Sousan Ettehad was born at 1962 in Abadan, Iran
She began painting with Ms. Zoya Sadri and Mr. Mahmoud Meraji in 1982 and started her academic education; studying in Bachelor of Painting at University of Al-Zahra. She completed her study in Master of Art Research in Tehran Art University on 1999; while training for advanced painting in Mr. Gholamhossein Nami atelier. She found Ms. Maryam Mahin art classes in 2000 and continued to improve her academic knowledge at her atelier until 2012.
At 2000, she was invited and joined to teach in Islamic Azad University and Science and Culture University as visiting instructor and her research "Symbols in Iranian Paintings" was published by Iran Art Journal.
Also, her paintings have been published in various books like IRANICA, Iranian Professional Women Encyclopedia, Colors and Motifs, The Color of Kindness, and Zurvanian Ceremony in Ancient Iran.
In three decade of her artistic career, Sousan Ettehad has participated in more than 30 group and solo exhibitions in Europe and Middle-East.

About her painting subjects, she says: "My subjects mainly express a personal feeling or transfer a specific concept; either I am painting a Sama ceremony, a figure, a myth or even a doll on my canvas."

Publications:

Article: Symbols in Iranian Paintings - 2000

Thesis: Reviewing Motifs in Persian Miniature Artworks, 1999

Thesis: The image and visualization of Sufism in Islamic Art, 1993

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