Pegah Jahangiri was born in Iran. She is currently a PhD student in Visual Arts at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. She earned an M.A. in Graphic Design and a B.A. in Textile and Fashion Design from Alzahra University in Tehran, Iran.
Iranians in Malaysia: Batik Artist Pegah Jahangiri
Artist Pegah Jahangiri hails from Tehran, but is currently a doctoral student in visual arts at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. She recently spoke to MEI about her work with batik, strikingly dyed cloth found all over the world, but particularly popular and refined in Southeast Asia.