Faezeh Jafari Mohammadabadi

Position title: PhD Student, Art History

Email: faezeh.jafarimohammadabadi@wisc.edu

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Faezeh Jafari Mohammadabadi (Art History) holds a bachelor’s in Carpet Studies from the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman and an MA from the Tehran University of Art. Her research focuses on Islamic art, Persian carpets, and paintings. She is passionate about exploring Islamic ornaments and motifs as ways to gain a better understanding of the society, culture, and history of the Arab and Persian worlds. While in Iran, Faezeh worked as a lecturer at the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. She also volunteered in three projects on the conservation and preservation of Islamic carpets and textiles in the Carpet Museum of Iran, Saadabad Complex, and Golestan Palace. She worked closely with the museum’s collection of 16th-, 18th-, and 20th-century carpets and textiles from Iran, India, Turkey, along with French tapestries, and some nomadic textiles and rugs. She also worked as a repairer of antique rugs at the Grand Carpet Bazaar of Tehran in 2020.