Iraj Karim Khan Zand (abbreviated as Iraj Zand), an Iranian painter and sculptor, was born in Tehran in 1950 and died on December 14, 2006. From 1966 to 1969, Iraj Zand studied at the Tehran Academy of Fine Arts and then traveled to India and then to France. In France, between 1974 and 1998, he studied painting at the National Academy of Fine Arts of Paris (Beaux-Arts de Paris). Then worked and lived in Avignon, France for few years until 1984.

After returning to Iran, Iraj Zand taught at Islamic Azad University and Art University and participated in numerous group and individual exhibitions since 1985. In addition to painting and sculpture, Iraj Zand also painted murals and created murals in Avignon and Tehran.

Ruyin Pakbaz wrote about Zand's works: "Zand was an imaginative artist. In the world of imagination, he searches for the truth of the beauty of man and nature; But in his painting, he did not go beyond the representation of isolated plants, twisted horizons, gloomy beauties and people drowning in the sea of thought. He often portrayed mystical themes with the same romantic vision. His color choice was limited to blue, red and purple shades, and his lines were bound to describing the shapes and moods of imaginary creatures. This representative format was broken in a series of wide, linear and semi-abstract compositions (1997-2008) and natural figures were replaced by broken signs and lines. Probably, this conflict with the form led him to three-dimensional experiences. From the late 1990s, simple shapes were cut from iron, brass or plexiglass plates and gently bent. In this way, he creates light-winged and twisting figures of imaginary creatures.”