Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat is internationally revered for her photographic, video and film work. She has had solo exhibitions at The Broad, Los Angeles (2019–20); Museo Correr, Venice (2017); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC (2015); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2006); and Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2005). Neshat’s work was included in the Venice Biennale in 1999 and documenta-11 in 2002. Neshat is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Praemium Imperiale Award in Tokyo (2017), the Crystal Award, World Economic Forum (2014), the Silver Lion, 66th Venice Film Festival (2009), and the First International Prize at the 48th Venice Biennale.

Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat, Land of Dreams, 2019 (video still). © Shirin Neshat. Courtesy the artist; Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels; and Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Cape Town and London

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