Mina is an impressionist artist specializing in abstract landscapes created with thick oil layers and palette knife techniques. Based in the Niagara Escarpment, she draws inspiration from the surrounding wildlife and natural beauty, working from her seasonal studios. With a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning and Design, Mina has also worked in Municipal Planning in the Greater Toronto Area since 2005. Her art, influenced by the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran, has been exhibited in galleries and juried shows. Known for her spontaneous and textured style, Mina’s paintings are imaginative journeys shaped by nature and intuition.

Mina's artworks have been exhibited in several galleries and Museum juried art shows. In 2022, she received her second award of employees’ choice from Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archive (PAMA). Most recently, Mina had the opportunity to be part of the Jury Panel at the Multicultural Art Show at Museum of Dufferin in 2023.
She was featured in two articles with the Orangeville Citizen Newspaper.
Exhibitions and Juried Art Shows are listed below:

2025
•1-month Solo Exhibition at CIBC Square, 81 Bay St, Downtown Toronto.
•29th Fall Festival Juried Art Show- Alton Mill Arts Centre.
•3-month Solo exhibition at Epic Investment Services, Markham in collaboration with Hello Art
•3-month exhibition- Art In The Halls at the Town of Caledon’s City Hall
•Headwaters Art Gallery- Dreamscape- juried art show.
2024
• Juried Art Show, 28th Headwaters Arts and Fall Festival.
•2-month Solo Exhibition- Headwaters restaurant in the Millcroft Inn and Spa
2023
•Headwaters Art Gallery- Wild and Free
•Headwaters Art Gallery- Around the Square
•Headwaters Art Gallery- As the Story Goes
•Dufferin Museum – Multicultural Art Juried Show (Part of the Jury Panel)
•27th Annual Headwaters Arts and Fall Festival Juried Art Show and Sale
2022
•Headwaters Art Gallery- The View from Here
•Peel Art Museum and Archive (PAMA) – (Second Award Peel Employees' Choice)
•26th Annual Headwaters Arts and Fall Festival Juried Art Show and Sale
•Dufferin Museum – Multicultural Art Juried Show

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I have evolved my oil painting experience by using pallet knives and thick oil layers on canvases. I am recognized for my abstract landscape paintings, whereby a contrasting object to an abstract texture determines through an imagination. My painting is a journey into the unknown, full of challenges, surprises, and ultimate satisfaction. Besides painting within nature, often of times, my brain scans my surrounding natural environment and start painting in the studio; however, sometimes begin without a clear idea and more intentional brush strokes emerge along the way with pallet knife movements and textures.