Laleh Khorramian, born in Tehran, Iran, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and received her BFA at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, and her MFA at Columbia University, New York, NY. Her work draws on a rich inheritance of mysticism and storytelling and utilizing the layered methods of painting and printmaking, she creates sculptural costumes, textile collages, and illuminated installations.She has presented exhibitions at The Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, UK; Midnight Moment, Times Square, NY, MASS MoCA,MA; Sundance Film Festival, UT; MoMA P.S.1, NY; Guggenheim, UAE; Ballroom Marfa, TX; among others. Khorramian lives and works in NY where she is Artist in Residence at Bard College.