biography of Shirin NESHAT (1957)
Personal data
Birth : 1957 - Qazvin, Iran
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Iran - United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesRepresentatives
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont – 38, avenue Matignon – Paris, France
Galerie Kamel Mennour – 60 rue Mazarine – Paris, France
Patrick Painter, Inc. – 2525 Michigan Avenue, #B2 – Santa Monica CA, United States
Thomas Rehbein Galerie – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
Education
1979 – 1982 : UC University of California (MFA) – Berkeley CA, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1992:Residency at Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY, USA.
1979:When the Islamic Revolution overtook her homeland, Neshat was exiled and couldn’t return until 11 years later.
Prizes
1999
1999 : International Prize of V – Venice VE, Italy
Context: d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia (06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999)
Awarded by : La Biennale di Venezia – 1364/a Ca’ Giustinian – Venice VE, Italy
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Bromoil gelatin silver print
Drawing-Watercolor : Ink
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Film - Video
Subject
Traditional culturewomen
religion
Movements and styles
Contemporary art IranianWorks
Passage | |
Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Cibachrome print Size : 99 x 153 cm | |
Soliloquy | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : 35 mm film Technical data : 15' | |
Rapture | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Video Technical data : 13' | |
Repture Series | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print | |
Untitled | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Size : 114 x 178 cm | |
Allegiance with Wakefulness | |
Date of creation : 1994 Medium : Gelatin silver print | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
New works
Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont – Paris, France
05/2008
2003
Vidéoformes
Musée d’Art Roger Quilliot – Clermont-Ferrand, France
03/18/2003 – 04/22/2003
2002
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
06/16/2002 – 09/08/2002
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Richmond VA, United States
04/06/2002 – 06/02/2002
The Shadow under the Web
Musée Château – Annecy, France
04/05/2002 – 04/29/2002
Shirin Neshat
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
01/30/2002 – 05/05/2002
2001
Multi Media Performance
The Kitchen – New York NY, United States
2001
MACM Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – Montréal QC, Canada
09/29/2001 – 01/13/2002
Shirin Neshat
Irish Museum of Modern Art – Dublin, Ireland
09/14/2001 – 01/31/2002
2000
Dallas Museum of Art – Dallas TX, United States
2000
Wexner Center for the Arts – Columbus OH, United States
2000
1999
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1999
Galerie Jerôme de Noirmont – Paris, France
1999
1998
La Maison Européenne de la Photographie – Paris, France
1998
Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1998
1996
Marco Noire Contemporary Art – San Sebastiano PO, Italy
1996
1993
The Franklin Furnace – New York NY, United States
1993
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Marco Noire Contemporary Art – Via Brichetto 23 – San Sebastiano PO, Italy
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galeria Filomena Soares – Rua da Manutenção, 80 – Lisbon, Portugal
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Marco Noire Contemporary Art – Via Brichetto 23 – San Sebastiano PO, Italy
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Thomas Rehbein Galerie – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Kamel Mennour – 60 rue Mazarine – Paris, France
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galleri Faurschou – St. Strandstraede 21 – Copenhagen, Denmark
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Guido Costa Projects – Via San Francesco di Paola, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Fabien Fryns Fine Art – UBS Cultural Center Avenue Playas del Duque s/n – Marbella, Spain
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Marco Noire Contemporary Art – Via Brichetto 23 – San Sebastiano PO, Italy
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Fabien Fryns Fine Art – UBS Cultural Center Avenue Playas del Duque s/n – Marbella, Spain
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Thomas Rehbein Galerie – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Kamel Mennour – 60 rue Mazarine – Paris, France
Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
07/27/2000 – 07/30/2000
Represented by : Fong / Heimerdinger Fine Art Photographs – The Phelan Building # 258 760 Market Street – San Francisco CA, United States
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Thomas Rehbein Galerie – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galleri Christian Larsen – Karlaplan 7 – Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Marco Noire Contemporary Art – Via Brichetto 23 – San Sebastiano PO, Italy
ART Paris – art moderne et création contemporaine
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
09/16/1999 – 09/20/1999
Represented by : Galerie Kamel Mennour – 60 rue Mazarine – Paris, France
Group exhibitions
2005
Translation
Paris, France
06/23/2005 – 09/18/2005
2003
Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004
2002
Utopie quotidiane
PAC Padiglione de Arte Contemporanea – Milan MI, Italy
10/2002 – 01/2003
Outer and Inner Space
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Richmond VA, United States
2002
Moving Pictures
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
06/28/2002 – 01/12/2003
Logic of the Birds: A performance installation
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
06/20/2002 – 06/23/2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
2001
Femmes etc…
Abbaye du Ronceray – Angers, France
10/2001 – 11/18/2001
Objective
American-European Fine Art – New York NY, United States
12/05/2001 – 01/26/2002
The Meditarranean : A New Wall ?
Culturgest – Lisbon, Portugal
10/17/2001 – 12/30/2001
New Directions in Photography
Winston Wachter Fine Art – Seattle WA, United States
2001
On the Way to the Screen. Video of the 90s
Expo -Park/Exhibition Projects – Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
2001
Tirana Biennale 1 – Escape
National Gallery – Tirana, Albania
09/15/2001 – 10/15/2001
Border Stories, n° 9 – Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia
Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio – Turin TO, Italy
09/06/2001 – 10/07/2001
A Way with Words: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
01/19/2001 – 03/30/2001
2000
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
02/2000 – 05/2000
Partage d’exotismes – 5ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon, France
06/27/2000 – 09/24/2000
Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000
Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000
1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
1998
Unfinished History
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
10/18/1998 – 01/10/1999
1997
Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997
On Life, Beauty, Translations and Other Difficulties – 5th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
10/05/1997 – 11/09/1997
1996
Jurassic Technologies Revenant – Biennale of Sydney n°10
Sydney NSW, Australia
07/27/1996 – 09/22/1996
1995
Orientation : The Vision of Art in A Paradoxical World – 4th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
11/10/1995 – 12/10/1995
Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Art Fair catalogues
2001
Art Moscow, 5th International Art Fair
Publisher: Expo -Park/Exhibition Projects – Office 165 Krymsky Val, 10 – Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
2001
Books
2002
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497
2001
Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3822858544
Exhibition catalogues
2001
Tirana Biennale 1
Publisher: Giancarlo Politi Editore – Via Carlo Farini 68 – Milan MI, Italy
Preface Writer: Robecchi Michele – Milan MI, Italy
2001
ISBN : 8878161225
2000
Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049
Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999
1999
Shirin Neshat, Rapture
Publisher: Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont – 38, avenue Matignon – Paris, France
Author: Rondeau James
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
Monographies
2001
Shirin Neshat
Publisher: Edizioni Charta – Via della Moscova 27 – Milan MI, Italy
Author: Milani Farzaneh
2001
Periodicals
2002
STECH Fabian – La documenta 11
in: Paris Photo Magazine International n° 22 p. 68
Paris, France
09/2002-10/2002
MÜLLER Silke – Documenta 11
in: Art das Kunstmagazin p. 14
Hamburg, Germany
06/2002
VAN HOOF Marine – Le vent souffle dans les voiles
in: Art Press n° 279 p. 34
Paris, France
05/2002
PAGNUCCO SALVEMINI Lorella – Identità Negate
in: ArteIn n° 77 p. 56
Milan MI, Italy
02/2002-03/2002
2001
POLLACK Barbara – The New Look of Feminism
in: ARTnews n° 100-08 p. 132
New York NY, United States
09/2001
Guía de bolsillo para el coleccionista reciente
in: El Periodico del Arte n° 47 p. 43
Madrid, Spain
08/2001-09/2001