Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat is known for her hauntingly beautiful explorations of Islam and gender relations.  Over the past 15 years, Neshat has created provocative expressions drawn on her personal experiences in exile, and on the widening political and ideological rift between the West and the Middle East. By 1998, when Neshat began experimenting with film and video installations, she met Iranian artist/filmmaker, Shoja Azari. They began a collaboration which has led to numerous important video pieces such as the trilogy—”Turbulent” (1998), “Rapture” (1999), and “Fervor” (2000)—about gender roles in the restrictive Islamic society.

FILMOGRAPHY

2009 Zanan-e bedun-e mardan/Women Without Men
2005 Zarin
2004 Mahdokht
2003 The Last Word
2002 Fervor
2002 Possessed
2002 Tooba
2002 Passage
2000 Soliloquy
1999 Rapture
1998 Turbulent