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Shoja Azari (Persian: شجاع آذری) is an Iranian-born visual artist and filmmaker based in New York City. He is known for his films and multimedia installations. Early life and education [ edit ]
His work is brave (as his first name, Shoja, suggests, in Persian), cleverly inquisitive, and unaffected. And yet, these aren’t the only reasons why we find ourselves seduced by Shoja Azari’s très originale aesthetic. Azari’s work on the globally well-received series, Icons, was based on “images that I saw everywhere in Iran,” he tells us. “I […]
Nov 21, 2013 · Leila Heller Gallery is showing new works by Shoja Azari. Painting installations and video works cover multi-layered messages that combine myth and reality f...
Shoja Azari was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1958. As a teenager, Azari experimented with short films, and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution involved himself in underground culture – literature, theater, and politics. After moving to New York in 1983, he received a Master’s degree in Psychology from New York University. He met artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat in 1997, and they have developed a body of collaborative work, which includes video installations, short films and a multimedia ...
Oct 7, 2010 · Shoja Azari. By Eleanor Heartney. October 7, 2010 12:06pm. Since Warhol, art’s flirtations with popular imagery have often been associated with entertainment and consumerism. If political at ...
Shoja Azari. Photograph Source. From Leila Heller Gallery. Shoja Azari was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1958. As a teenager, Azari experimented with short films, and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution involved himself in underground culture – literature, theater, and politics. After moving to New York in 1983, he received a Master’s degree in ...
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Dec 14, 2013 · Born in Shiraz, Iran in 1958, Shoja Azari is an artist and filmmaker who has lived in New York since 1983. His work has been exhibited globally, with solo shows throughout Europe and North America. Azari has participated in exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, at museums such as the Haus der Kulturen, Germany and the MUSAC, Spain, and at art fairs including Art Basel, Switzerland, ARCO, Spain, and Art Dubai, UAE.
