Bani Abidi

*1971 / Pakistan / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

The Song

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (GB)
11 Feb 2023 – 6 May 2023
The Song

Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
15 Oct 2022 – 4 Dec 2022
The Man Who Talked Until He Disappeared,

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
4 Sep 2021 – 5 Jun 2022
They Died Laughing

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
6 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019
An Unforeseen Situation

n.b.k., Berlin (DE)
7 Mar 2017 – 30 Apr 2017
Exercise in Redirecting Lines

Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
6 Sep 2016 – 30 Oct 2016
Section Yellow

Grey Noise, Dubai (AE)
13 Jan 2012 – 1 Mar 2012
The Boy Who Got Tired of Posing

TPW Toronto Photographers, Toronto (CA)
25 Oct 2007 – 24 Nov 2007

Group

Tell Me Where Home Is

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
19 Sep 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

with Nevin Aladag, Kader Attia, Alkan Avcıoğlu, Yael Bartana, Ana María Caballero, Cristina De Middel, Anna Ehrenstein, Alia Farid, Gauri Gill, Shilpa Gupta, Anawana Haloba, Sky Hopinka …
Cold as Ice

Kälte in Kunst und Gesellschaft

Weserburg Museum, Bremen (DE)
20 Sep 2025 – 15 Mar 2026

with Kader Attia, Nezaket Ekici, Dani Gal, Anna Jermolaewa, Kirsten Justesen, Sejla Kameric, Philippe Parreno, Inuuteq Storch, Guido van der Werve, Hannah Wolf
Ich bin anders, weil ich kann das. Stranger belongs to me

EsRAP, Lucas Odahara

Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
26 Oct 2023 – 28 Jan 2024

with Aziz Hazara, Setareh Shahbazi
Vielheit.

Geschichten aus der postmigrantischen Gesellschaft

kunst Meran . Merano arte, Merano (IT)
18 Jun 2023 – 24 Sep 2023

with Clement Cogitore, Willem de Rooij, Nicolò Degiorgis, Nadira Husain, Pinar Öğrenci, Haegue Yang, Želimir Žilnik
Shift: Music, Meaning, Context

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
10 Apr 2023 – 6 Aug 2023

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tony Cokes, Jeremy Deller, Hassan Hajjaj, Sven Johne, Andre Luetzen, Cecil McDonald Jr., Taryn Simon
Another World That Sounds Like You

TPW Toronto Photographers, Toronto (CA)
27 Jan 2023 – 1 Apr 2023

with Urok Shirhan, Hong-Kai Wang
WALK!

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
18 Feb 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Francis Alys, Daniel Beerstecher, James Bridle, Tiffany Chung, Michael Dean, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Hamish Fulton, Regina Jose Galindo, Rahima Gambo, Hamza Halloubi, David Hammons, Mona Hatoum …
The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10)

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
4 Dec 2021 – 25 Apr 2022

with Edith Amituanai, CHIA-WEI HSU, Hao Jingban, Minouk Lim, Kimiyo Mishima
Stories of Resistance

Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
12 Mar 2021 – 15 Aug 2021

with Andrea Bowers, Banu Cennetoglu, Glenn Kaino, Jen Liu, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Wendy Red Star
Digging Deep, Crossing Far_ 3rd Encounter: Berlin

Kunst Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
10 Sep 2016 – 13 Nov 2016

with Ayisha Abraham, Gilles Aubry, Amina Menia, Sonya Schönberger, Surekha
Art from Elsewhere

International Contemporary Art from UK Galleries

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol (GB)
22 Apr 2016 – 17 Jul 2016

with Yael Bartana, Mohamed Bourouissa, Thomas Demand, Ola Kolehmainen, Adrian Piper
BERLIN BIENNALE 8

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
29 May 2014 – 3 Aug 2014

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Carlos Amorales, Leonor Antunes, Julieta Aranda, Nairy Baghramian, Rosa Barba, Mariana Castillo Deball, Carolina Caycedo, Tacita Dean, Mario Garcia Torres, Shilpa Gupta, Iman Issa …
No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
22 Feb 2013 – 22 May 2013

with Poklong Anading, Amar Kanwar, Moataz M. Nasr, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar)
dOCUMENTA (13)

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

with Lida Abdul, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Kader Attia, Judith Barry, Gerard Byrne, Kudzanai Chiurai, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Attila Csoergoe, Manon de Boer, Tacita Dean …
Demonstrationen

Vom Werden normativer Ordnungen

Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
20 Jan 2012 – 25 Mar 2012

with Irina Botea, Anetta Mona Chisa, Dani Gal, Sharon Hayes, Achim Lengerer, Marcello Maloberti, Rabih Mroue, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Julian Roeder, Yorgos Sapountzis, Sandra Schäfer, Eske Schlüters …
The Global Contemporary. Kunstwelten nach 1989

ZKM | Zentrum Kunst Medien, Karlsruhe (DE)
17 Sep 2011 – 5 Feb 2012

with AES+F, Francis Alys, Halil Altindere, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Guy Ben-Ner, Tamy Ben-Tor, Ursula Biemann, Nezaket Ekici, HONG Hao, Mona Hatoum, Pieter Hugo …
connect: Khoj

International Artists' Association, Dehli

ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
14 Oct 2011 – 22 Jan 2012

with Nikhil Chopra, Rohini Devasher, Shilpa Gupta, Huma Mulji
Medi(t)ation - 2011 Asian Biennial

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taipei (TW)
1 Oct 2011 – 1 Jan 2012

with Ahmet Oeguet, Hamra Abbas, Makoto Aida, Guy Ben-Ner, Aristarkh Chernyshev, Parastou Forouhar, Shaun Gladwell, Tsang Kin-Wah, Wawi Navarroza, Chan-Kyong Park, Sara Rahbar, Raqs Media Collective …
The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Humankind

4. Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg

Biennale aktuelle Fotografie, Mannheim (DE)
10 Sep 2011 – 6 Nov 2011

with Mac Adams, Ravi Agarwal, Said Atabekov, Roger Ballen, Marie Jose Burki, Edward Burtynsky, Peggy Buth, Philippe Chancel, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Gohar Dashti, Köken Ergun, Hassan & Hussein Essop …
In Indien und weit darüber hinaus

ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
29 Jul 2011 – 25 Sep 2011

with Rohini Devasher, Shilpa Gupta, Huma Mulji
the luxury of dirt

Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich (CH)
12 Feb 2011 – 26 Mar 2011

with Jan Kempenaers, Sarah Lucas, Aleksandra Mir
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 AES+F, Victor Alimpiev, Pawel Althamer, Boaz Arad, Yossiri (Huakom) Bausri, Neil Beloufa, Guy Ben-Ner, Atul Bhalla, Berry Bickle, Blue Noses, Andreas Bock, Agnieszka Brzezanska …
The 7th Gwangju Biennale Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
5 Sep 2008 – 9 Nov 2008

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Lara Almarcegui, Stefano Arienti, Sadie Benning, Ursula Biemann, Tania Bruguera, Gerard Byrne, Bruce Conner, Thomas Demand, Koo Donghee, Lili Dujourie …
Contemporary Art from Pakistan

Thomas Erben Gallery, New York (US)
28 Jun 2007 – 27 Jul 2007

with Hamra Abbas, Huma Mulji, Rashid Rana
Singapore Biennale 2006: Belief

Singapore Biennale, Singapore (SG)
4 Sep 2006 – 12 Nov 2006

with Makoto Aida, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Jane Alexander, Jonathan Allen, Nuha Asad, Bigert & Bergstroem, Johanna Billing, Scott Bowe, Sheba Chhachhi, Com & Com, Simryn Gill, Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev …
A Place Called Home

SANG Iziko Museum - South African Nation, Cape Town (ZA)
22 Sep 2004 – 7 Nov 2004

with Omar Badsha, Sunil Gupta

Events

Rubaiya Qatar

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha (QA)
21 Nov 2026 – 30 Apr 2027

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Sophia Al-Maria, Sophia Al-Maria, Shaima Al-Tamimi, Kamal Aljafari, Nadia Belerique, Meriem Bennani, Mohamed Bourouissa, Liu Chuang, Olafur Eliasson …
Chobi Mela Festival XI - RE

Chobi Mela Festival, Dhaka (BD)
16 Jan 2026 – 31 Jan 2026

with Indre Serpytyte, Mustafah Abdulaziz, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Hoda Afshar, Sumi Anjuman, Lisa Barnard, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Taysir Batniji, Myriam Boulos, Daniel Chatard, Ernest Cole, Rena Effendi …
ASIA NOW - Paris Asian Art Fair 2025

Asia Now Fair, Paris (FR)
22 Oct 2025 – 26 Oct 2025

with Manal AlDowayan, ZHENG Bo, Simryn Gill, FX Harsono, Hideyuki Ishibashi, Iman Issa, Mella Jaarsma, Soun-gui Kim, Cemile Sahin, Daisuke Tajima, Shen Wei, HUANG Xiaoliang …
Frieze London 2024

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
9 Oct 2024 – 13 Oct 2024

with Ignasi Aballi, Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Francis Alys, Ghada Amer, Tina Barney, Anna Barriball, Vanessa Beecroft, Inaki Bonillas, Julian Charriere, Isaac Chong Wai, Hannah Collins …
Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023

More than 100 photographers and artists from 18 countries of 25 exhibitions

Photobiennale Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (GR)
10 Oct 2023 – 11 Feb 2024

with Craig Ames, Marta Bogdańska, Koji Enokura, Joan Fontcuberta, Lina Geoushy, Lauren Greenfield, Amina Kadous, Christian Lutz, Man Ray , Daniel Mayrit, Dimitris Michalakis, Boris Mikhailov …
Summer Academy 2020

Classes focusing on video, photography, digital images and archives

Salzburg International , Salzburg (AT)
20 Jul 2020 – 29 Aug 2020

with Eli Cortinas, Randa Mirza, Lara Tabet
BERLIN ART WEEK

BERLIN ART WEEK, Berlin (DE)
11 Sep 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Candice Breitz, Robert Frank, Olaf Heine, Iman Issa, Bjoern Melhus, Metahaven, Bettina Pousttchi, Patrick Tourneboeuf, Jan Wenzel, Jenna Westra
Busan Biennale 2018

Divided We Stand - 125 artworks of 66 artists (team) from 34 countries

Busan Museum of Art, Busan (KR)
8 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Ferhat Oezguer, Chantal Akerman, Khaled Barakeh, Yael Bartana, Sunah Choi, LIU Ding, Smadar Dreyfus, Rokni Haerizadeh, Ramin Haerizadeh, CHIA-WEI HSU, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Amar Kanwar …