Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 26, 1957
Place of Birth
Qazvin, Iran
Credits
27 titles
Shirin Neshat
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di Parma
Director
Oh, What Happy Days!
War Paint: Women at War
Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
The Fury
Director
Land of Dreams
Director
Body of Truth
Self
The Colony
Director
Land of Dreams
Director
Looking for Oum Kulthum
Director
Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival
Stage Director
Roja
Director
Sarah
Director
Illusions & Mirrors
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
Axis of Light
Women Without Men
Director
Zarin
Director
9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York
Possessed
Director
Tooba
Director
K
Housekeeper
Passage
Director
Fervor
Director
Rapture
Director
Soliloquy
Turbulent
Director