Born in Iran, Homeira Mortazavi immigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1987. She received her BFA with distinction (1996) and Master of Art Education (2002) from Concordia University where she studied under Guido Molinari, Suzan Scott and Giuseppe Di Leo.
Mortazavi’s figurative art deals with issues of self-identity, women’s experience and the relation between human and nature, focusing on women and flowers in particular.