Mitra Jashni

Mitra Jashni (Persian: میترا جشنی; born 16 December 1976) is an Iranian visual artist and political activist, of Kurdish ethnicity. She works in the mediums of painting, drawing, and sculpture; as well as works as an art teacher, poet, and singer of Iranian contemporary music.[1][2][3][4] She is one of the founders and executive director of Farashgard, an Iranian political party and activist group based in Washington, D.C..[5]

Mitra Jashni
میترا جشنی
Born (1976-12-16) 16 December 1976
Mashhad, Iran
Alma materSoore University
Known forVisual art, activism

Biography

Jashni was born in Iran on 16 December 1976 in Mashhad, Pahlavi Iran. In 2008, she received a MA degree in painting from Tehran's Soore University.

As of 2014, she had worked as an artist for more than ten years in Iran, Canada, South America, and Europe.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Concierto de Zafrán: Fusión musical nord africana e iraní" (in Spanish). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. "Cantante iraní, músico marroquí y poeta español presentan su obra "Nómadas"" (in Spanish). Hola Ciudad!. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. "Cantante persa, músico marroquí y poeta español: Nómadas en la Mitad de Mundo" (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  4. "Nómadas es música y poesía" (in Spanish). El Telégrafo. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  5. Smilk, Carin M. (24 August 2022). "Iranian Americans denounce ramped-up persecution of Baha'is in Iran". Jewish Network Syndicate (JNS). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. Wouters, Jeanny (13 June 2014). "Uitgenodigde vluchteling uit Iran in Baarle-Nassau" (in Dutch). Ons Weekblad. p. 13. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  7. "Pinturas que liberan el alma" (in Spanish). La Hora Nacional. 1 November 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  8. "Mitra Jashni expresa en su pintura un mensaje de amor" (in Spanish). ElComercio.com. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
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