Iraj Golzari

Iraj Golzari is one of Iran’s leading ceramics artists. Golzaris spends most of his time near the historical city of Hamedan, whom many believe to be one of the ancient world’s centers of ceramics.

Lalejin (Lalajin and local name: Lalin) is one of the towns near Hamadan. According to the official data, Lalejin has approximately 14,700 inhabitants. This town is known as the center of pottery and ceramics in the Middle-East.

80 percent of Lalejin’s population are potters, ceramists and related jobs. Lalejin is one of the important centers of pottery and ceramic productions in Iran and in the world. The products of Lalejin artists are very various and include the different kinds of luxury consumption earthen wares.

Mahtab

Mahtab is an artist with numerous talents, who « sings what she draws and draws what she sings ». Born in 1966 in Tehran into an Azeri family, she was immersed in music from Azerbaijan from the earliest years of her life and was encouraged to develop her natural aptitude for Art.

Farzad Naimi

Farzad Naimi is Founder and Managing Partner at NAIMI Group, a foundation dedicated to taking bold, creative ideas, and investing them in innovation. As Managing Partner, Farzad leads and oversees operations of NAIMI Group’s three armsRONA Holding LLC, FARZAD Art, and NIMA & FARZAN foundation

Patricia Shahrivar

Patricia is a native Iowan, who grew up with a fellow Iowa artist as an inspiration. Throughout school she remembers visiting the Museum and admiring the artwork of Grant Wood on exhibit, and was thrilled to be able to exhibit one of her pieces in the same museum. As a child she learned from her grandmother an art teacher who taught her the art of chalk talk and introduced her to the paintbrush.

Mohsen Namjoo

One of the most exciting musical incidents of our era, Mohsen Namjoo has truly advanced the pace of evolution of Iranian popular music. His brave and courageous foray into uncharted territory takes you boldly with him as if he has just grabbed your hand in his full speed reckless stride and hurries you along, with him into the darkness and the unknown. And you don’t mind at all!

Firoozeh Dumas

In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father’s glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since.

Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam

Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam graduated from University of Paris VIII with a degree in History of Art and Theatre. He specializes in Middle Eastern folklore and mystical dance and has a deep interest in Indian, Indonesian and Flamenco dances.

Shahrokh joined the renowned Theatre du Soleil in 1991, where he played lead roles in Ariane Mnouchkine’s productions of “Tartuffe” “La ville parjure” and “Les Atrides”.

Sareh Khajehnouri

Taking inspiration from her homeland, Sareh Khajehnouri specializes in graphic design. Born in Tehran, Iran in 1979 Sareh moved to the United States when she was 9 years old. She calls Virginia home and has a passion for Art. Having obtained her degree in Graphic Design at George Mason University, she considers the great Ostad Abbas Katouzian in Iran her mentor.

Shadi Yousefian

Shadi Yousefian was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to the United States when she was sixteen. She received both her Bachelors (2003) and Masters (2006) of Fine Art in photography from San Francisco State University. In the beginning, Shadi worked in a kind of abstract expressionistic style, taking close-up shots of marks and scratches on surfaces such as walls, trash bins, and telephone booths in public places, capturing the expressions that other people had left on these surfaces.

Mina Javid

Mina Javid was born in Shiraz, Iran and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley, and completed her graduate studies at UCLA’s School of Architecture and Urban Design. She draws inspiration from cultures and landscapes encountered through her travels around the world.  She has photographed lands and peoples in the United States, Europe, Brazil, and Iran. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.