At an early age Manaz was encouraged to create art by an aunt who was an accomplished artist.
Manaz studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Tehran, Iran.

Manaz’ classically beautiful portraits of women are or have been exhibited in galleries and art fairs including but not necessarily limited to the following:

Adair Gallery, Missoula, MT
Alexander Victor Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Alexander Victor Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Art Expo, New York City, NY
Art Expo, Palm Springs, CA
Art Leaders Gallery, Bloomfield, MI
Art of Traderhorn, Ontario, Canada
Articles Gallery, Omaha, NE
Carol Schwartz Gallery, Chestnut Hills, PA
Compliments Gallery, Warwick, RI
Creative Impressions, Annapolis, MD
Creative Impressions, Georgetown, DE
Creative Impressions, Rehoboth, DE
Dzian Gallery, Worcester, MA
Fingerhut Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Fingerhut Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Gallery 44, Ellicott City, MD
Gallery du Soleil, Naples, FL
Gilded Edge Gallery, Elm Grove, WI
Godard Gallery, Lake Tahoe, NV
Godard Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Griffin Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Hermitage Gallery, Rochester, MI
Hudson River Gallery, Piermont, NY
J&A Galleries, Garden City, NY
J&A Galleries, Westbury, NY
Lazar's Gallery, Canton, OH
Le Petit Musee d’Art Gallery, Jupiter, FL
Master's Galleries, Denver, CO
Master's Galleries, Greenwood Village, CO
Master's Galleries, Vail, CO
Milan Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Mistinguette Gallery, Great Neck, NY
Ocean Gallery, Avalon, NJ
Ocean Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
Oh My Godard Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Old Town Gallery, Seal Beach, CA
Painters Chair Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Palm Beach Gardens Gallery, Jupiter, FL
Passion Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Pearl Gallery, Raanana, Israel
Richardson Gallery, Reno, NV
Rima Fine Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Ron Stewart Gallery, Aurora, IL
Timeless Gallery, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Timeless Gallery, Uithoorn, Netherlands
Ventana Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Visions Gallery, Sedona, CA
Washington Commons, Cape May, NJ
Whitt Krauss Gallery, Idyllwild, CA
World Art Gallery, Ladera Ranch, CA
Wyland Gallery, Haleiwa, Oahu, HI
Wyland Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, HI
Wyland Gallery, Wailea, Maui, HI