Roxana Sardari was born in California and grew up in Tehran, Iran until she was eighteen. Drawing and painting have always been an important part of her life. From age nine, she decided to dedicate herself to Expressionist art. Her education was ver…

Roxana Sardari was born in California and grew up in Tehran, Iran until she was eighteen. Drawing and painting have always been an important part of her life. From age nine, she decided to dedicate herself to Expressionist art. Her education was very traditional, her Iranian secondary school could not feed her voracious appetite for art and Western art history, so she was very fortunate to have Soudabeh Daghighi as her English tutor. Daghighi played an important role in her life as an artist; she exposed Roxana to various Western artists like Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso and Egon Schiele. Not only did Daghighi help her with becoming acquainted with Western art but she also exposed her to great Western writers like Tolstoy, Austen and Balzac. At eighteen, Roxana decided to move back from Iran to America, where she enrolled in Purdue University. In 2015, she graduated with a bachelor of science degree in Psychology. Roxana's artistic influence blends Persian culture and the western world of literature and artists. Her art offers a fresh look on Iranian women often overlooked by the media. Today, Roxana lives in Philadelphia and continues to paint.