Born in Shiraz, Iran in 1980, Mahsa Karimizadeh received her Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Art of Tehran University. From 1996-2001, Karimizadeh participated in many group painting exhibitions in Shiraz and Tehran and from 2005, she has held solo exhibitions of both her paintings and sculptures in Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Mexico. At Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art’s Fifth Iranian Sculptural Biennale of 2008 and 2007 Visual Arts Festival, Karimizadeh was awarded Second Prize.