Yasser Mirzaee was born in Iran in 1981. Hailing from Moghan, a small village in the province of East Azarbaijan, he studied painting in the capital, at the undergraduate level at Azad University and at the graduate level at Soureh University.

A figurative painter with a strong inclination for portraits, Mirzaee says inspiration comes to him in a state of self-induced loneliness and from "people whose dreams triumph over reality".

Conflict is an abrupt end to an already existing balance. A solution which demands new order, which in turn defines a new law. A new law which creates an uneasy peace, a peace which demands passivity (or patience), which will generate more unease. An unease which leads to fresh resistance and anger, which develops into yet another conflict. In a doomed cycle, death creates room for new life. An existence which will always self-destruct. Conflict is the shortcut to war and destruction... and we are the warlords!

Why war?
War... War... Who was the individual who first raised his/her voice and shouted with wrath and used it to exercise violence and spark a war? And in the future of human civilization, will we still hear the sound of these violent and aggressive voices?

Is mankind doomed in its' social relations to always witness violence and aggression? The history of which civilisation has been exempt of war? In Asia, Africa, America and Europe or in the ancient Egyptian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Asian and European Empires, throughout the middle ages, and even in the present day, which nation has managed to experience a period of time free of war and violence and set a good example for the rest of the world?

Has it ever been seen during the history of mankind that it, in particular politicians and those with power, could control their anger and their aggression and not mistreat each other and not let cruelty and revenge control their actions? Have they not always attacked opponents out of anger — not only men but also children women and the elderly?

What is really the advantage of war? And what are its' disadvantages Is there a material benefit of aggression? Or a spiritual one? Is it more loss or gain? Overall, why is there war and anger? What is its origin? Why does it afflict us?