Elham Bayati lives in Columbus-Ohio (Born-Tehran Iran), received her BFA and MA from Tehran-Iran and MFA from Columbus college of art and design. She is Permanent Member of Society of Iranian Painters (SIP) and, Core member of Phoenix. Rising printmaking. Columbus-Ohio.

She is mixed media artist and floral fabrics/motifs are the main source of inspiration in her pieces. Different layers in her pieces reflect multicultural and different places that she experienced. Floral patterns for her are a root of feminine world that reminds her grandmother’s scarf, and her mother’s dress-making fabrics. These patterns signify the beauty of a peaceful point in the middle of the dark life of contemporary Iran. She usually uses different layers of fabrics as collage, printing and combine(layers) her drawings with figures of women, memories, and familiar objects of life.

She has been awarded first place from Ohio art-league in the fall juried exhibition in 2018. She participated in a lot of group painting exhibitions in different countries. She was one of the artists of the exhibition in Akron Museum of Art (More is More), which introduced contemporary artists in 2021. She is also faculty member of Columbus College of art and design.