Abbas Akhavan

Solo exhibitions

Abbas Akhavan

Dazibao, Montréal (CA)
24 Apr 2025 – 14 Jun 2025

Group

Gathering Ground

Tate Modern, London (GB)
29 Jan 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

with ZHENG Bo, Carolina Caycedo, Bruce Conner, Gauri Gill
Sharjah Biennial 13 Act I

Tamawuj

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
10 Mar 2017 – 12 Jun 2017

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Kader Attia, Ismail Bahri, Yto Barrada, Abdelkader Benchamma, Ursula Biemann, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Mariana Castillo Deball, Jonathas de Andrade, Koo Donghee, Inci Eviner, Harun Farocki …
Common Grounds

Villa Stuck, München (DE)
12 Feb 2015 – 17 May 2015

with Parastou Forouhar, Babak Golkar, Dor Guez, Susan Hefuna, Bouchra Khalili
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL

L'avenir (looking forward)

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
22 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Edgar Arceneaux, Nicolas Baier, Taysir Batniji, Amanda Beech, Ursula Biemann, Raymond Boisjoly, Andrea Bowers, Matthew Buckingham, Simon Denny, Charles Gaines, Ryan Gander, Babak Golkar …
10th Gwangju Biennale: Burning Down the House

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
5 Sep 2014 – 9 Nov 2014

with Jane Alexander, Charles Atlas, Andrea Bowers, AA Bronson, Lee Bul, Banu Cennetoglu, Heman Chong, Jonathas de Andrade, Jeremy Deller, Jack Goldstein, Sharon Hayes, Robert Heinecken …
Performa 11 - biennial of new visual art performance

Performa, New York (US)
1 Nov 2011 – 21 Nov 2011

with Julieta Aranda, Robert Ashley, Gerard Byrne, Tamar Ettun, Tamar Ettun, James Franco, Simon Fujiwara, Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, Ragnar Kjartansson, Liz Magic Laser, Guy Maddin …
Seeing is believing

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
11 Sep 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Adel Abdessemed, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Kenneth Anger, Paul Chan, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Adrian Paci, Taryn Simon, Hito Steyerl, Akram Zaatari
Changing Stakes: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Dubai

Mercer Union, Toronto (CA)
9 Sep 2011 – 29 Oct 2011

with Lamya Gargash, Armin Linke
THE STATE: SOCIAL / ANTI-SOCIAL?

The Third Line Gallery, Dubai (AE)
21 Sep 2011 – 20 Oct 2011

with Arwa Abouon, Fouad Elkoury, Tracey Emin, Hassan Hajjaj, Susan Hefuna, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Youssef Nabil, Anahita Razmi
Long Distance: Between Location and Emotion

The Third Line Gallery, Dubai (AE)
2 Jun 2007 – 7 Jul 2007

with Remi Arora

Events

14th Gwangju Biennale

Soft and weak like water

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
7 Apr 2023 – 9 Jul 2023

with Emilija Škarnulyte, Larry Achiampong, Farah Al Qasimi, Melanie Bonajo, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Latifa Echakhch, Taloi Havini, Sky Hopinka, Yee I-Lann, Arthur Jafa, Yuki Kihara, Meiro Koizumi …
Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp

triennial of contemporary art

Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans (US)
18 Nov 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with John Akomfrah, Rebecca Belmore, Sonia Boyce, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Edgar Cleijne, Donna Conlon, Genevieve Gaignard, Ellen Gallagher, Gauri Gill, Alfredo Jaar, Rashid Johnson, Kiluanji Kia Henda …