Education
Rahbar pursued an interdisciplinary study program in New York at the Fashion Institute of Technology (Fashion Institute Of Technology) in 2000 and studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2005.
Rahbar pursued an interdisciplinary study program in New York at the Fashion Institute of Technology (Fashion Institute Of Technology) in 2000 and studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2005.
Her work ranges from photography to sculpture to installation and always stems from her personal experiences and is largely autobiographical. In 1980 Rahbar and her family fled Iran during the beginning of the Iranian Revolution which has left many traumatic memories that have influenced her work. The first body of work that created international recognition for the artist was the Flag Series (2005–2016), in which traditional fabrics and objects are reworked as collages that form various incarnations of the American and Iranian flag, exploring ideas of national belonging, as well as the conflicting role of flags as symbols of ideological and nationalistic violence.