Elham Etemadi, born in 1983 in Tehran, Iran, currently resides in Strasbourg, France. Having completed her PhD in Fine Art, Etemadi uses a theoretical approach to her artworks by creating impulses through a game of colour. She creates subtle yet expressive discourse – her subject matter combines the traditional and contemporary whilst maintaining a synergy between the two. Plants, animals, toys, architectural elements stand alongside humans on stage, her canvas. artist transforms her mental fantasies into visual imaginations, continuously keeping her Eastern and Iranian notions alive. Etemadi attended the University of Art in Tehran for her undergraduate studies in Painting. She has also received two Masters of Arts in Fine Art: the first of these degrees conferred by the University of Art in Tehran in 2008 and the second in 2011 by the University of Strasbourg in France.
