Shirazeh Houshiary
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Shirazeh Houshiary (born 1955) is an Iranian installation artist and sculptor. She is a former Turner Prize nominee, and works in England.
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[edit] Life and work
Shirazeh Houshiary (born in Iran) left her native country in 1973. She attended Chelsea School of Art, London (1976–9) and was a Cardiff College of Art junior fellow at (1979–80). She resides in London.
She was identified with other young sculptors of her generation such as Richard Deacon and Anish Kapoor, but her work was distinct from theirs in the strong Persian influence which it displayed, though sharing with Kapoor a spiritual concern. Her ideology draws on Sufi mystical doctrine and Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian mystic and poet from the 13th century.[1]
She was a nominee for the 1994 Turner Prize, which was won by Antony Gormley.
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Biography" tate.org.uk. Accessed September 13, 2006
