Born in Isfahan, Iran in 1983, Atefeh Majidi-Nezhad received her Bachelor of Arts from the Art University of Isfahan and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tehran. She has exhibited in numerous collective exhibitions throughout Iran since 1999, most recently with Aria Gallery and Azad Art Gallery in Tehran.

  

 For Majidi-Nezhad, art is more about the struggles with everyday life and challenges around the world. Her painting`s subjects originate from the challenges she faces in everyday life with her society; the conflicts between personal aspirations and social conventions, and religious beliefs and traditions juxtaposed against human desire.

  

 'In Desire I', the young boy sleeping depicts raw, innocent human desire through the placement of his hands. Surrounding the main subject are pictures of children from past generations, people who now dictate appropriate behavior based on old traditions. This frame represents the constraints, which withhold human aspirations.