Adel Abidin lives and works in Helsinki since 2001.

 

Education

 

2005

MFA - academy of fine arts, Helsinki.

2000

BA - academy of fine arts, Baghdad.

 

Selected solo exhibitions

 

2022

MATHAF - musuem of modern arab art - musuem fasade. Doha.

Meem gallery, Dubai.

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.

Lawrie Shabibi - contemporary art gallery, Dubai.

Turku art museum, Turku, 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, 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.

MUU - media art association gallery, Helsinki.

2007

Montalvo arts center, CA.

2006

Kluuvi gallery, Helsinki.

Huuto gallery, Helsinki.

 

Selected group exhibitions

 

2022

Flow festival - Helsinki.

HKW - the haus der kulturen der welt - screening, Berlin.

2021

SAVVY contemporary - the labrotary of form - ideas. Berlin.

NTMFA - the national Taiwan museum of fine arts. Taiwan.

2020

Loop Barcelona, Barcelona.

IVAM - institut valencià d'art modern, Valencia.

2019

Seoul museum of art, S. Korea.

Dar el Nimer for arts and culture, Beirut.

Emma - Espoo museum of modern art, Finland.

Yinchuan museum of contemporary art, China.

Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany.

2018

ICAE2018 - soundlines of contemporary art, Armenia.

MAXXI museum, Rome.

Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman.

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, S. Africa.

Kunstram Kreuzberg - Bethanien, Berlin.

ICI - institut des cultiral d’Islam, Paris.

2016

Centro cultural matucana 100, Santiago, Chile.

Vanhaerents art collection, Brussels.

Short film program - film sector, art Basel, Hong Kong.

Art Dubai cinema, Dubai.

2015

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.

KIASMA - museum of contemporary art, Helsinki.

Barjeel art foundation, Sharjah.

Lajevardi collection, Tehran.

2014

The Gwangju museum of art, S. Korea.v

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.

2013

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.

2012

Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin.

Havremagasinet as art museum, Boden, Sweden.

Mori art museum, Tokyo.

BrotKunsthalle, Vienna.

Arter - space for art, Istanbul.

Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Winterthur, Switzerland.

2011

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.

2010

17th biennale of Sydney, Sydney.

MATHAF - musuem of modern arab art, Doha.

2009

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.

2008

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.

Museum of photography, Helsinki.

2005

5th Istanbul biennial - workshop, Istanbul. (M.A. student).

Tennis Palace art museum - HAM, Helsinki. (M.A. graduation exhibition).

 

Selected grants & awards

 

2022

Alumni of the year - academy of fine arts, Helsinki.

SKR - Finnish cultural foundation - two years grant, Helsinki.

2021

Saastamoisen foundation - project grant, Espoo.

2020

QM - Qatar museums authority - commission, Doha.

AVEK - promotion for audiovisual culture, Helsinki.

TAIKE - art promotion centre, Helsinki.

2019

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung- Beirut.

AFAC - the arab fund for arts and culture, Beirut.

2018

Ateneum museum of modern art, Helsinki.

2017

AVEK - promotion for audiovisual culture, Helsinki.

2015

Finnish ministry of culture and education - Finland prize for visual arts.

13-17

TAIKE - art promotion centre - five year grant, Helsinki.

2011

Ars Fennica nominee, Helsinki.

AVEK - promotion for audiovisual culture. Helsinki.

09-11

SKR - Finnish cultural foundation - three years grant, Helsinki.

2010

Swedish cultural fund, Helsinki.

AVEK - promotion for audiovisual culture. Helsinki.

2008

Alfred Kordelinin foundation, Helsinki.

2007

AVEK - audio visual cultural prize. Helsinki.

FRAME - fund for art exchange, Helsinki.

SKR - Finnish cultural foundation - one year grant, Helsinki.

2006

SKR - Finnish cultural foundation, Helsinki.

AVEK - promotion for audiovisual culture, Helsinki.

2005

LUKSUZ - film festival - audience award, Slovenia.

2004

The academy of fine arts, Helsinki.

2003

The arts council of Finland, Helsinki.

2002

First prize - contest of young Iraqi artists/ Painters, Baghdad.

1999

Third prize - contest of new Iraqi sculpture, Baghdad.

 

Selected lectures, talks & panel discussions

 

2022

Academy of fine arts - Alumni of year 2022 - artist talk, Helsinki.

MATHAF - musuem of modern Arab art - artist talk, Doha.

Aalto university - keynote speaker, Helsinki.

2020

Al- Mawred culture resource - jury member, Beirut.

2019

Seoul museum of art - panel discussion with Wael Shawky & Ahlam Shibli, S. Korea.

MATHAF - musuem of modern Arab art - panel discussion with Wael Shawky & Sheikha Reem Al- Thani, Doha.

2018

Galerie Tanit - artist talk, Beirut.

Ateneum museum of modern art - artist talk, Helsinki.

Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation - artist talk, Amman.

2017

7th Moscow biennale - panel discussion with Taus Makhacheva, Moscow.

HKW- haus der kulturen der welt - artist presentation, Berlin.

2016

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.

2015

The UNESCO- improving artistic freedom in a digital age - panelist, Helsinki.

Academy of fine arts in Helsinki - visiting professor, Helsinki.

2014

Aalto university - artist talk, Helsinki.

2013

The museum of anthropology - artist talk, Vancouver.

The Mosaic rooms, global futures forum - artist talk, London.

2010

OSU- Oregon state university - studio visits, USA.

Location One gallery - artist talk, New York.