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Biography Born in Abadan in south- western Iran in1064, Fariba Mirzaie Played with artful combination of forms and materials from the age of five. When the Iran- Iraq war erupted in 1980 the family moved from the border region to the North. Around this time, Fariba started designing Fashion, soon heading her own successful business. She moved to Vancouver1996with her daughter and undertook formal art studies .graduating from Textile Arts Program, Advanced Studies and sculpture at Capilano University in North Vancouver. She also studied fashion art at Vancouver community college. Fariba Mirzaie is fiber artist who turns to nature for both material and inspiration the pieces of clothing she creates are truly wearable art; beautiful to look at and to touch. She starts with an idea for the finished piece, but as she works she is controlled by the shapes and the colors she creates. Her work is original, both in the use of surface design processes and her dress making skills and also are very imaginative; she stiffens and joins fabrics in unlikely manners to create wearable garments. She has produced several solo and group fashions shows at several venues. For many of these events she created the fabrics and the design, constructed the garments, and organized the events. She had her own gallery ‘Gabbeh’ at international village Tinsel town, for 3years. Her work has been included in several exhibitions throughout Vancouver her work can be seen at www.gabbeh.ca. Exhibitions and Fashion show Art Attire Juried wearable art show, Art gallery of Greater Victoria june11, 2011 Recognized for best in show award & people choice award Surrender, West Vancouver museum August 7 2010 Mixed messages, Ferry building gallery West Vancouver Jan 2010 fRESH 2009 fashion show Cityscape Art gallery May 8 2009 Uncommon Threads Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver Sep 28 2008 Green is the new Black, Vancouver museum, Vancouver March30 2008 Behind the Nature, yaletown gallery, Vancouver March21 2008 Seeker, Sentry, Sage, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, Victoria May11 2006 Nature Thought, Gabbeh gallery, Vancouver. Jan13, 2006 Wearable art competition, Port Moody Arts Center Oct 7, 2005 Fashion show: Spirit of Nature, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver Sep12, 2004 Historical Iranian textile & work of Fariba Mirzaie, Seymour Art Gallery Aug10, 2004 Vancouver Fashion week Vancouver convention center 2004 Fashion forward, Ayden Gallery 88 West Pender, Vancouver Jul 24, 2004 Earthquake Relief Fundraiser Fashion Show, Seymour Art Gallery Mar 2, 2004 Wearable Art, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver Oct 28, 2003 Vancouver Fashion week international village 2003 Textile Art Exhibition, North Vancouver Municipal Hall Oct 18, 2002 Threads of Life – The Culture of Cloth, Vancouver Guild of Fabric Arts, Jan 2001 The Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver. An Evening of Artful Elegance, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody. Oct 2000 Graduated Perspectives, Capilano College, North Vancouver. Oct 2000 Fashion Show, Sienna Gallery, North Vancouver. Jul 2000 Capilano College Textile Arts Exhibition, Community Arts Council, Vancouver May, 1999

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