Elma Hashemi's Biography

Elma Hashemi is a painter born in Tehran, Iran in the year 1986, Being raised in a house full of paintings, sculptures, and fabrics from famous artists, collected by her art and antique lover parents, she always has an ambition and love for painting. She declares, "I always wanted to see my paintings hanging on our house's walls along with those from other great painters and witness the admiration in my parents' eyes when looking at my work."

she studied basic art skills in Tehran at the age of 10 and manifested her passion in traditional Persian paintings by creating several Persian miniature paintings under the supervision of a miniaturist master. 

She started her professional education in art in the American University in Dubai majoring as a Visual Communication student in the year 2005; a phase in her life that she views as a great opportunity to experience new art techniques with the support of her adroit and concerned professors. During the four years of her studies she had the chance to improve her painting skills every summer with the famous Iranian painter, Mr. Iraj Shafei.

She first exhibited her work in an exhibition called " In A Box," at the Traffic gallery in Dubai, U.A.E; in an attempt to support underground painters. Her works are unique and attention-grabbing in ways that they are a blend of modern western world and traditional paintings of the past Persian royalties. Her works exhibit a contemporary as well as a nostalgic mood complemented by the noble sensation suggested by the use of semi-precious stones and Swarovski crystals in her work.