She studied photography at Azad University, Iran and has since then exhibited in museums and galleries all across the world, including a solo show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2008 and group shows at the Saatchi Gallery, and Barbican Art Centre in London; 2010 Centre Georges Pompidou; 2009 and Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran; 2002. In 2012 she participated in a group show at the Devi Foundation; Delhi, The Elephant in the dark which is amongst the numerous group shows that she participated. Her works are in several collections including in the British Museum, Mumok, Centre Georges Pompidou, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian institution, Victoria and Albert Museum.