Hiwa K

♂ *1975 / Iraq

Works

Solo exhibitions

Hiwa K is on our mind.

Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (US)
1 Feb 2025 – 31 Jul 2025
LIKE A GOOD, GOOD, GOOD BOY

Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin (DE)
28 Apr 2023 – 22 Jul 2023
Do you remember what you are burning?

The Power Plant, Toronto (CA)
20 May 2022 – 28 Aug 2022
The Bell Project

Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin (DE)
18 Jun 2021 – 24 Jul 2021
Highly Unlikely but not Impossible

Zacheta National Gallery, Warszawa (PL)
19 Jan 2019 – 28 Apr 2019
Blind as the Mother Tongue

New Museum, New York (US)
2 May 2018 – 19 Aug 2018
Moon Calendar

Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (DE)
26 May 2018 – 29 Jul 2018
Moon Calendar

S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum, Gent (BE)
10 Feb 2018 – 13 May 2018
To remember, sometimes you need different archeological tools

de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam (NL)
7 Oct 2017 – 16 Dec 2017
Don't Shrink Me to the Size of a Bullet

Kunstpreis der Schering Stiftung

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
2 Jun 2017 – 13 Aug 2017

Group

Walk This Way. The Art of Walking

Ludwig Museum Budapest, Budapest (HU)
9 Oct 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

with Francis Alys, Mate Bartha, HAN Bing, Valie Export, Hamish Fulton, Mona Hatoum, Dora Maurer, Paulo Nazareth
Kyiv Biennial

A Bird That Cannot Land

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
11 Jun 2026 – 13 Sep 2026

with Lida Abdul, Geta Bratescu, Julija Cimafejeva, Anna Ehrenstein, Assaf Gruber, Mona Hatoum, Saodat Ismailova, Joyce Joumaa, Dana Kavelina, Oleksiy Radynski, Aykan Safoğlu, Hito Steyerl …
DIS-PLACED

KONSCHTHAL, Esch sur Alzette (LU)
6 Jul 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

with Taysir Batniji, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Omer Fast, Candida Hoefer, Samira Hodaei, Lisa Kohl
A View From Above

EXPOSED. Torino Foto Festival

OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Torino (IT)
2 May 2024 – 2 Jun 2024

with James Bridle, Laura Cinti, Mario Giacomelli, Mishka Henner, Tabita Rezaire, Evan Roth, Susan Schüppli, Tomas Van Houtryve
WALK!

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

with Bani Abidi, Francis Alys, Daniel Beerstecher, James Bridle, Tiffany Chung, Michael Dean, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Hamish Fulton, Regina Jose Galindo, Rahima Gambo, Hamza Halloubi, David Hammons …
Actually, the Dead Are Not Dead. Politiken des Lebens

Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (DE)
29 Feb 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Banu Cennetoglu, Niklas Goldbach, Siri Hermansen, Pedro G. Romero, NOH Suntag, Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa
Theater of Operations

The Gulf Wars 1991–2011

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
3 Nov 2019 – 1 Mar 2020

with Monira Al Qadiri, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Miguel Angel Rios, Michel Auder, Dara Birnbaum, Paul Chan, Tony Cokes, Phil Collins, Alia Farid, Harun Farocki, Guerrilla Girls, Richard Hamilton …
Up in Arms

Kunst Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
28 Sep 2019 – 15 Dec 2019

with Regina Jose Galindo, Vanessa Gravenor, John Heartfield, Ana Hoffner, Peter Kennard, Julian Roeder, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Hito Steyerl, Cengiz Tekin
Speaking Images – Works from the collection

Fluentum, Berlin (DE)
11 Sep 2019 – 16 Nov 2019

with Ferhat Oezguer, Patty Chang, Frank Heath, Adelita Husni-Bey, Sven Johne, Stefan Panhans, Martin Skauen, Hito Steyerl, Vibeke Tandberg, Igancio Uriarte, Katarina Zdjelar
Actually, the Dead Are Not Dead

Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (NO)
5 Sep 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Lorenza Boettner, Ines Doujak, Pedro G. Romero, Imogen Stidworthy, NOH Suntag
Homeless Souls

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
27 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Erkan Oezgen, Kader Attia, Tiffany Chung, Shilpa Gupta, Ramin Haerizadeh, Nalini Malani, Otobong Nkanga, Kara Walker
The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement

The Phillips Collection, Washington (US)
22 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Erkan Oezgen, Adel Abdessemed, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Guillermo Arias, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Beverly Buchanan …
Stateless: Views of Global Migration

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
24 Jan 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with , Leila Alaoui, Shimon Attie, Fidencio Fifield-Perez, Daniel Castro Garcia, Omar Imam, Tomas Van Houtryve
Der Wert der Freiheit

Belvedere 21, Wien (AT)
19 Sep 2018 – 10 Feb 2019

with Dara Birnbaum, Jordi Colomer, Carola Dertnig, Harun Farocki, John Gerrard, Johan Grimonprez, Igor Grubic, Eva Grubinger, Marlene Haring, Leon Kahane, Alexander Kluge, Teresa Margolles …
Catastrophe and the Power of Art

What art can do in chaotic times where the future is uncertain

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
6 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019

with Miriam Cahn, Sheba Chhachhi, Chim-Pom, Thomas Demand, Christoph Draeger, Naoya Hatakeyama, Mona Hatoum, Khaled Hourani, Isaac Julien, Oliver Laric, Eva & Franco Mattes, Ryuji Miyamoto …
IN BETWEEN / EN SUSPENS

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
9 Feb 2018 – 13 May 2018

with Bas Jan Ader, Debi Cornwall, Luc Delahaye, Darek Fortas, Aglaia Konrad, Jacques-Henri Michot, Rabih Mroue, Mélanie Pavy, Stephane Degoutin & Gwenola Wagon, Sebastian Stumpf, Henk Wildschut, Paola Yacoub
TENSION & CONFLICT

VIDEO ART AFTER 2008

MAAT Museum of Art, .., Lisboa (PT)
13 Sep 2017 – 19 Mar 2018

with Halil Altindere, Marila Dardot, Melanie Gilligan, Silvia Kolbowski, Jorge Macchi, Francisco Queirós, Federico Solmi, Pilvi Takala, Artur Zmijewski
From Ear to Ear to Eye

Sounds and Stories from Across the Arab World

Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (GB)
16 Dec 2017 – 4 Mar 2018

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Haig Aivazian, Basma Alsharif, Ziad Antar, Marwa Arsanios, Anka Dabrowska, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Jumana Manna, Raed Yassin, Shirin Yousefi
NOW

Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
28 Oct 2017 – 18 Feb 2018

with Yto Barrada, Kate Davis, Susan Philipsz
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Abounaddara, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Sammy Baloji, Rebecca Belmore, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Pavel Braila, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra …
THE RESTLESS EARTH

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
28 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Rokni Haerizadeh …

Events

7th Mardin Biennial – SKYground

Mardin Biennial, Mardin (TR)
15 May 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Erkan Oezgen, Hamra Abbas, Carlos Aires, Mehtap Baydu, Isaac Chong Wai, Canan Dagdelen, Alfredo Jaar, Ali Kaaf, Sejla Kameric, Basim Magdy, Khalil Rabah, Xul Solar
6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025/26

For The Time Being

Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi (IN)
12 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Hicham Berrada, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Monica de Miranda, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jompet Kuswidananto, Ibrahim Mahama, Cinthia Marcelle, Naeem Mohaiemen, Sandra Mujinga, Huma Mulji, Otobong Nkanga …
EXPOSED. Torino Foto Festival

New Landscapes - Turin’s New International Festival of Photography

EXPOSED, Torino (IT)
2 May 2024 – 2 Jun 2024

with Shahidul Alam, Graeme Arnfield, Marwa Arsanios, Mathieu Asselin, Fabio Barile, Botto & Bruno, James Bridle, Robert Capa, Lorenzo Castore, Laura Cinti, Monica de Miranda, Paolo Pellion di Persano …
Gallery Weekend Berlin 2023

Gallery Weekend Berlin, Berlin (DE)
28 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Sibylle Bergemann, Aenne Biermann, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, CAO Fei, Jitka Hanzlova, Aziz Hazara, Barbara Klemm, Lucia Koch, Bjoern Melhus, Lucia Moholy, Olaf Nicolai, Hito Steyerl
Festival of Political Photography 2021: Bird’s-Eye View

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
8 Oct 2021 – 6 Jan 2022

with Camille Auer, Marek Jancovic, Kristo Muurimaa & Juho Kerola, Jorma Luhta, Tuula Närhinen, Leena Saarinen
Art Basel 2021

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
24 Sep 2021 – 26 Sep 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Robert Adams, Sophia Al-Maria, Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin …
21st Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil

IMAGINED COMMUNITIES

Videobrasil , São Paulo (BR)
10 Oct 2019 – 2 Feb 2020

with Marila Dardot, Jonathas de Andrade, Köken Ergun, Nilbar Gueres, Ahmad Ghossein, Gabriela Golder, Federico Lamas, Teresa Margolles, Omar Mismar, Mohau Modisakeng, Aykan Safoğlu, Hrair Sarkissian …
Artissima 2019

ARTissima, Torino (IT)
1 Nov 2019 – 3 Nov 2019

with Darren Almond, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Vasco Araujo, Francesco Arena, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Taysir Batniji, Vanessa Beecroft, John Bock, Botto & Bruno, Rae di Martino …
Videoart at Midnight Festival 18

Videoart at Midnight, Berlin (DE)
12 Dec 2018 – 16 Dec 2018

with Ulf Aminde, Yuri Ancarani, Ed Atkins, Michel Auder, Yael Bartana, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Filipa Cesar, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Chto Delat International, Phil Collins, Keren Cytter …
LOOP Festival 2018

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
12 Nov 2018 – 22 Nov 2018

with Erkan Oezgen, Eugenio Ampudia, Mitra Azar, Marion Balac, Rosa Barba, Mircea Cantor, Tang Chao, DEMOCRACIA, George Drivas, Antje Ehmann, Harun Farocki, Douglas Gordon …
Second Yinchuan Biennale

Starting from the Desert. Ecologies on the Edge

MoCA Yinchuan, Yinchuan (CN)
9 Jun 2018 – 19 Sep 2018

with Ravi Agarwal, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Navjot Altaf, Can Altay, Said Atabekov, Sammy Baloji, Massimo Bartolini, Felice Beato, Erick Beltran, ZHENG Bo, Filipa Cesar, Sheba Chhachhi …
Art Basel 2018

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
14 Jun 2018 – 17 Jun 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Primoz Bizjak, Carina Brandes, Candice Breitz, Edward Burtynsky, Gerard Byrne, James Casebere, Andre Cepeda …
Images Festival 2018

Festival Images, Toronto (CA)
12 Apr 2018 – 20 Apr 2018

with Kenneth Anger, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Trisha Baga, Filipa Cesar, Moyra Davey, Peter Greenaway, Ken Jacobs, James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Steve Reinke, Ben Rivers, Ben Russell, P. Staff …
Amsterdam Art Weekend 2017

Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam (NL)
23 Nov 2017 – 26 Nov 2017

with Roger Ballen, Ross Birrell, Christian Boltanski, Andreas Gefeller, Rabih Mroue, Carolee Schneemann, Mary Sue, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Ross Birrell, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra, Moyra Davey, Hans Eijkelboom, Theo Eshetu, Peter Friedl, Regina Jose Galindo …
Code Art Fair 2017

Code Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK)
31 Aug 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Kader Attia, Neil Beloufa, Sophie Calle, Asger Carlsen, Rae di Martino, Tina Enghoff, Rainer Ganahl, Barbara Hammer, Stefan Heyne, Maryam Jafri, Sven Johne …
Videoart at Midnight #81

Babylon Mitte, Berlin (DE)