 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Abbas Akhavan muimbi anogara muToronto. Basa rake razvino uno rinoumbwa nezviratidziro zvenzvimbo, zvivezwa, vhidhiyo, uye kuita, nguva dzose mukupindura nharaunda umo basa rakagadzirwa. Akhavan akaberekerwa muTehran, Iran muna 1977. Akagamuchira Bachelor of Fine Arts kubva kuConcordia University muna 2004 uye Master of Fine Arts kubva kuYunivhesiti yeBritish Columbia muna 2006. Mhuri yaAkhavan yakatamira kuCanada panguva yeIran-Iraq Hondo. Basa rake rakawana mukurumbira wenyika dzakawanda, achiratidzira mumamyuziyamu, mifananidzo uye biennales muNorth America yose, Europe uye kuMiddle East. Iye ndiye anogamuchira iyo Kunstpreis Berlin 2012, iyo Abraaj Boka Art Prize 2014, uye iyo Sobey Art Mubairo 2015. 