohib Ali (born 1953, Tehran) is a contemporary realist painter who uses a symbolic approach to social and human concepts. He initially studied mining, but after the revolution, he turned to painting and studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran.

Since his student days, in addition to painting, he has been teaching art. His first solo exhibition, titled “Isolation in a Crowd,” was held at the Sabz Gallery in 1991.

In his early works, social themes were prominent, but later he took a more philosophical and personal approach and reached for a symbolic language to express the crisis of identity, loneliness, and isolation in the modern world.

Inspired by the Western classical tradition and modern elements, his paintings establish a link between the past and the present.

His work has been exhibited at international museums and events such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, the Paris Triennial, and the Beijing Biennial. Notable collections include The Last Supper, Yellow Cake Syndrome, Primitive Infinity, and Self-Portraits.

In the 1990s, he held shows such as “Mr. Aram” and “Transformation” at Etemad Gallery. In 2019, his book of dialogues with Shahroz Nazari, titled “Boogie Woogie in Tehran,” was published, and his works have been sold at international art fairs and prestigious auctions such as Tehran and Christie’s Dubai.