Ziba Rajabi (b. Tehran, Iran) received her MFA from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and her BFA from Sooreh University, Tehran, Iran. Her primary practice is focused on painting, drawing, and fabric-based installation. She is the recipient of the DAG Prize for Visual Arts, Jerome Foundation Early-Career Artists Fellowship, and the Artist 360 Grant, a program sponsored by the Mid-America Arts Alliance. Her work has been included in a number of exhibitions, nationally and internationally, such as Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; AR, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Conkling Gallery at Minnesota State University, MN; Dastan Basement, Araan Gallery, Iran, among many others. She has participated in the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center Residency, and Terrain Residency. Her work revolves around reconciling her relationship with two distinct spaces: where she comes from and where she resides now. Utilizing an expanded painting practice, she investigates the politics, privileges, and hierarchies surrounding her complex reality. Responding to a sense of a growing distance from cultural roots, she sources Persian language and architecture to create fiber-based installations and paintings that operate as a sentimental refuge and, through personal tales, explore the collective experiences of displacement/distance.