Munem Wasif

*1983 / Bangladesh

Works

Contacts for the work of Munem Wasif

Munem Wasif

www.munemwasif.com

Solo exhibitions

Seeds Shall Set Us Free

Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
21 Mar 2024 – 12 May 2024
In God We Trust

Le 247, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2015 – 23 Jan 2016
Belonging

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
17 Oct 2013 – 17 Nov 2013
Salt water tears

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
4 Sep 2010 – 5 Dec 2010

Group

Image Ecology

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
16 Sep 2023 – 18 Jan 2024

with Ignacio Acosta, Carolina Caycedo, Julian Charriere, Tristan Duke, Richard Frater, Léa Habourdin, Coline Jourdan, Susanne Kriemann, Louise Purbrick & Xavier Ribas, Revital Cohen & Tuur van Balen, Su Yu-Hsin, Tobias Zielony
10 ans !

Exposition-anniversaire

Cl. de la Féronnière, Paris (FR)
14 Apr 2022 – 14 May 2022

with Marco Barbon, James Barnor, Adrien Boyer, FLORE, Claude Iverne, John Myers, Martin Parr, Tony Ray-Jones, Fred Stucin, Mikiya Takimoto, Guillaume Zuili
DEN STEINEN ZUHÖREN

LISTENING TO THE STONES

Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden (DE)
20 Nov 2021 – 6 Mar 2022

with Maria Thereza Alves, Lucile Desamory, Jimmie Durham, Naoya Hatakeyama, Alicja Kwade, Andreas Siekmann
Undefined Territory

Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai (AE)
22 Sep 2021 – 27 Nov 2021

with Shumon Ahmed, Palash Bhattacharjee, Marzia Farhana, Shahria Sharmin
A beast, a god, and a line

Kunsthall Trondheim , Trondheim (NO)
30 Nov 2019 – 16 Feb 2020

with Anida Yoeu Ali, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Ines Doujak, Gauri Gill, Simryn Gill, Taloi Havini, Charles Lim, Anand Patwardhan, Paul Pfeiffer, Huang Rui, Apichatpong Weerasethakul …
COSMOPOLIS #2

Repenser l'humain

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
23 Oct 2019 – 23 Dec 2019

with Julieta Aranda, Adriana Bustos, Carolina Caycedo, Emo de Medeiros, Clarisse Hahn, Sky Hopinka, Hao Jingban, Taus Makhacheva, Lisa Reihana, Tabita Rezaire, QIU Zhijie
Undefined Territories. Reflections on Postcolonialism

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
17 May 2019 – 20 Oct 2019

with Maria Thereza Alves, Lothar Baumgarten, Sandra Gamarra, Maryam Jafri, Kapwani Kiwanga, Naeem Mohaiemen, Daniela Ortiz, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen), The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar)
Delta and sediment

Three contemporary expressions from Bangladesh<br>Yasmin Jahan Nupur

Färgfabriken, Stockholm (SE)
13 Apr 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Suvra Kanti Das
Prix Pictet | SPACE

Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin (IE)
16 Nov 2018 – 10 Feb 2019

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Prix Pictet - Space

Flowers New York, New York (US)
1 Nov 2018 – 13 Nov 2018

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
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, Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Louidgi Beltrame, Zach Blas, Alex Buldakov, Tiffany Chung, Paolo Cirio …
Artists' Film International

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
31 Jul 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Mikolaj Sobczak
Prix Pictet Space

CAMERA - Centro, Torino (IT)
23 May 2018 – 26 Aug 2018

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Prix Pictet: Space

MAM Museo de Arte Moderno, México (MX)
10 Mar 2018 – 22 Apr 2018

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Prix Pictet - Space

Mouravieff-Apostol, Moscow (RU)
19 Jan 2018 – 28 Feb 2018

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Prix Pictet: Space

Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
1 Feb 2018 – 24 Feb 2018

with Morten Barker , Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Prix Pictet - Space

Winner: Richard Mosse

Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo (JP)
23 Nov 2017 – 7 Dec 2017

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Prix Pictet - Space

LUMA Westbau, Zürich (CH)
22 Sep 2017 – 29 Oct 2017

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Prix Pictet - Space

Richard Mosse, Prix Pictet 2017

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
6 May 2017 – 28 May 2017

with Mandy Barker, Beate Guetschow, Saskia Groneberg, Rinko Kawauchi, Benny Lam, Richard Mosse, Sohei Nishino, Sergey Ponomarev, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Wolberg, Michael Wolf
Singapore Biennale 2016

An Atlas of Mirrors

Singapore Biennale, Singapore (SG)
27 Oct 2016 – 26 Feb 2017

with Martha Atienza, Ahmad Fuad Osman, Faizal Hamdan, Agan Harahap, H.H. Lim, Phuong Linh Nguyen, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, QIU Zhijie
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, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 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 …
You Cannot Cross the Sea Merely by Staring at the Waves

Krinzinger Projekte, Wien (AT)
8 Sep 2016 – 15 Oct 2016

with Marzia Farhana, Ahmed Shumon
Noorderlicht Photofestival 2016 - ARENA

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
22 May 2016 – 3 Jul 2016

with Ignacio Acosta, Mandy Barker, Nomi Baumgartl, Olaf Otto Becker, Theo Bos, Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge, Antoinette de Jong, Gerco de Ruijter, Matthieu Gafsou, Hiroshi Imai, Robert Knoth, Katrin Koenning …
Chennai Photo Biennale 2016

Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai (IN)
26 Feb 2016 – 13 Mar 2016

with Ravi Agarwal, Philip Blenkinsop, Rasel Chowdhury, Olivier Culmann, Alicja Dobrucka, Miguel Angel Garcia, Floriana Gavriel, Aitor Lara, Pushpamala N., Romi Perbawa, Angki Purbandono, Rony Zakaria
Chobi Mela VIII - Intimacy

Chobi Mela Festival, Dhaka (BD)
23 Jan 2015 – 5 Feb 2015

with Philip Blenkinsop, Arthur Bondar, Antoine Bruy, Kevin Bubriski, Denis Dailleux, Andrea Diefenbach, Laura El-Tantawy, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Shirin Neshat, Simon Norfolk, Cristina Nunez …
10th Angkor Photo Festival 2014

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
29 Nov 2014 – 10 Dec 2014

with Emmanuel Angelicas, Ragnar Axelsson, Salah Benacer, Antoine Bruy, Alain Buu, Lorenzo Castore, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Gabriele Croppi, Floriane de Lassee, Maika Elan, Isabelle Eshraghi, Maia Flore …
8th Angkor Photo Festival 2012

The first international photo festival in Southeast Asia

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
1 Dec 2012 – 8 Dec 2012

with Abir Abdullah, Mario Algaze, Pablo Bartholomew, Harvey Benge, Philip Blenkinsop, Kai Bornhoeft, Christopher Capozziello, Martin Chambi, Robert Clark, Laura El-Tantawy, Jean-Pierre Favreau, Yoshihiro Hagiwara …
7th Angkor Photo Festival 2011

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
10 Nov 2011 – 26 Nov 2011

with Christophe Agou, Jehsong Baak, Roger Ballen, Pep Bonet, Alexandra Boulat, Anna Boyiazis, Christopher Capozziello, Andre Cypriano, Enrico Dagnino, Denis Dailleux, James Whitlow Delano, Alexandra Demenkova …
18th Noordlicht Photofestival 2011: METROPOLIS

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
11 Sep 2011 – 9 Oct 2011

with Abir Abdullah, Evan Abramson, Martin Adolfsson, Manal Al Dowayan, Anas Al-Shaikh, Mehraneh Atashi, Giorgio Barrera, Matteo Bastianelli, Nina Berman, Peter Bialobrzeski, Jodi Bieber, Julio Bittencourt …
Street Photography Now

Third Floor gallery, Cardiff (GB)
10 Oct 2010 – 14 Nov 2010

with Christophe Agou, Arif Asci, Narelle Autio, Byung-Sang BANG, Polly Braden, Maciej Dakowicz, Carolyn Drake, Melanie Einzig, George Georgiou, David H. Gibson, Bruce Gilden, Thierry Girard …
17th Noordlicht Photofestival 2010: Land - Country Life in the Urban Age

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
5 Sep 2010 – 31 Oct 2010

with Evan Abramson, Benoit Aquin, Pablo Balbontin Arenas, George Awde, Tessa Bunney, Alexandra Demenkova, Laura El-Tantawy, Eva Gjaltema, Brigitte Grignet, Robin Hammond, Katharina Hesse, Sohrab Hura …
Where three dreams cross

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
12 Jun 2010 – 22 Aug 2010

with Mohammad Arif Ali, Lala Deen Dayal, Pushpamala N., Raghu Rai, Rashid Rana, Ketaki Sheth, Bharat Sikka, Dayanita Singh, Raghubir Singh, Nony Singh, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, Enam Talukdar …
The Prix Pictet Winners

Musée de l'Elysée - Espace Arlaud, Lausanne (CH)
18 Jun 2010 – 25 Jul 2010

with Benoit Aquin, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi
Where Three Dreams Cross

150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
21 Jan 2010 – 11 Apr 2010

with Pushpamala N., Rashid Rana, Raghubir Singh, Dayanita Singh, Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, Rashid Talukder, Ayesha Vellani

Events

Rubaiya Qatar

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

with Bani Abidi, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 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 …
Not Knowing — Photography and the Unknown

Photoszene Köln, Köln (DE)
22 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026

with Lasse Branding, Forensic Architecture, Myriam Grigalashvili, Ana Hupe, Karina Nimmerfall, Tobias Zielony
Frieze London 2026

Frieze Masters 2026

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
14 Oct 2026 – 18 Oct 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Eileen Agar, Francis Alys, Mohammed Alfaraj, Atong Atem, Tina Barney, Poulomi Basu, Ruth Bernhard, Inaki Bonillas, Stefan Brüggemann, Dirk Braeckman, Claude Cahun …
Photo Phnom Penh 2024

Photo Phnom Penh Association (PPPA) , Phnom Penh (KH)
21 Nov 2024 – 21 Dec 2024

with Michael Ackerman, Jun Ahn, Forough Alaei, Émeline Ametis, Anush Babajanyan, Hicham Benohoud, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Aglae Bory, Simon Bouillère, Elina Brotherus, Matthias Bruggmann, Ludovic Careme …
Photo Kathmandu

Photo Kathmandu, Kathmandu (Nepal)
25 Feb 2023 – 31 Mar 2023

with Valentina Abenavoli, Monica Alcazar-Duarte, Sohrab Hura, Susan Meiselas, Mads Nissen, Uriel Orlow
16th Biennale de Lyon

Biennale de Lyon , Lyon (FR)
14 Sep 2022 – 31 Dec 2022

with Mohamad Abdouni , Gabriel Abrantes, Mali Arun, Nina Beier, Lucile Boiron, Leyla Cardenas, Julian Charriere, Clement Cogitore, Jose Davila, Buck Ellison, Philipp Fleischmann, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
Le Festival Photo L’Homme et la Mer 2022

Le Guilvinec, Le Guilvinec- Quimper (FR)
1 Jun 2022 – 30 Sep 2022

with Ronan Guillou, Benjamin Hoffman, Julien Pebrel, Fred Stucin, Celine Villegas
Sharjah Biennial 14

Leaving the Echo Chamber

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

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Sophia Al-Maria, Marwa Arsanios, Leo Asemota, Ursula Biemann, Hannah Black, Mohamed Bourouissa, Candice Breitz, Adriana Bustos, Ian Cheng, Christopher Cozier, Shezad Dawood …
The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9)

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
24 Nov 2018 – 28 Apr 2019

with Martha Atienza, CAO Fei, ZHENG Guogu, Gavin Hipkins, Joyce Ho, Mao Ishikawa, Meiro Koizumi, Trinh Thi Nguyen, Anne Noble, Lisa Reihana, Harit Srikhao, Karrabing Film Collective …
Chennai Photo Biennale 2019

Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai (IN)
22 Feb 2019 – 24 Mar 2019

with Navjot Altaf, Kader Attia, Chan-Hyo Bae, Sheba Chhachhi, Samuel Fosso, Anna Fox, Shadi Ghadirian, Gauri Gill, Angela Grauerholz, Armin Linke, Nalini Malani, Tracey Moffatt …
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, Lara Baladi, Yto Barrada, Louidgi Beltrame, Zach Blas, Alex Buldakov, Tiffany Chung …
Singapore Biennale 2016

An Atlas of Mirrors

Singapore Biennale, Singapore (SG)
27 Oct 2016 – 26 Feb 2017

with Ahmad Fuad Osman, Agan Harahap, Fiorenza Menini, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
Chennai Photo Biennale 2016

Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai (IN)
26 Feb 2016 – 13 Mar 2016

with Ravi Agarwal, Philip Blenkinsop, Olivier Culmann, Pushpamala N., Rony Zakaria