Lida Abdul

♀ *1973 / Afghanistan

Works

Contacts for the work of Lida Abdul

Lida Abdul

Kabul
www.lidaabdul.com

Solo exhibitions

We Do Not Want to Become Legendary Because We’ll Disappear

Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino (IT)
10 Mar 2026 – 24 May 2026
Time, Love and the Workings of Anti-Love II

Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino (IT)
3 May 2018 – 27 Jul 2018
Anything is possible when everything is lost

Centre Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (FR)
22 Jan 2014 – 30 Mar 2014
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CAC Málaga, M (ES)
2 Jul 2013 – 19 Sep 2013
What We Saw Upon Awakening

Kunsthal 3,14, Bergen (NO)
6 May 2011 – 19 Jun 2011
Ruins: Stories of Awakening

Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
4 Feb 2010 – 10 Apr 2010
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Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Roma (IT)
14 Feb 2008 – 30 Apr 2008
What We Saw Upon Awakening

Location One, New York (US)
4 Oct 2007 – 17 Nov 2007
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Musée national Marc Chagall, Nice (FR)
3 Mar 2007 – 4 Jun 2007
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CAC - Centre d'art contemporain, Brétigny-sur-Orge (FR)
29 Sep 2006 – 16 Dec 2006
Petition for another world

Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
26 Feb 2006 – 21 May 2006
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Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino (IT)
6 Mar 2006 – 20 May 2006

Group

Turandot: To the Daughters of the East

Parasol unit foundation, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2026

with Hera Büyüktaşciyan, Mona Hatoum, Saodat Ismailova, Daria Kim, Farideh Lashai, Tala Madani
Kyiv Biennial

A Bird That Cannot Land

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

with Geta Bratescu, Julija Cimafejeva, Anna Ehrenstein, Assaf Gruber, Mona Hatoum, Saodat Ismailova, Joyce Joumaa, Hiwa K, Dana Kavelina, Oleksiy Radynski, Aykan Safoğlu, Hito Steyerl …
Busan Biennale 2016

Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude

Busan Museum of Art, Busan (KR)
3 Sep 2016 – 30 Nov 2016

with Makoto Aida, Xu Bing, Keren Cytter, ZHANG Dali, GU Dexin, ZHANG Huan, Geng Jianyi, HU Jieming, Lee Kang-So, Yook Keyun Byung, MA Liuming, Dana Lixenberg …
What we have overlooked

A COLLECTION PRESENTATION OF MUSEUM ARNHEM

Framer Framed, Amsterdam (NL)
1 Jul 2016 – 21 Aug 2016

with Oezlem Altin, Melanie Bonajo, Angéle Etoundi Essamba, Regina Jose Galindo, Roshini Kempadoo, Zanele Muholi, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Kara Walker
El artista entre la individualidad y el contexto

Venice Biennale - CU, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Celia-Yunior, Olga Chernysheva, Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo, Grethell Rasua, LIN Yilin
1st Montevideo Biennial

The Montevideo Biennial, Montevideo (UY)
24 Nov 2012 – 30 Mar 2013

with Gabriela Albergaria, Darren Almond, Bertille Bak, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Galina Myznikova & Sergey Provorov, Camille Henrot, Christian Jankowski, Mireya Masó, Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg, Angelica Mesiti, Paulo Nazareth …
dOCUMENTA (13)

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

with Bani Abidi, 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 …
Krieg/Individuum

Kunsthalle Münster, Münster (DE)
20 Feb 2010 – 25 Apr 2010

with Marcel Dzama, Lukas Einsele, Parastou Forouhar, Ori Gersht, Lisa Holzer, Emily Jacir, Sigalit Landau
Global Feminisms Remix

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

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

with Pilar Albarracin, Ghada Amer, Regina Jose Galindo, Tracey Moffatt, Pipilotti Rist, Adriana Varejão, Miwa Yanagi
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

Göteborg Biennial, Göteborg (SE)
25 Aug 2007 – 25 Nov 2007

with Adel Abidin, AES+F, Jane Alexander, Melik Ohanian, Anri Sala, Santiago Sierra, Sislej Xhafa
Memorial to the Iraq War

ICA Inst Contemporary Arts, London (GB)
23 May 2007 – 27 Jun 2007

with Marc Bijl, Christoph Büchel, Tony Chakar, Yael Davids, Jeremy Deller, Sam Durant, Matias Faldbakken, Liam Gillick, Iman Issa, Sanja Ivekovic, Michaela Meise, Roman Ondak …
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, Noor Al-Bastaki, Lara Almarcegui, Roy Arden, Mireille Astore, Lara Baladi, Taysir Batniji, Sophie Elbaz, Touhami Ennadre, Mounir Fatmi, Simryn Gill, Lauren Greenfield …
2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - FOOTNOTES on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
1 Mar 2007 – 1 Apr 2007

with Victor Alimpiev, Narda Fabiola Alvarado, Kutluğ Ataman, Shoja Azari, Bigert & Bergstroem, Monica Bonvicini, Sergey Bratkov, Olga Chernysheva, Gary Hill, Josephine Meckseper, Ana Mendieta, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset …
27th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
7 Oct 2006 – 17 Dec 2006

with Adel Abdessemed, Jane Alexander, Lara Almarcegui, Claudia Andujar, Yael Bartana, Mark Bradford, Marcel Broodthaers, Marcos Chaves, Loulou Cherinet, Minerva Cuevas, Tacita Dean, Esra Ersen …
mankind: The Story of a Wound

CRKC, Centrum voor Religieuze Kunst en C, Heverlee (BE)
16 Sep 2006 – 19 Nov 2006

with Sergey Bratkov, Patrick Corillon, Juan Manuel Echavarria, Regina Jose Galindo, Mekhitar Garabedian, Mark Manders, Ingrid Mwangi, Bruce Nauman, Ari Saarto, Anri Sala, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Ed Templeton …
Courants alternatifs

CAPC Bordeaux, Bordeaux (FR)
22 Jun 2006 – 17 Sep 2006

with Yael Bartana, Mounir Fatmi, Regina Jose Galindo
Video

Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (TR)
18 May 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Adrian Paci, Tony Tasset
Nafas - Islamische Welten

Aktuelle Kunst aus der islamisch geprägten Welt

ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
19 May 2006 – 20 Aug 2006

with Vyacheslav Akhunov, Mounir Fatmi, Amal El Kenawy
The Unquiet World

AUS Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne (AU)
27 May 2006 – 23 Jul 2006

with Ursula Biemann, George Gittoes, Susan Norrie
Between the Furniture and the Building

Vidéo-programme proposé par Pierre Bal-Blanc

CAC - Centre d'art contemporain, Brétigny-sur-Orge (FR)
2 Oct 2005 – 30 Nov 2005

with Jimmie Durham, Juan Manuel Echavarria, Andrea Fraser, Marie Voignier, Artur Zmijewski
Between the Furniture and the Building

Vidéo-programme proposé par Pierre Bal-Blanc

FR 66, Paris (FR)
2 Oct 2005 – 30 Oct 2005

with Jimmie Durham, Juan Manuel Echavarria, Andrea Fraser, Marie Voignier, Artur Zmijewski

Events

The Phair 2026

Photo Art Fair

The Phair, Torino (IT)
22 May 2026 – 24 May 2026

with Nick Brandt, Nick Brandt, Stefano Cagol, Augusto Cantamessa, Max Cardelli, Anton Corbijn, Paul Cupido, Ezio D'Agostino, Luciano D'Inverno, Michelangelo Di Battista, Michelangelo Di Battista, Diego Dominici …
17th Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
17 Sep 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Ahmet Oeguet, Arahmaiani, Martha Atienza, Carlos Casas, Ângela Ferreira, Taloi Havini, Lamia Joreige, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Renato Leotta, Angela Melitopoulos, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Lieko Shiga …
The Phair 2019 - Photography and Fair

The Phair, Torino (IT)
3 May 2019 – 5 May 2019

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Olivo Barbieri, Per Barclay, Fabio Barile, Matteo Basile, Guia Besana, Monica Biancardi, Francesco Bosso, Slater Bradley, Davide Bramante, Fabio Bucciarelli, Fabio Bucciarelli …
ABU DHABI ART 2018

ABU DHABI ART, Abu Dhabi (AE)
14 Nov 2018 – 17 Nov 2018

with Ammar Al Attar, Halim al Karim, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Sama Alshaibi, Gohar Dashti, Maimouna Guerresi , Francesco Jodice, Mohammed Kazem, Steve Macleod, Giovanni Ozzola, Thomas Ruff
ART COLOGNE 2018

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
19 Apr 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with Laurenz Berges, Melanie Bonajo, Sonja Braas, Brassai, Thomas Demand, Andreas Gefeller, Arlene Gottfried, Sean Hemmerle, CHIA-WEI HSU, Pieter Hugo, Christian Jankowski, Heinrich Kuehn …
FORMAT Festival 2017

FORMAT Festival, Derby (GB)
24 Mar 2017 – 23 Apr 2017

with Lisa Barnard, Farhad Berahman, Ursula Biemann, Kenta Cobayashi, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Dragana Jurisic, Edgar Martins, Martin Parr, Alexey Shlyk, Ester Vonplon
Busan Biennale 2016

Hybridizing Earth, Discussing Multitude

Busan Museum of Art, Busan (KR)
3 Sep 2016 – 30 Nov 2016

with Xu Bing, ZHANG Dali, MA Liuming, Zanele Muholi, QIU Zhijie
Global Photography Now: The Middle East

Tate Modern, London (GB)
22 Sep 2006

with Fouad Elkoury, Rula Halawani, Mitra Tabrizian