Sophia Al-Maria

*1983 / United States / Qatar

Works

Solo exhibitions

Not My Bag

Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (US)
21 Jul 2023 – 10 Jan 2024
Pidge

Project Native Informant, London (GB)
2 Nov 2022 – 10 Dec 2022
TIGER STRIKE RED

curated by Cecilia Alemani

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022
Beast Type Song

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (RU)
5 Jul 2021 – 15 Aug 2021
BITCH OMEGA

HORIZONTAL VERTIGO

Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf (DE)
8 Mar 2020 – 6 Aug 2020
Beast Type Song

Tate Britain, London (GB)
20 Sep 2019 – 23 Feb 2020
BEAST TYPE SONG

Tate Britain, London (GB)
20 Sep 2019 – 23 Feb 2020
BCE

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
15 Jan 2019 – 28 Apr 2019
Black Friday

Mercer Union, Toronto (CA)
13 Apr 2018 – 2 Jun 2018
ilysm

Project Native Informant, London (GB)
2 Mar 2018 – 21 Apr 2018
EVERYTHING MUST GO

The Third Line Gallery, Dubai (AE)
22 Feb 2017 – 25 Mar 2017
Black Friday

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
26 Jul 2016 – 31 Oct 2016

Group

Untitled 2026 (a gathering of remarkable people)

Tarek Atoui, Fadi Kattan

Venice Biennale - Qatar, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026

with Alia Farid, Rirkrit Tiravanija
New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum, New York (US)
21 Mar 2026 – 30 Sep 2026

with Monira Al Qadiri, Rebecca Allen, Yuri Ancarani, Lucy Beech, Hans Bellmer, Asmae Lahkim Bennani, Meriem Bennani, Erwin Blumenfeld, Marianne Brandt, Julien Creuzet, Jeremy Deller, Agnes Denes …
The Only Way Out Is Through: The Twentieth Line

The Third Line Gallery, Dubai (AE)
18 Sep 2025 – 28 Dec 2025

with Farah Al Qasimi, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Fouad Elkoury, Lamya Gargash, Hassan Hajjaj, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Youssef Nabil, Sara Naim
The Pits

Somerset House, London (GB)
25 Apr 2025 – 31 Aug 2025

with Lydia Ourahmane
A Model

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
9 Feb 2024 – 8 Sep 2024

with Nina Beier, Tomaso Binga, Andrea Bowers, Ali Cherri, Tony Cokes, General Idea, Isaac Julien, Renzo Martens, Melvin Moti, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Krista Belle Stewart, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen) …
The Venice Biennale - The Milk of Dreams

The 59th International Art Exhibition

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

with Noor Abuarafeh, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Eileen Agar, Monira Al Qadiri, Oezlem Altin, Gertrud Arndt, Tomaso Binga, ZHENG Bo, Marianne Brandt, Eglė Budvytytė, Liv Bugge, Miriam Cahn …
A FIRE IN MY BELLY

Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Berlin (DE)
6 Feb 2021 – 30 Jan 2022

with Peggy Ahwesh, Bernadette Corporation, Thomas Demand, Marcel Dzama, Tracey Emin, Barbara Hammer, Ana Mendieta, Asier Mendizabal, Nandipha Mntambo, Adrian Piper, Laure Prouvost, David Wojnarowicz
Wishbone Vision

Project Native Informant, London (GB)
10 Nov 2021 – 22 Jan 2022

with Zadie Xa
To Dream Effectively

Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea (GB)
13 Sep 2020 – 17 Jan 2021

with Larry Achiampong, Tabita Rezaire
Seized by the Left Hand

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (GB)
14 Dec 2019 – 22 Mar 2020

with Isaac Julien, Victoria Sin, Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa, Ming Wong
Rewriting The Future

Sonya Dyer

Site Gallery, Sheffield (GB)
27 Sep 2019 – 26 Jan 2020

with Ursula Mayer, Victoria Sin
I Was Raised on the Internet

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
23 Jun 2018 – 14 Oct 2018

with Cory Arcangel, Jeremy Bailey, Zach Blas, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Douglas Coupland, Simon Denny, Aleksandra Domanovic, Stan Douglas, Constant Dullaart, CAO Fei, John Gerrard …
Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement 2016

Biennale of Moving Images

MAMCO art contemporain, Genève (CH)
9 Nov 2016 – 29 Jan 2017

with Yuri Ancarani, John Armleder, Karimah Ashadu, Trisha Baga, Bertille Bak, Hicham Berrada, Loulou Cherinet, Bodil Furu, Emilie Jouvet, Evangelia Kranioti, Cinthia Marcelle, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz …

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, Shaima Al-Tamimi, Kamal Aljafari, Nadia Belerique, Meriem Bennani, Mohamed Bourouissa, Liu Chuang, Olafur Eliasson, Alia Farid …
Art Basel Qatar 2026

Art Basel, Doha (Qatar)
5 Feb 2026 – 7 Feb 2026

with Adel Abidin, Halil Altindere, Kutluğ Ataman, Mustapha Azeroual, Meriem Bennani, Ali Cherri, Simone Fattal, Ângela Ferreira, Shilpa Gupta, Mona Hatoum, Iman Issa, Hassan Khan …
Frieze London 2025

Frieze Masters 2025

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
15 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Bogdan Ablozhnyy, Marina Abramovic, Helena Almeida, Ivan Argote, John Baldessari, Peter Beard, Hannah Black, Daniel Blaufuks, Soumya Sankar Bose, Constantin Brancusi, Julian Charriere, David Claerbout …
The 32nd Pontevedra Art Biennial

Being Human Again. Regarding the Pain of Others

Deputación de Pontevedra, Pontevedra (ES)
21 Jun 2025 – 30 Sep 2025

with Raida Adon, Pilar Albarracin, Manal AlDowayan, Robert Capa, Regina Jose Galindo, Hans Haacke, Emily Jacir, Eva Kotatkova, Miki Kratsman, Diana Larrea, Antoni Muntadas, Marina Nunez …
GIBCA 2023 - Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

Göteborg Biennial, Göteborg (SE)
16 Sep 2023 – 19 Nov 2023

with Adam Christensen, Sky Hopinka, Tarik Kiswanson, Sandra Mujinga, Anja Nowak, Luiz Roque, Ana Vaz, Osías Yanov
Frieze London 2023

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
11 Oct 2023 – 15 Oct 2023

with Marina Abramovic, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Inaki Bonillas, Lisetta Carmi, Hannah Collins, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Thomas Demand, CAO Fei, Annette Frick, Nan Goldin, Noemie Goudal, Todd Gray …
CHAOS : CALM – BAB 2022

Bangkok Art Biennale 2022

Bangkok ArtBiennale, Bangkok (TH)
22 Oct 2022 – 23 Feb 2023

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, Tiffany Chung, Alfonso De Gregorio, Alicia Framis, Antony Gormley, Yee I-Lann, Arthur Jafa, Kimsooja, Jompet Kuswidananto, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tatsuo Miyajima …
The 59th International Art Exhibition

The Milk of Dreams

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

with Noor Abuarafeh, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Eileen Agar, Monira Al Qadiri, Oezlem Altin, Gertrud Arndt, Tomaso Binga, ZHENG Bo, Marianne Brandt, Liv Bugge, Miriam Cahn, Claude Cahun …
ABU DHABI ART 2022

ABU DHABI ART, Abu Dhabi (AE)
17 Nov 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Farah Al Qasimi, Cory Arcangel, Simon Denny, Haroon Mirza, Trevor Paglen, Nam June Paik, Marinella Senatore, Andy Warhol
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2022

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
10 Jun 2022 – 12 Jun 2022

with Bas Jan Ader, Doug Aitken, Ghada Amer, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Olaf Breuning, Fischli & Weiss, Teresa Margolles, Pipilotti Rist, Pamela Rosenkranz, Luzia Simons, Raphaela Vogel
Art Basel 2021

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

with Berenice Abbott, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin, James Benning …
BERLIN ART WEEK 2021

BERLIN ART WEEK, Berlin (DE)
15 Sep 2021 – 19 Sep 2021

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Lotta Antonsson, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Louise Lawler, Basir Mahmood, Adam Page, Elske Rosenfeld, Katharina Sieverding, David Wojnarowicz, Su Yu-Hsin
Düsseldorf Cologne Open Galleries 2020

DC Open
4 Sep 2020 – 6 Sep 2020

with Laurenz Berges, Karl Blossfeldt, Jeremy Deller, Loretta Fahrenholz, Bernhard Fuchs, Peter Lindbergh, Chema Madoz, Duane Michals, Marc Riboud, Thomas Ruff, Albrecht Schäfer, Tobias Zielony
Frieze Art Fair 2019

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
3 Oct 2019 – 6 Oct 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Carlos Amorales, Harold Ancart, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Vanessa Beecroft, Neil Beloufa, Mark Bradford, Dirk Braeckman, Clegg & Guttmann , Natalie Czech, Shezad Dawood, Dario De Dominicis …
Sharjah Biennial 14

Leaving the Echo Chamber

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

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Marwa Arsanios, Leo Asemota, Ursula Biemann, Hannah Black, Mohamed Bourouissa, Candice Breitz, Adriana Bustos, Ian Cheng, Christopher Cozier, Shezad Dawood, Rohini Devasher …
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019

Art Basel HongKong, Hong Kong (CN)
29 Mar 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with Michele Abeles, Marina Abramovic, Farah Al Qasimi, Nevin Aladag, Darren Almond, Eric Baudelaire, Becky Beasley, Vanessa Beecroft, Jacopo Benassi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Fatma Bucak, Chien Chi Chang …
Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement 2016

Biennale of Moving Images

MAMCO art contemporain, Genève (CH)
9 Nov 2016 – 29 Jan 2017

with Yuri Ancarani, John Armleder, Trisha Baga, Bertille Bak, Loulou Cherinet, Bodil Furu, Emily Wardill