Selected Exhibitions

Ahlam Shibli

Born in 1970 in Palestine

Solo Exhibitions

2013

Phantom Home. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Jeu de Paume, Paris, and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. Curated by Carles Guerra, Marta Gili, João Fernandes, and Isabel Braga. Retrospective.*

2010

Trauma. Château de Sédières, Clergoux, Corrèze. With the support of Peuple et Culture Corrèze. Featuring Goter / Trauma.*

Why did you leave the forest empty! Darat al Funun—The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman. Curated by Suha Shoman. Featuring Arab al-Sbaih / The Valley.*

2009

Wydomowienie. Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw. Curated by Ana Janevski. Featuring Dom Dziecka. The house starves when you are away / An Introduction to and Nine Chapters from Dependence / Trackers.

2008

Trackers / The Valley. Espace photographique Contretype, Brussels. In the context of Masarat 2008.

2007

Ahlam Shibli. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Curated by Katrina Brown. Featuring Goter / Trackers.

Trackers. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel. Curated by Adam Szymczyk.*

2003

Lost Time. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Curated by Jonathan Watkins. Featuring Self Portrait / Unrecognised / Goter.*

Group Exhibitions

2012

Image Counter Image. Haus der Kunst, Munich. Curated by Patrizia Dander, León Krempel, Julienne Lorz, and Ulrich Wilmes. Featuring Trackers.*

Time, Place, and the Camera: Photographs at Work. 12th Gjon Mili International Photography Prize Exhibition, Prishtinë. Curated by Christine Frisinghelli. Featuring Arab al-Sbaih / The Valley.

2011

Biennále: 3. Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki. Curated by Paolo Colombo, Mahita El Bacha Urieta, and Marina Fokidis. Featuring Trauma.*

Framed / Unframed. Birzeit University Museum, Ramallah. Curated by Vera Tamari and Inass Yassin. Featuring Unrecognised.

Out of Place. Tate Modern, London, and Darat al Funun—The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman. Curated by Ala’Younis and Kasia Redzisz. Featuring Goter / The Valley.

2010

Breaking News. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena. Curated by Filippo Maggia. Featuring Trackers.*

Early Years. KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. Curated by Sebastian Cichocki, Ana Janevski, Katarzyna Karwanska, and Joanna Mytkowska. Featuring Dom Dziecka. The house starves when you are away.

Negotiations: The Second Today’s Documents 2010. Today Art Museum, Beijing. Curated by Huang Du and JonathanWatkins. Featuring Eastern LGBT.*

To the Arts, Citizens! Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. Curated by Óscar Faria and João Fernandes. Featuring Trauma / Nine Days in Wahat al-Salam.*

2009

Connected Barcelona, Transnational Citizens: Migratory Growth and Urban Practices. History Museum of Barcelona, Barcelona. Curated by Joan Roca. Featuring An Introduction to and Nine Chapters from Dependence.

Everywhere: Sexual Diversity Policies in Art. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela. Curated by Juan Vicente Aliaga. Featuring Eastern LGBT.

2008

Les Inquiets: Cinq artistes sous la pression de la guerre. Centre Pompidou, Paris. Curated by Joanna Mytkowska. Featuring The Valley / Positioning.*

Éclats de frontiers. FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille. Featuring Trackers / Goter.

Universal Archive: The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona. Curated by Jorge Ribalta. Featuring Dependence.*

Zones of Conflict. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York. Curated by T.J. Demos. Featuring Arab al-Sbaih / Goter.*

2007

Cómo vivir juntos. Selección 27ª Bienal de São Paulo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo and Facultad de Artes, Universidad de Chile, Santiago. Curated by Lisette Lagnado. Featuring Eastern LGBT / Market.*

Documenta 12. Kassel. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Featuring Arab al-Sbaih / Goter.*

Opening Hours. Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens. Curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi. Featuring Horse Race in Jericho.*

2006

A tale of Two Cities: Busan–Seoul / Seoul–Busan. Busan Biennale 2006, Busan. Curated by Manu Park. Featuring Trackers.*

How to Live Together. 27ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo. Curated by Lisette Lagnado, co-curated by Cristina Freire, Rosa Martínez, Adriano Pedrosa, and José Roca. Featuring Eastern LGBT / Market.*

The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society. 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville.Curated by Okwui Enwezor. Featuring Catastrophe: Mt. Tabor / Berlin / Halisa.*

Home Ground. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Curated by Felicity Fenner. Featuring Unrecognised.*

2005

9th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul. Curated by Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche. Featuring Unrecognised.*

The Pantagruel Syndrome. T1 Torino Triennale Tremusei, Turin. Curated by Francesco Bonami. Featuring Trackers.*

2004

Non-Sect Radical: Contemporary Photography III. Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama. Curated by Taro Amano. Featuring Goter / Self-Portrait.*

Ostati ili Oticci / Bleiben oder Gehen / Staying or Leaving. Hrvatski Fotosavez, UmjetnickomPaviljon, Zagreb, and Camera Austria, Graz. Curated by Christine Frisinghelli and Sandra Križic Roban. Featuring Goter.*

Unscene. Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London. Curated by Kelly O’Reilly. Featuring Goter.

*accompanying publication