From 26 October to 15 December 2012, Art Plural Gallery presented the inaugural solo exhibition of New York-based artist of Iranian descent, Shirin Neshat in Southeast Asia. The exhibition titled Shirin Neshat: Games of Desire featured photography and video works from her Games of Desire series.
About Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat was born in Qazvin, Iran, and moved to the United States in 1974. She currently lives and works in New York. She has held several solo exhibitions, including the National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Athens; ARoS Kunstmuseum, Arhus, Denmark; Stedelijik Museum, Amsterdam; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Leon, Spain; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Canada; Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli-Turin; Dallas Museum of Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Serpentine Gallery, London. She has taken part in Documenta XI, the 1999 Venice Biennale, and the 2000 Whitney Biennale. She has been awarded the First International Award at the 48th Venice Biennale, the Hiroshima Freedom Prize, and the Lillian Gish Prize.
