about
Fariba Doroudian is an Iranian born artist.
Her rich family background is a tapestry of art and poetry, woven by her mother and grandfather.
At a young age, she received private instruction by the well-established Iranian artist Mr. Taha Behbahani.
After immigrating to the United States in 1987, she received awards
and a scholarship from the Maryland College of Art and Design and received an Associate Degree in Fine Arts from Montgomery College.
After a short period of living in the United States, she developed a passion for creating art that depicted the legacy and heritage of her native country.
Since 2019, Fariba was four times featured in the Pasargad Heritage Foundation Magazine. She was also recognized as an influential woman artist from Iran, in a book by Mrs. Pouran Farrokhzad called‘’Encyclopedia of Women Culture-Makers in Iran and the World’’.
In 2019 she began researching on the epic poems of the Shahnameh (Book of Kings) by the renowned 11th century Persian poet Ferdowsi, and began painting her collection.
She uses acrylic medium, creating a new style that blends classical, contemporary and miniature works of art, so that a new generation may find through this link in her works, a different narrative reminiscent of the Shahnameh.
In addition, she has worked as an independent artist for Fragrance companies and also painting for pleasure.
