Allan Daniel Collection" was a companion exhibition shown in an adjacent room. "Make Believe" also featured 4 other contemporary photographers: Hellen van Meene, Paolo Ventura, Nicholas Kahn, and Richard Selesnick. Solo exhibitions Shadi Ghadirian’s first solo exhibitions were at Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran and Leighton House Museum in London, UK, both in 1999. Since, Ghadirian has held solo exhibitions all over the world, mostly in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Ghadirian’s work exists in public collections at The British Museum and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK; the Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris, France; the LACMA in California, USA; The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, USA; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA; the Mumok in Vienna, Austria; Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie in Aurillac, France; the Devi Art Foundation in Gurgaon, India; and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran. 1999- Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran; Leighton House Museum, London, UK 2001- Exhibition at Fnac, Paris, France 2002- Villa Moda, Kuwait 2006- French Cultural Centre, Damascus, Syria; Al-Ma’mal Foundation, Jerusalem, Palestine 2007- B21 Gallery, Dubai; Photography Festival of Istanbul, Turkey 2008- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA; Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran; Tasveer Gallery, Bangalore, India 2009- Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium; FCG Düsseldorf, Germany; Co2 Gallery, Rome, Italy; Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris, France 2010- Guild Art, Mumbai, India 2011- Queen Gallery, Toronto, Canada; Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran 2012- The International Photo Festival, Kusadasi, Turkey 2013- Podbielsky Contemporary Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Ploum’expo, Ploumagoar, France; Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbai, India 2014- Foto Galeria Lang, Zagreb, Croatia; Aban Gallery, Mashhad, Iran 2015- Dar Al Funoon Gallery, Kuwait; “The Others Me”, officine dell’Immagine Gallery, Milan, Italy Awards In 1995, Ghadirian won a competition for a photograph from her Qajar series depicting two women in hijabs holding a mirror reflecting banned books in a shelf. However, the ministry of culture in Iran called the photograph “too contentious”, and her piece was disqualified from the competition. For this, The Guardian deems her a “rule breaker”. On February 4, 2009, The Guardian named Ghadirian, “Artist of the Week 27”. Publications .Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh, Sous la direction de, "La photographie iranienne, Un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran", L'Atelier d'édition Loco/Silk Road Gallery, 2011, 191 pages References External links "Shadi Ghadirian: A Retrospective" Review Slideshow of photographs, hosted on the Daily Telegraph website Features a selection of images from the