Born in 1952, Parastoo Ganjei is of Iranian descent. Her grandfather, the Russian trained and widely admired Abbas Rassam Arjangi, was a pioneer in bringing academic European techniques to Iranian art.

Parastoo has taken many of his influences into her beautiful still life work, with subtle rich colours and deft brushwork.

She studied Graphic Design in Iran in the 1970's, and then came to the UK to study Graphics and Animation at Croydon and Bournemouth Art Colleges.