Adel Abidin

♂ *1973 / Iraq

Works

Solo exhibitions

Musical Manifest

Turku Art Museum, Turku (FI)
17 Nov 2023 – 12 Jan 2024
Michael

EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo (FI)
21 Aug 2019 – 26 Jan 2020
YA! <font color="#A5A6A6"> | </font> يا

Tanit Beyrouth, Beyrouth (LB)
22 Jan 2019 – 20 Mar 2019
BETWEEN POP MUSIC, TERROR AND SEDUCTION

Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
12 Aug 2016 – 4 Sep 2016
Symphony I

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines (US)
12 Jul 2013 – 8 Sep 2013
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Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
23 Sep 2012 – 11 Nov 2012
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Artopia, Milano (IT)
12 May 2011 – 2 Jul 2011
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Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (FR)
21 May 2011 – 30 Jun 2011
Memory and Assumption

Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca (ES)
9 Jul 2010 – 19 Sep 2010
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Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
12 Feb 2010 – 25 Apr 2010

Group

I AM ONE ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT

Studio la Citta, Verona (IT)
7 Jun 2021 – 16 Sep 2021

with Nadim Asfar, Roy Dib, Simone Fattal, Gilbert Hage, Rania Matar, Randa Mirza
Shared dreams

Works from the Heino Art Foundation collection

Oulun City Art Museum, Oulu (FI)
5 Oct 2019 – 26 Jan 2020

with Elina Brotherus, Ilkka Halso, Anita Jensen, J. A. Juvani, Otto Karvonen, Pekka Luukkola, Susanna Majuri, Sami Parkkinen, Tamara Piilola, Marja Pirilae, Charles Sandison, Iiu Susiraja …
VERGESSENE AUFKLÄRUNGEN

Unbekannte Geschichten über den Islam in der zeitgenössischen Kunst

HALLE 14, Leipzig (DE)
27 Apr 2019 – 14 Aug 2019

with Erkan Oezgen, Azadeh Akhlaghi, Feriel Bendjama, Anahita Razmi
THEN / NOW - Perspectives On Memory

Contemporary Finnish photography and video art

ROSPHOTO, Saint-Petersburg (RU)
6 Dec 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with Veli Granoe, Mikko Haiko, Marja Helander, Laura Horelli, Elina Juopperi, Anni Kinnunen, Jaana Kokko, Raakel Kuukka, Raakel Kuukka, Pekka Niittyvirta, Hanna Ojamo, Sirpa Paeivinen …
MUSCLE MEMORY

Kunst Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
1 Apr 2017 – 11 Jun 2017

with Ahmet Oeguet, Marisa Maza, Sophia Pompéry
FACE TO FACE

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
13 Mar 2015 – 7 Feb 2016

with Lauri Astala, Tracey Emin, Marjaana Kella, Heta Kuchka, Johanna Lecklin, Esko Maennikkoe, Jorma Puranen, Seppo Renvall, Nina Roos
This Is Not a Love Song

Interfaces between visual arts and pop music

La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona (ES)
22 May 2013 – 13 Oct 2013

with Vito Acconci, Ana Laura Alaez, Charles Atlas, John Baldessari, Judith Barry, Joseph Beuys, Guillaume Bijl, Dara Birnbaum, Olaf Breuning, Carles Congost, Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon …
All You Need Is LOVE: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku

Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Exhibition

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
26 Apr 2013 – 1 Sep 2013

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Billingham, Sophie Calle, Gohar Dashti, Jim Dine, Nan Goldin, Shilpa Gupta, Mako Idemitsu, Alfredo Jaar, Mary Kelly, Barbara Kruger, Asada Masashi …
Trade Routes

Hauser & Wirth, London (GB)
3 May 2013 – 27 Jul 2013

with Guelsuen Karamustafa, Bharti Kher, Bettina Pousttchi, Wael Shawky
In anderen Worten. Der Schwarzmarkt der Übersetzungen

mit zeitgenössischen Kulturen handeln

Kunst Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
3 Mar 2012 – 15 Apr 2012

with Marwa Arsanios, Kader Attia, Julien Audebert, Elena Bellantoni, Braco Dimitrijevic, Mounir Fatmi, Christoph Keller, Daniel Knorr, Takehito Koganezawa, Oliver Laric, Timo Nasseri, Rosangela Renno …
Acqua Ferita / Wounded Water

Six Iraqi artists interpret the theme of water

Venice Biennale - IQ, Venezia (IT)
4 Jun 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Halim al Karim, Ali Assaf, Azad Nanakeli
Patria o Libertad! On Patriotism, Immigration and Populism

MOCA Contemporary Art, Toronto (CA)
9 Sep 2011 – 30 Oct 2011

with Maja Bajevic, Nezaket Ekici, Elena Kovylina, Santiago Sierra, Shahzia Sikander
The Changing Room: Arab Reflections on Praxis and Times

Spazio Qubì, Torino (IT)
23 Sep 2011 – 22 Oct 2011

with Kader Attia, Colonel & Khaled D. Ramadan, Ahmed El Shaer, Khaled Hafez, Steve Sabella, Larissa Sansour
SCREAMING FROM THE MOUNTAIN

LANDSCAPES AND VIEWPOINTS

Kunstsilo, Kristiansand (NO)
25 Jun 2011 – 25 Sep 2011

with Milena Bonilla, Ann Böttcher, Elina Brotherus, A K Dolven, Matias Faldbakken, Fischli & Weiss, Preben Holst, Sabine Hornig, Sasha Huber, Isaac Julien, Pasi Karjula, Karen Kilimnik …
Localities

Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde (DK)
10 Sep 2010 – 7 Nov 2010

with Esra Ersen, Khalil Rabah, Wael Shawky
17th Biennale of Sydney

THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
12 May 2010 – 1 Aug 2010

with AES+F, Makoto Aida, Brook Andrew, Miguel Angel Rios, Kutluğ Ataman, Kader Attia, Lara Baladi, Roger Ballen, John Bock, Jota Castro, Dana Claxton, Marcus Coates …
Export-Import

The International Finns in Contemporary Art

Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (FI)
16 Jan 2010 – 28 Feb 2010

with Elina Brotherus, Laura Horelli, Hannu Karjalainen, Ola Kolehmainen
becoming a part of it

Dagmar Schmidla Galerie, Köln (DE)
8 Nov 2008 – 31 Jan 2009

with Andreas Herzau
DIGITAL MEDIA

LA NAU, Valencia (ES)
17 Apr 2008 – 10 May 2008

with Kristina Frei, Shilpa Gupta, Hannu Karjalainen, Jaana Kokko, Heta Kuchka, Pietro Mancini, Robert Morgan, Michael Najjar, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Roi Vaara, Sergio Zavattieri
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

Göteborg Biennial, Göteborg (SE)
25 Aug 2007 – 25 Nov 2007

with Lida Abdul, AES+F, Jane Alexander, Melik Ohanian, Anri Sala, Santiago Sierra, Sislej Xhafa
Welfare - Fare Well

Venice Biennale - NORDIC, Venezia (IT)
10 Jun 2007 – 21 Nov 2007

Events

OFFSCREEN 2026

Installations, Still and Moving images

OFFSCREEN, Paris (FR)
20 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026

with Josef Achrer, Barbara Bloom, Antony Cairns, Andrea Geyer, Aglaia Konrad, Ibrahim Mahama, Ana Mendieta, Boris Mikhailov, Laurent Millet, Ken Ohara, Giovanni Ozzola, Thomas Paquet …
Art Basel Qatar 2026

Art Basel, Doha (Qatar)
5 Feb 2026 – 7 Feb 2026

with Sophia Al-Maria, Halil Altindere, Kutluğ Ataman, Mustapha Azeroual, Meriem Bennani, Ali Cherri, Simone Fattal, Ângela Ferreira, Shilpa Gupta, Mona Hatoum, Iman Issa, Hassan Khan …
NGV Triennial

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
15 Dec 2017 – 15 Apr 2018

with Einat Amir, Candice Breitz, Olaf Breuning, Hassan Hajjaj, Myong Ho Lee, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Nathaniel Mellors, Richard Mosse, Zanele Muholi
7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art

Clouds ⇄ Forest

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
19 Sep 2017 – 18 Jan 2018

with Matthew Barney, Bahar Behbahani, Bjoerk, Hussein Chalayan, Rohini Devasher, Olafur Eliasson, Justine Emard, Cecile B. Evans, Forensic Architecture, Theaster Gates, Gauri Gill, Joey Holder …
Adel Abidin - Videokünstler

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
8 Feb 2009