I am Behnaz Monzavi. My interest in art and making artworks go back to my early childhood, and as far as I can remember, I have always been in love with the subject. My perception of art has directed me to learn about manifold facets of art in my life, including painting, drawing, designing, decorating, etc. Importantly, I believe authentic arts originate from a creative, bright mind, and it can never be achieved through imitation and practice only. I believe that a genuine artist should be inspired by every object in her surroundings to bring her dreams to reality. This is a chief reason that I always endeavor to do so with the element of imagination as the primary force of all arts in the universe.

Philosophical and mystical thoughts have inspired me. The universe is entirely alive, and this vast living entity has been created purposefully and is on an utterly purposeful path. I want to describe my view of nature differently, and I think people look at nature in different ways. Some people see the perspective, and some people look around it. I like to look at them closely. Every time I look closely at a part of nature, such as a branch of a tree, a flower, a sky, stars, and so on, I become more aware of the creativity and consciousness of the divine creator. And at that moment, I feel I am also a part of that big picture.

Behnaz Monzavi was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1981. She grew up next to the mountains and national parks and close to the crowded city of Tehran. Throughout her life, she has continually been fascinated by traditional Iranian miniature, and for this reason, logically, she has turned to the paint from nature, including birds and flowers. Her interest was maintained during her teenage years, and when she entered college and then university in the United States, she decided to pursue her career professionally.

After passing various courses in painting and drawing, Behnaz decided to continue her pieces as a combination of traditional Iranian art and modern art. She is currently researching Iranian and Western art history and is interested in many combinations of them in her later works. Naturally, she has been attracted to oil paintings since she draws from observation; she prefers to photograph first and then turn it into a picture. She believes that art lies in nature, and by looking at the environment, contemplating, and harmonizing with it, she feels she is connected to nature and its components. This may not be interpretable and describable simply in words, but she can show that particular moment more clearly when she paints it. For instance, being inspired by nature, she plans to paint many colorful birds, her specific creative style, shortly. The unique combination of tradition and modernism is one of her core artistic values. Based on her Asian and Persian heritage, she is interested in applying a mixture of traditional Persian paintings of flowers and birds and modern styles of oil color together, which is her own novelty.