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Armita Raafat is an Iranian-American artist based in New York City. She is primarily a sculptor, and interprets the Middle Eastern architectural element muqarnas in plaster, mirror, and pigment instead of traditonal stucco treatment. In Raafat's wall installations, the crumbling works suggest ruins.

Early life and education
Raafat was born in Chicago, IL, and moved to Iran with her family in 1980 returning to the U.S. in 2003.