<![CDATA[Stories by Nikoo Parsizadeh on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@nparsizadeh?source=rss-be193b5c7e83------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*jzkH_F5Fd-BUXyCzqvYIxQ.jpeg Stories by Nikoo Parsizadeh on Medium https://medium.com/@nparsizadeh?source=rss-be193b5c7e83------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:17:00 GMT <![CDATA[Engineered Imagination with Yuting Wang]]>

Yuting Wang was born in Beijing in 1992 in an environment where creativity silently thrived. Her father was a painter who did not practice…

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For Hargun Mann, whose work is rich, complex, and question-based, painting is not merely about representing something before the eyes. It…

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When Jonathan Crow paints, he’s not so much painting a canvas, as mapping the strange intersections of raw art, politics, and the…

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We got it wrong from the first breath.

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The air is heavy with the smell of eucalyptus and sun-baked asphalt. It’s an area of the city many zip past without so much as a glance…

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I have been feeling a lot lately. To a point where I don’t know how to put them in words anymore.

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Steven Rubalcaba is a San José Creative Ambassador and artist who is recognized for his innovative style of art with an emphasis on…

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Born and raised in San Jose, California, to Mexican and Peruvian immigrants, Julie Cardenas has always navigated identity, survival, and…

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For Matthew Casey, the journey to theater was accidental but transformative. Initially attending San Jose State University for Ecology, he…

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A San Jose, based artist Jessica Gutierrez is a multidisciplinary artist, mother, educator, and graphic designer dedicated to fostering…

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