Mitra Jashni (; born 16 December 1976) is an Iranian visual artist and political activist, of

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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. She is one of the founders and executive director of

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Biography

Jashni was born in Iran on 16 December 1976 in

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. In 2008, she received a MA degree in painting from Tehran's

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. , she had worked as an artist for more than ten years in Iran, Canada,

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, and

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References

1976 births Living people Iranian women painters 21st-century Iranian painters Iranian Kurdish women 21st-century Iranian women artists {{Kurd-bio-stub