 Artist's arttributes:
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Video, Performance |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 19 |
| France | 10 |
| Canada | 7 |
| Germany | 7 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Galería Horrach Moyà, Spain |
4 |
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OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Austria |
3 |
Biography: 
1973 Born in Kabul (AF)
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Kabul
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 97
Solo shows 17
2013
2010
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| Lida Abdul - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
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| Lida Abdul - Ruins: Stories Of Awakening - Anna Schwartz Gallery - Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC |
2008
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| In Transit - Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin |
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| Lida Abdul - In Transit - Le Parvis - scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Ibos |
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| Lida Abdul - Galería Horrach Moyà, Palma de Mallorca |
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| Arbeiten / works 1999 – 2008 - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
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| Lida Abdul - Indianapolis Museum of Art - IMA, Indianapolis, IN |
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| Lida Abdul - The Western Front, Vancouver, BC |
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| Lida Abdul - Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, BC |
2007
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| What We Saw Upon Awakening - Location One, New York City, NY |
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| Lida Abdul - Netwerk - center for contemporary art, Aalst |
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| Lida Abdul - Musée Marc Chagall, Nice |
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| Lida Abdul - Musée national Picasso, La Guerre et La Paix, Vallauris |
2006
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| Lida Abdul - After War Games, What we saw upon awaking - CAC - Centre d´art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny s/Orge |
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| Lida Abdul - The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB |
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| Petition for another world - Lida Abdul - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem |
Group shows 80
2012
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| 1era. Bienal de Montevideo 2012 - El Gran Sur (The Great South) - Bienal de Montevideo, Montevideo |
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| Magic Moments: The Screen and the Eye–9 Artists 9 Projections - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA |
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| Documenta (13) - Documenta, Kassel |
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| Beyond Memory - Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem |
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| Migrasophia - Maraya Art Centre - Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah |
2011
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| Shift And Flow - Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs (DGCP), New York City, NY |
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| Palma Photo - Galería Horrach Moyà, Palma de Mallorca |
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| Fantômes et cauchemars - Espace culturel François Mitterrand, Beauvais |
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| Fantômes et cauchemars - HISTORIAL DE LA GRANDE GUERRE, Peronne |
2010
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| Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism - Museum of Contemporay Art Detroit, Detroit, MI |
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| Yesterday Will Be Better - Mit der Erinnerung in die Zukunft - Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau |
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| Human Condition - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism - Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL |
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| Krieg / Individuum - Kunsthalle Münster, Münster |
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| Spatial city: the architecture of idealism - INOVA - Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI |
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| CUE: Artists’ Videos - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| HomeLessHome - Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem |
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| Monument to Transformation - Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb |
2009
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| GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Extra/Ordinary: Video Art from Asia - Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS |
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| Futur - FRAC - Collection Aquitaine, Bordeaux |
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| Anabasis. Rituals of Homecoming - Ludwik Grohman Villa, Lodz |
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| The view from elsewhere. Small Acts - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| Rebelle - Kunst & Feminisme 1969 - 2009 - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem |
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| Monument to Transformation 1989-2009 - City Gallery Prague / Galerie Hlavního Města Prahy, Prague |
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| Stranded Positions - Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel |
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| Bilderschlachten – 2000 Jahre Nachrichten aus dem Krieg - Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck |
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| The view from elsewhere - Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation - SCAF, Sydney, NSW |
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| The End - The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA |
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| History of Violence - Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa |
2008
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| Moving Perspectives: Lida Abdul / Dinh Q Lé - Freer and Sackler Galleries - The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC |
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| OPEN SKY. Räume jenseits ihrer Praxis - Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz |
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| Eurasia. Geographic cross-overs in art - MART- Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto |
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| Soft power: asian attitudes - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia - CACSA, Adelaide, SA |
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| Tiefenrausch - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
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| WANÅS 2008: Loss - The Wanas Foundation, Knislinge |
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| Reliquias & Ruinas - SESC, São Paulo |
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| Informal Architectures - Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Nothing to declare - 4. Triennale zeitgenössischer Kunst Oberschwaben - Triennale zeitgenössischer Kunst Oberschwaben, Friedrichshafen |
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| Artes Mundi 3 - National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff (Wales) |
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| Biennale Cuvée - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
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| Intimacies of Distant War - Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY |
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| La mirada Iracunda - Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz |
2007
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| Level 2 Gallery: Illuminations - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Reliquias & Ruinas - Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| passages—passagen—pasáže - Gandy Gallery, Bratislava |
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| Soft Power: Asian Attitude - Himalayas Art Museum (the former Zendai Museum of Modern Art) , Shanghai |
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| About Time 2 - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg |
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| Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2007 - Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Gothenburg |
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| Global Feminisms Remix - Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
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| Asia - Europe Mediations - IF Museum Inner Spaces, Poznan |
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| Background IV - Galería Horrach Moyà, Palma de Mallorca |
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| Informal Architectures - The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB |
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| Neue Asiatische Kunst. Thermocline of Art - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| auszeit - Kunst und Nachhaltigkeit - Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St. Gallen |
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| Memorial to the Iraq War - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
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| Cómo vivir juntos - MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Universidad de Chile, Santiago |
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| 8th Sharjah Biennial - Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah |
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| Turbulence: 3rd Auckland Triennial - Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland |
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| 3rd Auckland Triennial - Auckland Triennial, Auckland |
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| 2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow |
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| GuestRoom #5: Prins Claus Fonds - Museum het Domein, Sittard |
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| Postfotografía: trayectoria del objeto 2 - Galería Horrach Moyà, Palma de Mallorca |
2006
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| Nafas - Contemporary Art from the Islamic World - ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
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| 27° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| Courants alternatifs - Le Parvis - scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Ibos |
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| The unquiet world - ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC |
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| Painting As a Way of Living - Istanbul Modern, Istanbul |
2005
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| LIVE - Biennial of Performance Art 2005 - LIVE - Biennial of Performance Art, Vancouver, BC |
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| Between the Furniture and the Building - CAC - Centre d´art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny s/Orge |
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| Wall to be Destroyed - 49 NORD 6 EST – Frac Lorraine, Metz |
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| Irreducible - Contemporar Short Form Video - Miami Art Central, Miami, FL |
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| 51st International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - Always a little further - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Defence: Body and Nobody in Self-Protection - UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA |
2003
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| enter intercessor - RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
2002
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| Democracy When? - LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA |
2001
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| Overflowing - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| A view with a grain of sand - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| Dealer Directory 5 |
Australia
| | Anna Schwartz Gallery - Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
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Italy
| | Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome
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| | Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin
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Portugal
Spain
| | Galería Horrach Moyà, Palma de Mallorca
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Collections 4
Austria
| | Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz
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France
| | 49 NORD 6 EST – Frac Lorraine, Metz
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Italy
| | Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Polignano a Mare (PBA)
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USA
| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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