Samira Barakati

The artist known as Zsa Zsa…

Zsa Zsa, an autodidact, developed her passion for art in early childhood. She was born in 1980, during the peak of the Islamic Revolution and the beginning of the war with Iraq, in Tehran, Iran.
As the youngest of five sisters, she found escape from all the surrounding chaos through painting and tried her best to create a colorful and more beautiful meaning to life.

All her life she’s heard stories about “how it was before”. Ever since, she burns with passion for a liberated Iran.
In 1987, her parents made the greatest decision of their lives as they moved the entire family to Stockholm, Sweden. A land full of opportunities for women to grow free and independent.

Also a writer, she is currently working on her autobiography as a complement to the art.
As a firm supporter of the #WomanLifeFreedom movement, she spreads knowledge about it through art and writing.
She doesn’t miss an opportunity to lift the topic at every exhibition she has and hopes to keep this movement alive and vivid, through this peaceful manner.
Her autobiography #livetotell #Jagmåstefåberätta, tells, her truth, about life during war, migration and life as an immigrant in the diaspora.

Zsa Zsa firmly believes that empowering women, all around the globe, will benefit all.
“Free, educated, loved and loving mothers will save future generations from repeating the horrors in the history of mankind. “

Utställningar
Decorate your walls- exhibition
September 2023

Woman Life Freedom- exhibition
April 2024