Shirin Kavin (-Winiger, born 1984 into a Swiss-Iranian family) is a self-taught artist based in Zurich. Previously living and working in Berlin (2007 – 2010) and in Vienna (2014 – 2019). With an exceedingly sensitive and equally uncompromising imagery, the artist constantly devotes herself to examining human existence while experimenting with photography, sculptural objects, poetry, et al.