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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.
Undaunted Art: Interview with Iranian Artist, Shoja Azari. Sanaz Khalaj-Santos. Original Image from the "Interrupted" series, By: Shoja Azari (Courtesy of LTMH Gallery) His work is brave (as his first name, Shoja, suggests, in Persian), cleverly inquisitive, and unaffected.
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.
Oct 7, 2010 · So it is bracing to encounter the work of Iranian-born Shoja Azari, which is deeply engaged with a distinct vernacular culture. Azari, a respected filmmaker and frequent collaborator with his...
In his disquieting work Idyllic Life, Shoja Azari builds on and plays against this precious art form. His starting point is a projected image of a vastly magnified sixteenth-century manuscript page depicting an arcadian setting of a princely palace and surrounding town.
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.
Shoja Azari was born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1958. He moved to New York City in 1983 and received an M.A. in Psychology from New York University. In 1997 he met artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat, and together they have created a body of work (short films, video installations, and a multimedia theater piece) that has been exhibited around the world.
May 19, 2010 · Azari is now co-writer and co-director on all her film and video projects. “It was turbulent, literally,” he said of that first project. “Shirin was married, and I had a...
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.
Shoja Azari (b. 1958) lives and works in New York City. Azari's short film merges live action filmmaking with miniature painting. 'The King of Black' is based on a 12th century illustrated poem, Haft Paykar (The Seven Beauties) completed by the Azerbaijani poet Nizami in 1197.
