Sama Alshaibi

*1973 / Iraq / United States

Contacts for the work of Sama Alshaibi

Sama Alshaibi

Phoenix
www.samaalshaibi.com

Solo exhibitions

طرس (Tterss)

Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (AE)
15 Apr 2025 – 30 May 2025
Staging the Imagined

Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (AE)
18 Sep 2019 – 8 Nov 2019
Artist-in-Residency

ArtPace, San Antonio (US)
21 Mar 2019 – 12 May 2019
Silsila

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
9 Sep 2017 – 24 Dec 2017
Silsila

Scottsdale MoCA, Scottsdale (US)
4 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016
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Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (AE)
16 Nov 2015 – 11 Jan 2016

Group

The Intimacy of Distance

Explorations of the Figure/Ground

Marshall Gallery, Santa Monica (US)
12 Nov 2022 – 3 Dec 2022

with Albarran Cabrera, Jeffrey Conley, Eileen Cowin, John Divola, Richard Learoyd, Rania Matar, Mark McKnight, Bryan Schutmaat, Donavon Smallwood, Judith Stenneken
The Intimacy of Distance

Explorations of the Figure/Ground

Marshall Gallery, Santa Monica (US)
10 Sep 2022 – 29 Oct 2022

with Albarran Cabrera, Jeffrey Conley, Eileen Cowin, John Divola, Richard Learoyd, Rania Matar, Mark McKnight, Liza Ryan, Bryan Schutmaat, Donavon Smallwood, Judith Stenneken, Alex Turner
Suspended Territories / Zwischen Zonen

Artists from Middle East and North Africa / Künstlerinnen aus dem arabisch-persischen Raum

MARTa Herford, Herford (DE)
24 Jun 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Arwa Abouon, Morehshin Allahyari, Moufida Fedhila, Lamia Joreige, Amina Menia
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, Lara Baladi, Hicham Benohoud, Lalla Essaydi, Mounir Fatmi, George Fikry …
The Portable Nation

Venice Biennale - MV, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Ursula Biemann, Stefano Cagol, Christoph Draeger, Khaled Hafez, Heidrun Holzfeind, Thierry Geoffroy/Colonel
SEMBLANCE & GUISED

Center for Visual Art, Denver (US)
21 Feb 2013 – 13 Apr 2013

with Kim Keever, Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison, Larissa Sansour, Janaina Tschaepe
Contemporary Video Art Fair 2012

Moving Image Art Fair, New York (US)
8 Mar 2012 – 11 Mar 2012

with AES+F, Miguel Angel Rojas, Josh Azzarella, Janet Biggs, Eelco Brand, Josef Dabernig, SONG Dong, Valie Export, Kate Gilmore, Susanne Hofer, Ken Jacobs, Yael Kanarek …
En Foco/In Focus

Selected Works from the Permanent Collection

Light Work, Syracuse (US)
1 Sep 2011 – 31 Jan 2012

with Adál , Don Gregorio Anton, Chuy Benítez, Louis Carlos Bernal, Dawoud Bey, Gerald Cyrus, Ana de Orbegoso, Luis Delgado, Dean Dempsey, Myra Greene, Muriel Hasbun, Kenro Izu …
This is not a love song

The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai (AE)
9 Mar 2010 – 4 Apr 2010

with Raed Bawayah, Anne-Marie Filaire, Noel Jabbour, Richard Mosse, Hady Sy

Events

Moderne Art Fair 2026

Moderne Art Fair, Paris (FR)
22 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026

with Ingrid Baars, Tom Blachford, Vincent Bousserez, Jack Dabaghian, Didier Goupy, Serge Izquierdo, Thomas Jorion, Julio Le Parc, MARCK, Pierrot Men, Willy Rizzo, Hiroshi Sugimoto …
Athens Photo Festival 2026

Athens Photo Festival, Athens (GR)
10 Jun 2026 – 26 Jul 2026

with Sara Abbaspour, Verdiana Albano, Taysir Batniji, Hicham Benohoud, Olga Cafiero, Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø, Amy Cham, Sara De Brito Faustino, Colin Delfosse, Mathias Depardon, Antone Dolezal, Thana Faroq …
photo basel 2026

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

photo basel, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Oscar Abolafia, Marina Abramovic, Michael Ackerman, Albarran Cabrera, Roger Ballen, Bill Brandt, Rene Burri, Arvida Bystroem, Lisetta Carmi, Gilles Caron, José Chambel, Michal Chelbin …
photo basel 2026

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

Esther Woerdehoff, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Philipp Giegel, Thomas Jorion, Gert Motmans, Loredana Nemes, Michael Schnabel, Michael Wesely
Paris Photo 2025 - Solo Shows

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Claudia Andujar, Koto Bolofo, Brodbeck & de Barbuat, Edward Burtynsky, Larry Clark, Jeff Cowen, Jack Davison, Marie Laure De Decker, Tamas Dezso, Tania Franco Klein, Axel Huette, Jamie Hawkesworth …
Paris Photo 2025 - Solo Show

Ayyam Gallery, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Esther Woerdehoff, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Laurence Demaison, Andreas Fux, Didier Goupy, Brigitte Lustenberger, Rania Matar, Nadezda Nikolova, Michael Schnabel, Karlheinz Weinberger, Michael Wesely
Photo London 2025

Esther Woerdehoff, London (GB)
15 May 2025 – 18 May 2025

with Vincent Bousserez, Andreas Fux, Didier Goupy, Thomas Jorion, Alexandra Kremer-Khomassouridze, Michael Wesely
Art Paris 2025

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
3 Apr 2025 – 6 Apr 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Ishola Akpo, Albarran Cabrera, Sarah Amrani, Mustapha Azeroual, Valerie Belin, Federica Belli, Jordi Bernado, Lucien Clergue, Jeffrey Conley, Paul Cupido, David De Beyter …
Paris Photo 2024 - Elles x Paris Photo

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Helene A. Amouzou, Claudia Andujar, Pilar Aymerich, Letizia Battaglia, Valerie Belin, Lucile Boiron, Kim Boske, Nolwenn Brod, Carmen Calvo, Lisetta Carmi, Maria Chambefort, Sabiha Çimen …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth A11

Esther Woerdehoff, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Aassmaa Akhannouch, Laurence Demaison, Didier Goupy, Alexandra Kremer-Khomassouridze, Manon Lanjouere, Julien Mignot, Nadezda Nikolova, Michael Schnabel
Photoville 2021

Photoville, Brooklyn (US)
18 Sep 2021 – 1 Dec 2021

with Evi Abeler, Inbal Abergil, Sameer Al-Doumy, Oded Balilty, Arlette Bashizi, Sheila Pree Bright, Pablo Bronstein, Elinor Carucci, Renee Cox, Gerald Cyrus, Luisa Doerr, Dario De Dominicis …
ABU DHABI ART 2018

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

with Lida Abdul, Ammar Al Attar, Halim al Karim, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Gohar Dashti, Maimouna Guerresi , Francesco Jodice, Mohammed Kazem, Steve Macleod, Giovanni Ozzola, Thomas Ruff
ABU DHABI ART 2017

ABU DHABI ART, Abu Dhabi (AE)
8 Nov 2017 – 11 Nov 2017

with Manal Al Dowayan, Per Barclay, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige