Lawrence Abu Hamdan

♂ *1985 / Lebanon / Jordan

Works

Solo exhibitions

Overdub

Mor Charpentier, Paris (FR)
14 Mar 2026 – 4 May 2026
Air Conditioning

fifteen large format photographic images generated by an animation software

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
29 Mar 2024 – 3 Jun 2024
45th Parallel

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
24 Jun 2023 – 30 Sep 2023
Walled Unwalled and Other Monologues

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
8 Apr 2023 – 11 Jun 2023
AIR PRESSURE (A DIARY OF THE SKY)

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (IT)
3 Nov 2022 – 25 Mar 2023
SONIC DETECTIVE

National Museum of Contemporary Art - EM, Athens (GR)
16 Jun 2022 – 20 Nov 2022
cross border crimes & the witness-machine complex

Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg (DE)
8 Sep 2022 – 5 Nov 2022
ERRATA

Mor Charpentier, Paris (FR)
9 Apr 2022 – 18 Jun 2022
45th Parallel

Mercer Union, Toronto (CA)
26 Mar 2022 – 4 Jun 2022
Dirty Evidence

Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (SE)
1 Sep 2021 – 7 Nov 2021
Green Coconuts and Other Inadmissible Evidence

Wiener Secession, Wien (AT)
8 Dec 2020 – 7 Feb 2021
LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN

Maureen Paley, London (GB)
7 Nov 2020 – 10 Jan 2021
The Voice Before the Law

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
26 Oct 2019 – 9 Feb 2020
Earwitness Theatre

Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
17 May 2019 – 18 Aug 2019
Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (NL)
27 Jan 2019 – 19 May 2019
Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Chisenhale Gallery, London (GB)
21 Sep 2018 – 9 Dec 2018
Walled Unwalled

daadgalerie, Berlin (DE)
27 Sep 2018 – 9 Dec 2018
Hammer Projects

UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
20 Jan 2018 – 20 May 2018
LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN

Maureen Paley, London (GB)
28 Apr 2017 – 5 Jun 2017
Earshot

Portikus, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
13 Feb 2016 – 10 Apr 2016

Group

CANICULA

8 new video installations on the occasion of the Biennale Arte 2026

Fondazione In Between Art Film, Venezia (IT)
6 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, Janis Rafa, P. Staff, Wang Tuo, Yuyan Wang, Maya Watanabe, Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Khimei
Palomar (Part 2)

The Renaissance Society, Chicago (US)
10 Jun 2026 – 12 Jul 2026

with Myriam Boulos, Eadweard J. Muybridge, John Opera, Trevor Paglen, Torbjorn Rodland, Heji Shin, Erin Shirreff, Alec Soth, Shomei Tomatsu
Freeing the Voices

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
28 Feb 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Noor Abed, Marina Abramovic, Valie Export, Saodat Ismailova, Anna Jermolaewa, Katalin Ladik, Lucia Nimcova, Selma Selman, Mladen Stilinovic
Take a Breath

Irish Museum Modern Art, Dublin (IE)
1 Sep 2024 – 17 Mar 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Ammar Bouras, Alex Cecchetti, Bruce Conner, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Ana Mendieta, Isabel Nolan, Hajra Waheed
AMONG THE INVISIBLE JOINS

Werke aus der Sammlung Enea Righi

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

with Nairy Baghramian, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Lothar Baumgarten, Neil Beloufa, Sonia Boyce, Lisetta Carmi, Trisha Donnelly, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ryan Gander, Dora Garcia, Jef Geys …
Utopías arquitectónicas

Mor Charpentier, Paris (FR)
23 Nov 2024 – 16 Jan 2025

with Lara Almarcegui, Alexander Apostol, Marwa Arsanios, Kader Attia, Teresa Margolles
Shift: Music, Meaning, Context

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

with Bani Abidi, Tony Cokes, Jeremy Deller, Hassan Hajjaj, Sven Johne, Andre Luetzen, Cecil McDonald Jr., Taryn Simon
THE POETRY OF TRANSLATION

kunst Meran . Merano arte, Merano (IT)
13 Nov 2021 – 13 Feb 2022

with Kader Attia, Tomaso Binga, Irma Blank, Anna Esposito, Annika Kahrs, Ketty La Rocca, Anri Sala, Ben Vautier, Cerith Wyn Evans
Le Printemps de septembre

Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse (FR)
17 Sep 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Shiva Khosravi, Natacha Lesueur
INFORMATION (Today)

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (CH)
25 Jun 2021 – 10 Oct 2021

with Alejandro Cesarco, Simon Denny, Tobias Kaspar, Gabriel Kuri, Trevor Paglen, Sondra Perry
We Never Sleep

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
24 Sep 2020 – 10 Jan 2021

with Maja Bajevic, Park Chan-kyong, Guy de Cointet, Thomas Demand, Simon Denny, Stan Douglas, Forensic Architecture, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Eva Grubinger, Alfredo Jaar, Kiluanji Kia Henda …
Collectionner au 21e siècle

Si une accumulation, reflète une vie…

Collection Lambert, Avignon (FR)
14 Dec 2019 – 15 Mar 2020

with Ivan Argote, Yto Barrada, Eric Baudelaire, Neil Beloufa, Katinka Bock, Claude Closky, Clement Cogitore, Mark Dion, Patrick Faigenbaum, Mounir Fatmi, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ryan Gander …
Turner Prize 2019

Oscar Murillo

Tate Britain, London (GB)
28 Sep 2019 – 12 Jan 2020

with Helen Cammock, Tai Shani
Tandem

Alexander and Bonin, New York (US)
1 Nov 2019 – 30 Dec 2019

with Amalia Pica
The 58th International Art Exhibition

May You Live in Interesting Times

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
11 May 2019 – 24 Nov 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Halil Altindere, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ed Atkins, Nairy Baghramian, Neil Beloufa, Carol Bove, Lee Bul, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Alex Da Corte, Stan Douglas …
hybrID

Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
3 Sep 2019 – 17 Nov 2019

with Taysir Batniji, James Bridle, Aleksandra Domanovic, Raqs Media Collective, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar), Guan Xiao
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 Haig Aivazian, Basma Alsharif, Ziad Antar, Marwa Arsanios, Anka Dabrowska, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Hiwa K, Jumana Manna, Raed Yassin, Shirin Yousefi
THE IMAGE OF WAR

Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (SE)
20 Sep 2017 – 14 Jan 2018

with Indre Serpytyte, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Mari Bastashevski, David Claerbout, Phil Collins, Iman Issa, Alfredo Jaar, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Rabih Mroue, Trevor Paglen, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group) …
GIBCA 2017 - Göteborgs Internationella Konstbiennal 2017

WheredoIendandyoubegin - On Secularity

Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg (SE)
9 Sep 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Fatma Bucak, Shilpa Gupta, Basim Magdy, Santiago Mostyn, Francesc Ruiz, Jonas Staal, Haegue Yang
Tous, des sang-mêlés

MAC/VAL, Paris (FR)
22 Apr 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Francis Alys, Faycal Baghriche, Sammy Baloji, Taysir Batniji, Sylvie Blocher, Jonathas de Andrade, Maryam Jafri, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Bouchra Khalili, Kimsooja, Mehryl Levisse …
Sharjah Biennial 13 Act I

Tamawuj

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
10 Mar 2017 – 12 Jun 2017

with Abbas Akhavan, Kader Attia, Ismail Bahri, Yto Barrada, Abdelkader Benchamma, Ursula Biemann, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Mariana Castillo Deball, Jonathas de Andrade, Koo Donghee, Inci Eviner, Harun Farocki …
Contour Biennale 8

Polyphonic worlds: justice as medium

Contour Mechelen vzw, Mechelen (BE)
11 Mar 2017 – 21 May 2017

with Eric Baudelaire, Rossella Biscotti, Filipa Cesar, Louis Henderson, Adelita Husni-Bey, Beatriz Santiago Munoz, Trinh Thi Nguyen, Otobong Nkanga, Trevor Paglen, Judy Radul, Madonna Staunton, Ana Torfs …
11th Gwangju Biennale 2016

The Eighth Climate (What Does Art Do?)

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
2 Sep 2016 – 6 Nov 2016

with Ahmet Oeguet, Ruth Buchanan, Tania Pérez Córdova, Matias Faldbakken, Dora Garcia, Guillermo Faivovich & Nicolás Goldberg , Ane Hjort Guttu, Jasmina Metwaly / Philip Rizk, Rhil Jewyo, Gunilla Klingberg, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Ann Lislegaard …
Liverpool Biennial 2016

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
9 Jul 2016 – 16 Oct 2016

with Simeon Barclay, Lucy Beech, Mariana Castillo Deball, Yin-Ju Chen, Ian Cheng, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Coco Fusco, Fabien Giraud, Rokni Haerizadeh, Samson Kambalu, Oliver Laric, Mark Leckey …
Economie de la tension

Parc Saint-Léger - centre d'art contempo, Pougues-les-Eaux (FR)
29 May 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Zbynek Baladran

Events

Rubaiya Qatar

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

with Bani Abidi, 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 …
Edinburgh Art Festival 2026

Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh (GB)
14 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

with Christine Borland, Jillian Edelstein, Sandra George, Anne Hardy, Lee McCormack, Wendy McMurdo, Catherine Opie, Del LaGrace Volcano
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2026

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
27 Mar 2026 – 29 Mar 2026

with Kevin Abosch, Marina Abramovic, Carlos Aires, Darren Almond, Janine Antoni, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kim Asendorf, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Bleda & Rosa, Daniel Canogar, Julian Charriere …
18th Istanbul Biennial

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

with Haig Aivazian, Karimah Ashadu, Mona Benyamin, Ipek Duben, Simone Fattal, Pelagie Gbaguidi, Ahmad Ghossein, Lungiswa Gqunta, Rafik Greiss, Maxime Hourani, Valentin Noujaïm, Claudia Pagès Rabal …
ABU DHABI ART 2024

ABU DHABI ART, Abu Dhabi (AE)
20 Nov 2024 – 24 Nov 2024

with Sara Benabdallah, Matthew Brandt, Sophie Calle, Jonathas de Andrade, Maxime du Camp, JR, Mohammed Kazem, Charles le Morvan, Aida Muluneh, Bignia Wehrli
Frieze London 2024

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

with Ignasi Aballi, Bani Abidi, Marina Abramovic, Francis Alys, Ghada Amer, Tina Barney, Anna Barriball, Vanessa Beecroft, Inaki Bonillas, Julian Charriere, Isaac Chong Wai, Hannah Collins …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2023

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
23 Mar 2023 – 25 Mar 2023

with Carlos Aires, Hoor Al Qasimi, anothermountainman, Carla Chan, Monica de Miranda, Inci Eviner, Gilbert & George, Hans Hartung, Mella Jaarsma, Pixy Liao , Pedro Neves Marques, Marilyn Minter …
Frieze Art Fair | Los Angeles

Frieze art fair, Los Angeles (US)
16 Feb 2023 – 19 Feb 2023

with David Askevold, Sadie Barnette, Jean Baudrillard, Lynda Benglis, Huma Bhabha, Sarah Charlesworth, Joana Choumali, Bruce Conner, Tracey Emin, Simone Forti, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin …
International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR 2023

InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam IFF, Rotterdam (NL)
25 Jan 2023 – 5 Feb 2023

with Katalin Judit Elek, Anna Faroqhi, Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Shuang Li, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Larissa Sansour, Elisa Strinna
Manifesta 14 Prishtina

Manifesta 14, Prishtine (Kosovo)
22 Jul 2022 – 30 Oct 2022

with Larry Achiampong, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Lee Bul, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Cevdet Erek, Roni Horn, Majlinda Hoxha, Astrit Ismaili, Emily Jacir, Jelena Juresa, Sejla Kameric, Katalin Ladik …
12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
11 Jun 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Haig Aivazian, Ariella Azoulay, Sammy Baloji, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Taysir Batniji, Zach Blas, Ammar Bouras, Clement Cogitore, Monica de Miranda, Omer Fast, Simone Fattal, Forensic Architecture …
Toronto Biennial of Art 2022

Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto (CA)
26 Mar 2022 – 5 Jun 2022

with Nadia Belerique, Shezad Dawood, Jumana Manna, Paul Pfeiffer, Buhlebezwe Siwani
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2022

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2022 – 31 May 2022

with Farah Al Qasimi, Lara Almarcegui, Stephen Andrews, Claudia Andujar, Atong Atem, Raymond Boisjoly, Sandra Brewster, Sophie Calle, Jorian Charlton, Jorian Charlton, Wendy Coburn, Kota Ezawa …
Paris Gallery Weekend

Paris Gallery Weekend, Paris (FR)
19 May 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Catherine Balet, Arina Essipowitsch, Todd Hido, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Thomas Klotz, Leigh Ledare, Brigitte Manoukian, Corinne Mercadier, Rui Moreira, Nelli Palomaeki, Elizabeth Peyton, Sturtevant (Elaine)
Tallinn Photomonth 2021

Tallinn Photomonth, Tallinn (EE)
1 Sep 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Gabriele Beveridge, Jasmina Cibic, Tanja Engelberts, Terike Haapoja, Saodat Ismailova, Maryam Jafri, Peeter Maria Laurits, Herkki-Erich Merila, Marge Monko, Kristina Norman, Mika Taanila
Le Printemps de septembre 2021

Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (FR)
17 Sep 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Phil Collins, Shiva Khosravi, Natacha Lesueur
Art Basel 2021

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

with Berenice Abbott, Robert Adams, Sophia Al-Maria, Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin, James Benning …
VIDEONALE.18

FLUID STATES. SOLID MATTER

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

with Marwa Arsanios, Sadie Benning, Eli Cortinas, Thirza Cuthand, Anouk De Clercq, Kevin Jerome Everson, Dora Garcia, General Idea, Barbara Hammer, Kristin Lucas, Adrian Paci, Sondra Perry …
22nd Biennale of Sydney

NIRIN

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
14 Mar 2020 – 8 Jun 2020

with Erkan Oezgen, Tony Albert, Maria Thereza Alves, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Sammy Baloji, Huma Bhabha, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Tania Bruguera, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Jose Davila, Rokni Haerizadeh …
The 58th International Art Exhibition

May You Live in Interesting Times

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
11 May 2019 – 24 Nov 2019

with Halil Altindere, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ed Atkins, Nairy Baghramian, Neil Beloufa, Carol Bove, Lee Bul, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Alex Da Corte, Stan Douglas, Jimmie Durham …
Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement 2018/9

The sound of screens imploding<br>Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genève

OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Torino (IT)
21 Jun 2019 – 29 Sep 2019

with Korakrit Arunanondchai, Neil Beloufa, Meriem Bennani, Ian Cheng, Kahlil Joseph, James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Tobias Madison, Florent Meng, James Richards, Leslie Thornton
Sharjah Biennial 14

Leaving the Echo Chamber

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

with Sophia Al-Maria, Marwa Arsanios, Leo Asemota, Ursula Biemann, Hannah Black, Mohamed Bourouissa, Candice Breitz, Adriana Bustos, Ian Cheng, Christopher Cozier, Shezad Dawood, Rohini Devasher …
48th International Film Festival Rotterdam

InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam IFF, Rotterdam (NL)
23 Jan 2019 – 3 Feb 2019

with Madiha Aijaz, Meriem Bennani, Stan Brakhage, Sara Cwynar, Debora Elgeholm, Kevin Jerome Everson, Luke Fowler, Miriam Gossing, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, Mike Hoolboom, James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Arthur Kleinjan …
Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement 2018

The sound of screens imploding

Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genève (CH)
8 Nov 2018 – 3 Feb 2019

with Korakrit Arunanondchai, Neil Beloufa, Meriem Bennani, Ian Cheng, Kahlil Joseph, James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Tobias Madison, Florent Meng, James Richards, Leslie Thornton
FIAC 2018 - Cinéphémère

FIAC Paris, Paris (FR)
18 Oct 2018 – 21 Oct 2018

with Ahmet Oeguet, John Akomfrah, Basma Alsharif, Maria Thereza Alves, Marwa Arsanios, Michel Auder, Sammy Baloji, Louidgi Beltrame, Will Benedict, Meriem Bennani, ZHENG Bo, Mohamed Bourouissa …
56th New York Film Festival

New York Video Festival, New York (US)
28 Sep 2018 – 14 Oct 2018

with Gabriel Abrantes, Ericka Beckman, James Benning, Dora Garcia, Beatrice Gibson, James Richards
BERLIN ART WEEK

BERLIN ART WEEK, Berlin (DE)
26 Sep 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Julian Charriere, Beatrice Gibson, Loredana Nemes, Nicholas Nixon, Adrian Piper, Agnieszka Polska
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 Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Lara Baladi, Chim-Pom, Bouchra Khalili, Meiro Koizumi, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Hrair Sarkissian, Kawita Vatanajyankur
transmediale 2018 face value

transmediale, Berlin (DE)
31 Jan 2018 – 4 Feb 2018

with Shaina Anand, Rosa Barba, Eric Baudelaire, Zach Blas, Francois Bucher, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Zachary Formwalt, Johan Grimonprez, Laura Henno, Andrew Newman, Stefan Panhans, Agnieszka Polska …
GIBCA 2017 - Göteborgs Internationella Konstbiennal 2017

WheredoIendandyoubegin - On Secularity

Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg (SE)
9 Sep 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Jens Haaning, Basim Magdy, Santiago Mostyn, Francesc Ruiz, Jonas Staal, Haegue Yang