She earned an M.F.A. in visual arts at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2011 and holds a B.F.A. in painting from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was named a Danforth Scholar. In 2011, she was awarded an artist residency at The Dune in Pondicherry, India, where she lived and painted for 8 months. In 2012, she was accepted into the Drawing Center’s Viewing Program, where she has been selected to exhibit in a group show in July 2014. Ferdowsi-Kline’s paintings, detached from any literal appearance of nature, are reconstructed landscapes based on memory and imagination, inspired by the stories she grew up hearing about Iran. Unable to return, she seeks to connect to her homeland through the process of painting. Ferdowsi-Kline currently curates the permanent art collection at Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in addition to continuing her own studio practice.