Biography

Bahareh Raeesi, (b. 1975, Tehran) is a painter and art educator. She holds an MFA in Painting from Tarbiat Modares University and a BFA in Painting from Azad University.

Bahareh is a member of the Iranian Painters Association and several other art institutions. She has held five solo exhibitions in Tehran and Mazandaran and participated in more than thirty group exhibitions across Iran, Europe, the United States, and Canada. Her interdisciplinary collaborations with contemporary composers include projects at the 2016 Venice Biennale of Contemporary Music and the 2017 Resonance Festival in Italy, which have added an international dimension to her career. Since 1996, she has continuously taught painting in schools, art centers, and her private studio.