Lara Baladi

♀ *1969 / Egypt

Works

Solo exhibitions

Cosmovision

Tintera, Cairo (EG)
29 Oct 2025 – 11 Jan 2026
Perspectives

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington (US)
29 Aug 2015 – 5 Jun 2016
Alone, Together... In Media Res

2013 Adelaide Film Festival

Contemporary Art Centre of South Austral, Adelaide (AU)
13 Sep 2013 – 20 Oct 2013
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Camilla Grimaldi , Roma (IT)
9 May 2007 – 15 Jul 2007
Kai'ro

Länsmuseet Västernorrland, Härnösand (SE)
10 Dec 2005 – 12 Mar 2006
Robba Veccia

The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary ar, Cairo (EG)
12 Feb 2006 – 8 Mar 2006
Paradisets fröjder/ Delights of Paradise

Länsmuseet Västernorrland, Härnösand (SE)
10 Dec 2005 – 19 Jan 2006
Kai'ro

Kunsthallen Nikolaj, København (DK)
9 Sep 2005 – 6 Nov 2005
Kai'ro

Pori Art Museum, Pori (FI)
18 Feb 2005 – 29 May 2005
Kai'ro

BildMuseet, Umeå (SE)
31 Oct 2004 – 23 Jan 2005

Group

Dear Truth

Documentary Strategies in Contemporary Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
4 Feb 2021 – 2 May 2021

with Laia Abril, Mathieu Asselin, Kerstin Hamilton, Bouchra Khalili, Frida Orupabo, Trevor Paglen, Taryn Simon
Dear Truth

Documentary Strategies in Contemporary Photography

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
30 May 2020 – 20 Sep 2020

with Laia Abril, Mathieu Asselin, Kerstin Hamilton, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Bouchra Khalili, Frida Orupabo, Trevor Paglen, Taryn Simon
12th Gwangju Biennale 2018

Imagined Borders

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
7 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Francis Alys, Halil Altindere, Leonor Antunes, Alexander Apostol, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Louidgi Beltrame, Zach Blas, Alex Buldakov, Tiffany Chung, Paolo Cirio, Shezad Dawood …
Affect Me

Social Media Images in Art

Kai 10, Düsseldorf (DE)
11 Nov 2017 – 10 Mar 2018

with Irene Chabr, Forensic Architecture, Lynn Hershman, Thomas Hirschhorn, Randa Maroufi, Rabih Mroue, Thomas Ruff, D. H. Saur
Cairo. Open City

New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution

East Wing, Dubai (AE)
18 Mar 2014 – 15 May 2014

with Taha Belal, Denis Dailleux, Osama Dawod, Heba Farid, Jasmina Metwaly / Philip Rizk, Ahmed Kamel, Ivor Prickett, Randa Shaath
FOTOFEST 2014

Contemporary Arab Photographic Art

FotoFest, Houston (US)
15 Mar 2014 – 27 Apr 2014

with Ebtisam Abdul Aziz, Reem Al Faisal, Ammar Al-Beik, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Mariette Pathy Allen, Boushra Almutawakel, Jowhara AlSaud, Sama Alshaibi, Hicham Benohoud, Lalla Essaydi, Mounir Fatmi, George Fikry …
Kairo

Neue Bilder einer andauernden Revolution

Museum Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)
16 Aug 2013 – 17 Nov 2013

with Myriam Abdelaziz, Kaya Behkalam, Taha Belal, Eva Bertram, Chris Michalski & Sebastian Stumpf, Denis Dailleux, Osama Dawod, Mohamed Ezz, Heba Farid, Nermine Hammam, Tarek Hefny, Jasmina Metwaly / Philip Rizk …
BEUTEZÜGE

Systeme des Eigennutzes - Mechanismen der Plünderung

FOTOHOF, Salzburg (AT)
23 Nov 2012 – 12 Jan 2013

with Taysir Batniji, Zanny Begg, G.R.A.M., Maryam Jafri, Lina Khatib, Vassiliea Stylianidou, Moira Zoitl
KAIRO. OFFENE STADT

EMOP Berlin, Berlin (DE)
19 Oct 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Kaya Behkalam, Taha Belal, Chris Michalski & Sebastian Stumpf, Denis Dailleux, Osama Dawod, Hala Elkoussy, Mohamed Ezz, Nermine Hammam, Jasmina Metwaly / Philip Rizk, Johanna Domke & Marouan Omara, Ahmed Kamel, Nadine Khan …
Of women's modesty and anger

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

with Ghada Amer, Nobuyoshi Araki, Balthasar Burkhard, Nezaket Ekici, Lalla Essaydi, Lamya Gargash, Shadi Ghadirian, Maimouna Guerresi , Mona Hatoum, Lea Golda Holterman, William Klein, Leora Laor …
AFROPOLIS - CITY, MEDIA, ART

IWALEWA-Haus , Bayreuth (DE)
28 Apr 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Hala Elkoussy, rana elnemr, Ismail Farouk, Constanze Fischbeck, Laura Horelli, Sabelo Mlangeni, Sam Nhlengethwa, Uche Okpa Iroha, Emeka Udemba, Minette Vári
Afropolis

City, Media, Art: Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and Johannesburg

Rautenstrauch-J.-Museum, Köln (DE)
4 Nov 2010 – 13 Mar 2011

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Hala Elkoussy, rana elnemr, Ismail Farouk, Constanze Fischbeck, Laura Horelli, Sabelo Mlangeni, Sam Nhlengethwa, Cedrick Nzolo Ngamobu, Uche Okpa Iroha, Minette Vári
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 Adel Abidin, AES+F, Makoto Aida, Brook Andrew, Miguel Angel Rios, Kutluğ Ataman, Kader Attia, Roger Ballen, John Bock, Jota Castro, Dana Claxton, Marcus Coates …
THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus (DK)
6 Feb 2010 – 17 Mar 2010

with Nandipha Mntambo, Lucia Nimcova, Agnieszka Polska
Arabs Cosmovisions

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

with Yto Barrada, Hicham Benohoud, Hala Elkoussy, Nermine Hammam, Akram Zaatari
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
27 Jun 2008 – 30 Sep 2008

with Doa Aly, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Luís Basto, Zohra Bensemra, Zarina Bhimji, Mohamed Camara, Ali Chraïbi, Omar D. (Daoud), Allan de Souza, Depth of Field, Andrew Dosunmu …
LUMO '07 - 'us' 7. international photography triennial in Jyväskylä

The Centre for Creative Photography, Jyväskylä (FI)
9 Jun 2007 – 30 Sep 2007

with Juan Raúl Cordero, rana elnemr, Jose Alberto Figueroa, Alejandro González, Charlotte Haslund-Christensen, Pieter Hugo, Mikhael Subotzky, Dale Yudelman
Sharjah Biennial 8 - STILL LIFE

ART, ECOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF CHANGE

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
4 Apr 2007 – 4 Jun 2007

with Ignasi Aballi, Lida Abdul, Noor Al-Bastaki, Lara Almarcegui, Roy Arden, Mireille Astore, Taysir Batniji, Sophie Elbaz, Touhami Ennadre, Mounir Fatmi, Simryn Gill, Lauren Greenfield …
Africa Remix

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

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Jane Alexander, Ghada Amer, Yto Barrada, Loulou Cherinet, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, William Kentridge, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Ingrid Mwangi …
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography

Miami Art Central (MAC), Miami (US)
30 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Doa Aly, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Luís Basto, Zohra Bensemra, Zarina Bhimji, Mohamed Camara, Ali Chraïbi, Omar D. (Daoud), Allan de Souza, Depth of Field, Andrew Dosunmu …
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
10 Mar 2006 – 28 May 2006

with Doa Aly, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Luís Basto, Zohra Bensemra, Zarina Bhimji, Mohamed Camara, Ali Chraïbi, Omar D. (Daoud), Allan de Souza, Depth of Field, Andrew Dosunmu …
personae & scenarios - the new african photography

Camilla Grimaldi , Roma (IT)
3 Feb 2006 – 31 Mar 2006

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Hala Elkoussy, David Goldblatt, Maha Maamoun, Tracey Rose, Mikhael Subotzky, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Regards des photographes arabes contemporains

Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (FR)
22 Nov 2005 – 22 Jan 2006

with Reem Al Faisal, Jananne Al-Ani, Anas Al-Shaikh, Jihan Ammar, Nadim Asfar, Kader Attia, Hicham Benohoud, Bruno Boudjelal, Nabil Boutros, Yasmina Bouziane, Jellel Gasteli, Souad Guennoun …
Some Stories

Magazin 4, Bregenz (AT)
20 May 2005 – 26 Jun 2005

with Diana El Jeroudi, Mona Hatoum, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Shirin Neshat, Leila Nura, Zineb Sedira
Some Stories

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
1 Apr 2005 – 24 Apr 2005

with Diana El Jeroudi, Mona Hatoum, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Amal El Kenawy, Shirin Neshat, Zineb Sedira
Women by Women - Acht Fotografinnen aus der Arabischen Welt

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
9 Oct 2004 – 14 Nov 2004

with Reem Al Faisal, Jananne Al-Ani, Jihan Ammar, Zohra Bensemra, rana elnemr, Rula Halawani, Zineb Sedira
Women by Women

Die Kommunale Galerie im Leinwandhaus, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
9 Oct 2004 – 14 Nov 2004

with Reem Al Faisal, Jananne Al-Ani, Jihan Ammar, Zohra Bensemra, rana elnemr, Rula Halawani, Zineb Sedira
Rencontres de la photographie Arles 2004

Expositions proprosees par, Exhibitions selected by Martin Parr

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
8 Jul 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Michael Ackerman, AES+F, Helena Almeida, Keith Arnatt, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Brigitte Bauer, Marina Berio, Alain Bizos, GAO Bo, Pascal Bois, Antonin Borgeaud, Bruno Boudjelal …
Bamako 03 - Contemporary african photography

Centre de Cultura Cont., Barcelona (ES)
30 Jan 2004 – 28 Mar 2004

with Jihan Ammar, Mohamed Camara, Uche Edochie, Rehab El Sadek, Sophie Elbaz, Hala Elkoussy, Susan Hefuna, Maha Maamoun, Michèle Magema, Santu Mofokeng, Ingrid Mwangi, Youssef Nabil …

Events

12th Gwangju Biennale

Imagined Borders

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
7 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Francis Alys, Halil Altindere, Leonor Antunes, Alexander Apostol, Marwa Arsanios, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Louidgi Beltrame, Zach Blas, Alex Buldakov, Tiffany Chung, Paolo Cirio …
2017 Asian Art Biennial

Negotiating the Future - <a href="http://www.asianartbiennial.org" target="_blank">www.asianartbiennial.org/</a>

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taipei (TW)
30 Sep 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Chim-Pom, Bouchra Khalili, Meiro Koizumi, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Hrair Sarkissian, Kawita Vatanajyankur