Selected Past Solo Exhibitions
2025
Galerie Tanit | WHAT REMAINS, September 10th - October23rd, Beirut.
2024
Forum Box Gallery | THE REVOLT, Helsinki.
2023
ITHRA ART PRIZE WINNER - King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture | ON, Saudi Arabia.
2022
Mathaf | Museum's Facade | THEY ASKED ME TO CHANGE IT AND I AGREED. Doha.
Flow Festival | Circus space | MUSICAL MANIFEST, Suvilahti, Helsinki.
2019
Dar El-Nimer For Arts & Culture | BACK TO THE FUTURE, Beirut.
Galerie Tanit | YA!, Beirut.
2018
Ateneum Art Museum | HISTORY WIPES | National Gallery, Helsinki.
2016
Saw Gallery | MICHEAL, Ottawa, Canada.
Fotogalleriet & Oslo Central Station | COVER UP!, MICHAEL & THREE LOVE SONGS, Oslo.
2014
MUU - Media Art Association Gallery | LIFE IS SHORT, LET’S HAVE AN AFFAIR, Helsinki.
Flow Festival | COVER UP!, Helsinki.
2013
Forum Box Gallery | I LOVE TO LOVE, Helsinki.
Maraya art center | PLAN B, Sharjah.
Lawrie Shabibi gallery | SYMPHONY, Dubai.
Turku Art Museum | CAMEL TOE, Turku, Finland.
2012
Espace Croise | MEMORIAL, Roubaix, France.
Kunsthalle Winterthur | CONSUMPTION OF WAR, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Arter | Space For Art | SYMPHONY & THREE LOVE SONGS, Istanbul.
2011
Darat Al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation | I’M SORRY, Amman.
Anne de Villepoix Gallery | MUSICAL CHAIRS, Paris.
Galeri Zilberman | PING PONG, Istanbul.
Wharf - Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse, Normandy.
2010
KIASMA - Museum of Contemporary Art | MEMORIAL, Helsinki.
The Da2 - Centre of Contemporary Art | TASTY, Salamanca, Spain.
Location One Gallery | I’M SORRY, TASTY & FOAM, New York.
2009
Finnish Institute | BREAD OF LIFE, Stockholm.
2008
MAC VAL - Val-de-Marne Contemporary Art Museum | PLAN B, Paris.
White Box Gallery | ABIDIN TRAVELS, New York.
SPACE - Contemporary Art Gallery | ABIDIN TRAVELS, Bratislava, Slovakia.
MUU - Media Art Association Gallery | HYPOTHESIS, Helsinki.
2007 Montalvo Arts center | ABIDIN TRAVELS, CA.
2006 Kluuvi Gallery | CONSTRUCTION SITE, Helsinki.
Huuto Gallery | ABIDIN TRAVELS & VACUUM, Helsinki.
New Museum, New York.
MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome
Hauser & Wirth Gallery, London.
TANAS - Art Space And The Neuer Berliner Kunstvereinin, Berlin.
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
SAM - Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.
Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver.
Mead gallery - Warwick Arts Centre, UK.
Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin.
Havremagasinet as Art Museum, Boden, Sweden.
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
BrotKunsthalle, Vienna.
Arter - Space for Art, Istanbul.
Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Winterthur, Switzerland.
54th Venice Biennale - Iraq Pavilion, Venice.
10th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah.
SKMU - Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway.
Center for Contemporary Arts - Celje, Slovenija.
MOCCA, Toronto.
Vejle Art Museum, Denmark.
Sergey Kuryokhin - Contemporary Art Center, St. Petersburg.
17th Biennial of Sydney, Sydney.
MATHAF - Musuem of Modern Arab Art, Doha.
Regis Center for Art - Minneapolis.
Overgaden - Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen.
Moen44 - Moen Island, Denmark.
MAP - Mobile Art Production, Stockholm.
Riga Exhibition Hall, Latvia.
Mawazine Festival, Rabat, Morocco.
KIASMA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki.
Impakt festival, Utrecht, Netherlands.
11th Cairo Biennial, Cairo.
Espace - LV - Louis Vuitton Art Space, Paris.
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art - screening, New York.
Hotel Royal Monceau, Demolition Party, Paris.
Domaine Pommery, Reims, France.
Burg Schlaining’s - European Museum of Peace, Austria.
Grand Palais - Traversées exhibition, Paris.
CRAC Alsace - Centre Rhénan d’art contemporian, France.
The Mildred Lane Kemper art museum, St. Louis.
2007
52nd Venice Biennale, Nordic pavilion, Venice.
Gothenburg Biennial, Gothenburg.
Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallinn.
Museum of Photography, Helsinki.
37th Tampere Short Film Festival, Tampere.
2006
MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei.
October Saloon 47, Belgrade.
Fredericianum Khunsthalle, Kassel.
2005
5th Istanbul Biennial - workshop, Istanbul. (M.A. student).
Tennis Palace Art Museum - HAM, Helsinki. (M.A. graduation exhibition)
Selected Past Awards & Grants
TAIKE - Art Promotion Centre - Five years working grant, Helsinki.
SKR - Finnish Cultural Foundation - Project Grant, Helsinki.
Ithra Art Prize - King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Saudi Arabia.
The Nordic House - Project commission, Reykjavik - Iceland.
Alumni of the year - University of The Arts, Helsinki.
SKR - Finnish Cultural Foundation - Two years working grant, Helsinki.
2021
Saastamoisen Foundation - Project Grant, Espoo.
2020
QM - Qatar Museums Authority - Art22 - Project commission, Doha.
AVEK - Promotion For Audiovisual Culture - Project grant, Helsinki.
TAIKE - Art Promotion Centre - Covid support grant, Helsinki.
Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung - Beirut - Project commission, Beirut
QM - Qatar Museums Authority - Project commission, Doha.
2017
2015
Finland Prize For Visual Arts - Finnish Ministry of Culture & Education.
Ars Fennica Nominee, Helsinki.
SKR - Finnish Cultural Foundation - Three years working grant, Helsinki.
Swedish Cultural Fund, Project grant, Helsinki.
Alfred Kordelinin Foundation - Project grant, Helsinki.
AVEK Prize - Promotion For Audiovisual Culture - Project grant, Helsinki.
FRAME - Fund For Art Exchange - Venice Biennale project grant, Helsinki.
SKR - Finnish Cultural Foundation - One Year working grant, Helsinki.
SKR - Finnish Cultural Foundation - Project grant, Helsinki.
LUKSUZ - Film Festival - Audience Award, Slovenia.
2004
The Academy of Fine Arts - Project grant, Helsinki.
2003
The Arts Council of Finland - Project grant, Helsinki.
2002
First Prize - Contest of Young Iraqi Artists/ Painters, Baghdad.
1999
Third Prize - Contest of New Iraqi Sculpture, Baghdad.
Selected Past Lectures, Talks & Panel Discussions:
Giving a Commencement Speech / Graduation Exhibition / University of the Arts, Helsinki.
Keynote Speaker / Aalto University, Helsinki.
Jury Member / Al - Mawred Culture Resource, Beirut.
Panelist / Seoul Museum of Art / Wael Shawky & Ahlam Shibli, South Korea.
Panelist / Mathaf / Wael Shawky & Sheikha Reem Al- Thani, Doha.
Artist Talk / Galerie Tanit, Beirut.
Artist Talk / Ateneum Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki.
Artist Talk / Darat Al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman.
Panelist / 7th Moscow Biennial / Taus Makhacheva, Moscow.
Artist Presentation / HKW - Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin.
Guest Artist / World press freedom day / The UNESCO, Helsinki.
Guest Lecturer / LASALLE / College of The Arts, Singapore.
Visiting Professor / Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki.
Artist Talk / Aalto University, Helsinki.
Artist Talk / The Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver.
Artist Talk / The Mosaic Rooms, Global Futures Forum, London.
Visiting Artist / OSU - Oregon State University, USA.
Selected Past Group Exhibitions
ATHR Gallery - Riyadh Art Week | Drift (Triptych), Riyadh.
SAVVY Contemporary - The Laboratory of Form - Ideas, Berlin.
Beneath the Gaze of the Palms - Common Grounds - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Cairo Video Festival, Cairo.
Galerie Tanit | 17th edition Art Dubai, Dubai.
ISAW - Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York.
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland.
The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland.
B7L9 - Center for Contemporary Arts, Tunis.
Flow festival, Helsinki.
HKW - The Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt - screening, Berlin.
NTMFA - The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Taiwan.
Loop Barcelona, Barcelona.
IVAM - Institut Valencià d'art Modern, Valencia.
Seoul Museum of Art, S. Korea.
Dar El-Nimer for Arts & Culture, Beirut.
Emma - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland.
Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art, China.
Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany.
ICAE2018 - Sound-lines of Contemporary Art, Armenia.
MAXXI Museum, Rome.
Darat Al-Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman.
The 7th Moscow Biennial, Moscow.
NGV Triennial - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
FOR-SITE Foundation, San Fransisco.
BOZAR - Centre of Art, Brussels.
Kunstverein Tiergarten - Galerie Nord, Berlin.
GUS - gallery university Stellenbosch, S. Africa.
Kunstram Kreuzberg - Bethanien, Berlin.
ICI - Institut des Cultiral d’Islam, Paris.
Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile.
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels.
Short Film Program - Film Sector, Art Basel, Hong Kong.
Art Dubai Cinema, Dubai.
56th Venice Biennale - International Exhibition, Palazzo Franchetti, Venice.
56th Venice biennale - Iranian pavilion, Venice.
5th Guangzhou Triennial - The Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou.
BWA SOKOL Contemporary Art Gallery, Nowy Sacz, Poland.
Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.
International Performance Art Festival, Chicago, Illinois.
Lawrie Shabibi - Contemporary Art Gallery, Dubai.
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah.
Lajevardi Collection, Tehran.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
The Gwangju museum of art, S. Korea.
National gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels.
The Jerusalem Show VII, Jerusalem.
104 Le Cenquatre - Paris