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Seti Bigjani was born in 1939 in Sangeh Sefid village, Lorestan, Iran. Due to his deep passion for art, he started working at the Babken Yeghyazarian art gallery at an early age. He mastered the art of calligraphy under the supervision of professors, such as Hossein Ali Khoshnevis and Naser Mani, before taking a job at the Aldo art gallery. Then he joined the Valentino Company as a model maker and decorator of exhibition booths. For the continuation of his professional career, starting from 1956, he worked at the public relations department of the CocaCola Corporation for six years. As one of his most outstanding artistic achievements at this company, one may point out the making of advertising models and paintings at the first Carnival of Iran, with the assistance of Ms. Mirzatooni. In 1961 he established the Annette Gallery where he exhibited his own works of art. Then in 1975 he renovated the Safavi and Ghajar era paintings on the ceiling of the Niavaran palace in Professor Setrak Nazarian's art gallery. In addition to his attraction to fine art, Mr. Seti Bigjani pursued his love of theater. He directed the first performance of Anush, a play by Hovhaness Toomanian in 1961 and again in 1981 where it was not only received with enormous enthusiasm from the audience but was also applauded by directors such as Samuel Khachikian and Aramais Aghamalian. He also directed Mashti Ebad in 1962. Due to his love and passion for art, the Bigjani family is honored to have been able to work with more than 400 state-owned institutions and private companies and hopefully can continue to play his role in producing art for the Iranian community.