Rula Halawani

*1964 / Palestin

Works

Solo exhibitions

For You Mother

Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (AE)
11 Jan 2023 – 23 Feb 2023
For My Father

Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (AE)
23 Mar 2020 – 30 Jun 2020
For My Father

Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (AE)
18 Jan 2016 – 3 Mar 2016
Traces

Selma Feriani Gallery, London (GB)
12 Apr 2013 – 11 May 2013
Retrospective

Le Botanique, Brussels (BE)
5 Sep 2008 – 12 Oct 2008
LA REALTÀ ESPLOSA

Officina Giovanni - Cantieri Culturali E, Prato (IT)
14 Nov 2003 – 7 Dec 2003

Group

Inhabiting the shadows

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
25 Sep 2025 – 18 Jan 2026

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Paz Errazuriz, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Chema Madoz, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Photography in Between

Photography in the IVAM collection after 1950

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
30 Nov 2023 – 2 Jun 2024

with John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Pilar Beltran, Mira Bernabeu, Valie Export, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Hamish Fulton, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, Rosell Meseguer, Sigmar Polke …
A l’ombre des clichés

Photographies d’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient

Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris (FR)
9 Sep 2023 – 28 Oct 2023

with Abbas, Reem Al Faisal, Taysir Batniji, Isabelle Eshraghi, Shadi Ghadirian, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Nyaba Leon Quedraogo, Seifollah Samadian, Zineb Sedira
From Palestine With Art

Venice Biennale - PS, Venezia (IT)
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022

with ..., Rania Matar
TIMES OF UPHEAVAL

Stories and microstories in the IVAM collection

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
13 Feb 2019 – 20 Apr 2020

with John Baldessari, Carmen Calvo, Valie Export, Dora Garcia, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Bruce Nauman, Richard Prince, Martha Rosler, Cindy Sherman, Gillian Wearing
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, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Halil Altindere, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ed Atkins, Nairy Baghramian, Neil Beloufa, Carol Bove, Lee Bul, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Alex Da Corte …
Light in Wartime

Apex Art, New York (US)
7 Jun 2018 – 28 Jul 2018

with Allan de Souza, Ziyah Gafic, Seba Kurtis, An-My Le, David Levinthal, Richard Mosse, Jo Ractliffe
In Rebellion. Female Narratives In The Arab World

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
14 Sep 2017 – 28 Jan 2018

with Tamara Abdul Hadi, Leila Alaoui, Ghada Amer, Nadia Benchallal, Zohra Bensemra, Diana El Jeroudi, rana elnemr, Farida Hamak, Nermine Hammam, Mona Hatoum, Amal El Kenawy, Raeda Saadeh …
She Who Tells a Story

Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington (US)
8 Apr 2016 – 31 Jul 2016

with Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, rana elnemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, Newsha Tavakolian
She Who Tells a Story

Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
30 May 2015 – 28 Sep 2015

with Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, rana elnemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, Newsha Tavakolian
She Who Tells a Story

Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford (US)
28 Jan 2015 – 4 May 2015

with Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, rana elnemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Nermine Hammam, Diana Matar, Shirin Neshat, Newsha Tavakolian
Perduti nel paesaggio / Lost in Landscape

MART, Rovereto (IT)
5 Apr 2014 – 31 Aug 2014

with Marina Abramovic, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Lara Almarcegui, Gabriele Basilico, Bae Bien-U, Bleda & Rosa, Fernando Brito, Jordi Colomer, Fischli & Weiss, Carlos Garaicoa, Emmet Gowin, Andreas Gursky …
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, Lara Baladi, Hicham Benohoud, Lalla Essaydi, Mounir Fatmi …
She Who Tells a Story

Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US)
27 Aug 2013 – 12 Jan 2014

with Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, rana elnemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, Newsha Tavakolian
Les Rencontres d'Arles 2013 - ARLES IN BLACK

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
1 Jul 2013 – 22 Sep 2013

with Miguel Angel Rojas, Nikolay Bakharev, Craig J. Barber, Taysir Batniji, Raed Bawayah, Guy Bourdin, Philippe Chancel, Jean-Louis Courtinat, Stéphane Couturier, Thibaut Cuisset, Raphael Dallaporta, John Davies …
Arab Express: The Latest Art from the Arab World

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
16 Jun 2012 – 28 Oct 2012

with Halim al Karim, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Akram Zaatari
12th International Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
17 Sep 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Eddie Adams, Claudia Andujar, Edgardo Aragon, Marwa Arsanios, Kutluğ Ataman, George Awde, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Taysir Batniji, Letizia Battaglia, Mathew B. Brady, Chris Burden, Tammy Rae Carland …
Palestine, la création dans tous ses états / Palestine, creation in all states

Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (FR)
23 Jun 2009 – 22 Nov 2009

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Taysir Batniji, Mona Hatoum, Noel Jabbour, Larissa Sansour
Walls _ they come and go

Walls in Palestine and Berlin (1961 – 1989)

Le Pont Gallery, Aleppo (SY)
29 Oct 2007 – 10 Nov 2007

with Karl-Ludwig Lange
Heimat - ein Verdacht

Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen (DE)
8 Jul 2007 – 19 Aug 2007

with Christine Biehler, Guillaume Bijl, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Gregory Crewdson, Nan Goldin, Ottmar Hörl, Oliver Kern, Rosemary Laing, Les Levine, Boris Mikhailov, Tracey Moffatt, Peter Piller …
Ideal City –Invisible Cities

Curated by Sabrina van der Ley and Markus Richter / European Art Projects

European Art Projects, Potsdam (DE)
8 Sep 2006 – 29 Oct 2006

with Francis Alys, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Miroslaw Balka, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Jonas Dahlberg, Tacita Dean, Carlos Garaicoa, Dan Graham, Craigie Horsfield, Jakob Kolding, Ola Kolehmainen, Sol LeWitt …
blickdicht - Fotografien aus der arabischen Welt

11. Noorderlicht Photofestival 2004

ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
17 Feb 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Reem Al Faisal, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Anas Al-Shaikh, Bruno Boudjelal, Alison Bradley, Wouter Deruytter, Lalla Essaydi, Farida Hamak, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Laura Junka, Zbigniew Kosc, Maha Maamoun …
Blickdicht - Fotografien aus der arabischen Welt

11. Noorderlicht Photofestival 2004

ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
11 Nov 2005 – 29 Jan 2006

with Reem Al Faisal, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Anas Al-Shaikh, Bruno Boudjelal, Alison Bradley, Wouter Deruytter, Lalla Essaydi, Farida Hamak, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Laura Junka, Zbigniew Kosc, Maha Maamoun …
After the Fact

1. Berlin Photography Festival

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
24 Sep 2005 – 14 Nov 2005

with Fernando Alvim, Jessica Backhaus, Ursula Biemann, Carlos Capelan, Leif Claesson, Jiri David, DOF, Christoph Draeger, Lukas Einsele, Maria Elvira Escallon, Ulrika Ferm, Masaki Hirano …
Nazar:

In partnership with the Noorderlicht Festival and Fotofest, Houston

Aperture, New York (US)
8 Sep 2005 – 3 Nov 2005

with Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Anas Al-Shaikh, Hicham Benohoud, Nabil Boutros, Hichem Driss, Lalla Essaydi, Khaled Tarek Fazaa, Rawi Hage, Farida Hamak, Noel Jabbour, Ahmed Jadallah, Youssef Nabil …
Sharjah International Biennial 7

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
6 Apr 2005 – 6 Jun 2005

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Maja Bajevic, Ursula Biemann, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Sonia Boyce, Miguel Calderon, Claude Closky, Phil Collins, Com & Com, Minerva Cuevas, Pio Díaz …
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, Lara Baladi, Zohra Bensemra, rana elnemr, 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, Lara Baladi, Zohra Bensemra, rana elnemr, Zineb Sedira
Busan Biennale 2004

Chasm-NET - Contemporary Art Exhibition<br> 92 artists from 37 countries

Busan Museum of Art, Busan (KR)
21 Aug 2004 – 31 Oct 2004

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Darren Almond, Emmanuelle Antille, Knut Asdam, Fikret Atay, Yael Bartana, Jonas Dahlberg, Willie Doherty, WU Ershan, Graham Fagen, Omer Fast, YANG Fudong …
11th Noorderlicht Photofestival 2004

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
5 Sep 2004 – 24 Oct 2004

with Abbas, Reem Al Faisal, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Anas Al-Shaikh, Hicham Benohoud, Paul Blackmore, Bruno Boudjelal, Nabil Boutros, Alison Bradley, Matthias Bruggmann, Denis Dailleux, Annette Den Ouden …

Events

Cosmoscow 2019

International contemporary art fair

Cosmoscow, Moscow (RU)
18 Sep 2021 – 20 Sep 2021

with Laurent Chehere, Olga Chernysheva, Dmitry Gutov, Anna Halm Schudel, Oleg Kulik, Zhenya Mironov, Wikentij Nilin, Tim Parchikov, Agnieszka Polska, Alexander Rodchenko, Aidan Salakhova, Annegret Soltau …
The 58th International Art Exhibition

May You Live in Interesting Times

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

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Halil Altindere, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ed Atkins, Nairy Baghramian, Neil Beloufa, Carol Bove, Lee Bul, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Alex Da Corte, Stan Douglas …
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018

Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life

Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi (IN)
12 Dec 2018 – 29 Mar 2019

with Brook Andrew, Tania Bruguera, Nathan Coley, SONG Dong, Valie Export, Chitra Ganesh, Chandan Gomes, Guerrilla Girls, Shilpa Gupta, Sunil Gupta, Sunil Janah, Jitish Kallat …
Month of Photography 2017

Between the Medium

MOP Denver, Denver (US)
9 Mar 2017 – 28 Apr 2017

with Stanko Abadzic, Arwa Abouon, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Samira Alikhanzadeh, Marcus DeSieno, Shadi Ghadirian, Ville Kansanen, Tina Kazakhishvili, Isa Marcelli, Anne Arden McDonald, Ryan McGinley, Shirin Neshat
Global Photography Now: The Middle East

Tate Modern, London (GB)
22 Sep 2006

with Lida Abdul, Fouad Elkoury, Mitra Tabrizian
Workshop with Larry Towell (Magnum)

Birzeit University, Birzeit (PS)
6 Feb 2006 – 10 Feb 2006

with Larry Towell
Sharjah International Biennial 7

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
6 Apr 2005 – 6 Jun 2005

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Maja Bajevic, Ursula Biemann, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Sonia Boyce, Miguel Calderon, Claude Closky, Phil Collins, Com & Com, Minerva Cuevas, Pio Díaz …