Biography
1957 | Born in Qazvin, Iran | |
1975 | Migrated to USA | |
1983 | BA from the University of California at Berkeley, and moved to New York | |
1990 | First return to Iran after the Islamic Revolution | |
1993-97 | Photo series, Unveiling and Women of Allah | |
1998 | Solo Exhibition at Tate Gallery, London Solo Exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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1999 | Rapture and Turbulent won the International Award at the 48th Venice Biennale | |
2000 | Visual Art Award from the Edinburgh International Film Festival Grand Prix at Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea Solo Exhibition at Serpentine Gallery, London |
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2001 | Passage, a joint video installation with Philip Glass Solo Exhibition at Musée ďArt Contemporain de Montreal |
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2002 | Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, New York | |
2003 | ZeroOne Award, Universität der Künste, Berlin Bill Viola & Shirin Neshat at the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg |
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2005 | Hiroshima Art Prize, Hiroshima, Japan Solo Exhibition at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art |
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2006 | Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, New York | |
2008 | Cultural Achievement Award, Asia Society, New York | |
2009 | Women Without Men won Silver Lion at the 66th Venice Film Festival | |
2014 | Crystal Award at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland | |
2016 | USA Rockefeller Fellow, United States Artists, New York | |
2017 | The Home of My Eyes, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy Dreamers, Gladstone Gallery, New York Looking for Oum Kulthum premiered |