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Mahtab Safavian is an French-based Iranian Painter and Singer. She focuses on a new technique called “PaintAria” or “Avanegar” where the artist “sings what she paints and paints what she sings".

She was born in May 10 1966 in Tehran into an Azeri family, she was immersed in music from Azerbaijan from the earliest years of her life and was encouraged to develop her natural aptitude for Art.

She started drawing at a very young age, and was a top student for four consecutive years at the Behzad School of Visual Arts, where she was taught by great masters such as Parviz Izadpanah and Gholam Hossein Nami. She came out first in her year among all students of specialised Art schools (honarestan). She then obtained the Specialised Diploma in drawing and oil painting as well as the State Diploma in visual arts and started teaching drawing and painting.

Moreover, she has a passion for traditional Persian singing and studied traditional Persian music (Radif) with Parisa at the Iranian Centre for the Conservation and Dissemination of Music along with her studies in visual arts.

She came to France in 1989 and continued her studies in visual arts. She obtained a Master’s degree in visual arts from Sorbonne University with honours. She continued to study traditional Persian music with Hossein Omoumi.

Awards

 * 1) Boulogne Billancourt 92100 First prize on 2011 for her drawing against HIV
 * 2) Hauts-de-Seine first prize on 2012 for drawing in open space in Boulogne