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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1957|09|18}}<ref name="noirecontemporaryartgallery">{{cite web|url=http://www.noiregallery.com/shoja-azari|title=Noire Contemporary Art Gallery Artists|publisher=Noire Contemporary Art Gallery|accessdate=2014-06-16}}</ref> |
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|birth_place=[[Shiraz]], [[Pahlavi dynasty|Iran]] |
| birth_place = [[Shiraz]], [[Pahlavi dynasty|Iran]] |
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|alt=Shoja Azari during the Vienna International Film Festival in 2009 |
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|caption=<br>Shoja Azari at the Vienna International <br>Film Festival in 2009 |
| caption = <br>Shoja Azari at the Vienna International <br>Film Festival in 2009 |
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| residence = New York City |
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|occupation= Artist, filmmaker, photographer |
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'''Shoja Azari''' is an Iranian-born visual artist and filmmaker based in [[New York City]] |
'''Shoja Azari''' is an Iranian-born visual artist and filmmaker based in [[New York City]].<ref name="theguardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/dec/09/fake-idyllic-life-shoja-azari-review|title=FAKE: Idyllic Life by Shoja Azari - review|last=|first=|date=2013-12-09|website=The Guardian News|publisher=theguardian.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=2014-06-12}}</ref> He is known for films such as, [[Women Without Men (2009 film)|Women Without Men]] (2009), Windows (2006) and [[K (2002 film)|K]] (2002) based on 3 of [[Franz Kafka]]'s short stories ("The Married Couple," "[[In the Penal Colony]]" and "A Fratricide"). |
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== Biography == |
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Azari was born in Shiraz, Iran, trained as a filmmaker in New York in the 1970s before returning to Iran for the Revolution in 1979.<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/shoja-azari_n_4312369.html|title=Artist Uses YouTube And 19th Century Orientalist Painting To Explore Views of the Middle East|publisher=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=2014-06-12}}</ref> He then permanently returned to the U.S., where he later became artistic and romantic partners with artist [[Shirin Neshat]]. Azari's film and multimedia installations have been increasingly showcased in galleries and museums around the world.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/arts/design/23azari.html?pagewanted=all|title=The New York Times|publisher=nytimes.com|accessdate=2014-06-12}}</ref> He is ethnic Persian despite the last name.<ref name="studiointernational">{{cite web|url=http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/shirin-neshat-interview-home-of-my-eyes-yarat-baku-azerbaijan-photography?pagewanted=all|title=Shirin Neshat: ‘Nothing is more powerful than human expression’|publisher=studiointernational.com|accessdate=2015-05-04}}</ref> |
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Azari was born in [[Shiraz]], [[Iran]]. He is ethnically [[Persian people|Persian]], despite the last name.<ref name="studiointernational">{{cite web|url=http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/shirin-neshat-interview-home-of-my-eyes-yarat-baku-azerbaijan-photography?pagewanted=all|title=Shirin Neshat: ‘Nothing is more powerful than human expression’|publisher=studiointernational.com|accessdate=2015-05-04}}</ref> Azari trained as a filmmaker in New York in the 1970s before returning to Iran for the Revolution in 1979.<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/shoja-azari_n_4312369.html|title=Artist Uses YouTube And 19th Century Orientalist Painting To Explore Views of the Middle East|publisher=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=2014-06-12}}</ref> He then permanently returned to the U.S. In 1997, he first met artist [[Shirin Neshat]] when she was assembling a team to create her first video “Turbulent”.<ref name=":0" /> Azari and Neshat became artistic and romantic partners.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/arts/design/23azari.html|title=Shoja Azari Puts New Faces on Islamic History|last=Kino|first=Carol|date=2010-05-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Azari's film and multimedia installations have been increasingly showcased in galleries and museums around the world.<ref name=":0" /> His first solo exhibition in New York occurred in 2010 at the Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery.<ref name=":0" /> |
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He is divorced and has one son, Johnny B. Azari, a musician.<ref name=":0" /> |
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*{{cite news |last=Kino |first=Carol |date=May 19, 2010 |title=Putting New Faces on Islamic History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/arts/design/23azari.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, NY |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=2014-06-12}} |
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.noiregallery.com/shoja-azari |title=Noire Contemporary Art Gallery Artists |accessdate=2014-06-16}} |
*{{cite web |url=http://www.noiregallery.com/shoja-azari |title=Noire Contemporary Art Gallery Artists |accessdate=2014-06-16}} |
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Revision as of 22:19, 16 May 2018
Shoja Azari | |
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 Shoja Azari at the Vienna International Film Festival in 2009 | |
| Born | September 18, 1957[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, filmmaker, photographer |
Shoja Azari is an Iranian-born visual artist and filmmaker based in New York City.[2] He is known for films such as, Women Without Men (2009), Windows (2006) and K (2002) based on 3 of Franz Kafka's short stories ("The Married Couple," "In the Penal Colony" and "A Fratricide").
Biography
Azari was born in Shiraz, Iran. He is ethnically Persian, despite the last name.[3] Azari trained as a filmmaker in New York in the 1970s before returning to Iran for the Revolution in 1979.[4] He then permanently returned to the U.S. In 1997, he first met artist Shirin Neshat when she was assembling a team to create her first video “Turbulent”.[5] Azari and Neshat became artistic and romantic partners.[5]
Azari's film and multimedia installations have been increasingly showcased in galleries and museums around the world.[5] His first solo exhibition in New York occurred in 2010 at the Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery.[5]
He is divorced and has one son, Johnny B. Azari, a musician.[5]
References
- ^ "Noire Contemporary Art Gallery Artists". Noire Contemporary Art Gallery. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "FAKE: Idyllic Life by Shoja Azari - review". The Guardian News. theguardian.com. December 9, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Shirin Neshat: 'Nothing is more powerful than human expression'". studiointernational.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "Artist Uses YouTube And 19th Century Orientalist Painting To Explore Views of the Middle East". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Kino, Carol (May 19, 2010). "Shoja Azari Puts New Faces on Islamic History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
External links
- "Noire Contemporary Art Gallery Artists". Retrieved June 16, 2014.
