 Artist's arttributes:
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Video, Installation |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| Finland | 9 |
| USA | 8 |
| France | 7 |
Biography: 
1973 Born in Baghdad (IQ)
Scholarship 2002 The Arts Council of Finland
2003 The Arts Council of Finland
2004 The Academy of Fine Arts
2005 The Art Council of Finland- Travel grant
Finnish Cultural Foundation
AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture
2006 Finnish Cultural Foundation
AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture
2007 The Art Council of Finland- Venice Biennial
FRAME- FUND for Art exchange- Venice Biennial
AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture- Venice Biennial
Finnish Cultural Foundation / One year grant
AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture
2008 The Art Council of Finland- Exhibition Grant
Awards 2002 First Prize-Contest of Young Iraqi Artists
2005 Audience award-LUKSUZ film festival-Slovenia
2007 AVEK/ Audio Visual cultural Prize- Helsinki
Lives and works
in Helsinki (FI)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 76
until 29.9.
until 15.9.
until 1.9.
until 6.7.
Solo shows 18
2013
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| Symphony By Adel Abidin - Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai |
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| Adel Abidin - Turku Art Museum, Turku |
2012
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| Adel Abidin - Espace Croisé, Roubaix |
2011
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| Adel Abidin - Wharf - Centre d'art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair |
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| Ping Pong - Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul |
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| Adel Abidin - Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris |
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| Ping Pong - Galleria Artopia, Milan |
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| Adel Abidin - Darat al Funum, Amman |
2010
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| Memory and Assumption - DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca |
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| Adel Abidin: I’m Sorry - Location One, New York City, NY |
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| Adel Abidin - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
2008
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| Abidin Travels - White Box, New York City, NY |
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| Hypothesis - MUU Gallery, Helsinki |
2007
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| Abidin Travels - - Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA (closed) |
2006
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| Adel Abidin - Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki |
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| Adel Abidin - Galleria Huuto - Cable Factory, Helsinki |
Group shows 54
2013
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| Workplace - Mead Gallery - Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (England) |
2012
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| The Power of Words - Darat al Funum, Amman |
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| Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2012 - Sculpture Quadrennial Riga, Riga |
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| The Move - ARTER - space for art, Istanbul |
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| Come Invest in Us. You'll Strike Gold - Nadour Collection - HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna |
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| Reoriented - Havremagasinet, Boden |
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| Arab Express: The Latest Art from the Arab World - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| Le Corps découvert - Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris |
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| Aftermath - Akbank Art Center, Istanbul |
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| In Anderen Worten - Der Schwarzmarkt Der Übersetzungen – Mit Zeitgenössischen Kulturen Handeln - Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin |
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| In anderen Worten - Der Schwarzmarkt der Übersetzungen - mit zeitgenössischen Kulturen handeln - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin |
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| Thank You for the Music - How Music Moves Us - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
2011
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| Resistance - Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Center, Cairo |
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| ¡Patria o Libertad! - mocca - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON |
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| Patria o Libertad! Country or Liberty. The Rethoric of Patriotism - mocca - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON |
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| WESTEND - Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem |
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| Biennale di Venezia - 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Sharjah Biennial 10 - Plot for a Biennial - Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah |
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| Patria o Libertad! Country or Liberty. The Rethoric of Patriotism - Cobra Museum, Amstelveen |
2010
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| Patria o Libertad! Country or Freedom!: The Rhetorics of Patriotism - MDC Art Gallery - Miami Dade College, Miami, FL |
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| Joyce Pensato-Ask Joey/ Project Room: Adel Abidin - Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris |
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| 17th Biennale of Sydney - The Beauty and the Distance - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| Starter Works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection - ARTER - space for art, Istanbul |
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| Best of - Galerie Nathalie Obadia - Bruxelles, Brussels |
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| Morality ACT V: Power Alone - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
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| Export - Import - Taidehalli - Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki |
2009
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| Abu Dhabi Art 2009 - Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi |
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| A Completely Normal Exhibition - Overgaden - Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen |
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| The Irresistible District - Suvilahti 100v, Helsinki |
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| Fly me to the moon - 44 Moen, Askeby |
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| Variations on Transcending the Finiteness of Human Vision - Riga Art Space, Riga |
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| TAWASSOL-CONTACT - Artericambi, Verona |
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| 8th Baltic Biennale of Contemporary Art - Windows Upon Oceans - Baltic Biennale of Contemporary Art, Szczecin |
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| The 4th annual Carnival of e-Creativity - Sattal Estate, Nainital |
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| Modernism and Iraq - Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery - Columbia University, New York City, NY |
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| Modernism and Iraq - The Wallach Art Gallery, New York City, NY |
2008
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| Crossings Traversees - Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Center, Cairo |
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| 11th International Cairo Biennale - International Cairo Biennale, Giza |
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| shrink-wrapped - Or Gallery - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC |
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| Up Close and Personal - Hobusepea Galerii, Tallinn |
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| L'art Contemporain en Europe, Experience Pommery #5 - Domaine Pommery, Reims |
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| Maan Asema / La position de la Terre - Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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| On the Margins - Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
2007
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| Meanwhile, in Baghdad... - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Political / Poetical - Tallinna Kunstihoone / Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn |
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| The Nature of Evil - The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
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| Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2007 - Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Gothenburg |
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| 52nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
2006
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| Naked Life - MOCA Taipei, Taipei |
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| Fremd bin ich eingezogen - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| 47th October Salon - Oktobarski Salon / October Salon, Belgrade |
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| 5 Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
| Dealer Directory 4 |
France
| | Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
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Germany
| | Dagmar Schmidla Galerie, Cologne
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Italy
Turkey
| | Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul
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Collections 1
Finland
| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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