Iranshid Ghadimi was born in Tehran, Iran. She attended the Behzad School of Fine Arts from 1975 to 1979.
Revolution, war, and motherhood changed the direction of her life. In 1984 she went to Paris, France. She migrated to the United States in 1985 and became a citizen in 1997. She has lived in Los Angeles, New York, Berkeley, and finally settled in Oakland, California.
In 1997, her passion for arts reignited, she attended San Francisco Art Institute, where she received her Bachelor in Fine Art with a major in painting. Iranshid then attended Mills College in Oakland, California where she received her Master of Fine Art in 2004.
