Shirin Neshat

1957. Born in Qazvin, Iran

• All
• Shows (351)
• Move (1)
• Education (3)
• Awards (15)
• Art Fairs (21)
• Biennials (17)

• 1990

• 1990

  Recipient of a sponsored project grant, New York State Council on the Arts

• 1999

  Received her First International Prize, Winner of Golden Lion International Prize in the 48th Venice Biennale for the work "Rapture"

• 1999

  Prize for best project, ARCO, Madrid

• 2000

• 2000

  Grand Prize at the Gwangju Biennale

• 2000

  CalArts, Winner of Alpert Award in the Arts, Pasadena, CA

• 2002

  Obtained Award for Visual Art, International Center for Photography, New York

• 2003

  Honore at the First Annual Risk Takers in the Arts Celebration, Given by The Sundance Institute, New York

• 2003

  Winner of ZeroOne Award, Universität der Künste, Berlin

• 2003

  Award & Grant, Fine Art Prize, Heitland Foundation, Celle

• 2005

  Hiroshima Art Prize, Hiroshima City Museum of Art, Hiroshima

• 2006

  The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, New York

• 2008

  Cultural Achievement Award, Asia Society, New York

• 2009

  The Best Director Award, for "Women without Men", 66th Venice Film Festival

• 2009

  Cinema for Peace Special Award, Hessischer Filmpreis

• 2010

• 2014

  Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Davos