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Rashin Kheiriyeh
Born1979 (age 45–46)
Khorramshahr, Iran
Occupation(s)Artist, author, illustrator

Rashin Kheiriyeh (born 1979) is an Iranian-American artist and children's book author. She has written and illustrated more than 80 books.[1]

Life and career

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Kheiriyeh was born in Khorramshahr, Iran in 1979. Her family was forced to flee the area after the Iran–Iraq War started in 1980, when she was 9 months old. They settled in Tehran, and Kheiriyeh spent her childhood in Iran. She studied art and design in high school, which is when she began to paint.[2][3][1] She studied at the Azadegan Art School as a teen.[4] She later attended Alzahra University in Tehran, where she graduated with an MFA in graphic design and Ph.D in illustration.[1]

In 2005 and 2006, she was awarded the Best Book of the Year by the Tehran Book Council.[4] Her work was included in an exhibit of 30 Iranian artists in 2007, which was organized as a way to improve cultural relations between Iran and the US. The exhibit debuted in Washington, D.C. and then traveled to various US states.[5]

In 2011, she moved to the United States to take an art course at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.[2] That same year, she had a studio in New York City.[4] She later moved to Arlington, Virginia, where she lived when her first book to be published in the United States, Two Parrots, was released. The children's book was the re-imagining of a story by the Persian poet Rumi. For the work, Kheiriyeh used oil paint on paper.[6]

In 2018, she designed a Google Doodle of the Iranian national football team for the FIFA World Cup.[2] She created a mural in Santa Monica that advocated for freedom of women in Iran, which was unveiled in 2021.[7]

Kheiriyeh used her experiences from her family's escape from the Iran-Iraq War as inspiration for her drawings in the 2020 picture book Story Boat.[3]

Selected works

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Writing and illustration

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  • Two Parrots (2012)[6]
  • Saffron Ice Cream (2018)[8]
  • Bahar, The Lucky (2020)[9]
  • The Shape of Home (2021)[10]
  • Love on a Plate (2021)[11]
  • Rumi: Poet of Joy and Love (2024)[12]

Illustration

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  • Story Boat (2020), written by Kyo Maclear[3]
  • Gwendolyn’s Pet Garden, written by Anne Renaud[13]
  • A Persian Passover (2022), written by Etan Basseri[1]
  • Welcome Home (2022), written by Reid Aimee[14]
  • The Night Before Eid (2023), written by Khalil Aya[15]
  • Eli and the Uncles (2024), written by Jehan Madhani[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Refael, Tabby (8 April 2022). "Vibrant Children's Picture Book Explores Passover in 1950s Iran". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Iranian Designer Talks Of Her Collaboration With FIFA World Cup Google Doodle - Iran Front Page". Iran Front Page. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Balaban, Samantha (7 March 2020). "When 'Here' Is Home, But 'Here' Keeps Changing — A Family Flees In 'Story Boat'". NPR. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Iran chic: Rashin Kheiriyeh paints a quirky collection of vogue women". Missoula Independent. 1 December 2011. p. 38. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  5. ^ "In pictures: Iranian art in the US". BBC. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  6. ^ a b Ghaman, Allie (14 July 2014). "'Two Parrots,' by local author Rashin Kheiriyeh, is fun and feathery". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Essential Arts: The 'Women, Life, Freedom' rallying cry is louder than ever in new murals and other art". Los Angeles Times. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  8. ^ Russo, Maria (13 July 2018). "Standout Summertime Picture Books". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  9. ^ Fakih, Kimberly Olson (1 April 2020). "Bahar, the Lucky". School Library Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  10. ^ Krauss, Jennifer (27 August 2021). "Finding Your Own Way With Words, and Images". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  11. ^ Fakih, Kimberly Olson. "Love On a Plate". School Library Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  12. ^ Zuffa, Rachel (12 April 2024). "Rumi: Poet of Joy and Love". School Library Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  13. ^ Solow, Jan Aldrich (1 July 2021). "Gwendolyn's Pet Garden". School Library Journal.
  14. ^ Lauer, Louie. "Welcome Home". School Library Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  15. ^ Nolan, Amy. "The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story". School Library Journal. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  16. ^ Khuri, Ronny (November 2024). "Eli and the Uncles". Booklist. 121 (5/6): 78. ISSN 0006-7385.
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