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Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki (; born c. 1958), is an Iranian textile
art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
,
needleworker Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. Needlework may include related textile crafts such as crochet, worked with a hook, or tatting, worked with a ...
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 ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, 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. It serves as the capital of R ...
, Razavi Khorasan province,
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki is the
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(head of a faculty) of the traditional Iranian garments faculty of the Karaj University of Art in
Karaj Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and effectively a satellite city of Tehran. Although the county hosts a population around 1.97 million, as recorded in the 2016 census, most of the county is rugged mountain. The urb ...
, 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 Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
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 Sistan embroidery is a type of needlework often used to decorate clothing along the chest and the cuffs, from the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran. Additionally this needlework can be found on tablecloths, rugs, cushions, bedspreads, and w ...
),
Kurdish clothing Kurdish traditional clothing ( ku, Cilî Kurdî, Cil û bergî kurdî or Cil û Bergên Kurdî) is an ongoing part of Kurdish heritage. Types of clothing and accessories * Star Xani * Kattafi * Kawa u Salta * Pishten * Puzawana * Kolwana * Klas ...
, 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, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
-Manila and the universities. In 2010, she was award the title, "the best researcher of Khorasan Razavi province" by the Khorasan Razavi Governorate.


See also

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Persian clothing Traditional Persian clothing can be seen in Persian miniature paintings, employ both vivid and muted colors for clothing, although the colors of paint pigment often do not match the colors of dyes. The clothing of ancient Iran took an advanced f ...
* Fashion in Iran *
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Irene Emery Irene Emery (1900–1981) was an American art historian, scholar, curator, textile anthropologist, sculptor, and modern dancer. She was known for her pioneering research in systematically describing global textiles, and was a leading authority on ...


References

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