Born in Azerbaijan, Iran, Jaleh was educated in England, obtaining BS and MS degree in Advance Medical Laboratory Technology and working in Cancer Research for eight years. Since 1970 Jaleh Etemad has resided in the United States. In 1986, she received an Art Degree from California State University Northridge, Los Angeles. Her work has been widely exhibited in Bay Area galleries as well as in Hawaii and New Mexico. She has been the recipient of several awards and she has exhibited internationally in Paris, France, Stockholm, Sweden, Oslo, Norway, Rome, Italy and Beijing, China. She is published in “International Women Artists,”vol.1, 1997, and vol.2, 2001, “100 Contemporary Artists “Art Addiction-World of Art Magazine, 2003. “The Art of Layering: Making Connections” The Society of Layerists in Multi Media, vol.1, 2004, Process & Projects, Alliance of Women Artists, Vol. 3, 2010. “Visual Journeys: Art in the 21st Century, Society of Layerists in Multi Media”, Vol. 3, 2010