Shadi Motahari is a self-taught Iranian artist based in Dubai. She took her first step into the world of art when she was merely 3 years old. Her mother, being a self-taught casual artist herself, opened the gates for Shadi to enter into the world of art, which over time turned into a hobby and now her passion.

As a passionate traveler, cultural enthusiast, and nature lover, she expresses her feelings and thoughts through realism and surrealism on the canvas and uses portraits and elements of nature to convey her message to the audience.
Being a person with no professional training in art, she draws inspiration from her own life experiences, nature, people, and their cultures for her artworks.
Shadi delights in employing multi-layered techniques and intricate detailing to create depth and captivate a broader audience. Her choice of colors and shades is always guided by the emotions, feelings, and thoughts she aims to convey in each specific artwork.

In her creations, she tends to use different mediums that she deems apt for the message to be conveyed. Irrespective of the medium, the sole purpose of her artworks is to take the art-loving audience into the world of realism and surrealism.