Sousan Ettehad was born at 1962 in Abadan,Iran.
She began paintig with Ms. Zoya Sadri and Mr. Mahmoud Meraji in 1982 and started her academic education ;studing in Bachelor of painting at University of AL-Zahra.She completed her study in Master of Art Research in Tehran Art University on 1999;
while training for advanced painting in Mr. Gholamhossein Nami atelier. She found Ms. Maryam Mahin art classes in 2000 and continued to improve her academic knowledge at her atelier until 2012.
At 2000, she was invited and joined to teach in Islamic Azad University and Science and Culture University as visiting instructor and her research "Symbols in Iranian Paintings" was published by Iran Art Journal.
Also, her paintings have been published in various books like IRANICA, Iranian Professional Women Encyclopedia, Colors and Motifs, The Color of Kindness, and Zurvanian Ceremony in Ancient Iran.
In three decade of her artistic career, Sousan Ettehad has participated in more than 20 group and 3 solo exhibitions. About her painting subjects, she says: "My subjects mainly express a personal feeling or transfer a specific concept; either I am painting a Sama ceremony, a figure, a myth or even a doll on my canvas."
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Tree Art Gallery Karaj - Iran
2010 Mahjoubi Gallery - Ashiyan Naghsh-o-Mehr Tehran - Iran
1994 Vali Art Gallery Tehran - Iran
Group Exhibitions
2013 Persbook Website Tehran - Iran
2009 Iranian Center for International Conferences Tehran - Iran
2007 Silak Art Gallery Tehran - Iran
2005 Sabalan Art Gallery Tehran - Iran
2004 Mani Art Gallery Tehran - Iran
2003 Art Cultural center Tehran - Iran
2003 Abkar Museum - Saadabad Historical and Cultural Center Tehran - Iran
2003 Sheikh Hadi Art Gallery Tehran - Iran
2001 Niavaran Cultural Center Tehran - Iran
2001 Saadabad Historical and Cultural Center Tehran - Iran
2001 Behzad Art Gallery Tehran - Iran
2000 Niavaran Cultural Center Tehran - Iran
2000 Amir Kabir Cultural Center Tehran - Iran
2000 7Samar Art Gallery Tehran - Iran
1995 Niavaran Cultural Center Tehran - Iran
1993 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Tehran - Iran