Katayoun Karami was born in Tehran in 1967 and relocated to Turkey in 1986 where she began her studies towards a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at the Middle East Technical University of Ankara. Exhibiting collectively since 2002, Karami’s artworks have been shown in Kuwait, France, Germany, Turkey, India, Iran, Romania, Switzerland, and Greece. Her large scale mixed media portrait 'Have a Break' recently sold at Christie’s Dubai Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II, and her works are found in prestigious collections such as the Salsali Private Museum, Dubai.