Elmira Yousefi is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores displacement, identity, and the contradictions of belonging. Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, she carries visions of its mountains wherever she goes, using them as both a metaphor and material in her works. Humor plays a crucial role in her practice, sustaining an imaginary relationship with the mountain and blurring the line between absurdity and reality. Through installation, performance, drawing, and printmaking, she engages in the absurd and ironic act of moving mountains; translating the emotional and spatial dislocation of migration into a visual language.   

Yousefi holds an MFA in painting from the Islamic University of Tehran (2017). And BA from the University of Science and Culture, Tehran (2014), currently pursuing an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Florida. She is a recipient of the Penland School of Craft (2025). Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including a solo exhibition at 4Most Gallery.