Lila Salamat

Lila Salamat was born in Tehran, on the 26th of July in the year 1948 as the third of five children in the Salamat family. From early childhood on she was interested in arts, especially painting, and her dream ever since these days was to become a professional artist.

After finishing school Lila was accepted at the University of Tehran, where she studied “Arts and Industrial Design”. She graduated university and worked for different Industrial Management companies as a graphic designer and was also responsible for the designs and layouts used by the Iran Communications and Development Institute. Her work and designs were published in different journals, like the EBI (Educational Broadcasting International) of the British Council. Furthermore, she also created the designs and company logos of many Iranian companies. In 1979, shortly after the revolution, Lila and her family moved to Genova, Italy, and lived there for about three years. She returned to Iran again where she stayed the next four years after finally moving and settling in Vienna, Austria, where she lives with her family since 1986.

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