Shirin Neshat is a visual artist known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. She was born in Qazvin, Iran and now lives and works in New York City.
Neshat has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Walker in Minneapolis, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City and the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjevik. She was included in Prospect 1, the 2008 New Orleans Biennial and documenta XI and has also participated in several film festivals including the Chicago International Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, Sundance, and the Venice and Cannes Film Festivals.
Neshat is the recipient of the Lillian Gish Prize, the First International Prize at the 48th Venice Biennale, the Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship, and the 2000 Alpert Award in the Arts. A major retrospective of her work, organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts, will open in 2013.
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