Ghada Amer

*1963 / Egypt

Solo exhibitions

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Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
3 Feb 2012 – 20 Apr 2012
Le Salon Courbé

Galleria Francesca Minini, Milano (IT)
17 May 2007 – 28 Jul 2007

Group

I've grown roses in this garden of mine

INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

Goodman London, London (GB)
3 Oct 2019 – 2 Nov 2019

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Kudzanai Chiurai, Gabrielle Goliath, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Grada Kilomba, Kapwani Kiwanga, Shirin Neshat, Tabita Rezaire, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Mikhael Subotzky …
In Context / this past was waiting for me / 2018

Goodman Gallery Cape Town, Cape Town (ZA)
30 Aug 2018 – 29 Sep 2018

with Yto Barrada, Regina Jose Galindo, Grada Kilomba, Shirin Neshat, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
Narrative Means / 2018

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
2 Jun 2018 – 14 Jul 2018

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Reza Farkhondeh, Mounir Fatmi, David Goldblatt, Alfredo Jaar, Samson Kambalu, William Kentridge, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mikhael Subotzky, Hank Willis Thomas
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, Nadia Benchallal, Zohra Bensemra, Diana El Jeroudi, rana elnemr, Rula Halawani, Farida Hamak, Nermine Hammam, Mona Hatoum, Amal El Kenawy, Raeda Saadeh …
In Context: Africans in America

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
17 Nov 2016 – 17 Jan 2017

with Theaster Gates, Alfredo Jaar, Wangechi Mutu, Odili Donald Odita, Hank Willis Thomas
NEW REVOLUTIONS

50 YEARS OF SHAPING CONTEMPORARY ART

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
4 Jun 2016 – 1 Aug 2016

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Candice Breitz, Kudzanai Chiurai, Jabulani Dhlamini, Hassan & Hussein Essop, Mounir Fatmi, David Goldblatt, Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Sam Nhlengethwa, Tracey Rose …
The Needle's Eye. Contemporary embroidery

The National Museum of Art, Oslo (NO)
22 Feb 2015 – 16 May 2015

with Maurizio Anzeri, Orly Cogan, Regien Cox, Reza Farkhondeh, Kimsooja
The Divine Comedy

Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists

SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (US)
16 Oct 2014 – 25 Jan 2015

with Jane Alexander, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Kader Attia, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Mohamed Bourouissa, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Dimitri Fagbohoun, Jellel Gasteli, Frances Goodman, Nicholas Hlobo, Mouna Karray …
THE NEEDLE'S EYE. CONTEMPORARY EMBROIDERY

KODE Art Museums, Bergen (NO)
10 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Maurizio Anzeri, Regien Cox, Reza Farkhondeh, Kimsooja
Please Don't Stop Loving Me! J

Fred Torres Gallery, New York (US)
27 Jun 2014 – 14 Aug 2014

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Lynda Benglis, Matthew Brandt, David McDermott & Peter McGough, Tracey Emin, Cynthia Greig, Seb Janiak, Joey Lehman Morris, Luca Pizzaroni, Karim Rashid, Andy Warhol, William Wegman
The Divine Comedy

Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
21 Mar 2014 – 27 Jul 2014

with Jane Alexander, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Berry Bickle, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Mohamed Bourouissa, Nabil Boutros, Loulou Cherinet, Kudzanai Chiurai, Dimitri Fagbohoun, Nicholas Hlobo …
Of women's modesty and anger

Young Gallery, Brussels (BE)
11 Mar 2011 – 25 Sep 2011

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Lara Baladi, Balthasar Burkhard, Nezaket Ekici, Lalla Essaydi, Lamya Gargash, Shadi Ghadirian, Maimouna Guerresi , Mona Hatoum, Lea Golda Holterman, William Klein, Leora Laor …
The Women in Our Life: A Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibition

Cheim & Reid, New York (US)
30 Jun 2011 – 9 Sep 2011

with Diane Arbus, Lynda Benglis
Eat Me

Goodman Gallery Cape Town, Cape Town (ZA)
16 Jul 2011 – 3 Sep 2011

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Reza Aramesh, Reza Farkhondeh, Sigalit Landau, Mickalene Thomas
Skin

Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln (DE)
14 Jan 2011 – 19 Feb 2011

with Robert Mapplethorpe, Marilyn Minter
I LOVE YOU

ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus (DK)
27 Mar 2010 – 12 Sep 2010

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Nina Berman, Monica Bonvicini, Candice Breitz, Paul Chan, Tracey Emin, Nan Goldin, Mona Hatoum, Nicolai Howalt, Anna Jermolaewa, Isaac Julien, Tracey Moffatt …
3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Against Exclusion

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
25 Sep 2009 – 25 Oct 2009

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, AES+F, Victor Alimpiev, Lara Almarcegui, Blue Noses, Blue Noses, Botto & Bruno, Christoph Büchel, Marina Chernikova, Olga Chernysheva, Sheba Chhachhi …
Global Feminisms Remix

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (US)
3 Aug 2007 – 3 Feb 2008

with Lida Abdul, Pilar Albarracin, Regina Jose Galindo, Tracey Moffatt, Pipilotti Rist, Adriana Varejão, Miwa Yanagi
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, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Sonia Balassanian, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada …
An Indigestible Dessert

Galleria Francesca Minini, Milano (IT)
17 May 2007 – 28 Jul 2007

with Reza Farkhondeh
Collective One

Wilde, Genève (CH)
18 Jan 2007 – 9 Mar 2007

with Marina Abramovic, Nan Goldin, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Georges Rousse
Africa Remix

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
14 Oct 2006 – 14 Jan 2007

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Jane Alexander, Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Loulou Cherinet, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, William Kentridge, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Ingrid Mwangi …
The Grand Promenade

The Grand Promenade, Athína (GR)
17 Jul 2006 – 29 Sep 2006

with Pawel Althamer, Janine Antoni, Kutluğ Ataman, Per Barclay, Michael Blum, Christian Boltanski, Fouad Elkoury, Gary Hill, Thomas Hirschhorn, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Wolfgang Laib …
Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East

The British Museum, London (GB)
8 May 2006 – 3 Sep 2006

with Shadi Ghadirian, Youssef Nabil, Sabah Naim, Shirin Neshat, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Michal Rovner
Zones of Contact: 2006 Biennale of Sydney

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
8 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Olga Chernysheva, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Daido Moriyama, Damian Ortega, Fiona Tan, Ai Weiwei, QIN Yufen
THE GARDEN PARTY

Deitch Projects, New York (US)
9 Mar 2006 – 29 Apr 2006

with Vanessa Beecroft, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Paola Pivi, Mika Rottenberg
CENTRE OF GRAVITY

Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (TR)
18 Sep 2005 – 8 Jan 2006

with Haluk Akakçe, Pilar Albarracin, Janine Antoni, Christian Boltanski, Monica Bonvicini, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Santiago Sierra
FAIRY TALES FOREVER – An homage to H.C. Andersen

ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus (DK)
26 Aug 2005 – 31 Dec 2005

with HONG Hao, Mona Hatoum, William Kentridge, Jeanette Land Schou, Pipilotti Rist, Andy Warhol, QIU Zhijie
Tirana Biennale3 - Sweet Taboos / (Episodes 5)

Tirana Biennale, Tirana (AL)
10 Sep 2005 – 10 Nov 2005

with Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Maja Bajevic, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Joost Conijn, Xinema Cuevas, CAO Fei, Carlos Garaicoa, Jens Haaning, Noritoshi Hirakawa …
Beyond East and West: Seven Transnational Artists

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown (US)
12 Feb 2005 – 15 May 2005

with Jananne Al-Ani, Mona Hatoum, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Michal Rovner, Shahzia Sikander
Monument to now

Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary, Athína (GR)
22 Jun 2004 – 30 Jan 2005

with Laurie Anderson, Janine Antoni, Kutluğ Ataman, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Maurizio Cattelan, Rineke Dijkstra, Olafur Eliasson, Fischli & Weiss, Anna Gaskell, Gilbert & George, Douglas Gordon …
Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (US)
16 Oct 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Christian Boltanski, Chuck Close, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Barbara Kruger, Yasumasa Morimura, Cindy Sherman, Patti Smith, Carrie Mae Weems
VEIL // SLÖJAN

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm (SE)
21 Feb 2004 – 2 May 2004

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Kourosh Adim, AES+F, Jananne Al-Ani, Farah Bajull, Samta Benyahia, Gaëtan de Clérambault, Marc Garanger, Shadi Ghadirian, Ghazel, Emily Jacir, Ramesh Kalkur …

Events

Contemporary Istanbul 2026

Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centr, Istanbul (TR)
24 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Ali Alisir, Nevin Aladag, Helena Almeida, Alkan Avcıoğlu, Roger Ballen, Vikki Bardot, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Vincent Bousserez, Edward Burtynsky, Judy Chicago, Isaac Chong Wai, Jack Dabaghian …
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025

Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town (ZA)
21 Feb 2025 – 23 Feb 2025

with David Goldblatt, Dor Guez, William Kentridge, Sanjo Lawal, Sam Nhlengethwa, Mikhael Subotzky, Sue Williamson
Contemporary Istanbul 2024

Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centr, Istanbul (TR)
24 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2024

with Carlos Aires, Ali Alisir, Heba Y. Amin, Jim Campbell, Daniel Canogar, David Claerbout, Ayse Erkmen, Inci Eviner, Murat Germen, Erdal Inci, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Zeynep Kayan …
Art Basel Paris

Art Basel Paris, Paris (FR)
16 Oct 2024 – 20 Oct 2024

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Andrea Buettner, John Baldessari, Fiona Banner, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jacopo Benassi, Irma Blank, Andre Breton, Julian Charriere …
Frieze London 2024

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

with Ignasi Aballi, Bani Abidi, Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Francis Alys, Tina Barney, Anna Barriball, Vanessa Beecroft, Inaki Bonillas, Julian Charriere, Isaac Chong Wai, Hannah Collins …
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
17 May 2023 – 21 May 2023

with David Goldblatt, Dor Guez, Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Hank Willis Thomas, Sue Williamson
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2022

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
10 Jun 2022 – 12 Jun 2022

with Bas Jan Ader, Doug Aitken, Sophia Al-Maria, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Olaf Breuning, Fischli & Weiss, Teresa Margolles, Pipilotti Rist, Pamela Rosenkranz, Luzia Simons, Raphaela Vogel
ARCOmadrid 2022

ARCO ARte COntemporáneo, Madrid (ES)
23 Feb 2022 – 27 Feb 2022

with Ignasi Aballi, María María Acha-Kutscher, Pep Agut, Eugenio Ampudia, Marcelo Brodsky, Carmen Calvo, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Daniel Canogar, Lisetta Carmi, Andres Denegri, Latifa Echakhch, Sara Facio …
Frieze London 2021

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Darren Almond, William Eggleston, Awol Erizku, Nilbar Gueres, Gauri Gill, David Goldblatt, Andy Goldsworthy, Dor Guez, Candida Hoefer, Mona Hatoum, Nicholas Hlobo, Alfredo Jaar …
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2018

FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg (ZA)
7 Sep 2018 – 9 Sep 2018

with Roger Ballen, Candice Breitz, Saidou Dicko, Justin Dingwall, David Goldblatt, Eyerusalem Adugna Jirenga, Davina Jogi, Euridice Kala, Kapwani Kiwanga, Letso Leipego, Mario Macilau, Dahlia Maubane …
Tirana Biennale3 - Sweet Taboos / (Episodes 5)

Tirana Biennale, Tirana (AL)
10 Sep 2005 – 10 Nov 2005

with Adel Abdessemed, AES+F, Maja Bajevic, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Joost Conijn, Xinema Cuevas, CAO Fei, Carlos Garaicoa, Jens Haaning, Noritoshi Hirakawa …