MALLY KHORASANTCHI

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, Mally (Breuer) Khorasantchi discovered her passion for artmaking as a young child. Khorasantchi studied with several noted professional German artists who nurtured her artistic development and by the 1990s, she had two solo exhibitions of her work in Düsseldorf. Having immigrated to the United States in 1992, Khorasantchi became an American citizen in 2006. She has maintained a full-time studio practice as a painter in southwest Florida for the past 20 years. Her work has been featured in 12 solo exhibitions throughout Florida, New York City and Germany, as well as 18 group exhibitions, including at the Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. In addition to corporate and private collections both in the United States and abroad, her paintings are in the permanent museum collections of the Baker Museum, Naples, FL, the Frauenmuseum in Bonn, Germany, the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, and Florida Gulf Coast University in Estero, FL.

Photo by Mark Poucher