Parvaneh Etemadi is a painter whose most paintings are still lifes. 
Parvaneh Etemadi, who learned painting as a teenager from Bahman Mohasses' in private classes, also went to Tehran University of Fine Arts to study painting academically, but dropped out of school and studied art experimentally. Firstly, she painted abstracts and then turned to figurative painting with oil paint on cement, pastels, crayons and finally collage. Her works exhibited in Ghandriz Hall for the first time in 1968 and over time she held several exhibitions in Iran and foreign countries such as Switzerland, France, USA and India. In 2016, her name was listed in the 11th list of 500 selected artists in the world.

Etemadi’s works are generally divided into four general categories with distinct characteristics. The artworks of the first period were abstract, created by using matte and cool colors combined with materials such as cement. In the second period, she focused on figurative painting and still life, and in the third period, she created detailed still lifes with crayons. The fourth period of her career is collage period. Using cut-outs of her paintings, she created works with vivid colors. Generally, the subject of most of her works is the inanimate nature, which is engraved on the canvas through the poetic viewpoint of the artist.

"The world is changing, and so is art," Etemadi said in an interview about her interpretation of art. According to the Indians, it is the time of resurrection of Kali; Goddess of Destruction and Creativity. "Undoubtedly, renaissance will rise up from the heart of all this ruin and destruction, that carries the burden of exploration, invention and creativity."