1. A feminist artist in exile
Shirin Neshat
A feminist artist in exile

2. Shirin’s Story Most Famous Contemporary Iranian Artist Left Iran 1974
Earned BA, MA, MFA at University of California at Berkley
Moved to NY 1983
Returned to Iran 1990

3. Early Work Women of Allah series Her concept/directed
She appeared in many
Women in chadors, some with guns
Persian Poetry and Calligraphy

4. Experienced a feeling of being trapped between two cultures
Two battles criticism and pride
“Voice of my people”
Power of artist
Enact change
Unsettle the powerful
Protest
Artists are a threat to regime
A Political Forum

5. Inspirations Started from a personal place Women Martyrdom
Intersection of God/Faith and Violence/Cruelty
More to lose than men
Green Party
Black and white body of work
Films- same topics

6. Story Telling Through Art
Nomadic artist Morocco, Turkey, Mexico, anywhere, pretends it’s Iran
Films~ short and feature length, same subject matter
Women Without Men
Turbulent (short)
Stories of women who lost their children
Stories of women who lost their voices
Political as well as feminist stories
Story Telling Through Art

7. Showings Guggenheim (collection online) US Turkey UK Denmark Slovenia
Spain
Germany
New Zealand
Mexico
Brazil
Canada
Slovenia
Italy
Netherlands
(and just about everywhere else)

9. Works Cited Photos (in order of slides)
AZQuotes.com:
Shirin Neshat in her studio working on Roja from "The Book of Kings" series | Photo: David Regen. Pintrest:
Rahim (Our House Is on Fire), Photograph by Larry Barns/Courtesy Gladstone Gallery. NPR:
Speechless from the Women of Allah series, Photograph by Larry Barns/Courtesy Gladstone Gallery. NPR:
Stories of Martyrdom, Wide Walls:
Bonding, Mutual Art:
Offered Eyes from the Women of Allah series, at-the-hirshhorn/

10. Works Cited Informational ContentCV
Ted Talk
Guggenheim Online
Encyclopedia Britanica (Iranian Revolution information)
NPR contrasts-in-black-and-white
Wide Walls