GHADA AMER BIOGRAPHY 1963 Born in Cairo

GHADA AMER
1963
Born in Cairo, Egypt
Lives and works in New York
1991
1989
1987
1986
Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
MFA in Painting, Villa Arson E.P.I.A.R., Nice, France
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
BFA in Painting, Villa Arson E.P.I.A.R., Nice, France
BIOGRAPHY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Ghada Amer, Kewenig, Berlin, Germany (4/29–7/30/16)
2015
Love.Earth.Fire., Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (11/16/15–
1/4/16)
2014
Rainbow Girls, Cheim & Read, New York (4/3–5/10/14)
2013
Référence à Elle, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (5/17–6/30/13)
2012
Ghada Amer, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
(2/2–4/22/12)
The Other I, Tina Kim Gallery, New York (4/26–6/2/12)
2011
100 Words of Love, Cheim & Read, New York (1/7–2/12/11)
No Romance: Ghada Amer, Reza Farkhondeh and Collaborative Work,
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (2/17–4/2/11)
2010
The Gardens Next Door: Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, Galeria Filomena
Soares, Lisbon, Portugal (9/16–11/6/10)
Color Misbehavior, Cheim & Read, New York (5/6–6/19/10)
2009
Failing Shahrazad, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (9/6–10/24/09)
Roses Off Limits: Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, Pace Prints Chelsea,
New York (4/17–6/23/09)
2008
Ghada Amer–Reza Farkhondeh: A New Collaboration on Paper, Singapore
Tyler Institute, Singapore (2/23–3/20/08)
Love Has No End, Elisabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn
Museum, New York (2/16–10/19/08)
2007
Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh, Collaborative Drawings, Kukje Gallery, Seoul,
South Korea (12/15/07–1/13/08); traveled to Tina Kim Gallery, New York
(3/14–4/8/08)
Another Spring, Seoul, South Korea (12/15/07–1/13/08)
Ghada Amer, curated by D. Eccher, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma,
Rome, Italy (5/25–9/30/07)
An Indigestible Dessert: Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, Francesca Minini
Gallery, Milan, Italy (5/17–7/28/07)
Le Salon Courbé, Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy (5/17–7/28/07)
Ghada Amer, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1/27–3/24/07)
2006
Ghada Amer: Paintings and RFGA Drawings, curated by J. Poodt, The Stedlijk
Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (7/1–11/12/06)
Breathe Into Me, Gagosian Gallery, Chelsea, New York (1/21–2/25/06)
2005
Ghada Amer, curated by R. Smith, H&R Block Artspace at Kansas City Art
Institute, Kansas City, Missouri (6/1–7/16/05)
The Reign of Terror, curated by Anja Chávez, Davis Museum and Cultural
Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts (3/9–6/19/05)
2004
Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, California (9/17–10/16/04)
Ghada Amer, curated by Teresa Millet, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern,
Valencia, Spain (9/9–11/7/04)
2003
Ghada Amer, curated by L.D. Freiman, Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Indianapolis, Indiana (9/13–11/30/03)
Ghada Amer, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy (5/17–7/30/03)
Universal Strangers, curated by Rosa Martinez, Galeria Filomena Soares,
Lisbon, Portugal (1/16–2/22/03)
2002
Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, Heddon Street, London, England (5/2–
6/8/02)
Ghada Amer, curated by S. Bos, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam,
Netherlands (4/6–5/19/02)
Works by Ghada Amer, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
(2/13–5/20/02)
Ghada Amer, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (2/7–4/6/02)
2001
Encyclopedia of Pleasure, Deitch Projects, New York (11/10–12/22/01)
Reading Between the Threads, curated by Selene Wendt, Henie-Onstad
Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway (11/1–12/2/01); traveled to Museum
Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany (2/2–5/5/02); Bildmuseet, University of
Umeå, Umeå, Sweden (5/26–10/13/02)
Pleasure, curated by Valerie Cassel, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston,
Texas (7/26–8/26/01)
Ghada Amer Recent Work, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (4/27–
6/2/01)
2000
Ghada Amer, curated by A.J. Laferrière, Centre Culturel Contemporain,
Tours, France (6/24–10/1/00)
Ghada Amer Drawings, Anadil Gallery, Jerusalem (6/16–7/30/00)
Intimate Confessions, Deitch Projects, New York (4/15–5/27/00); traveled to
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (6/15–9/2/00), Kunst-Werke, Berlin,
Germany (6/10–7/10/00)
Ghada Amer, University of Wisconsin Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin (3/10–5/21/00)
1999
Ghada Amer, curated by Margarita Aizpuru, Centro Andaluz de Arte
Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain (11/26/99–1/16/00)
Ghada Amer, Brownstone, Corréard & Cie, Paris, France (9/7–10/2/99)
The Freedom Salon, Project Room, Feria Internacional de Arte
Contemporáneo (ARCO), Deitch Projects, Madrid, Spain (2/11–16/99)
1998
Ghada Amer, Espace Karim Francis, Cairo, Egypt (11/3–11/25/98)
Ghada Amer, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich, Germany (9/12–10/15/98)
Ghada Amer, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York (4/18–5/20)
1997
Ghada Amer, Galerie Météo, Paris, France
1996
Ghada Amer, Hanes Art Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina (4/4–4/11/96)
Ghada Amer, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York (3/16–4/10/96)
1994
Ghada Amer, Centre Jules Verne, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France (9/30–12/5/94)
Ghada Amer, Zoo Galérie, Nantes, France
1993
Ghada Amer, Galerie Météo, Paris, France (9/16–10/23/93)
1992
Ghada Amer, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris, France (3/1–4/19/92)
Ghada Amer, curated by Barbara Fässler, Projekt Raum, Zürich, Switzerland
(1/10–1/26/92)
1990
Ghada Amer, Villa Arson, Nice, France (11/6–12/16/90)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
In Context: Africans in America, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
(11/17/16–1/17/17)
New Revolutions, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (6/4–7/6/16)
35th Busan Biennale 2016, curated by Yun Cheagab (9/6–11/30/16)
The Female Gaze, Part Two: Women Look at Men, Cheim & Read, New York
(6/23–9/2/16)
2015
Winter in America: A Mulitmedia Group Exhibition, Jack Shainman Gallery, The
School in Kinderhook, New York (10/17/15–Spring 2016)
Art_Textiles, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, England, United
Kingdom (10/10/15–1/31/16)
GHP Exhibition: Amer, Baga, Cameron Greenbaum, Lins, Mackler, Salle, curated
by Adam Welch with assistance from Derek Weisberg, Jane Hartsook
Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, New York (2/27–3/27/15)
Words Words Words, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon (2/4–
3/28/15)
Le fil rouge, Espace Louis Vuitton, Munich, Germany (1/29–4/11/15)
2014
Seeing Through Light, Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection,
organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in collaboration with
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Cultural Authority, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
(11/5–3/26/15)
Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New
York (9/10/14–2/15/15); traveled to Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
(5/30–9/8/15); Palm Spring Art Museum, California (9/9/15–3/1/16); Currier
Museum of Art, New Hampshire (5/2/16–9/4/16)
Mauvais Genre, proposition de Laetitia Hecht et Samantha Barroero, Addict
Galerie, Paris, France (10/18–12/20/14)
Slow Learner, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United Kingdom (8/1–
8/23/14)
GIRL, curated by Pharrell Williams, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin / Salle de Bal,
Paris, France (5/27–6/25/14)
Songs of Loss and Songs of Love: Oum Kulthum and Lee Nan-Young, Gwangju
Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea (5/19–7/13/14)
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African
Artists, MMK1, Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
(3/21/14–7/27/14); traveled to Savannah College of Art and Design,
Georgia (10/16–1/25/15); and Smithsonian National Museum for African
Art, Washington, D.C. (4/8–8/2/15)
2013
Sculptrices, Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-Sorgue, France (4/28–11/11/13)
Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa, National
Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (4/22/13–
1/5/14
ART & TEXTILES - Fabric as Material and Concept in Modern Art from Klimt to
the Present, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (10/12/13–
3/2/14); traveled to Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (3/21 –
6/29/14)
2012
Tea with Nefertiti: The Making of the Artwork by the Artist, the Museum and
the Public, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar (11/1712–
3/31/13)
Stretching the Limits: Fibers in Contemporary Painting, Savannah College of Art
and Design Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia (10/22–3/24/13)
The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society, Bernstein Gallery at Woodrow
Wilson School, Princeton University, New Jersey (8/27–10/19/12)
Le Corps Découvert, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France (3/26–7/15/12)
Prism–Drawing from 1990–2011, The National Museum of Art, Architecture
and Design, Oslo, Norway (3/1–8/5/12)
Loin des yeux prés du corps, curated by Thérèse St-Gelais, Galerie de l'Uqam,
University du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, Canada (1/13–2/18/12)
2011
TOLD / UNTOLD / RETOLD, Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha,
Qatar (12/30/10–5/28/11)
Flowers, Elizabeth Schwartz, LLC, New York (7/1–12/31/11)
The Women in Our Life: A Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibition, Cheim & Read,
New York (6/30–9/16/11)
The Mediterranean Approach, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg and
Thierry Ollat, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy (6/1–8/15/11); traveled to
Musée d’art Contemporain, Marseille, France (2/14/12–5/20/12); SESC
Pinheiros, São Paolo, Brazil (10/6/12–1/13/13)
Of Women’s Modesty and Anger, Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain,
Brussels, Belgium (3/11–9/25/11)
No Romance, Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, South Africa (2/17–3/4/11)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
(1/13–2/29/11)
2010
Residua, Maraya Art Center, Al Qasba, Sharjah, UAE (10/22/10–2/22/11)
Here She Comes: One Perspective on Women in Contemporary Art, Galeri
Michael Kewenig, Cologne, Germany (5/11–8/11); traveled to Fundación
Pedro Barrié de la Maza, A Coruña, Spain (10/11–12/11)
In Context: A 2010 Initiative, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
(5/2–7/11/10)
Until Now: Collecting the New (1960–2010), Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, Minnesota (4/15–8/1/10)
America Now + Here, Artrain, Ann Arbor, Michigan (4/10–11/11)
I Love You!, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (3/27–9/12/10)
185th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,
National Academy Museum, New York (2/17–6/8/10)
Wild is the Wind, Gustein Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, Georgia (1/11–2/28/10)
2009
In Stitches, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller
Gallery, New York (11/12–12/19/09)
Against Exclusion: 3rd Moscow Biennale, curated by Jean-Huber Martin, Dasha
Zhukova’s Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
(9/25–10/25/09)
Abstractions by Gallery Artists, Cheim & Read, New York (9/24–10/3/09)
The Female Gaze: Women Look At Women, Cheim & Read, New York
(6/25–9/19/09)
Elles@centrepompidou, curated by Camille Morineau, Musée d’Art Moderne,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (5/25–12/31/09)
2008
Demons, Yarns & Tales: Tapestry by Contemporary Artists, curated by Banners
of Persuasion, The Dairy Art Centre, London, England (11/10 –11/22/08);
traveled to Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida (12/2 –12/6/08)
Prospects I, curated by Don Cameron, Contemporary Arts Center, New
Orleans, Louisiana (11/3/08–1/18/09)
The Future Must Be Sweet: The Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years,
curated by Marilyn S. Kushner, International Print Center, New York (9/18–
10/11/08)
Valeurs Croisées, Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, France (5/16–
7/20/08)
Pandora’s Box, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada (3/16–7/20/08)
Far From Home, North Carolina Museum of Arts, Raleigh, North Carolina
(2/17–7/13/08)
2007
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Art and Design, New York
(11/8/07–3/9/08)
Alles Klar? Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Ägypten, Salzburger Kunstverein,
Salzburg, Austria (7/19–9/9/07)
Dialogues Méditerranéens, curated by Susanne Van Hagen, St. Tropez, France
(7/10–10/15/07)
Afterglow, curated by Laurie Farell and Celina Jeffrey, Savannah Art and
Design, Lacoste, France (7/6–8/28/07)
Substance and Surface, Bortolami Gallery, New York (6/26–8/31/07)
Reconstruction #2, Sudely Castle Winchombe, Gloucestershire, England
(6/23–10/31/07)
Check-List Luanda Pop, curated by Fernando Alvim and Simon Njami, African
Pavillion, Arsenale Artiglierie, La Biennale di Venizia 52nd, Venice, Italy (6/10–
11/21/07)
Commemorating 30 years: Part Three, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois (5/18–6/16/07)
Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art, National
Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (5/7–
8/26/07); traveled to Fowler Museum of Cultural History at UCLA, Los
Angeles, California (10/14/07–2/17/08)
Global Feminisims, curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin, Brooklyn
Museum, New York (3/23–7/1/07); traveled to Wellesley College,
Wellesley, Massachusetts (9/12–12/9/07)
Gender Stitchery: Artist Knit/Sew Art, curated by Laurel Bradley, Carleton
College, Northfield, Minnesota (3/30–5/6/07)
What F word? curated by Carol Cole Levin, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New
York (2/15–3/17/07)
Collective One, Guy Bärtschi Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (1/18–3/9/07)
2006
Hot Off the Press: Prints of 2006 from New York Printshops, curated by Janice
Carlson Oresman, The Grolier Club, New York (12/13/06–2/3/07)
Showcase for Contemporary Works on Paper, INK Miami, Miami, Florida
(12/7–12/10/06)
Kitaj: Little Pictures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England (11/1/06–
1/1/07)
Insolence, curated by Caroline Messensee, Parcours privé FIAC, Maison
Guerlain, Paris, France (10/23–11/06)
Grand Promenade, curated by A. Kafetsi, National Museum of Contemporary
Art, Athens, Greece (7/17–9/29/06)
Reconstruction #1, curated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst & Elliot McDonald,
Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England (7/1–10/31/06)
Zones of Contact, Biennial of Sydney, Sidney, Australia (6/7–8/27/06)
Word into Art, British Museum, London, England (5/18–9/3/06)
La Force de l'Art, Paris Triennial, Grand Palais, Paris, France (5/9–6/25/06)
The Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York (3/9–5/20/06)
Without Boundary, Seventeen Ways of Looking, curated by F. Daftari,
Museum of Modern Art, New York (2/26–5/22/06)
Threads of Memory, curated by Margaret Matthews-Berenton, Dorsky
Gallery, Long Island City, New York (2/5–4/17/06)
C’era una Volta un Re: La Fiaba Contemporanea, curated by D. Denegri,
ARCOS, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Sannio, Benevento, Italy
Soie, Centre d’Art Contemporain Le Rectangle, Lyon, France
2005
Donna Donne. Uno Sguardo sul Feminile nell’arte Contemporanea, curated by
Adelina von Fürstenberg, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy (10/7/05–1/6/06)
Centre of Gravity, curated by Rosa Martinez, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul,
Turkey (9/17/05–1/8/06)
Hanging by a Thread, Moore Space, Miami, Florida (9/8–10/22/05)
Here Comes the Sun, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Rosa Martinez, Jerome
Sans and Sarit Shapira, Magasin 3, Stocholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
(8/27–12/4)
Fairy Tales Forever: International Homage to H.C. Andersen, AroS Aarhus
Kunstmuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark (8/26–12/30/05)
Down the Garden Path, curated by Valerie Smith, Queens Museum of Art,
Queens, New York (6/26–10/9/05)
Vertigo, curated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, Sudeley Castle,
Gloucestershire, England (6/20–10/30/05)
Always a Little Further, curated by Rosa Martinez, The 51st Venice Biennale,
Venice, Italy (6/12–11/6/05)
Identità & Nomadismo, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea,
Siena, Italy (5/27–9/25/05)
Works on Paper, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, California (4/16–5/14)
Femmes, organized by Art for the World, Musée de Carouge, Carouge,
Switzerland (3/8–3/27/07); traveled to Florence, Italy (9/05); Brussels,
Belgium (2006)
TEXTures: Word and Symbol in Contemporary African Art, National Museum of
African Art, Washington, D.C. (2/11–9/4/05)
Confluence, curated by Jennifer Gately, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun
Valley, Idaho (1/26–4/1/05)
2004
De Leur Temps, les Collections Privées Françaises, curated by Evelyne
Dorothée Allemand and Michel Poitevin, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing,
France (10/6–12/6/04)
Freedom Salon, Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas, Deitch Projects, New
York (8/28–9/4/04)
Africa Remix, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, Museum Kunst Palast,
Düsseldorf, Germany (7/24–11/11/04); traveled to Hayward Gallery,
London, United Kingdom (2/10–4/17/05); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,
France (5/15–8/20/05); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (5/27–8/31/06);
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (10/14/06–1/14/07)
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece (6/22–12/31/04)
Le Opere e i Giorni - Tre. La Vanitas, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Certosa
di Sab Lorenzo, Padula, Italy (6/18–9/30/14)
Il Periplo del Mediterraneo, curated by Maurizio Calvesi and Marisa Vescovo,
Museo dell’Accademia Ligustica di Belli Arti e Loggia di Banchi o della
Mercanzia, Genova, Italy (5/7–7/4/04)
Hommage à Georges Pompidou: Parcours dans les Collections du Musée d’Art
Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (4/3–5/3/04)
Ghada Amer, Shirazeh Houshiary, Sue Williams, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South
Korea (3/17–4/23/04)
Kunst Stoff, curated by Elisabeth von Samsonow and Rosemarie
Schwarzwälder, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder,
Vienna, Austria (3/5–4/24/04)
Beyond East and West: Seven Transnational Artists, curated by David O’Brien
and David Prochaska, Krannert Artmuseum, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Champaign, Illinois (1/04–4/04); traveled to: Louisiana State
University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (4/16–9/4/04), Hood
Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (10/9–
12/12/04); Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
(2/12–5/15/05)
L’Ecriture, le Signe, le Motif, Diocèse du Puy en Velay, le Puy en Velay, France
2003
Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora, curated by
Laurie Ann Farrell, Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York
(11/13/03–3/1/04); traveled to Peabody Essex Museum, Salem,
Massachusetts (3/27–6/20/04), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit,
Michigan (9/11–11/28/04), City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland (6/18–
9/11/05); Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California (4/6–
6/6/06)
Rêverie: Works from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer, Speed Art Museum,
Louisville, Kentucky (7/22 –10/5/03)
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003, Echugo-Tsumari Region, Japan (7/20–
9/7/03)
Corporal Identity-Body Language, 9th Triennial for Form and Content, curated
by Eric de Chassey, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany; Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main, Germany (6/18–9/18);
traveled to Museum of Arts & Design, New York (11/14/03–5/16/04)
Il Racconto del Filo: Ricamo e cucito nell’arte contemporanea, curated by F.
Pasini and G. Verzotti, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento
e Roverto, Roverto, Italy (5/31–9/7/03)
Inscribing Meanings: African Arts of Communication, National Museum of
African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (5/9–8/26/03)
Feminine Persuasion: Contemporary Women’s Sexualities, School of Fine Arts
Gallery and the Kinsey Institute of Research in Sex, Gender and
Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (2/14–3/14/03)
Aligned, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York (2/6–3/7/03)
Sites of Recurrence, Madras Craft Foundation, DakshinaChitra Museum,
Chennai, India; traveled to Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden (1/24–
2/15/03); Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishad Museum, Bangalore, India
Harem Fantasies and the New Scheherazades, curated by Rose Issa, Centro
de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (1/18–5/18/03)
ciudadMULTIPLECity, curated by Gerardo Mosquera, Arte Panama, Panama
2002
Doble Filo, curated by Xabier Arakistain, Bilbao Arte, Bilbao, Spain (1/25–
3/16/02)
Go Figure, curated by M. Steinberg and S. Stoyanov, Luxe Gallery, New York
Contemporary Art Project, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
2001
Best of 2001, Loevenbruck Gallery, Paris, France (12/12–12/29/01)
Accrochage, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (12/2/01–2/2/02)
Sous-Titrée X, la Pornographie entre Image et Propos, curated by Ramon Tio
Bellido, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Tours, Tours, France (10/26–
11/25/01)
Mediterranean–the New Wall? Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (10/16–12/30/01)
Unfolding Perspective, ARS 01, curated by T. Arkio, M. Jaukkuri, P. Nyberg and
J. Vanhala, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (9/30/01–1/12/02)
Threads of Vision: Toward a New Feminine Poetics, curated by Kristin
Chambers, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
(9/14–11/25/01)
Experiences, curated by Rosa Martinez, Barcelona Art Report, 2001
Triennial, Barcelona, Spain (5/29–10/15/01)
Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists Clothing, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York (3/31–6/17/01)
The Short Century, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Museum Village Stuck,
Munich, Germany (2/15–4/22); traveled to Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
(5/18–7/29/01); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois (9/8–
12/30/01), MoMA, PS1, Long Island City, New York (2/10–5/10/02)
Heureux le Visionnaire…, La Louvière : Centre de la Gravure, La Louvière,
Belgium (1/20–4/15/01)
Art Through the Eye of the Needle, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenterm, Oslo,
Norway (1/19–3/25/01)
Entretejidos-Texturas: Arte Contemporeaneo y Artesania Frances, Museo des
Artes de Lima, Peru (3/01–9/01); traveled to Museo Nacional, Rio de
Janerio, Brazil; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2000
Cross Female, curated by B. Höffer, V. Schulte-Fischedick, Metaphern des
Weiblichen inder Kunst Derguer Jahre, Berlin, Germany (9/20–10/29/00);
traveled to Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France (6/28–9/24/00)
Fait-maison, curated by Frédéric Roux, Musée International des Arts
Modestes, Sète, France
Innuendo, Dee/Glasoe Gallery, New York (6/3–7/22/00)
Partage d’Exotismes, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, T. Prat, T. Raspail, 5th
Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Musée Dauphinois, Grenoble, France
(6/1–12/31/00)
Rooms and Secrets/Stanze e Segreti, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Rotonda
del Besana, Milan, Italy (4/10–5/5/00)
Man and Space, 3rd Kwangju Biennial 2000, curated by Kwangsu Oh,
Gwangju, South Korea (3/29–6/7/00)
Whitney Biennial, curated by M. Lincoln Andersen, Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York (3/21–6/4/00)
Friends & Neighbors, EV+A 2000, curated by Rosa Martinez, Limerick City
Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland (3/10–6/4/00)
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, MoMA PS1, Long Island City,
New York (2/27–5/1/00)
Leaving the Island, curated Rosa Martinez, Busan International Contemporary
Art Festival 2000, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea (10/2–
11/27/00)
Continental Shift: A Journey between Cultures, African Artists in Europe, Ludwig
Forum, Aachen, Germany; traveled to Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht,
Netherlands; Musée d’Art Moderne, Liège, France; Stadsgalerij Heerlen,
Netherlands.
1999
Skin, curated by Andrea Gilbert, DESTE Foundation Center for
Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (10/19–12/4/99)
Radicalité dire les qualités, Galerie Brownstone & Corréard, Paris, France
Corps Social, curated by Eric de Chassey, École Nationale Supérieure des
Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (9/17–11/21/00)
Looking for a Place, 3rd International Site Santa Fe Biennial, curated by Rosa
Martínez, Santa Fe, New Mexico (7/1–12/12/00)
APERTO Over All, 48th International Art Exhibition, curated by Harald
Szeeman, Biennale di Venezia, Italy (6/13–11/7/99)
1998
Mar de Fondo, curated by Rosa Martinez, Teatre Romà de Sagunt, Valencia,
Spain
L’Un et l’Autre et Vice et Versa, Espace Paul Riquet, Béziers, France (10/16–
11/28/98)
Loose Threads, curated by Lisa Corrin, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
(8/21–9/20/98)
The Edge of Awareness, curated by Adelina von Furstenberg, World Health
Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland (5/9–7/12/98); traveled to
United Nations Buliding, New York; MoMa PS1 New York; SESC Pompéia,
Sao Paulo, Brazil; WHO Regional Office/The Rabindra Bahvan Lalitkala
Academy, New Delhi, India
L’Entrelacement & l’Enveloppe Pratiques et Métaphores Textiles, Villa du Parc,
Annemasse, France (5/15–6/27/98)
Métissages, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France (4/22–6/14/98); traveled
to Musée de Louviers, Belgium ; Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Saint-Brieuc,
Château de Vogüé, Ardèche, France; Espace Saint-Jacques, Ville de San
Quentin, San Quentin, France (opened 4/25/00); Musée d’Art et d’Histoire,
Saint Brieuc, France (6/29–10/13/02))
Exposition de Groupe, Espace Louise Michel, Paris, France (3/28–5/13/98)
Echolot, curated by René Block, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
(3/22–6/7/98)
L’Envers du Décor, Dimensions décoratives dans l’art du XXème Siècle, Musée
d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France (10/17/98–
2/21/99); traveled to Institut D’Art Contermporain, Villeurbanne/RhôneAlpes, France (5/21–10/31/99)
1997
French Kiss, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (12/13/97–
1/31/98)
Alternating Currents, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, curated by Okwui Enwezor
and Octavio Zaya, Johannesburg, South Africa (10/12/97–1/18/98)
Produire, Créer, Collectionner, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris,
France (10/4–11/15/97)
Ici et Maintenant, Parc de la Villette, Paris, France (9/5–9/14/97)
Thread, Cristinerose Gallery, New York (9/4–10/4/97)
Aamitiés et Autres Catastrophes, La Carte du Tendre. Le Crestet Centre d’Art,
Le Crestet, France (6/29–9/1/97)
What’s Next… On Canvas, Elga Wimmer, New York (5/29–6/28/97)
Vraiment Feminisme et Art, curated by Laura Cottingham, Le Magasin Centre
National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (4/6–5/25/97)
Ici et Maintenant (encore), 13 Quai Voltaire, Paris, France (4/3–5/10/97)
Sous le Manteau, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, curated by Caroline Smulders,
Paris, France (3/18–4/26/97)
Heureux le Visionnaire…, Commande publique du CNAP, Maison Levanneur
de l’Estampe et de l’Art Imprimé, Chatou, France (2/15–4/14/97)
1996
Le Bonheur de Vivre, ses Ravages sur l’Inconscient…, Galerie Météo, Paris,
France
Container ’96, Cultural Capital of Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark (1/96–
12/96)
Ceremonial, curated by Barry Schwabsky, Apex Art Gallery, New York
(10/24–11/23/96)
Miniatures, Espace Karim Francis, Cairo, Egypt (5/28–6/18/96)
The Sense of Order, curated by Z. Badavinac, Moderne Galerija, Ljubljana,
Slovenia (5/9–6/23/96)
Sans Regrets, Toxic New Art, Luxembourg
Die Raüber der Strandguts, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany; traveled
to Institut Français, Munich, Germany
1995
Figures, Le Parvis, Tarbes, France.
Tampons d’artistes, Musée de la Poste, Paris, France
Group Invitational Show, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
Territoires Occupés/ Kunst Konversion, curated by Béatrice Josse and
Maximilian G. Van de Sand, Fonds régional d'art contemporain Lorraine,
Lorraine, France; traveled to Arge Kunst Südwestpfalz, Germany.
Orient/ation, The Vision of Art in a Paradoxical World, 4th International Istanbul
Biennial, curated by René Block, Istanbul, Turkey (11/10–12/10/96)
Etrangères au Paradis, curated by Michel Nuridsany, Le Monde de l’Art, Paris,
France (4/11–5/25/95)
Pittura/Immedia, curated by Peter Weibel, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum
Joanneum, Graz, Austria (3/11–4/18/95)
The Mutated Painting, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany (2/25–
5/5)
Le Duc sur un Noyau de Cerise et La Princesse au Petit Pois…, Friedenstein
Castle Kunstverlag, Gotha, Germany (1/21–3/12); traveled to Fonds régional
d'art contemporain Auvergne, Villeneuve Lembron, France (7/10–10/1)
…Wie Gemalt, Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
1994
Group show curated by Catherine Arthus Bertrand, CAC (Centre d’Art
Contemporain), St. Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France (6/18–9/4/94)
Bifurcations, Abbaye Saint André, Meymac, France (2/20–4/17/94); travelled
to Cimaise et Portique, Albi, France; Musée de Dole, Dole, France (4/26–
3/10/94)
Mété(vous)o-show, Galerie Météo, France
Snark, cabinet des desseins, Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco, Monte-Carlo.
1993
June, curated by Oliver Zahm, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (6/3–
7/17/93)
The Armoire Show, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Hôtel Carlton Palace,
Paris, France
SMGP2A, Galerie Barbier-Beltz, Galerie Météo, Paris, France
1992
37ème Salon de Montrouge, France
Montrouge à Montbélliard, Musée de Montbélliard, Montbélliard, France
I Love Paris, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris, France (3/1–4/19/92)
Les Mystères de l’Auberge Espagnole, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Une Rose est une Rose, Galerie Météo, Paris, France
1990
My Beautiful Lady, Villa Arson, Nice, France
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2013
Artist-in-Residence, Greenwich House Pottery, New York (8/2013–2/2015)
2012
Artist-in-Residence, with Reza Farkhondeh, Ontario College of Art &
Design, Toronto, Canada.
2009
Artist-in-Residence, with Reza Farkhondeh, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print
Studies, Columbia University, New York
2008
Artist-in-Residence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina
2007
Smithsonian Institution Artist Research Fellowship Program, Washington,
D.C.
Artist-in Residence, with Reza Farkhondeh, Singapore Tyler Institute,
Singapore
2005
Artist-in Residence, H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, Missouri
1999
Artist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
UNESCO Prize, 48 Esposizione Internationale della Biennale di Venezia,
Venice, Italy
1997
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
1996
Artist-in-Residence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina
LECTURES/PANELS/TEACHING
2015
Artist Talk, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (10/29/15)
2010
Lecture, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Quebec
2008
Lecture, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Arts, Brooklyn Museum,
Brooklyn, New York
Artist Dialogues: Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, Elizabeth A. Sackler
Center for Feminist Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Lecture, Kendall College of Arts and Design, Ferris States University, Grand
Rapids, Michigan
Lecture, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
2006
Artists Speak: Conversations on Contemporary Art with Glenn D. Lowry—
Artists Among Nations: Ghada Amer & Alfredo Jaar, Museum of Modern
Art, New York
Interview, If Walls Had Ears, De Appel, Amsterdam
Symposium, "Religion, Politics and Sexuality: What can history tell us about
boundaries of expression in the Middle East now?" British Museum, London
Symposium, Matrilineage, Syracuse University
Gallery Talk, New York Studio Events, Independent Curators International,
New York
2005
Lecture, Davis Museum & Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley,
Massachusetts
Lecture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
2004
Award Master Jury Member, The Ninth Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for
Architecture
Miller Visiting Scholar, School of Art, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign, Champaign, Illinois
Pannelist, Beyond East and West: Seven Transnational Artists. University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
University of Memphis Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts
Lecture, Hood Art Museum Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Lecture and panel discussion, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, Michigan
2003
Lecture, Indianapolis Museum of Art Contemporary Art Society,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
School of Visual Art, New York
Columbia University. New York
Symposium, "Who Defines the Contemporary? Diaspora and Experiences in
the Visual Arts." Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
2002
Lecture, Center for European Studies at UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina
Lecture, Institute for Research on Women & Gender, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lecture, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Conversation with Andrew Renton and James Putnam “Art, Faith, and
Democratic Space,” Hayward Gallery, London
Lecture, Biblioteca Nacional, Panama City, Panama
2001
Conversation with Pat Steir, New School, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Lecture, Columbia University, New York
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio
School of Visual Art, New York
New York University, New York
Panelist, African Modernism/Global Contexts: A Dialogue with African
Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
2000
Artist-in-Residence, Columbia University, New York
Fordham University, New York
Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
New Rochelle University, New York
Symposium, Egypt in Modern Art, Georgia State University, November 6-7,
Atlanta, Georgia
Symposium, The Voice of Now, Sotheby’s, May 14, New York
1999
Fordham University, New York
Cry of My Birth: Five Contemporary African Artists, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, University of Illinois, Northwestern University,
University of Chicago, & Columbia College, Illinois
“La Création Aujourd’hui: Conversation entre Ghada Amer et Anne
Garreta,” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, France
1998
“The Edge of Awareness,” New School for Social Research, New York
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1996
Lecture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1995
“The Vision of Art in a Paradoxical World-Oriental Challenge in Art,”
Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts
Academy, Istanbul, Turkey
Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France
1995
Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Valence, France
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2013
Hunger, Enid A. Haupt Garden, National Museum of African Art and
Smithsonian Gardens, Washington, D.C.
2010
Ornellia Wine Labels, collaboration with Reza Farkhondeh, Tenuta
dell’Ornellaia, Tuscany, Italy
Happily Ever After, site-specific garden, Tuscany, Italy
2007
An Indigestible Desert, collaboration with Reza Farkhondeh, Francesca
Minini, Milan, Italy
Love Park, curated by Laurie Ann Farrell, Lacoste, France
2006
Il Etait une Fois dans un Pays Lointain, Festival des Cultures Francophones
2006: 'Faites vos Jeux!' Rennes, France. Opening Sept 26, 2007.
Fear Dress, Whitney Art Party, collaboration with Francisco Costa of Calvin
Klein, New York
2005
Reign of Terror, Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Yin Yang Garden, 51st Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
2004
S’il Pleuvait des Larmes, (curated by Achile Bonito Oliva) Padula, Italy
Artists’ Favourites, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
2003
Ciudad Multiple: Six Chinese Proverbs (curated by Gerardo Mosquera and
Adrienne Samos), Arpa Foundation, Panama City, Panama
Love Grave, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
2002
Peace Garden/Art Project, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach Botanical
Garden, Florida
2001
Hoy el 70% de los Pobres en el Mundo Son Mujeres (Today 70% of the
Poor in the World Are Women), curated by Rosa Martinez, La Rambla del
Raval, Barcelona, Spain (5/01–10/01)
2000
Women’s Qualities in Leaving the Island, curated by Rosa Martinez, Pusan
International Contemporary Art Festival 2000, Pusan Metropolitan Art
Museum, South Korea
1999
Love Park in the “Third International Biennial Exhibition: Looking for a
Place” curated by Rosa Martinez, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998
Cactus Painting in Mar de Fondo, curated by Rosa Martinez, Teatro
Romano de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain
1997
L'Espace à Effeuiller la Marguerite (The Space for Pulling Off Daisy Petals) in
Aamitiés et Autres Catastrophes, La Carte du Tendre, Le Crestet Centre
d’Art, Vaison-la Romaine, France
Ici et maintenant, curated by Yves Jammet, Parc de la Villette-Grande-Halle,
Paris, France (9/4/97)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar Museums Authority, Doha
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Fond National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC) Paris, France
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Auvergne, France
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Hood Art Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
LaM Museum, Lille Métropole Musée d’Art Moderne, d’Art Contemporain et d’Art
Brut
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Neuberger Berman Art Collection, New York
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Samsung Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel