Shirin Neshat

Iranian artist, film director, and photographer (born 1957)

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Qazvin, Iran

Shirin Neshat ( شیرین نشاط‎, born March 26, 1957 Qazvin) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the spaces between these subjects. Since Iran has undermined…

Known for

War Paint: Women at War — Self2025
Oh, What Happy Days!2025
Can Creativity Save the World? — Self2024
Body of Truth — Self2020
Reflections of Shirin Neshat — Self2020
Axis of Light2011
9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York2005
K — Housekeeper2002
Soliloquy1999

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Key facts

Born: ( 1957-03-26 ) March 26, 1957 (age 69) , Qazvin , Imperial State of Iran
Education: University of California, Berkeley ( BA , MA , MFA )
Known for: Mixed media performance, video installations , photography
Notable work: The Shadow under the Web (1997), Speechless (1996), Women without Men (2004) Rapture (1999)
Movement: Contemporary art
Spouse: Kyong Park (divorced)
Partner: Shoja Azari
Awards: Silver Lion Venice Film Festival , Golden Lion Venice Biennale

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Shirin
Gender: female
Citizenship: Iran
Place of birth: Qazvin
Occupation: visual artist
Educated at: University of California, Berkeley
Languages spoken: Persian
Native language: Persian
Religion: Islam
Award: Goethe Medal
Academic degree: Master of Fine Arts
Field of work: visual arts
Movement: contemporary art
Image: Viennale talk (2), Shirin Neshat.jpg
Work location: New York City
Residence: New York City
Political ideology: secularism

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Commons category: Shirin Neshat
name in native language: شیرین نشاط
date of birth: 1957-03-26
unmarried partner: Shoja Azari
ethnic group: Iranian peoples
copyright representative: Shirin Neshat

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Shirin Neshat, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Shirin Neshat (Persian: شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian photographer and visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininity and masculinity, public life and private life, antiquity and modernity, and bridging the spaces between these subjects.

Since the Islamic Revolution, she has said that she has "gravitated toward making art that is concerned with tyranny, dictatorship, oppression and political injustice. Although I don’t consider myself an activist, I believe my art – regardless of its nature – is an expression of protest, a cry for humanity.”

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