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1967 born Chbanieh, Lebanon
1996 University of Rochester, Ph.D. in Cultural and Visual Studies. Rochester, NY
1993 University of Rochester, MA in Cultural and Visual Studies. Rochester, NY
1985-89 Rochester Institute of Technology, Undergraduate Education, Fine Arts (Photography), Rochester, NY
1984-85 Boston University
Education Harvard University
Professor, Cooper Union , New York

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Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2011
Walid Raad - Hasselblad Award 2011, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden
“Scratching on Things I Could Disavow: A History of Art in the Arab World”, T-B A21, Vienna, Austria
2010/2011
"Miraculous Beginnings", Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom / Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden / Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland
Camera Austria
2009
Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg
Reina Sofia, Madrid
2008
Sfeir-Semler, Beirut
Kunstverein Heidelberg
2007
Paula Cooper, New York
TAMEO, Mexico
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
Culturgest, Lisboa, Portugal
2006
Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg
National Galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Concordia Art Gallery, Kingston ,Canada
The Kitchen, New York
2005
Museum for Contemporary Art, Montreal
Fact, Liverpool, Great Britain
The Kitchen, New York
2004
House of World Culture, Berlin - Lecture
Centre Pompidou, Paris, Lecture
Beirut / Ashkal Alwan ,Beirut, Lecture
Kunsten Festival des Arts, Brussel, - lecture
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Armory Show, New York, USA with Galerie Sfeir-Semler
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
YORK University, Toronto, Canada
2003
La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, France
World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Laokoon 2003," Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
2001
Kunsten Festival des Arts, Brussels, Belgium


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2012
Bleibender Wert? Haltbarkeit und Verfall kritischer Publizistik. Kooperation "springerin", Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
2011
Abstract Possible: The Stockholm Synergie, Tensta Konsthall, Spanga, Sweden
Atlas. How to carry the world on one's back?, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
"Wunder Kunst, Religion und Wissenschaft vom 4. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart", Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
"Unheimlich vertraut / The Uncanny Familiar. Filme vom Terror / Films on Terror", c/o Berlin, Germany
“Wild Sky”, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany
“Serious Games - Krieg, Medien ­ Kunst”, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
10. Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates
2010
Told – Untold – Retold, Mathaf, Qatar
Festival d’Automne, Paris
2009
"Traum und Wirklichkeit“, Zentrum Paul Klee Bern
2008
Masarat, Bruxelles
Art Now in Lebanon, Amman, Jordan
Statens Museums for Kunst, Kopenhagen
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis
Éclats de frontières, Frac Provence-Alpes, Cote d’Azur
Lügen.nirgends, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster
„Car Culture”, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
2007
“Cross-Border”, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
“Forschen und Erfinden”, Fotomuseum Winterthur
"EXIT", San Sebastian, Spain
"SYSTEM ERROR", Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Danzig
2006
Sydney Biennale
"under the same sky", Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Camera Work, San Francisco, USA
"Seventeen days of Looking", MOMA, New York
“Ah, les belles images!”, La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Snafu, Kunstalle Hamburg
Maison des Arts de Malakoff
2005
"Flight 405", Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg and Beirut
Kunstverein Bregenz
Contemporary Feature and The Davies Foundation Galleries
Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
2004
Photo Espana, Madrid
Venice Biennale, Italy
Foto Triennale, Esslingen, Germany
Taipei Biennale
"Ethnic Marketing", Centre dÁrt Contemporain Genève, Switzerland
2003
"Video Brasil", Mapping Sitting Exhibition, Sao Paolo
"Witness", Barbican Art Galleries, London, UK
"Die Sehnsucht des Kartographen", Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2002
Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
Witte deWith, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, USA
Fondacio Tapies, Barcelona, Spain
What, A Tales of Images, Memling Museum, Brugge, Belgium
Atlanta Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2001
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
2000
KunstWerke, Berlin, Germany


Works in Public Collections:

MOMA, Museum Of Modern Art, New York, USA
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
FNAC, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
TATE Modern, London, Great Britain
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Athena, Greece
Centre National d´Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany

Awards:

Hasselblad Award 2011
The Alpert Award in the Arts 2007 (First Prize)
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2007 (First Prize)
Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival. 2002 (First Prize)
Vidarte 2002 Festival, Mexico City, Mexico. 2002 (First Prize)
Oneiras Film and Video Festival, Lisboa, Portugal. 2002 (First Prize)
Media Arts Awards, ZKM, Karlsrhue, Germany. 2002 (Special Prize)
Black Maria Festival, 2002. (Juror Citation Award)
Video Ex, Zurich, Switzerland, 2001. (First Prize).
Oberhausen Film and VideoFest, Oberhausen, Germany, 2001 (Rhineland Award).
San Francisco International Film Festival, SF, CA, USA, 2000 (Certificate of Merit).
5th Biennial of Arab Cinemas, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France, 2000 (Special Jury Prize).
8th Biennial of the Moving Image, Switzerland, 1999. (Grand Prize).
Beirut Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon, 1999. (Best Short Film and Best Scenario for a Short Film).