1 GHADA AMER Born in 1963, Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in

GHADA AMER
Born in 1963, Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in New York.
Education:
1989 MFA in Painting, Villa Arson Epiar, Nice, France.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: Collaborative Drawings, Mar 14 –
Apr 12, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, United States.
Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: A New Collaboration on Paper, Feb
23 – Mar 20. Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore.
Ghada Amer: Love Has No End, Feb 16 – Oct 19, Elisabeth A. Sackler
Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York, United
States.
2007 Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh, Collaborative Drawings, Seoul, Dec 15
- Jan 13, 2008, Korea.
Ghada Amer, Another Spring, Seoul, Dec 15 – Jan 13, 2008, Korea.
Le Salon Courbé, Francesca Minini, May 17 – July 28, Milan, Italy.
Ghada Amer (curated by D. Eccher), May 25 – Sept 30, Museo d’Arte
Contemporanea Roma, MACRO, Rome, Italy.
2006 Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, (Chelsea).
2004 Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.
Ghada Amer, (curated by Teresa Millet), Institut Valencià d’Art Modern,
Valencia, Spain.
2003 Forefront 45: Ghada Amer, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN.
Ghada Amer, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy.
2002 Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, London, England.
Ghada Amer, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2001 Encyclopedia of Pleasure, Deitch Projects, New York, NY.
Reading Between the Threads, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway.
Travelling exhibition.
2000 Ghada Amer Drawings, Anadil Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
Intimate Confessions, Deitch Projects, New York, NY. Travelling
exhibition.
Ghada Amer, Centre Culturel Contemporain (C.C.C.), Tours, France.
1999 Ghada Amer (curated by Margarita Aizpuru), Centro Andaluz de Arte
Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain.
1998 Ghada Amer, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York.
1997 Ghada Amer, Espace Karim Francis, Cairo, Egypt.
1996 Ghada Amer, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York.
1994 Ghada Amer, Centre Jules Verne, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
1993 Ghada Amer, Galerie Météo, Paris, France.
1992 Ghada Amer, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris, France.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
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2007 Global Feminisims, (curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin),
Brooklyn Museum, New York. Travelling exhibition.
2006 Without Boundary, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Zones of Contact, Biennial of Sydney, Sidney, Australia.
2005 Centre of Gravity (curated by Rosa Martinez), Istanbul Modern, Istanbul,
Turkey.
Here Comes the Sun (curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Rosa Martinez,
Jerome Sans and Sarit Shapira), Magasin 3, Stocholm Konsthall,
Sweden.
Always a Little Further (curated by Rosa Martinez), Special project : Yin
Yang Garden, 51st International Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy.
2004 Africa Remix, (curated by Jean-Hubert Martin), (through 2006), Museum
Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany. Travelling exhibition.
Hommage à Georges Pompidou: Parcours dans les Collections du Musée
d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
Ghada Amer, Shirazeh Houshiary, Sue Williams, Kukje Gallery, Seoul,
South Korea.
2003 Harem Fantasies and the New Scheherazades, (curated by Rose Issa)
Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, Barcelona,
Spain.
Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora (curated
by Laurie Ann Farrell), Museum of African Art, Long Island City,
NY. Travelling exhibition.
Il Racconto del Filo: Ricamo e cucito nell’arte contemporanea, Museo di
Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roverto, Italy.
Ciudad Multiple, (curated by Gerardo Mosquera and Adrienne Samos),
Special Project : Six Chinese Proverbs, Arpa Foundation, Panama
City, Panama.
2001 The Short Century, (curated by Okwri Enwezor) Museum Village Stuck,
Munich, Germany. Travelling exhibition.
2000 Leaving the Island, (curated R. Martinez), Special Project : Women’s
Qualities, Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival 2000,
Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, South Corea.
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art
Center, Long Island City, NY.
Friends & Neighbors, EV+A 2000,(curated by Rosa Martinez), Limerick
City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland.
Whitney Biennial, (curated by M. Lincoln Andersen), Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, NY.
Kwangju Biennial 2000, Man and Space, (curated by René Block),
Kwangju, Korea.
Partage d’Exotismes, 5th Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, (curated
by Jean-Hubert Martin), Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France.
1999 APERTO Over All, 48th International Art Exhibition, (curated by Harald
Szeeman), Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
Looking for a Place, Third International Site Santa Fe Biennial, (curated
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by Rosa Martínez), Special Project : Love Park, Santa Fe, NM.
Echolot (curated by René Block), Museum Fridericianum, Kassel,
Germany.
L’Envers du Décor, Dimensions Décoratives dans l’Art du XXème Siècle,
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
Vraiment Feminisme et Art (curated by Laura Cottingham), Le Magasin
Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble,
France.
Alternating Currents, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, (curated by Okwui
Enwezor and Octavio Zaya), Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Sense of Order, Moderne Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The Mutated Painting, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt, Germany.
Orient/ation, The Vision of Art in a Paradoxical World, 4th International
Istanbul Biennial, (curated by René Block), Istanbul, Turkey.
Bifurcations, (through 1995), Travelling exhibition.
I Love Paris, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris, France.
Special Projects:
2007 An indigestible Dessert, Francesca Minini, (collaboration with Reza
Farkhondeh) Milan, Italy.
2006 Il Etait une Fois dans un Pays Lointain, Festival des Cultures
Francophones 2006: 'Faites vos Jeux!' Rennes, France.
Openning Sept 26, 2007.
Fear Dress, Whitney Art Party, (collaboration with Francisco Costa
of Calvin Klein) New York, NY.
2005 Reign of Terror, Davis Museum, Wellesley College, MA.
Yin Yang Garden, 51st Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy.
2004 S’il Pleuvait des Larmes, (curated by Achile Bonito Oliva) Padula,
Italy.
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, IN.
2002 Peace Garden/Art Project, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach
Botanical Garden, FL.
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), May-October, La Rambla del Raval, Barcelona,
Spain.
2000 Women’s Qualities in Leaving the Island (curated by Rosa Martinez),
Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival 2000, Pusan
Metropolitan Art Museum, Korea.
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1999 Love Park in the “Third International Biennial Exhibition: Looking for
a Place” (curated by Rosa Martinez), SITE Santa Fe, NM.
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.
Public Collections:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL.
Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI.
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.
Hood Art Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Neuberger Berman Art Collection, New York, NY.
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Samsung Museum, Seoul, South Korea.
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Selected Books and Catalogues:
2008 Farrell, Laurie Ann. Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh: Collaborative
Drawings. Seoul: Kukje Gallery.
2007 Celant, Germano ; Eccher, Danilo ; Macri, Teresa ; Janus, Elizabeth.
Ghada Amer. MACRO, Roma
2006 ------------. Ghada Amer. New York: Gagosian Gallery. (text by Maria
Elena Buszek and Christophe Kihm).
2004 Homes, A.M. Ghada Amer. New York: Gagosian Gallery.
Martínez, Rosa, and Lundström, Jan-Erik, and Millet, Teresa. Ghada
Amer. Valencia: Institut Valencià d’Art Modern.
Farrell, Laurie Ann. Ghada Amer. Seoul: Kukje Gallery.
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2003 Haglund, Elisabet, and Maleström, Tamara. Sites of Recurrence: a
Workshop in Contemporary Art. Chennai: Madras Craft
Foundation, India. (Text by Wendt, Selene).
Amer, Sahar, and Olu Oguibe. Ghada Amer. Amsterdam: De Appel.
Freiman, Lisa D. Ghada Amer. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Martinez, Rosa. Ghada Amer. Lisbon : Galeria Filomena Soares.
2002 Kim, Clara. Ghada Amer: Délier les Langues. Geneva: Galerie Guy
Bärtschi.
Renton, Andrew. Ghada Amer. New York: Gagosian Gallery.
2001 Cassel, Valerie. Ghada Amer: Pleasure [Perspectives 128]. Houston:
Contemporary Art Museum.
Wendt, Selene. Ghada Amer: Reading Between the Threads. Høvikodden:
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter.
Moss, Karen. Ghada Amer. San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute.
2000 Guralnik, Nehama & Mordecha Omer. Ghada Amer: Intimate Confessions.
Tel Aviv: Museum of Art.
1998 Breitz, Candice. Ghada Amer. Kassel: Kunsthalle Fridercianum.
1994 Franceschi, Xavier, and Zahm, Olivier. Ghada Amer. Brétigny-sur-Orge:
Espace Jules Verne.
1992 Barbu, Théophile. Ghada Amer. Paris: Hôpital Ephémère.
REZA FARKHONDEH
Born in Iran. Lives and works in New York.
Education
1991
1993
1980
MFA in Art , Video and short films, Villa Arson, Nice, France.
Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris, France.
B.A. in Economy
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Reza Farkhondeh/Ghada Amer: A New Collaboration on Paper,
Singapore Tyler Institute, Singapore,
Reza Farkhondeh/Ghada Amer: Collaborative Drawings, Tina Kim
Gallery, New York, USA
2007
Reza Farkhondeh/Ghada Amer: Collaborative Crawings, Kukje
Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
An Indigestible Dessert, A video in collaboration with Ghada
Amer, Francesca Minini Gallery, Milan, Italy.
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2004 :
Reza Farkhondeh: Paintings, La Chapelle Sainte Elizabeth,
Villefranche sur Mer France.
1995 :
Reza Farkhondeh:Exposition Personnelle, Galerie Philippe Rizzo,
Paris, France.
Group Exhibitions
2006 :
RFGA Drawings, The Stedlijk Museum, 'S-Hertogenbosch,
Netherlands.
Showcase for Contemporary Works on Paper, INK Miami, Florida.
2007:
What F word ? (curated by Carol Cole Levin), Cynthia Broan
Gallery. New York. USA
2006 :
Hot Off The Press, (curated by Janice Oresman), Grolier Club, New
York, NY.USA
Kitaj: Little Pictures, Marlborough Fine Art, 2007, London, UK.
Threads of Memory, (curated by Margaret Matthews Berenson),
Dorsky Gallery. New York, NY, USA
Humor Me, (curated by Rachael Smith) Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas,USA
2005
Tenture de l’An 2001, Musée de la Tapisserie, Aubusson, France
2001
Musée Departemental de la Tapisserie, Aubusson, Franace
2000
Toys, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY. USA
Musée de la Tapisserie, Aubusson-Felletin, France.
1997
Figured, Associated American Artists, New York. USA
1995 :
Gramercy International Fair, Rizzo Gallery, Los Angeles. USA
Orient/ation, The Vision of Art in a Paradoxical World, 4th
International Istanbul Biennial, (curated by René Block), Istanbul,
Turkey.
Torino Art Fair, Torino, Italy
Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland.
Gramercy Intenational, New York. USA
1994
Snark, Cabinet de Dessins, Pierre Nouvion Gallery, Monaco,
Monte-Carlo.
Les Enfants Terribles, Antoni Estrany Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
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FIAC 94, Espace Tour Eiffel, Rizzo Gallery, Paris, France.
Summer House, Rizzo Gallery, Paris, France.
Let’s Paper Talk, Rizzo Gallery, Paris, France.
1993
To be Continued, TH Gallery, Lyon, France.
1992
At Point-Blank Range, At Breakneck Speed, Air de Paris Gallery,
Paris, France.
Public Collection
Musée départemental de la Tapisserie, Aubusson-Felletin. (L’Avion).
Workshop & Residency
2007 :
Artist in Residence at Singapore Tyler Print Institute. Singapore
2002 :
Pôle d’Art Graphique Etendu, Scan, March 19-22, Villa Arson,
Nice.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books and Catalogues
2004 :
Antle, Martine. Reza Farkhondeh Paintings. Villefranche sur Mer :
Chapelle Sainte Elizabeth, (Text by Martine Antle).
Articles and Press
2007 :
Webb, Sarah. “Artists Brush in Singapore : Art or Pornography.”
Aaron’s News Post, March 12.
Nayar, Parvathi. "Empowering women through works of art". The
Buisness Times (Singapore). March 16, 2007.
Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia. “Ghada Amer: Defusing the Power of
Erotic Images.” Herald Tribune International, March 12.
2006 :
Egan, Maura. “Art Gâteaux.” The New York Times, Dec 3.
Thorson, Alice. “Review: ‘Humor Me’ is Heavier Than it Looks.” The
Kansas City Star, Feb 23.
Thorson, Alice. “Kansas City Art Institute is a Hot Cover Story.” The
Kansas City Star, Sept 7
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