Xirin is an Iranian, New-York based multidisciplinary artist whose work studies the intimacy, erotics, and tensions embodied within normative romance, emphasizing the ways idealistic notions of attachment cause pain. In her work (composed of installation, painting, performance, and video), she frequently uses the form of the duet to explore how larger social power structures locate themselves within intimate relationships and to investigate what it means to love men as a feminist within patriarchy.
Recently, Xirin has performed at CUE Art Foundation, A.I.R. Gallery, the Jewish Museum, Knockdown Center, and Pioneer Works. Her writing is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her work has been featured in publications such as Pitchfork, Vestoj, and PAPER magazine. Alongside Kembra Pfahler, she frequently organizes performance art events in New York, known as Incarnata Social Club. Xirin received her BA from Sarah Lawrence and her MFA from Columbia University.