​​​​Nima Jeizan (b.1994) is an Iranian-American sculptor who grew up in Tehran and Virginia, and currently works in New York City. He often invites friends to come to his studio, drink Persian tea, and shell pistachios, while conjuring the spirit animals inside his sculptures. Nima plays Kourosh Yaghmaei, Alice Coltrane, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Phillip Glass, and Grace Jones while drilling, suturing, blending, rubbing, pouring, and dying his pieces. He holds a B.F.A. in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University and is an MFA candidate at Columbia University. You may find Nima on the dancefloor of Basement in Maspeth, Queens.