Akram Zaatari

♂ *1966 / Lebanon

Works

Solo exhibitions

Father and Son

Thomas Dane Gallery, Napoli (IT)
23 Apr 2024 – 13 Jul 2024
three snapshots and a long exposure

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (DE)
27 Apr 2022 – 27 Aug 2022
The Script

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (GB)
23 Mar 2019 – 12 May 2019
The Fold - Space, time and the image

FotoFocus Biennial 2018

CAC Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
5 Oct 2018 – 10 Feb 2019
Letter to a Refusing Pilot

Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö (SE)
26 May 2018 – 30 Sep 2018
Against Photography An annotated history of the Arab Image Foundation

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
11 May 2018 – 19 Aug 2018
Against Photography

An Annotated History of the ARAB IMAGE FOUNDATION / Eine kommentierte Geschichte der ARAB IMAGE FOUNDATION

K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
18 Nov 2017 – 25 Feb 2018
Letter to a refusing pilot

MOMENTA | Biennale de l'image

Dazibao, Montréal (CA)
6 Sep 2017 – 14 Oct 2017
AGAINST PHOTOGRAPHY

AN ANNOTATED HISTORY OF THE ARAB IMAGE FOUNDATION

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
6 Apr 2017 – 24 Sep 2017
Unfolding

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (DE)
2 Feb 2017 – 18 Mar 2017
Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright

Videobrasil , São Paulo (BR)
3 Sep 2016 – 3 Dec 2016
Letter to a Refusing Pilot

Thomas Dane Gallery, London (GB)
23 Sep 2016 – 5 Nov 2016
Akram Zaatari

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (CH)
20 May 2016 – 31 Jul 2016
The End of Time

The Common Guild, Glasgow (GB)
8 Apr 2016 – 19 Jun 2016
Unfolding

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
7 Mar 2015 – 16 Aug 2015
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Salt Beyoglu, Istanbul (TR)
2 Dec 2014 – 4 Feb 2015
This Day at Ten

WIELS Centre d'art contemporain, Brussels (BE)
21 Feb 2014 – 27 Apr 2014
On Photography People and Modern Times

Thomas Dane Gallery, London (GB)
27 Nov 2013 – 1 Feb 2014
Letter to a Refusing Pilot

Venice Biennale - LB, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013
Projects 100

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
11 May 2013 – 23 Sep 2013
MCA Screen

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
29 Sep 2012 – 12 May 2013
55th Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale - LB, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2012 – 24 Nov 2012
Composition for Two Wings

Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) , Vilnius (LT)
20 Apr 2012 – 20 May 2012
The End

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (DE)
21 Jan 2012 – 23 Apr 2012
Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright

MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (US)
10 Feb 2012 – 8 Apr 2012
Composition for Two Wings

Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
4 Nov 2011 – 22 Jan 2012
The Uneasy subject

MUSAC Museo de Arte, León (ES)
29 Jan 2011 – 5 Jun 2011
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BALTIC Centre Contemp Art, Gateshead (GB)
22 Jul 2009 – 20 Sep 2009
Earth of Endless Secrets

Galerie Sfeir-Semler Beirut, Beyrouth
22 Jul 2009 – 1 Sep 2009
Akram Zaatari & Arab Image Foundation

Kunstverein München, München (DE)
28 Mar 2009 – 10 May 2009
Objects of study

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (DE)
26 Jan 2007 – 28 Apr 2007
Unfolding

Portikus, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
30 Oct 2004 – 5 Dec 2004

Group

BUT I WORLD I SEE YOU* / Aber ich. Die Welt. Ich sehe. Dich

9. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Karimah Ashadu, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji, Marcel Broodthaers, Helen Chadwick, Hannah Darabi, Tacita Dean, Willie Doherty, Marcel Duchamp, Fischli & Weiss, William Henry Fox Talbot …
Domestic Displacement

MAC - Gibellina, Gibellina (IT)
26 Jun 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Regina Jose Galindo, Anya Gallacio, Mona Hatoum, Paolo Icaro, William Kentridge, Anna Maria Maiolino, Shirin Neshat, Olu Oguibe, Amalia Pica, Mustafa Sabbagh, Santiago Sierra
Atlante

Thomas Dane Gallery, Napoli (IT)
3 Feb 2026 – 2 May 2026

with Teju Cole, Luigi Ghirri, Claudio Parmiggiani, Anri Sala
MMCA Collection - Otherlands II

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
3 Jun 2025 – 17 Aug 2025

with Wael Shawky
Figure–Ground

Ab-Anbar Gallery, London (GB)
16 Apr 2025 – 28 Jun 2025

with Sherko Abbas, Jananne Al-Ani, Babak Kazemi, Omar Mismar
AMONG THE INVISIBLE JOINS

Werke aus der Sammlung Enea Righi

MUSEION, Bolzano (IT)
28 Sep 2024 – 2 Mar 2025

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Nairy Baghramian, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Lothar Baumgarten, Neil Beloufa, Sonia Boyce, Lisetta Carmi, Trisha Donnelly, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ryan Gander, Dora Garcia …
Logos. Le immagini parlano

FMAV - Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena (IT)
15 Sep 2023 – 14 Feb 2024

with Elina Brotherus, Cesare Colombo, Walker Evans, Nan Goldin, Naoya Hatakeyama, Mimmo Jodice, Dayanita Singh, Edward Weston, Miwa Yanagi
Logos. Le immagini parlano

FMAV - Palazzo, Modena (IT)
15 Sep 2023 – 11 Feb 2024

with Elina Brotherus, Cesare Colombo, Walker Evans, Nan Goldin, Naoya Hatakeyama, Mimmo Jodice, Edward Weston, Miwa Yanagi
Full Burn

Video from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
11 Mar 2023 – 10 Sep 2023

with ZHENG Bo, Tony Cokes, Alex Da Corte, Zackary Drucker, Rhys Ernst, Mario Garcia Torres, Jesper Just, Stanya Kahn, Tala Madani, Joiri Minaya, Michele O’Marah, James Richards …
My Your Memory

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
8 Apr 2022 – 7 Aug 2022

with Cyprien Gaillard, Anri Sala
15. ISTANBUL BIENNALE

15 Artists / Limited Editions

Galerie Jörg Heitsch, München (DE)
24 Jun 2021 – 17 Jul 2021

with Francis Alys, Nevin Aladag, Halil Altindere, Ayse Erkmen, Inci Eviner, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Adrian Villar Rojas
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
16 Oct 2020 – 17 Mar 2021

with Bas Jan Ader, Laurie Anderson, Kenneth Anger, Knut Asdam, Richard Avedon, Adam Bartos, Richard Billingham, Cassils, Sam Contis, John Coplans, Jeremy Deller, Rineke Dijkstra …
THE INVENTED HISTORY

KINDL – Zentrum Kunst, Berlin (DE)
13 Sep 2020 – 21 Feb 2021

with Yael Bartana, Anna Dasovic, Jean Ulrick Desert, Maryam Jafri, Larissa Sansour, Maja Weyermann
Technology Transformation

Fotografie und Video in der Kunstsammlung

K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
12 Sep 2020 – 24 Jan 2021

with Ed Atkins, John Baldessari, Dara Birnbaum, Marcel Duchamp, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Wade Guyton, Candida Hoefer, Spiros Hadjidjanos, Juergen Klauke, Boris Mikhailov, Bruce Nauman …
Deep Sounding - History As Multiple Narratives

Deep Sounding - Geschichte als multiple Erzählung

daadgalerie, Berlin (DE)
20 Jun 2019 – 11 Aug 2019

with Maria Thereza Alves, Heba Y. Amin, Yael Bartana, Eric Baudelaire, Rossella Biscotti, Mariana Castillo Deball, Minerva Cuevas, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Runo Lagomarsino, Maha Maamoun, David Maljkovic, Naeem Mohaiemen …
group exhibition

Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (NL)
9 Sep 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with Dora Garcia, Sharon Hayes, Emily Jacir, Carlos Motta, WU Tsang
SWINGERS

Greene Naftali Gallery, New York (US)
26 Oct 2018 – 15 Dec 2018

with Marie Angeletti, Barbara Kruger, Josephine Pryde, Heji Shin
Beirut, Beyrut, Bayrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout

Oslo Fine Art Society, Oslo (NO)
15 Mar 2018 – 10 Jun 2018

with Ziad Antar, Ahmad Ghossein, Lamia Joreige, Stephanie Saade, Tanya Traboulsi, Raed Yassin
Unboxing Photographs.

Working in the Photo Archive / Arbeiten im Fotoarchiv

Kunstbibliothek , Berlin (DE)
16 Feb 2018 – 27 May 2018

with JUTOJO, Ola Kolehmainen, Joachim Schmid
Home Beirut. Sounding the Neighbors

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
15 Nov 2017 – 20 May 2018

with Haig Aivazian, Ziad Antar, Marwa Arsanios, Eric Baudelaire, Tony Chakar, Ali Cherri, Fouad Elkoury, Ahmad Ghossein, Mona Hatoum, Hatem Imam, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Lamia Joreige …
In Rebellion. Female Narratives In The Arab World

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
14 Sep 2017 – 28 Jan 2018

with Tamara Abdul Hadi, Leila Alaoui, Ghada Amer, Nadia Benchallal, Zohra Bensemra, Diana El Jeroudi, rana elnemr, Rula Halawani, Farida Hamak, Nermine Hammam, Mona Hatoum, Amal El Kenawy …
Double Take

Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation

National Portrait Gallery, London (GB)
27 Mar 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Hashem el Madani
In Search of the Present

EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo (FI)
12 Oct 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with Harun Farocki, Maria Friberg, Camille Henrot, Sasha Huber, Yazan Khalili, Elke Krystufek, Antti Laitinen, Jonathan Monk, Erwin Olaf, Pascale Marthine Tayou
The expert eye

L’œil de l’expert- La photographie contemporaine

Musée Nicéphore, Chalon-sur-Saone (FR)
18 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Mac Adams, Ziad Antar, Patrick Bailly-Maitre-Grand, Roger Ballen, John Batho, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Bruno Boudjelal, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Elina Brotherus, Francois Burgun, Robert Burley, Michel Campeau …
A History: Contemporary Art from the Centre Pompidou

Zeitgenössische Kunst aus dem Centre Pompidou

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
25 Mar 2016 – 4 Sep 2016

with Pawel Althamer, Maja Bajevic, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji, Christian Boltanski, Mohamed Bourouissa, Sophie Calle, Ayse Erkmen, Harun Farocki, Samuel Fosso, Michel Francois, Coco Fusco …
Imperfect Chronology: Mapping the Contemporary I

Barjeel Art Foundation Collection

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
26 Apr 2016 – 14 Aug 2016

with Yto Barrada, Mona Hatoum, Khaled Hourani, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Mohammed Kazem, Maha Maamoun, Basim Magdy, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
Counterpoints: Photography Through the Lens of Toronto Collections

Art Museum Toronto, Toronto (CA)
6 May 2016 – 30 Jul 2016

with Iain Baxter, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ernest James Bellocq, Rebecca Belmore, Richard Billingham, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Robert Burley, Edward Burtynsky, Harry Callahan, Sarah Charlesworth, Lynne Cohen …
Art from Elsewhere

International Contemporary Art from UK Galleries

Arnolfini, Bristol (GB)
22 Apr 2016 – 17 Jul 2016

with Shirin Aliabadi, Emily Jacir, Amar Kanwar, Beat Streuli
Le monde entier jusqu'à aujourd'hui

Villa du Parc - Centre d'Art Contemporai, Annemasse (FR)
28 Mar 2015 – 30 May 2015

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Hanne Darboven, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Christian Marclay, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
Open Rhapsody

A journey into photography and video collections

Beirut Exhibition Center, Beyrouth (LB)
2 Mar 2015 – 19 Apr 2015

with Ziad Antar, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin, Walead Beshty, Ali Cherri, Larry Clark, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Fouad El Khoury, Elger Esser, Lucas Foglia …
10th Gwangju Biennale: Burning Down the House

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

with Abbas Akhavan, Jane Alexander, Charles Atlas, Andrea Bowers, AA Bronson, Lee Bul, Banu Cennetoglu, Heman Chong, Jonathas de Andrade, Jeremy Deller, Jack Goldstein, Sharon Hayes …
Yokohama Triennale 2014

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama (JP)
1 Aug 2014 – 3 Nov 2014

with Bas Jan Ader, Eric Baudelaire, Marcel Broodthaers, Dora Garcia, Jack Goldstein, Michael Landy, Rene Magritte, Ana Mendieta, Pierre Molinier, Melvin Moti, Takuma Nakahira, Ikko Narahara …
Yokohama Triennale 2014

Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama (JP)
1 Aug 2014 – 3 Nov 2014

with Bas Jan Ader, Eric Baudelaire, Marcel Broodthaers, Joseph Cornell, Dora Garcia, Jack Goldstein, Rene Magritte, Ana Mendieta, Pierre Molinier, Melvin Moti, Ikko Narahara, Shinro Ohtake …
Kunst/Geschichten

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
26 Jul 2014 – 26 Oct 2014

with Kader Attia, Lothar Baumgarten, Marcel Broodthaers, Stan Douglas, Harun Farocki, Omer Fast, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Andrea Fraser, Andrea Geyer, Dan Graham, Kurt Kaindl, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group) …
Reading Cinema, Finding Words: Art after Marcel Broodthaers

Nat. Museum Modern Art, Tokyo (JP)
22 Apr 2014 – 1 Jun 2014

with Marcel Broodthaers, Pierre Huyghe, Isaac Julien, Anri Sala, Cindy Sherman, Dayanita Singh, Ana Torfs, Miwa Yanagi
Archive State

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
20 Jan 2014 – 6 Apr 2014

with Arianna Arcara, Simon Menner, David Oresick, Luca Santese, Thomas Sauvin
18th International Contemporary Art Festival

Sesc_Videobrasil:30th Anniversary

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
5 Nov 2013 – 2 Feb 2014

with Haig Aivazian, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Bakary Diallo, Hámos Gusztáv, Ana Prata, Katja Pratschke, Gregg Smith, Zafer Topaloglu
In the Heart of the Country

The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

MoMA Warsaw, Warszawa (PL)
14 May 2013 – 6 Jan 2014

with Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Wojciech Bakowski, Miroslaw Balka, Yael Bartana, Cezary Bodzianowski, Geta Bratescu, Ivan Brazhkin, Rafal Bujnowski, Duncan Campbell, Olga Chernysheva, Anne Collier …
Reading Cinema, Finding Words

Art after Marcel Broodthaers

The National Museum, Kyôto (JP)
7 Sep 2013 – 27 Oct 2013

with Eric Baudelaire, Marcel Broodthaers, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Isaac Julien, Anri Sala, Cindy Sherman, Dayanita Singh, Koki Tanaka, Ana Torfs, Ming Wong, Miwa Yanagi
John Bock, Keren Cytter, Paul Pfeiffer, Gillian Wearing, and Akram Zaatari

Regen Projects, Los Angeles (US)
14 Sep 2013 – 26 Oct 2013

with John Bock, Keren Cytter, Paul Pfeiffer, Gillian Wearing
fALSEfAKES - VRAIFAUXSEMBLANTS

4th photo-triennal 50 JPG (50 Jours pour la Photographie à Genève)

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
5 Jun 2013 – 28 Jul 2013

with Vlado Alonso, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Ariane Arlotti, Ariane Arlotti, Eric Baudelaire, Hippolyte Bayard, Emmanuelle Bayart, Valerie Belin, Beltracchi, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Mohamed Bourouissa, Fernando Brito …
Privat / Privacy

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
1 Nov 2012 – 3 Feb 2013

with Michel Auder, Evan Baden, Evan Baden, Richard Billingham, Stan Brakhage, Stan Brakhage, Sophie Calle, Tracey Emin, Tracey Emin, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Leo Gabin, Leo Gabin …
Privat / Privacy

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
1 Nov 2012 – 3 Feb 2013

with Michel Auder, Evan Baden, Evan Baden, Richard Billingham, Stan Brakhage, Stan Brakhage, Sophie Calle, Tracey Emin, Tracey Emin, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Leo Gabin, Leo Gabin …
Six Lines of Flight

Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
15 Sep 2012 – 31 Dec 2012

with Yto Barrada, Tiffany Chung, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Dinh Q. Le, Ciprian Muresan, The Propeller Group
Liverpool Biennial 2012: The Unexpected Guest

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
15 Sep 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Ahmet Oeguet, Doug Aitken, Janine Antoni, Yael Bartana, Andrea Bowers, Dora Garcia, Simryn Gill, Dan Graham, Mona Hatoum, Jakob Kolding, Jiri Kovanda, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset …
Arab Express: The Latest Art from the Arab World

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
16 Jun 2012 – 28 Oct 2012

with Halim al Karim, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Rula Halawani
dOCUMENTA (13)

documenta, Kassel (DE)
9 Jun 2012 – 16 Sep 2012

with Lida Abdul, Bani Abidi, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Kader Attia, Judith Barry, Gerard Byrne, Kudzanai Chiurai, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Attila Csoergoe, Manon de Boer …
Photography: New Documentary Forms

Tate Modern, London (GB)
1 May 2011 – 31 Mar 2012

with Luc Delahaye, Mitch Epstein, Boris Mikhailov, Guy Tillim
17th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
30 Sep 2011 – 11 Dec 2011

with Carlos Adriano, Basma Alsharif, Lara Arellano, Aya Eliav & Ofir Feldman , Lixin Bao, Danillo Barata, Felipe Barros, Anna Baumgart, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Felipe Bittencourt, Tatiana Blass, Ricardo Carioba …
12th International Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
17 Sep 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Eddie Adams, Claudia Andujar, Edgardo Aragon, Marwa Arsanios, Kutluğ Ataman, George Awde, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Taysir Batniji, Letizia Battaglia, Mathew B. Brady, Chris Burden, Tammy Rae Carland …
Seeing is believing

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

with Adel Abdessemed, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Abbas Akhavan, Kenneth Anger, Paul Chan, Alfredo Jaar, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Adrian Paci, Taryn Simon, Hito Steyerl
Frieze Art Fair - Video and photo based art

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Annelies Strba, Marina Abramovic, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Haluk Akakçe, Francis Alys, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Pawel Althamer, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Michel Auder, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari …
Sharjah Biennial 10

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
16 Mar 2011 – 16 May 2011

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Hala Alani, Ziad Antar, Atfal Ahdath (Vartan Avakian, Hatem Imam & Raed Yassin), Yto Barrada, Judith Barry, Bahar Behbahani, Ammar Bouras, Jem Cohen, Trisha Donnelly, Harun Farocki, Mariam Ghani …
Breaking News

FMAV - Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena (IT)
27 Nov 2010 – 13 Mar 2011

with Philip Kwame Apagya, Yto Barrada, Yael Bartana, Taysir Batniji, Jodi Bieber, Mounir Fatmi, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Bob Gosani, Pieter Hugo, Goddy Leye, Daniel Naude …
50 JPG 2010

50 Jours pour la Photographie

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
4 Jun 2010 – 31 Jul 2010

with Claudia Andujar, Roy Arden, Ariella Azoulay, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mabe Bethônico, Ursula Biemann, Christian Boltanski, Marcelo Brodsky, Banu Cennetoglu, Martin Dammann, Michele Dantini, Jeremy Deller …
La revanche de l'archive photographique

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
4 Jun 2010 – 31 Jul 2010

with Claudia Andujar, Roy Arden, Ariella Azoulay, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mabe Bethônico, Ursula Biemann, Christian Boltanski, Marcelo Brodsky, Banu Cennetoglu, Martin Dammann, Michele Dantini, Jeremy Deller …
Zeichen setzen

Anschein, Präsenz und Auftreten in Beirut, Bonn, Kairo und Fez/Rabat

Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (DE)
19 Jul 2009 – 4 Oct 2009

with Doa Aly, Yto Barrada, Matti Braun, Katrin Mayer, Henrik Olesen, Jalal Toufic
Arabs Cosmovisions

Casa Árabe, Madrid (ES)
3 Jun 2009 – 30 Sep 2009

with Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Hicham Benohoud, Hala Elkoussy, Nermine Hammam
38th International Film Festival Rotterdam

InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam IFF, Rotterdam (NL)
21 Jan 2009 – 1 Feb 2009

with Chantal Akerman, Roy Arden, Rosa Barba, Neil Beloufa, Sebastian Buerkner, Miguel Calderon, Seoungho Cho, Tony Cokes, Martha Colburn, Bruce Conner, Jef Cornelis, Keren Cytter …
Video zone 4

The 4th International Video ArtBiennial in Israel

The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
25 Nov 2008 – 1 Dec 2008

with Bani Abidi, AES+F, Victor Alimpiev, Pawel Althamer, Boaz Arad, Yossiri (Huakom) Bausri, Neil Beloufa, Guy Ben-Ner, Atul Bhalla, Berry Bickle, Blue Noses, Andreas Bock …
The Third Guangzhou Triennial

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
6 Sep 2008 – 16 Nov 2008

with Jaishri Abichandani, Maria Thereza Alves, Daniel Andersson, Qiu Anxiong, Kaya Behkalam, Marc Behrens, Zarina Bhimji, Hisham Bizri, Jens Brand, Matthew Buckingham, Amy Cheung, CHEN Chieh-Jen …
LES INQUIETS / The Anxious

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
13 Feb 2008 – 19 May 2008

with Yael Bartana, Omer Fast, Rabih Mroue, Ahlam Shibli
Meeting Points

The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary ar, Cairo (EG)
4 Nov 2007 – 28 Nov 2007

with Yto Barrada, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
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Venice Biennale - LB, Venezia (IT)
10 Jun 2007 – 21 Nov 2007

with Mounira El-Solh, Fouad Elkoury, Lamia Joreige
The Venice Biennale - 52nd International Art Exhibition

Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense

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

with Ignasi Aballi, Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Mounira El-Solh, Francis Alys, Alexander Hnilitsky & Lesia Zaiats, Alterazioni Video, Ghada Amer, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Sonia Balassanian, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé …
Re-Thinking Beirut

aMAZE, Milano (IT)
27 Mar 2007 – 13 May 2007

with Michel Lasserre & Paola Yacoub, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
27th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
7 Oct 2006 – 17 Dec 2006

with Adel Abdessemed, Lida Abdul, Jane Alexander, Lara Almarcegui, Claudia Andujar, Yael Bartana, Mark Bradford, Marcel Broodthaers, Marcos Chaves, Loulou Cherinet, Minerva Cuevas, Tacita Dean …
Paranoia

Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea (GB)
4 Nov 2006 – 9 Dec 2006

with Maja Bajevic, Jeremy Deller, Douglas Fishbone, Juul Hondius, Santiago Sierra, Doron Solomons
Coding: Decoding

Kunsthallen Nikolaj, København (DK)
2 Sep 2006 – 5 Nov 2006

with Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Shahram Entekhabi, Lamia Joreige, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Jayce Salloum
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Parco di Monza, Monza (IT)
23 Jun 2006 – 1 Oct 2006

with Pierrot Men, Ron Nicolaysen, Gennady Ratushenko
PARANOIA

Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (GB)
29 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Maja Bajevic, Mircea Cantor, Jeremy Deller, Juul Hondius, Santiago Sierra, Doron Solomons, Juergen Teller, Milica Tomic
Zones of Contact: 2006 Biennale of Sydney

Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney (AU)
8 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Zarina Bhimji, Mona Hatoum, Sejla Kameric, Amar Kanwar, Hassan Khan, Raqs Media Collective, Jayce Salloum, Stephen Vitiello
15th Biennale of Sydney

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
8 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Anas Al-Shaikh, Navjot Altaf, Fikret Atay, Rebecca Belmore, Zarina Bhimji, Stella Brennan, Elina Brotherus, Olga Chernysheva, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Calin Dan, Tacita Dean, Evelina Deicmane …
Out of Beirut

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (GB)
13 May 2006 – 16 Jul 2006

with Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Lamia Joreige, Michel Lasserre & Paola Yacoub, Rabih Mroue, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Jalal Toufic
A picture of war is not war

Wilkinson Gallery, London (GB)
5 Jan 2006 – 12 Feb 2006

with Kamal Aljafari, Maja Bajevic, David Maljkovic, Renzo Martens, Hito Steyerl
PhotoCairo3

The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary ar, Cairo (EG)
11 Dec 2005 – 31 Dec 2005

with Ursula Biemann, Christoph Büchel, Giovanni Carmine, Osama Dawod, Sebastian Diaz Morales, rana elnemr, Iman Issa, Emily Jacir, Meiro Koizumi, Basim Magdy, Julika Rudelius, Fernando Sanchez Castillo …
Masculinities

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)
5 Nov 2005 – 18 Dec 2005

with Loulou Cherinet, LU Chunsheng, Cinema Suitcase, Bjoern Melhus, Chloe Piene, Mike Sale, Rommelo Yu
Flight 405

Galerie Sfeir-Semler Beirut, Beyrouth
9 Apr 2005 – 18 Jun 2005

with Elger Esser, Alfredo Jaar, Emily Jacir, Amal El Kenawy, Till Krause, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
Flight 405

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (DE)
31 Mar 2005 – 10 May 2005

with Elger Esser, Alfredo Jaar, Emily Jacir, Amal El Kenawy, Till Krause, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
Mapping Sitting: On Portaiture and Photography

Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York (US)
11 Jan 2005 – 2 Apr 2005

with Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
WARNING

MACT/CACT Ticino, Bellinzona (IT)
23 Oct 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

with Stefania Beretta, Elke Krystufek, Paolo Ravalico Scerri, Una Szeemann
SENI Singapore 2004: Art & the Contemporary

Singapore Art Museum - SENI Art Festival, Singapore (SG)
1 Oct 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Antranik Anouchian, Arahmaiani, Guy Benfield, Collectif Videotage, Daniel Crooks, XING Danwen, Destiny Deacon , Hashem el Madani, Shaun Gladwell, Heman Chong & Corinna Kniffki, Michael Lee Hong Hwee, Feng Mengbo …
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT, the 5th Biennial of Cetinje

National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje
20 Jul 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Marina Abramovic, Fikret Atay, Maja Bajevic, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Alban Hajdinaj, Mona Hatoum, IRWIN - Dusan Mandic, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, Borut Vogelnik, Sanja Ivekovic, Lamia Joreige, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Ali Kazma, Irena Lagator …
Mapping Sitting

Centre pour l'image, Genève (CH)
30 Apr 2004 – 20 Jun 2004

with Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
Mapping Sitting

Musée Nicéphore, Chalon-sur-Saone (FR)
20 Mar 2004 – 23 May 2004

with Antranik Anouchian, Hashem el Madani, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
Synopsis 3 - Testimonies: Between Fiction & Reality

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athína (GR)
10 Dec 2003 – 1 Mar 2004

with Kutluğ Ataman, Johan Grimonprez, William Kentridge, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Jayce Salloum, Allan Sekula, Ann-Sofi Siden, Fiona Tan, Gillian Wearing
14th Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival

Displacements

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
23 Sep 2003 – 4 Oct 2003

with Lucas Bambozzi, Danillo Barata, Roberto Bellini, Carlosmagno Rodrigues & Alonso Pafyeze, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Edgar Endress, Cao Guimaraes, Shilpa Gupta, Bouchra Khalili, Orlando Maneschy, Cesar Meneghetti, Marcello Mercado …
DisORIENTation

Zeitgenössische arabische Kunstproduktion aus dem Nahen Osten

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
20 Mar 2003 – 11 May 2003

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Jananne Al-Ani, Lamia Joreige, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
SAMTIDA ARABISK BILD: Beirut/Libanon . Contemporary Arab Representations

BildMuseet, Umeå (SE)
9 Feb 2003 – 21 Apr 2003

with Naji Assi, Tony Chakar, Michel Lasserre & Paola Yacoub, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Marwan Rechmaoui, Walid Sadek
Mapping Sitting

On portraiture and photography

Die Photographische Sammlung, Köln (DE)
20 Sep 2002 – 24 Nov 2002

with Walid Raad (The Atlas Group)
13th Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival

Fluxes, Fusions and Assimilations

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
19 Sep 2001 – 21 Oct 2001

with Lucas Bambozzi, Carlosmagno Rodrigues & Alonso Pafyeze, Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, Edgar Endress, Merilyn Fairskye, Gisela Motta & Leandro Lima, Cao Guimaraes, Gary Hill, Cesar Meneghetti, Marcello Mercado, Avi Mograbi, Wagner Morales …
12th Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival

Associação Cultural Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR)
23 Sep 1998 – 4 Oct 1998

with Lucas Bambozzi, Breda Beban, Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, Merilyn Fairskye, Cao Guimaraes, Takahiko Iimura, Marcello Mercado, Fabrizio Plessi, Doron Solomons

Events

9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026

Alliance Infinity Love - IN THE FACE OF THE OTHER

Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 22 Sep 2026

with Laura Aguilar, Halil Altindere, Helene A. Amouzou, Diane Arbus, Karimah Ashadu, Richard Avedon, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji …
18th Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
20 Sep 2025 – 23 Nov 2025

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Haig Aivazian, Karimah Ashadu, Mona Benyamin, Ipek Duben, Simone Fattal, Pelagie Gbaguidi, Ahmad Ghossein, Lungiswa Gqunta, Rafik Greiss, Maxime Hourani, Valentin Noujaïm …
The Sharjah Biennial 16

to carry

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
6 Feb 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Monira Al Qadiri, Heman Chong, Liu Chuang, Stephanie Comilang, Monica de Miranda, Cecile B. Evans, Alia Farid, Noemie Goudal, Aziz Hazara, Sky Hopinka, Adelita Husni-Bey …
Jogja Fotografis Festival

Jogja Fotografis Festival , Jakarta (ID)
18 Aug 2023 – 11 Sep 2023

with Yee I-Lann, Naeem Mohaiemen
Rencontres d'Arles 2021

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
4 Jul 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Campbell Addy, Bas Jan Ader, Farah Al Qasimi, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Laurie Anderson, Jean-Michel André, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Kenneth Anger, Maria José Arjona, Knut Asdam, Ananké Asseff, Richard Avedon …
VIDEONALE.18

FLUID STATES. SOLID MATTER

Videonale, Bonn (DE)
4 Mar 2021 – 18 Apr 2021

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Marwa Arsanios, Sadie Benning, Eli Cortinas, Thirza Cuthand, Anouk De Clercq, Kevin Jerome Everson, Dora Garcia, General Idea, Barbara Hammer, Kristin Lucas, Adrian Paci …
Art Basel 2019

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Farah Al Qasimi, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Becky Beasley, Hans Bellmer, Wallace Berman, Walead Beshty, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), John Bock, Inaki Bonillas, Sarah Charlesworth …
Sharjah Biennial 14

Leaving the Echo Chamber

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
7 Mar 2019 – 10 Jun 2019

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Sophia Al-Maria, Marwa Arsanios, Leo Asemota, Ursula Biemann, Hannah Black, Mohamed Bourouissa, Candice Breitz, Adriana Bustos, Ian Cheng, Christopher Cozier, Shezad Dawood …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
29 Mar 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with Michele Abeles, Marina Abramovic, Farah Al Qasimi, Sophia Al-Maria, Nevin Aladag, Darren Almond, Eric Baudelaire, Becky Beasley, Vanessa Beecroft, Jacopo Benassi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Fatma Bucak …
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018

Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life

Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi (IN)
12 Dec 2018 – 29 Mar 2019

with Brook Andrew, Tania Bruguera, Nathan Coley, SONG Dong, Valie Export, Chitra Ganesh, Chandan Gomes, Guerrilla Girls, Shilpa Gupta, Sunil Gupta, Rula Halawani, Sunil Janah …
FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL 2018

OPEN ARCHIVE

FotoFocus Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
4 Oct 2018 – 7 Oct 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Vito Acconci, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Aziz + Cucher, Richard Billingham, Karl Blossfeldt, LIU Bolin, Nick Brandt, Sebastiaan Bremer, Francis Bruguire …
DUESSELDORF PHOTO 2018

Around fifty museums, cultural institutions and galleries will present over 100 photographers

DUESSELDORF PHOTO, Düsseldorf (DE)
16 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Anna Grzelewska, Lynn Hershman, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Kasten, Herlinde Koelbl, Timm Rautert, Thomas Ruff, Stefan Schneider, Kris Scholz, Alec Soth, Charles Wilp
Duesseldorf Photo Weekend 2018

Duesseldorf Photo Weekend, Düsseldorf (DE)
16 Feb 2018 – 18 Feb 2018

with Shirin Abedinirad, Horst Adameit, Mohamad Al Roumi, Christoph Bangert, David Burdeny, Michael Dannenmann, Samira Eskandarfar, Benedict J. Fernandez, Petar Grubor, Anna Grzelewska, Gary Gunderson, Sonja Hamad …
284 - Kayany Foundation – Benefizauktion

Grisebach, Berlin (DE)
24 Nov 2017 – 28 Nov 2017

with Olga Chernysheva, Rineke Dijkstra, Tomas Saraceno, Thomas Struth
Videoex Festival 2016

Internationales Experimentalfilm & Video Festival

Videoex, Zürich (CH)
24 May 2016 – 29 May 2016

with Chantal Akerman, Laurie Anderson, Kenneth Anger, Ziad Antar, Marwa Arsanios, Ursula Biemann, Ali Cherri, Mona Hatoum, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Lamia Joreige, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Christoph Schlingensief
Frieze Art Fair 2015

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
14 Oct 2015 – 17 Oct 2015

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Nevin Aladag, Michel Auder, Eric Baudelaire, Dirk Braeckman, Neha Choksi, Clegg & Guttmann , Haris Epaminonda, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Pierre Gonnord, Robert Graham, Paul Graham …
Liverpool Biennial 2012: The Unexpected Guest

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
15 Sep 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Ahmet Oeguet, Doug Aitken, Janine Antoni, Yael Bartana, Andrea Bowers, Dora Garcia, Simryn Gill, Dan Graham, Mona Hatoum, Jakob Kolding, Jiri Kovanda, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset …
All Is Well On The Border

Werkstattkino, München (DE)
5 May 2009
Anticipating the Past: Artists : Archive : Film

Tate Modern, London (GB)
12 May 2006 – 13 May 2006

with George Barber, Neil Cummings & Marysia Lewandowska, Marcel Odenbach
FAIR PLAY Video Art Festival

play_platform for film&video pictures, Berlin (DE)
15 Jul 2005 – 16 Jul 2005

with Ellen Harvey, Jens Luestraeten, Pia Lindman
e-flux video rental

e-flux, New York (US)
15 Sep 2004 – 15 Mar 2005

with Nevin Aladag, Tiong Ang, Michel Auder, Miriam Baeckstroem, Loulou Cherinet, Olga Chernysheva, Jeremy Deller, Trisha Donnelly, Alicia Framis, Gilbert & George, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Teresa Margolles …
This Day, a video and photographic work

DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
Woche der Videokunst

Anne Maier (Berlin): Geschichte(n) von Tagen - Videos aus dem Libanon.

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)

with Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
25hrs. 24 horas de videoarte internacional . 24 hours of video art

Barcelona. Poliesportiu El Raval

The Video Art Foundation, Barcelona (ES)

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Emmanuelle Antille, Gudrun Bittner, SONG Dong, Dryden Goodwin, Douglas Gordon, Bjoern Melhus, Tracey Moffatt