Mo Jamal is a multi-faceted artist who has devoted his professional life to the pursuit of excellence and high achievement in a variety media, including the visual arts and instrumental music. One of his most recent artistic ventures is a CD he jointly produced with his wife, Shahla. Mo composed 10 songs for his project, each in Farsi and in English; he played most of the string, wind, and percussion instruments for the recording; he assisted in translating the song lyrics from Farsi to English; and he handled the technical aspects of the recording and mix-in process himself to produce the CD.

A native of Tehran, Iran, Mo has been active for more than 30 years on the cultural scene in Iran, France, Germany, the U.S and Toronto, Canada. He is graduate of Tehran University and holds a Master's of Fine Arts degree. Also, he studied at the Conservatory of Tehran, Iran. While pursuing his doctoral studies in Art at the University of Sorbonne, France, he continued his violin studies. From an early age, Mo has been deeply involved in art, music, and literature. He has produced and exhibited works of art in oil, acrylic, water color, pastel, and other creative art media from traditional to contemporary styles. In 1980, Mo created a puppet movie, Abraham in the Fire,. Mo is a composer, poet, master of the violin, band director, cartoonist, illustrator, art critic, and educator who teaches students at the Master's level in both visual arts and music.
In Germany, Mo and Shahla worked as art teachers and performed in artistic events over a period of several years. In 1991, they founded Art Direct Gallery in Cologne, which displayed works by a variety of artists. In 1991, Mo received the Kunstpreis International and Annual Art Exhibit Award in Wesseling, Germany. He has collaborated with several newspapers, magazines, and book companies. During his sojourn in Paris, his cartoons were published in such newspapers as Le Monde and L' Humanite. Also, gave several radio and television interviews in Iran; a 1990 television interview in Dortmund, Germany; and 1980, 1990, and 1992 interviews at the Deustche Welle radio Station.
After residing in Germany for nine years and the United States for nine years, Mo moved to Toronto, Canada in February 2003 with her wife Shahla and their four sons. In the year 2000, Mo and Shahla co-founded the Rumi Art Society, a domestic nonprofit organization whose mission is to express and celebrate the work of the renowned ancient Persian poet, intellectual, and educator Rumi by providing an artistic outlet for Austin's growing middle-eastern community and by exposing members of the Austin community to art forms and cultures with which they may not be familiar. Events sponsored and presented by the Rumi Art Society include a No-Rooz celebration of the Persian new year and other occasional events that combine music, dance, painting displays, poetry, and comedic performances. Mo and Shahla received several grants during 1998-2002 from the City Cultural Contracts in Austin, Texas.

Mo is committed to the goal of the Rumi Art Society, and, along with Shahla, is looking forward to continually expanding the artistic, cultural, and educational offerings of that organization to Toronto community. In the multiple dimensions of poetry, music, dance, comedy, and the visual arts, Mo proposes to evoke the rich beauty and spirituality inherent in the artwork of ancient Persia and also to create new works to add to this cultural heritage.