Ann Chahbandour received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by which time she also completed an independent study at the Rhode island School of Design.
She then received a Fulbright Fellowship to study stone carving in Italy. Since then, her work has been shown extensively in the United States and abroad.
Inspiration for the form and content of her work comes from a variety of cultures and disciplines: decorative and fine arts, literature, theater and mythology, all of which are endowed with their own unique symbolism and history. Personal perceptions transform these visual artifacts into narratives dominated by anthropomorphic creatures on the verge of implicit behavior, encouraging questions of intention, consequence and parallel to human nature.