Sepideh Jebraeil

Art has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I began drawing and painting around the age of four, and growing up in Iran, art became much more than something I enjoyed. It became a place of freedom, refuge, and survival.
I grew up in an environment where artistic expression was not always encouraged or valued in the same way I later experienced in the Western world. Still, I continued to draw and paint. During school, especially in religious and history classes where I often felt that students were being pressured to accept certain political and religious ideas, I found my own quiet way of escaping. I would turn my attention to my paper and sketch. While the teacher spoke, I entered another world through lines, shapes, faces, and forms. Art gave me a private space where my mind could remain free.
That relationship with art has stayed with me.
I do not define myself by one particular artistic style. I am drawn instead to shapes, forms, textures, colors, and compositions that make each work unique, interesting, beautiful, and meaningful. I often begin without knowing exactly where a piece will take me. I allow the work to develop through the process, almost as if each piece gradually reveals what it wants to become.
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Master's in Family Counseling

I have studied art in private settings since my teenage years

I have taken courses in Fine Arts as my electives at KPU in Vancouver, Canada