Shirin Neshat
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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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