Roshan Houshmand is an Iranian-American artist and educator whose multicultural upbringing deeply informs her art. Born in the Philippines in 1961, she spent her formative years in the Philippines and Iran before moving to the United States in 1978. Her academic path reflects a commitment to both intellectual and artistic rigor with a BA from Bennington College in Vermont, followed by an MA and MFA from Rosary College Graduate School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. Her journey didn’t stop there. Houshmand later studied with Julio Alpuy of the Joaquin Torres Garcia School of Universal Constructivism in NYC, further grounding her practice in modernist abstraction and a universalist vision. In 2016 she began traveling to India and Nepal, immersing herself in the study of sacred Tibetan Buddhist thangka painting, notably at Shechen Monastery’s Tsering Art School in Nepal. Over the years, her paintings have received critical acclaim, grants, and awards, and are exhibited and collected internationally. Houshmand’s work is both deeply personal and broadly universal. Her vivid, textured paintings reflect a visual language that is at once autobiographical and spiritual. Having lived and traveled across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas, her work carries a sense of global consciousness. Central to her artistic expression is the philosophy and discipline of Tibetan Buddhism, which informs not only her subject matter but also her process and purpose. Houshmand’s work is contemplative. Each piece functions as a vessel for transformation, reflection, and healing. Through art, she bridges cultures and philosophies, uniting East and West, emotion and intellect, grief and hope. Houshmand’s work has been exhibited in TOTEM at the Boca Raton Museum of Art; MEAM (Museum of Modern European Art) in Barcelona; Taubman Gallery at Michigan University; Museo Mazzoni in Maldonado and MuHar (Museum of the History of Art) in Montevideo, Uruguay; Italia Docet/Laboratorium (a collaborative event of the 56th Venice Biennale), and 21st Century American Women Artists at the U.S. Mission to NATO in Belgium. Her recent solo exhibitions include Beyond the Physical at the Riverfront Art Gallery in Yonkers, and Mandalas and Making Merit in Delaware County.