Pouran Jinchi (b.1959),born in Mashhad, a sacred shrine city in Iran, Pouran Jinchi became attuned early in life to the way architecture, objects, decoration, and the written word can be imbued with symbolic power. This awareness is threaded throughout her body of work, which explores the dense intersectionality of literary and pictorial narratives. As a student at George Washington University, Jinchi earned a degree in civil engineering. Though her studies honed her analytical mind, she ultimately decided to pursue a career in the creative field. Trained as a classical calligrapher in Iran, Jinchi went on to study art at UCLA and the Art Students League of New York. Jinchi has exhibited internationally, including in group exhibitions at institutions like the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Iranian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale. Her work is collected by museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA; Smithsonian, Washington, DC, USA; Jameel Art Centre, Dubai, UAE and Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar.