Soheila Siadate

Soheila Siadate was born and raised in Iran and received her diploma in business from Farah Pahlavi technical school in Tehran.

Since her early childhood years Soheila was creating little sculptures and loved art, but it wasn't until the age of 20 that she professionally became a fiber artist and started selling her wearable art.

At the age of 25 she immigrated to the US where she lived in Los Angeles for some time and now resides in Orange County.

Enduring a roller coaster of life changing experiences made Soheila strong and gave her a will to fight against oppression and survive hardships. It was 4 years after the revolution in Iran at the age of 25, due to unjust social pressure that made Soheila consider looking else where to live and she finally decided to move to LA.

The challenges didn't end there. Life as an immigrant in a new country so different from the one she left only made her more determined to pursue her dream of living the life of an artist so she began her education in art.

Years later she completed her BFA in fiber art from California State University of Long Beach.
More recently Soheila has made a transition towards oil painting to include the narrative of her fiber art projects. Many themes found in Soheila's work today can be tied to her youthful years growing up in a dysfunctional family and society.

Soheila was only 19 years old during the revolution, after which most things became 'underground'. Hanging out with friends, reading political books, drinking, and anything else considered inappropriate or radical had become hush hush. It was as if life as she knew it suddenly disappeared behind a curtain.

This dark and quiet space is where Soheila and everyone she knew had to learn how to live and thrive. It made a great impact on her art that one can discover today. There are two different actions going on, one as underneath and then another one on the surface, sometimes very bold and textured and sometimes very quiet and minimal.