Adel Abidin
Born 1973 in Baghdad, Iraq
Adel Abidin was born in Baghdad in 1973. Lives and works in Helsinki.
Education
2005 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2000 BA, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad
Selected solo exhibitions
2019
Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture, Beirut.
Galerie Tanit, Beirut.
2018
Ateneum Art Museum, National Gallery, Helsinki.
2016
SAW Gallery. Ottawa.
Fotogalleriet and at Oslo Central Station, Oslo.
2015
Lawrie Shabibi - Contemporary Art Gallery, Dubai.
2014
Sultan Gallery, Kuwait.
MUU - Media Art Association Gallery, Helsinki.
Flow Festival, Helsinki.
2013
Forum Box Gallery, Helsinki.
Maraya Art Center, Sharjah.
Turku Art Museum, Finland.
Forum BOX Gallery - Space for Art, Helsinki.
2012
Espace Croise, Roubaix, France.
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland.
Arter - Space for Art, Istanbul.
2011
Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman.
Anne De Villepoix Gallery, Paris.
Galeri Zilberman, Istanbul.
Wharf - Centre D’art Contemporain de Basse, Normandy.
2010
KIASMA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki.
The DA2 - Centre of Contemporary Art in Salamanca, Spain.
Location One Gallery, New York.
2009
Finnish Institute, Stockholm.
2008
MAC/VAL - Musée D’art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, France.
Gallery 300m3, Gothenburg.
White Box Gallery, New York.
SPACE - Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2007
Montalvo Arts Center, CA.
2006
Kluuvi Gallery, Helsinki.
Huuto Gallery, Helsinki.
2004
Art Academy Gallery, Helsinki.
Kaapeli Tehdas gallery, Helsinki.
Selected group exhibitions
2020
Loop Barcelona, Barcelona.
IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia.
Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea.
Emma - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland.
Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art, China.
Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany.
B7L9 - Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis.
ICAE2018 - Soundlines of Contemporary Art, Armenia.
MAXXI museum, Rome
2017
The 7th Moscow Biennale, 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, South Africa.
ADW - Amman Design Week, Amman.
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, Art 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.
JAO Tunis 2015, Carthage, Tunis.
Art Dubai - Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai.
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah.
Lajevardi Collection, Tehran.
Etopia Center for Art and Technology, Zaragoza, Spain.
The Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Fondation Boghossian, Villa Empain, Brussels.
The Jerusalem Show VII, Jerusalem.
104 Le CENQUATRE, Paris.
Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark.
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.
Arab World Institute, Paris.
Akbank Art Center, Istanbul.
Havremagasinet as Art Museum, Boden, Sweden.
BrotKunsthalle, Vienna.
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.
Arts, Talks and Sensations, Abu Dhabi.
17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney.
Mathaf - Arab Museum of Modern 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.
Artericambi Gallery, Verona.
Mawazine Festival, Rabat, Morocco.
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
11th Cairo Biennial, Cairo.
Or Gallery, Vancouver.
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art - Screening, New York.
Hotel Royal Monceau, Demolition Party, Paris.
Domaine Pommery, Reims, France.
Artget Gallery, Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade.
Burg Schlaining’s - European Museum of Peace, Austria.
Grand Palais - Traversées exhibition, Paris.
Espace - Louis Vuitton Art Galley, Paris.
Camões Institute, Lisbon, Portugal.
CRAC Alsace - Centre Rhénan D’art Contemporian, France.
Alti Aylik project - Space of Contemporary Art, Istanbul.
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St.Louis.
52nd Venice Biennale, Nordic Pavilion, Venice.
Gothenburg Biennial, Gothenburg.
The University of Chicago, Chicago.
The Rencontres Internationales - Film Festival, Paris.
Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallinn.
Museum of Photography, Helsinki.
IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
37th Tampere Short Film Festival, Tampere.
MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei.
October Saloon 47, Belgrade.
Fredericianum Khunsthalle, Kassel.
Saw Gallery, Ottawa.
Images Festival, Toronto.
2005
5th Istanbul Biennial - Workshop, Istanbul. (M.A. Student)
The Holden Gallery, Manchester. (M.A. Student)
Galleria Rantakasarmin, Helsinki. (M.A. Student)
Tennis Palace Art Museum - HAM, Helsinki. (M.A. Graduation Exhibition)
Blank Space - New Contemporary Space, Sydney.
Off Project - London Biennial, Area 10, London.
Selected grants & awards
QM - Qatar Museums Authority - Commission, Doha.
AVEK - Promotion for Audiovisual Culture, Helsinki.
TAIKE - Art Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki.
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung- Beirut.
AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Beirut.
Ateneum Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki.
Finnish Ministry of Culture and Education - The Finland Prize for Visual Arts.
TAIKE - Art Promotion Centre Finland - Five year grant, Helsinki.
Ars Fennica nominee, Helsinki.
The Art Council of Finland. Helsinki.
AVEK - Promotion for Audiovisual Culture. Helsinki.
Finnish Cultural Foundation - Three Years Grant.
Swedish Cultural Fund, Helsinki.
The Art Council of Finland, Helsinki.
Alfred Kordelinin Foundation, Helsinki.
AVEK - Audio Visual Cultural Prize. Helsinki.
FRAME - FUND for Art exchange, Helsinki.
Finnish Cultural Foundation - One Year Grant.
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki.
AVEK - Promotion for Audiovisual Culture, Helsinki..
LUKSUZ film festival - Audience award, Slovenia.
The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki.
2003
The Arts Council of Finland, Helsinki.
2002
First Prize - Contest of Young Iraqi Artists/Painters.
1999
Third Prize - Contest of new Iraqi Sculpture.
Selected lectures, talks and panel discussions
Al- Mawred Culture Resource - Jury Member, Beirut.
Seoul Museum of Art - with Wael Shawky & Ahlam Shibli, South Korea.
Mathaf - with Wael Shawky & Sheikha Reem Al-Thani, Doha.
Galerie Tanit, Beirut - Artist Talk, Lebanon.
Ateneum Museum of Modern Art - Artist Talk, Helsinki.
Darat al Funun - Artist Talk, Amman.
7th Moscow Biennale - with Taus Makhacheva, Moscow.
HKW- Haus der Kulturen der Welt - Artist Presentation, Berlin.
World Press Freedom Day, The UNESCO - Guest Artist, Helsinki.
LASALLE College of the Arts - Guest Lecturer, Singapore.
Global Art Forum, Art Dubai - Artist Talk, Dubai, UAE.
The UNESCO- Improving Artistic Freedom In a Digital Age - Panellist, Helsinki.
Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki - Visiting Professor, Helsinki.
Alto University (TAIK) - Artist Talk, Helsinki.
The Museum of Anthropology - Artist Talk, Vancouver.
The Mosaic Rooms, Global Futures Forum - Artist Talk, London.
OSU- Oregon State University - Studio Visit Artist, USA.
Location One Gallery - Artist Talk, New York.