Morteza Esadi was born in 1957 in Tehran and has a doctorate in art history from Paris Sorbonne University, a master's degree in illustration and a bachelor's degree in painting from Tehran University, and a doctorate in art research from Shahid University... He also teaches at Shahid University of Art, Islamic Azad University, and Architecture University. Yazd, Sore University of Arts and membership in the painting group of Visual Arts Center in his artistic career.

Many of Esadi's works have been published in magazines and participating in several domestic and foreign exhibitions are among his other activities. He has designed a postage stamp for the 45th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Tokyo, and has also been the judge of several national and international biennials and festivals.