Ms. Fariba Ghisor is an Iranian-American artist who is working as a full-time professional painter in Maryland. Fariba studied art under the supervision of the renowned Iranian painter, Professor Aydin Aghdashloo, at Zangar Art Institute in Tehran. She also worked with famous Iranian painters and art teachers such as Mr. Khorraminejad, Mr. Katoozian, and Mr. Nedayee. After her graduation in 1990, Fariba worked at Zangar Art Institute as an art instructor for several years. Fariba established her own art studio in 1995 in Tehran where she developed art courses and taught painting classes to students in different age groups, particularly at the college level. Fariba loves painting and uses her artistic talents to communicate her humanitarian and creative ideas with people around the world. She continued her professional activities after departing from her homeland in 2011 to explore new opportunities in the U. S. Ms. Ghisour is currently active in local art communities in Maryland and offers painting classes in pencil, pastel, watercolor, oil, and acrylic domains.
Ms. Ghisour has participated in the following local and international exhibitions:
Frequent Group Exhibition: Sooreh University, Tehran
Group Exhibition: The First Islamic World Painting, Biannual, Modern Art Museum, Tehran
Group Exhibition: Modern Paintings, Amsterdam, Netherland
Theater Background Paintings: One Thousand and One Nights, Director Bahram Beyzayee
Theater Background Paintings: Vasle Soofian Musical, Tehran
Frequent Individual Exhibition: Golestan Gallery, Tehran
Group Exhibition: Painters of the 1360,s, House of Artists, Tehran
Group Exhibition: Cakewalk Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Group Exhibition: Hermitage Gallery, McLean, Virginia
Group Exhibition: Columbia Art Center, Columbia, Maryland
Fariba is an amazing teacher with the kindest heart. I have learned so much from her! I appreciate all the time and effort she put in to help me to learn how to draw and paint. A new world opened to me during my first art class with her. I’d always appreciated art but never thought I could be the artist. Fariba really knows her art form and is eager to teach it.
Such a wonderful teacher with a lot of patience! She is professional in her work with modest personality. I like this artist because of her behavior and her ability in art work. She thought me painting step by step with a lot of love and generosity.
Fariba is a fantastic art teacher and mentor because she strives to assist her students in achieving their own visions of art, as opposed to strictly enforcing one particular method. In the early stages of learning, she is quick to expose students to every painting medium and style, giving us lessons in not only basic techniques but also art history. After students have mastered rudimentary techniques, she always encourages them to experiment and add their own kind of creativity in their works, inspiring us to go at least one step beyond the models and references in front of us. Overall, I would recommend her to the student looking to do more than master art—the student who wishes to look within him/herself and to blossom through his/her own artistic expression.