DescriptionThis capstone report consists of an essay followed by a catalogue of a virtual art exhibition that can be found in two formats: 1. A presentation on Prezi, permanently live: http://prezi.com/tdz-jx5u6ndc 2. A 3D virtual gallery exhibition, live until May 13, 2017: https://publish.exhibbit.com/28086777/by-sima-shabani-supervisor-dr-martin-rosenberg The artworks for the virtual exhibition are selected to provide visual examples to support the hypothesis suggested in this essay. In the essay, I argue that the political and social events of an artist’s era influence their creative visions and, therefore, their artistic creations. Being a woman of Iranian origin, and my own life being severely influenced by the political events of the last four decades in Iran, I have focused on the works of contemporary Iranian women artists. The sociopolitical event in Iran that I have examined for this research is the Islamic Revolution of 1979. I have compared and contrasted the works by three categories of artists, to demonstrate that the artists from the same generation who have lived through the same event, in this case, the revolution of 1979, share many commonalities in their works, specifically in their representation of Iranian female identity. In contrast, the artworks by the younger generation of artists, who were not alive at the time of the revolution, and lived their entire lives under different social norms, are different from those by the older artists, particularly in their portrayal of Iranian female identity. The collection of artworks displayed in this virtual exhibition is an accurate demonstration of the dichotomy in the essence of works by the younger and older generation artists. The older generation, having experienced a westernized style of freedom for women during the pre-Islamic era of Iran, recurrently portray views and themes, such as the loss of female liberation, oppression, and despair. In contrast, the younger artists, who have lived their entire lives under strict Islamic laws of the current Iranian government, particularly those regarding women, frequently demonstrate ideas such as universal feminist issues, openness, appreciation of female sensuality and sexuality, and also resilience.