Shabnam Yousefian was born in Tehran, Iran in 1982. She started drawing and painting at age seven and pursued oil painting professionally at age sixteen under the supervision of a prominent instructor.
After graduating high school, Shabnam capitulated to social expectations and attended Azad University in Tehran to study Microbiology. However, she continued painting and attending art classes while in university. Her persistence and hard work helped her to excel in this area so much that in 2001 she became an instructor in that art institute.
At age twenty-two Shabnam opened her own art gallery in 2004 in Tehran. Her art works included painting and sculpture. Besides managing her art gallery she had private and group art lessons as well.
In 2008 she immigrated to the United States, and eventually attended Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, where she earned her MFA in 2016. Besides her exhibitions in Iran, her exhibitions in the United States include Seyhoun Gallery, PØST, Agora Gallery, and Claremont Graduate University.