Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki (; born c. 1958), is an Iranian textile

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, needleworker and textile artist, researcher, curator, educator, and author. Her focus is on the study of Persian traditional costumes and Iran’s tribal costumes. She is the head of faculty at Karaj University of Art.

Biography

Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki was born in c. 1958 in

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

, Razavi Khorasan province,

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. Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki is the Dean (head of a faculty) of the traditional Iranian garments faculty of the Karaj University of Art in

Karaj Karaj (; ) is a List of cities in Iran by province, city in the Central District (Karaj County), Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Earl ...

, Iran. She has also worked in educational radio and television, and in documentary film. Her work as a textile artist and needleworker includes many techniques such as Sermeh embroidery, Iranian silk embroidery, and modern methods of sewing with Iranian motifs and designs. She has published multiple books on Iranian handicraft in the Persian language, most notably "طرح هایی برای سوزن دوزی" (English: ''Designs for Needlework'') (Angeh Qalam Publishing House, 2016). In 2017, Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki curated the exhibition "Colors of Diversity: The Ethnic Dresses of Iran", which highlighted the handcrafted traditional clothing at the

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(UST) in Manila,

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in Manila, and the

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. The “Colors of Diversity,” included the traditional clothing from 25 regions of Iran including Sistani clothing (featuring Sistan embroidery), Kurdish clothing, and Turkamen clothing. The exhibit was brought to the Philippines in a partnership with the Embassy of

Islamic Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

-Manila and the universities. In 2010, she was award the title, "the best researcher of Khorasan Razavi province" by the Khorasan Razavi Governorate.

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