Her mother had been trained as an artist in France and her father worked for the Bank of Tehran.

Her mother helped to train her daughters artistic skills.

She taught at the Faculty of Decorative Arts at the University of Tehran.

She has created a statue of Mesrop Mashtots the founder of the Armenian alphabet[2] and of the Iranian national hero Yeprem Khan.

[4] Teryan died in 2019 in her home city[4] after a fall down some stairs.