1942) more commonly known as Nicky Nodjoumi, is an Iranian-born American fine art painter, printmaker and illustrator.
[3] In 1969, he came to the United States initially to have surgery in the Bronx for a congenital heart defect.
[4] He returned to Iran after his studies and was making artwork and posters that criticized the Shah's regime.
With objects such as mullahs, men in suits, horses and apes sharing canvas space with figures from classical Persian paintings.
[5] He is the subject of the documentary “A Revolution on Canvas" (2023) directed by Till Schauder and his daughter Sara Nodjoumi.