Shulamit Nazarian was born in Iran and immigrated to the US in 1979. She studied architecture at Pratt Institute in NYC.

In 2006 she began curating art exhibitions out of her personal residence. In 2012, Nazarian opened her first permanent gallery in Venice Beach, CA. The gallery originally focused on presentations by artists from the Middle East, and then expanded to a global program of artists.

In 2017, Nazarian opened a new gallery in Hollywood, located on La Brea at Melrose. In 2019, she founded the Shulamit Nazarian Foundation, which supports artists building cultural bridges between the Middle East and the West through contemporary art. Her foundation has collaborated with institutions such as MCA Chicago.

Ms. Nazarian is a member of the board of The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), the Center of Contemporary Art (CCA) in Tel Aviv-Yafo, and the Artis Contemporary Israeli Art Fund.