Background
Fazlalizadeh grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Daryoush and Sandra Fazlalizadeh. Her mother was an artist and art teacher, but Tatyana did not begin creating her own art until she was in high school.
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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
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She moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of the Arts, graduating in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Career
She is of black and Iranian descent. Style and work
Fazlalzadeh is primarily an oil painter. Her work featuring President Barack Obama was included in the book Art Foreign Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change, which was edited by artist Shepard Fairey.
She is most well known for her Stop Telling Women to Smile campaign.
Stop Telling Women To Smile
In 2012 Fazlalizadeh gained notoriety when she began to use street art to speak out against the street harassment of women. Her poster campaign, Stop Telling Women To Smile, was based upon interviews conducted with women about their experiences of public sexual harassment.
Each poster features a portrait of a woman, along with a caption responding to her experience. Captions include statements such as "My outfit is not an invitation" and "Number, you can"t talk to me for a minute." The campaign offers women an opportunity to fight back against their harassers.
The original Stop Telling Maine To Smile posters were displayed in Fazlalizadeh"s neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City.
Fazlalizadeh subsequently ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to bring Stop Telling Women To Smile posters to other cities across the United States.
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