Mana Eshraghi

Artist Bio

Mana Eshraghi is a seventeen-year-old Iranian- Canadian artist based in Vancouver, BC. She discovered her passion for art at a young age. She currently is attending Pinetree Secondary School in Coquitlam, BC. She works in portrait drawing, perspective drawing, painting and model making. She works in a variety of mediums such as pencils, coloured pencils, acrylic paint, and watercolour. She gets inspiration from her surroundings, emotions, and interests.

She attended the Emily Carr Summer Institute's Architecture and Environmental Design studio in the summer of 2021. After graduating from high school, she hopes to study architecture or urban studies in a post-secondary. She hopes to travel the world to observe architecture and art from around the world. Other than architecture, some of her other artistic interests include fashion design and music that she likes to incorporate in her art.

Artist Statement

Art has been a passion of mine since I was a kid. It has always been an escape from reality; A psychological state where I can visualize and imagine whatever I desire. There are no guidelines to stop me. That is what I steer towards in my designs today. My main goal is to create an escape from reality for myself and my audience. I work in several mediums such as charcoal, paint, pencil, colour pencil and watercolour. Like most artists, I take inspiration from my surroundings. I engage in art when I struggle to express my emotions. Instead, I convey them through art. In addition, my designs take inspiration from Iranian, Renaissance, Gothic and Modern architecture and surrealist ideas.