After evening classes at the Beaux Arts de Paris, Mehdi Khalvati enrolled as an auditor at ENSAD. He studied life drawing with Rémi Hanoir and Mathieu Gaudric. He then joined the Ateliers de Paris, where he took model-making classes with Philippe Jourdain. Keen to learn, Mehdi frequented exhibitions and museums. His interest is in figurative art, particularly nudes and portraits.