Orkideh Torabi (b. 1979, Tehran) graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Painting and Drawing in 2016. Since then, she has had solo exhibitions at Horton Gallery, New York (2017); Interface Gallery, Oakland (2018); Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica (2019); Western Exhibitions, Chicago (2016, 2019); at the Museum of Contemporary Art Atrium, Chicago (2021); and Salon Nino Mier, Cologne (2021), among others. Her work has been covered by many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Artillery, Hyperallergic, and the Chicago Reader. Torabi lives and works in Chicago.