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Shirin Neshat
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 a…
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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 basic human rights, particularly 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.” Neshat has been recognized countless times for her work, from winning the International Award of the XLVIII Venice Biennale in 1999, to winning the Silver Lion for best director at the 66th Venice Film Festival in 2009, to being named Artist of the Decade by Huffington Post critic G. Roger Denson. Neshat is a critic in the photography department at the Yale School of Art.
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2026
Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di Parma
Movie Director
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2025
Oh, What Happy Days!
Movie
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2025
War Paint: Women at War
Movie Self
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2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie Self
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2023
The Fury
Movie Director
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2022
Land of Dreams
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2020
Reflections of Shirin Neshat
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2020
Body of Truth
Movie Self
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2019
Land of Dreams
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2019
The Colony
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2017
Looking for Oum Kulthum
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2017
Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival
Movie Stage Director
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2016
Roja
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2016
Sarah
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
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2011
Axis of Light
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2009
Women Without Men
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2005
Zarin
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2003
Possessed
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2002
Tooba
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2002
K
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2001
Passage
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2000
Fervor
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1999
Rapture
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1999
Soliloquy
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1998
Turbulent
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Paradise Lost
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