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Shirin Neshat Biography
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1957 |
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Born in Qazvin, Iran
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1990 |
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Recipient of a Sponsored Project Grant, New York State Council on the Arts
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1992 |
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Artist in Residence, Henry Street Settlement, New York
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1995 |
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Recipient of a Mid-Atlantic Photography Fellowship
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1995 |
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Recipient of an Art Matters Grant
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1996 |
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Recipient of a New York Foundation for Arts Photography Fellowship
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1996 |
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Recipient of a grant from Tiffany Foundation
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1999 |
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First International Prize, 48th Venice Biennale
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1999 |
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Prize for Best Project, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
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2000 |
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CalArts, Alpert Award in the Arts, Pasadena, CA
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2000 |
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Visual Art Award, “Herald Angel," Edinburgh International Festival
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2000 |
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Grand Prix, Kwangju Biennale, Seoul, Korea
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2001 |
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Visiting Artist, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
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2002 |
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Infinity Award for Visual Art, International Center for Photography, New York
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2003 |
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Honoree at The First Annual Risk Takers in the Arts
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2003 |
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Celebration, given by The Sundance Institute, New York
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2003 |
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ZeroOne Award, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
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2003 |
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Fine Art Prize, Heitland Foundation, Celle, Germany
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2005 |
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Award, Hiroshima City Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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“Shirin Neshat,” Gladstone Gallery, New York
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2008
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“Shirin Neshat: New Works,” Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris
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2008
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“Women Without Men,” ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
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2008
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“Me Ophelia,” The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, NL
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2008
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“Stereotypes,” The Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
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2008
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“Wanderers in Contemporary Video Art,” Museo Civico, Commune di Siena, Siena, Italy
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2007
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“Foto.Kunst,” Essl Museum, Vienna
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2007
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"Kunst Film Biennale," Köln
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2007
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"Ten Years," Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
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2007
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"So Close / So Far Away," BE-Part Platform voor actuele kunst, Waregem
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2007
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"Weltempfänger," Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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2007
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“Shirin Neshat,” Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
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2006
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“Shirin Neshat,” Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
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2006
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“Shirin Neshat,” Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland (solo)
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2006
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”Shirin Neshat: The Last Word,” Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (solo)
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2006
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“Shirin Neshat,” Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
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2006
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"Kapital," Kent Gallery, New York
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2006
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"Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection," Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki
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2006
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"A Selected State," emily Tsingou gallery, London, England
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2006
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"Reverence," Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
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2005
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“Zarin,” Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo)
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2005
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum Für Gegenwart, Berlin (solo)
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2005
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Leon, Spain (solo)
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2005
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Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan (solo)
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2005
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“Remapped Realities,” Eyebeam, New York
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2005
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“Some Stories,” Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria
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2005
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“Figure It Out,” Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
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2004
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Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand (solo)
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2004
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“Non Toccare La Donna Bianca:, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Turin
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2004
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“In Bed”, Toyota Art Museum, Japan
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2004
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“From Bonifatius to Beuys,” Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany
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2004
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“The Parallell World of Marrakech,” Lille 2004, France
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2003
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“Tooba” Asia Society Museum, New York (solo)
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2003
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Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
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2003
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Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
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2003
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Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (solo)
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2003
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“ICP Triennial of Photography and Video,: International Center of Photography, New York
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2003
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“Bill Viola and Shirin Neshat,” The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
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2003
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“Fantasies of the Harem and the New Sherezades," Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona
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2003
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"The Natural Cosmos," Staadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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2002
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Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2002
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Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (solo)
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2002
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Banco di Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (solo)
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2002
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Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (solo)
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2002
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"Diversions," Contemporary Art Museum, Baltimore
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2002
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"Synopsis II-Theologies,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
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2002
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"Alter Ego,” Jean-Gabriel Mitterand Galerie, Paris
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2002
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"Moving Pictures," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York
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2001
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“Galerie Farschou, 1986-2001,” Galeri Farschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2001
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“Fervor,” Tensta Konsthall, Spanga, Sweden
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2001
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"New Acquisitions from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
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2001
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Biennial de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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2001
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Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Miami Art Museum (solo)
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2001
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Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
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2001
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Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo)
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2000
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Serpentine Gallery, London (solo)
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2000
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Pitti Discovery, Florence, Italy (solo)
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2000
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Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2000
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Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy (solo)
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2000
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Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio (solo)
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2000
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"Corpo Chimico,” Cá di Fra, Milan, Italy
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2000
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"Photography Now: An International Survey of Contemporary Photography," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Lousiiana
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2000
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"Erresitentziak/Resistencias," Koldo Mitxelena, Donostia-San Sebastian
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2000
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"La Beauté in Avignon," Avignon, France
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1999
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"Heaven: An Exhibition That Will Break Your Heart," Tate Gallery Liverpool, England
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