Online Gallery Features: Sara Iravani Kahn

Sara Iravani Kahn is an artist and illustrator currently living in San Francisco with her husband and three cats. Her illustrations using a combination of techniques have appeared in Cricket and Cicada Magazines. Sara was born in Los Angeles California and went back to Iran when she was five. Sara lived in Iran during war and revolution. She got her B.A. in Fine Art from Tehran University and her M.A. in Educational Psychology from Alzahra University. She got her Post Masters' Certificate in Art Therapy from UC Berkeley in 2002. While living in Iran, she illustrated twenty children's books; and also taught art in kindergartens, schools and universities.

Sara started painting as a serious career when she was three. She got into her mom's belongings and found a beautiful oil color set and painted the kitchen floor. As a result the whole family was kicked out of the house.
In school, she drew caricatures of her most and least favorite teachers. Her classmates loved the ones she drew from the teachers she did'nt like. One day one of these teachers found a portrait of her drawn by Sara while it was circulating in the class. The teacher was not happy and Sara got kicked out of that class. (Plus that she had to bring her parents to school the day after!)
Now after 35 years of drawing and painting she is happy that her paintings do not get her in trouble as much as they did when she was younger…

Sara has won many awards and scholarships for her art work from around the world, among them are:

First Prize, International Biennial of illustration for children, 1992, Tehran, Iran

Her work has been exhibited in Iran, USA, Italy, Slovak Republic, Japan and Spain.

Nancy Barnett	North/Central	April 2003
Carol Benioff	East Bay	May 2003
Cindy Ann Ganaden	South San Francisco	June2003
Deborah Nourse Lattimore	North/Central	July 2003
Sara Iravani Kahn	South San Francisco	September 2003
Elisa Kleven	North/Central	October 2003
Jan Adkins	North/Central	November 2003
Joy Allen	North/Central	December 2003
Yuyi Morales	East Bay	January 2004
Liz Cunningham	East Bay	February 2004
Brooke Scudder	South San Francisco	March 2004
Paula Pertile	South San Francisco	April 2004
Lauren Francis	South San Francisco	May 2004
Mike Maystead	South San Francisco	July 2004
Kris Aro McLeod	North/Central	August 2004
Barbara Pollak	South San Francisco	October 2004
Sherry Rogers	North/central	September 2004
Kirsten Carlson	South San Francisco	November 2004

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