Born and raised in Tehran, Shabnam K. Ghazi works across painting, mirror, weaving, calligraphy, video and the written word. In the 1990s she apprenticed with Iranian masters in painting, sculpture and ceramics, and exhibited widely in Iranian galleries and museums. She later earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University.

Her work has been shown in Iran, the United States, Canada and Cuba, at venues including the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the International Print Center New York, the Edward Hopper House Art Center, Olga Korper Gallery, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain and Koffler Arts. It is held in corporate and private collections, including the TD Bank Art Collection, Tricon and Canaccord Genuity.