Ellie Darabzadeh

Ellie is from Iran and currently lives in Italy.
She has been painting since childhood and considers it a way to express her emotions.
Given the difficult social conditions faced by women in Iran, and everything she has endured under that pressure, painting has become her form of self-expression and protest against the realities of her country.
Through painting, she gives meaning to herself, and she often says: “When I paint, I feel valuable.”

She studied Art History at Sapienza University of Rome.