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Shirazeh Houshiary
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| Born | January 15, 1955 Shiraz, Iran
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| Alma mater | Chelsea School of Art |
| Occupation | Sculptor, installation artist, painter |
Shirazeh Houshiary is a famous artist known for her sculptures, paintings, and installation art. She was born in Iran but now lives and works in London, England. Her art often explores deep ideas about life and the universe.
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About Shirazeh Houshiary
Shirazeh Houshiary was born on January 15, 1955, in Shiraz, Iran. She moved from her home country in 1973 to study art. From 1976 to 1979, she attended the Chelsea School of Art in London. After that, she was a junior fellow at Cardiff College of Art from 1979 to 1980.
Her Unique Art Style
Shirazeh Houshiary's art is special because it blends her Iranian background with modern art ideas. While other artists of her time, like Richard Deacon and Anish Kapoor, were also making sculptures, Shirazeh's work stood out. She often uses ideas from Sufism, which is a mystical way of thinking from the Islamic world. She also gets inspiration from the famous 13th-century Persian poet, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi. Her art often explores themes of spirituality and how everything in the world is connected.
Major Artworks and Recognition
Shirazeh Houshiary has received many important recognitions for her work.
Notable Projects
In 1994, she was nominated for the Turner Prize, which is a very important award for artists in the United Kingdom. This showed how much her work was valued in the art world.
One of her most famous works is the New East Window at the St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in London. This beautiful window was created in 2008 with Pip Horne. It's a stunning example of how art can transform a space.
In 2005, Shirazeh Houshiary also created a huge tower called Breath for a project in New York City. This artwork was part of the Creative Time Art on the Plaza series, where large-scale art is displayed in public spaces.
Exhibitions Around the World
Her art has been shown in many important museums and galleries worldwide. For example, her work was part of an exhibition called "Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 2006. She also participated in the 17th Biennale of Sydney in 2010, which is a large international art festival.
Shirazeh Houshiary has also worked with an animator named Mark Hatchard of Hotbox Studios. Together, they created animations for her gallery installations. These animations were shown at places like the Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York and the Lisson Gallery in London.
Her artworks are part of many major collections. You can find her pieces in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Tate in London.
Where Her Art Has Been Shown
Shirazeh Houshiary's art has been featured in many exhibitions, both by herself and with other artists. Here are a few examples:
Solo Shows
- Shirazeh Houshiary, Lisson Gallery, London (1984)
- Dancing Around My Ghost, Camden Arts Centre, London (1988)
- Turning Around the Centre, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1993)
Group Shows
- New Art at the Tate Gallery, Tate Gallery, London (1983)
- The Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London (1994)
- Contemporary British Art in Print, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh (1995)
See also
- List of Iranian women artists
