Somaieh Amini is a painter and illustrator based in San Jose, CA. She was born in 1981 in Isfahan, Iran. She received a B.A. in painting at the University of Al-Zahra in Tehran. Between 2001 and 2007, Somaieh worked as a Concept, Background, and Layout Artist with several animation companies, as well as a Matte Painter for several television series and films. In 2009, Somaieh left Iran to pursue an M.A. in painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Rome, Italy.
In 2012 she emigrated from Italy to the USA. These relocations have had an emotional impact on her personal and social life, taking her three years to restart her artistic career again. In 2015, she decided that painting and illustration are what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
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