Ariana Akbari

Ariana Akbari is an artist-architect and sustainable designer who is passionate about leading with femininity and creating systems and solutions that are clean, beautiful, and enchanting.

She founded and directs Climate Justice Texas, a creative, youth-focused conservation education organization based in East Texas; moonlights at her family's heritage construction company Aricon Builders; freelance writes for arts and architectural publications (mostly); and designs her own creations in a studio practice that integrates whimsy, sustainability, and ritual. 

 Miss Akbari graduated from Harvard University, where she studied the History of Art and Architecture and the Comparative Study of Religion, focusing on Islamic arts and architecture and  wring an honors thesis on the creation of dynamic spaces of religious coexistence and healing rooted in the pliable formation of the mosque as a structure rooted in the body. She also studied "decolonized" coursework at the University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as well as more practical architectural modeling at the University of Houston: Hines School of Architecture. 

In her spare time, you can find her playing piano and singing, writing poetry, cooking, practicing reiki (mostly as a party trick), learning new languages, and communicating with spirits (living and dead) in the astral realm.

Message her at arianaakbariart@gmail.com with any ideas or opportunities or follow along on her many adventures via her YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Medium :)