Noreen Motamed is an Iranian-American artist and painter, residing in Maryland. Biography Daughter of linguist, Fereydoun Motamed. She was born in Abadan, Iran and attended primary and secondary school in Tehran and graduated from University of Tehran with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Arts. She continued her postgraduate studies and once again graduated in first place from Alzahra University with a Master of Arts degree with concentration in painting. She began painting as a professional artist in 1983. Starting with a figurative art style she then turned to abstract work, often depicting abstracted Persian female rug weavers and kilim weavers or humans and nature. Persian miniatures have been great sources of inspiration in her latest paintings. She has continued this style while in the United States with a western influence as it appears in some of her abstract figurative 2 collection. See also Islamic art Iranian art Islamic calligraphy List of Iranian artists References Bibliography "Iranian Women Artists: Guity Novin, Sara Rahbar, Noreen Motamed, Sara Shamsavari, Mansooreh Hosseini, Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iran Darroudi", , (2010) External links Noreen Motamed's website Noreen's Youtube Sideshow Videos Voice of America (VOA) TV, Persian Interview with Noreen Motamed about her paintings at Seyhoun Gallery, from 2008 1967 births Living people 20th-century Iranian women artists 21st-century Iranian women artists Iranian women painters People from Abadan, Iran Al-Zahra University alumni American artists of Iranian descent