With over 25 years of experience in design, large-scale public art, and event curation, Parnian executes ambitious, complex projects that foster connection and cultural exchange.
Parisa Parnian is an Iranian-American multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans visual art, design, and culinary storytelling, creating immersive, multi-sensory experiences.
A cultural storyteller and community-builder, she blends ancestral traditions with irreverent messages and contemporary aesthetics, yielding original creations that delight the senses and spark dialogue.
After a significant career in the NYC and LA fashion industry, Parisa expanded her creative and design reach by launching Savage Muse, a radically inclusive design studio, and Savage Taste, a multi-faceted food, culture + community building hub.
Through her bold, boundary-pushing work, Parnian redefines how we experience art—transforming gatherings into living cultural art installations, food into a sensory canvas for connection andpublic spaces into sites of empowerment.
Parisa's recent “Woman, Life, Freedom” murals in West Hollywood and Phoenix amplify SWANA voices, turning public spaces into powerful acts of artistic activism and representation.
TheAziz Amordance party—a vibrant fusion of Middle Eastern, Latin, and Global music—has become a cultural force in Los Angeles, bringing diverse communities together through music, performance, and immersive design.
Her Persian Supper & Salonseries creates intimate spaces where food, art, and storytelling merge, deepening cross-cultural layered conversations amongst SWANA diaspora, QTBIPOC and allies.
Parisa’s focus is on the colorful intersections of ancestral traditions meeting the very modern and often subversive world that she inhabits. She recently launched her own spice blend called PÉRXICAN- which is a celebration of cultural fluidity and the marriage of Persian + Mexican flavors.
Some recent collaborations/partnerships/events include:
Parisa’s Persian Supper + Salon series was featured in Eater LA and gave wings to what is now her culinary projects that involve everything from hosting cooking shows such as for Tastemade TV, where she combines Persian cooking with her intersectional storytelling; to her “Make Tahdig Not War” t-shirt campaign that is uniting Iranians and allies across the globe around their love of Persian food and peace.
Contact Parisa Parnian here to learn more about the design + illustration services, culinary events + workshops, and experiential storytelling curation she is currently offering.
