Pantea Karimi started her training at age fourteen in painting; playing classical guitar, xylophone and sol-fa for eight years also stimulated her creativity and led to her decision to pursue art professionally. She obtained her Masters of Graphic Design from Tehran Art University in 1999 and her BTEC Diploma in Printmaking from Hastings College of Arts and Technology in 2004. Currently, she is a graduate student of fine arts in the pictorial department at San Jose State University in San Jose, California.

Pantea worked for several graphic companies and while residing in England assisted Alan Rankle, the renowned British landscape painter, in his Fine Art Studio. In 2006, she designed the entire fall issue of thresholds: ACCESS, a bi-annual journal of architecture, art and media published by MIT press. Her fine art and graphic works have been featured in several newspapers and magazines in Italy and England. Pantea's artworks have been selected for many juried art competitions as well as showcased in many group exhibitions. Traveling and living in different countries have enriched her sense of aesthetics and profoundly influenced her artwork.  Pantea also has been teaching art and writing lesson plans for children for the past fourteen years and presently teaches at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View, California.

Pantea teaches children in a variety of programs at the Community School of Music and Arts, including the Preschool program, the Onsite Visual Arts program, and the Art Camp program.

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