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Emily Jacir (Palestinian, 1970)
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Emily Jacir
Embrace 2005
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Emily Jacir
Nothing Will Happen (eight normal Saturdays in Linz) 2003
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Emily Jacir
Sexy Semite 2002
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Emily Jacir
Where we Come From (detail) 2001-2003
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Biography |
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1970 |
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Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Lives and works in Ramallah and New York |
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1992 |
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BA in Fine Art, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, USA |
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1994 |
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MFA studies, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, USA |
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1998 - 1999 |
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Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, USA |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Emily Jacir: Hugo Boss Prize, Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo) |
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2009 |
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Palestine c/o Venice, evento collaterale alla 53. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia (a cura di Salwa Mikdadi) |
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2009 |
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Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2009, The Photographers’ Gallery, London |
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2008 |
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Passageworks; Contemporary Art from the Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco |
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2008 |
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The object quality of the problem (on the space of Palestine/Israel), The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds |
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2008 |
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Mediterranee II, Carre d’Art, Nimes |
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2008 |
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Collection Video & Films; Isabelle & Jean-Conrad Lemaitre, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany |
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2008 |
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Disputed Territories: Emily Jacir, A Space Gallery, Toronto (solo) |
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2007 |
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Emily Jacir, Villa Merkel, Galerien Der Stadt Esslingen Am Neckar, Germany (solo) |
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2007 |
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Emily Jacir, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland (solo) |
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2007 |
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Emily Jacir, Alberto Peola, Torino (solo) |
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2007 |
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Unbound, Contemporary Art Plaform, London |
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2007 |
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La Biennale di Venezia, Italy |
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2007 |
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Bound, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool |
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2007 |
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Recognise, Contemporary Art Platform, London |
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2007 |
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Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan |
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2006 |
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Now, Here, Over There, Fonds regional d’art contemporain de Lorraine |
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2006 |
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Re: location, Alexander and Bonin, New York |
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2006 |
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Venice-Instanbul, Instanbul Modern, Instanbul, Turkey |
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2006 |
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Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo |
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2006 |
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Biennale of Sydney, Sydney |
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2006 |
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Sincerity, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
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2006 |
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When Artists Say We, Artists Space, New York |
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2006 |
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Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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2006 |
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Now Voyager, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY |
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2006 |
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Made in Palestine, touring exhibition, Bridge Gallery, New York |
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2006 |
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The Only Book, The Center for Book Arts, New York |
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2006 |
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The Wall & the Check Points, The Khalid Shoman Foundation - Darat il Funun, Amman, Jordan |
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2006 |
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Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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Taking place…Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, DK |
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2006 |
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Slow Revolution, The Rotunda Gallery, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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Une vision du monde - la collection video d’Isabelle et Jean-Conrad Lemaitre, La Maison Rouge, Paris (cat.) |
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2005 |
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Emily Jacir, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London. (solo) |
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2005 |
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Where We Come From, The Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington D.C. (solo) |
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2005 |
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accumulations, Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY (solo) |
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2005 |
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This May Be What Parallel Looks Like, video screening, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY |
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2005 |
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Episode 2 [To Lose without Being a Loser] and Episode 3 [Democracies], Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania |
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2005 |
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General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987-2005, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, S. Francisco, California |
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2005 |
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Classified Materials: Accumulations, Archives, Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver |
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2005 |
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EindhovenIstanbul, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (cat.) |
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2005 |
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In the Poem about Love you don't write the word Love, CCA, Glasgow |
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2005 |
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In absentia: Collective Contemporary Art Exhibition, Centre d’art Passerelle, Brest |
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2005 |
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Made in Palestine, touring exhibition, T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center, Montpellier |
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2005 |
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Made in Palestine, touring exhibition, SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco |
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2005 |
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Mirage, Alexander and Bonin, New York |
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2005 |
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Getting Emotional, ICA, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
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2005 |
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Always a little further, Arsenale , 51 Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, Italy |
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2005 |
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HOME, Cork, Ireland |
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2005 |
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Mediterranean Encounters, Parco Orcynus Orca, Messina; Castle of Scilla, Reggio Calabria |
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2005 |
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7th Sharjah International Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. |
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2005 |
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Flight 405, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut, Lebanon. |
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2005 |
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Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art, London (cat.) |
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2005 |
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Desenhos: A-Z, [Drawings: A-Z], Porta 33, Funchal, Ilha da Madeira |
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2005 |
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The Art of Aggression: Iraqi Stories and Other Tales, Reynolds Gallery, Inc., Richmond, VA |
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2005 |
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Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA |
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2004 |
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'Wherever I Am', Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK |
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2004 |
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---, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany |
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2004 |
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Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, Netherlands |
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2004 |
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The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, Ramallah, Palestine |
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2004 |
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Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria |
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2004 |
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'Cover Girl: The Female Body and Islam in Contemporary Art', ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, USA |
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2004 |
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'Neither Here Nor There: Video Artists Navigate Cultural Displacement', Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
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2004 |
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'5th Gwangju Bienniale', Joongoe Park, Gwangju, Republic of Korea |
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2004 |
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'PhotoEspaña 2004', Madrid, Spain |
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2003 - 2004 |
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'Where We Come From', Nuova Icona, Venezia, Italy and Debs & Co., New York, USA |
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2003 |
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Belongings, O-K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Upper Austria |
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2003 |
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'Los Angeles International Art Biennial Invitational', Frumkin Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, USA and Al Ma’Mal Foundation, Jerusalem, |
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2003 |
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'8th Istanbul Biennale', Istanbul, Turkey |
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2003 |
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'Cynical Culture', Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne, Germany |
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2003 |
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'VEIL', Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), Touring Exhibition; Liverpool, Walsall, Oxford and Stockholm |
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2000 |
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'From Paris to Riyadh (Drawings for my mother)', University Gallery, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, USA |
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Literature |
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2008 |
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Penelope Curtis, ‘The object quality of the problem’, The Henry Moore Institute (cat.) |
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2008 |
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Kirsty Bell, ‘Another Country’, Frieze, April (ill.) |
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2008 |
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Portfolio; Reinvent the wheel, March |
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2008 |
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Daniela Mett, ‘Stimmen im Schrank’, Weltkunst online, 22 February |
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2008 |
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Nicole Busing and Heiko Klaas, ‘Poesie und Irritationen im Alltag’, Nordsee Zeitung, 30 January |
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2008 |
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Jens Ronnau, ’Audiovisuelle Kost zwischen Dreiecksbeziehung und Wiedergeburt’, Schleswig-Holsteinische Landeszeitung, 19 January |
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2007 |
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Ossian Ward, ‘Critics Choice’, Time Out, August 29th – 4th September |
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2007 |
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http://universes-in-universe.org, October |
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2007 |
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www.kunstmuseumsg.ch, September |
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2007 |
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Carola Serminato, ‘Emily Jacir’, Espoarte, no. 46, 4th May |
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2007 |
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Alberto Peola, ‘Emily Jacir’, Flash Art, no 263, 4th May |
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2007 |
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‘Emily Jacir’, Futuro Contemporary Art, 3rd April |
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2007 |
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Barbara Reale, ‘Emily Jacir’, Exibart.com |
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2007 |
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Lisa Parola, ‘Quel concerto negato per Emily e un simbolo’, La Stampa, TorinoSette, 9th February |
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2006 |
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Rasha Salti, 'Emily Jacir', Zones of Contact - 2006 Biennale of Sydney (cat.) (ill.) |
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2006 |
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Demos, T.J. "Life Full of Holes." Grey Room 24, Summer |
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2006 |
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Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, New Art For A New Middle East, Art and Auction, March |
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2006 |
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Cotter, Holland. "Made in Palestine." The New York Times, March |
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2006 |
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Emily Jacir’, Une Vision du Monde la Collection Video d’Isabelle et Jean-Conrad Lemaitre, February (cat.) (ill.) |
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2006 |
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Neit Mulholland, ‘In the Poem About Love You Don’t Write the Word Love’, ArtReview, February |
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2005 |
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Emily Jacir, Where We Come From, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas |
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2005 |
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Martin Coomer, Emily Jacir – Anthony Reynolds Gallery, June 29, 2005 |
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2005 |
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Kerryn Greenberg, Eva Meyer Hermann, Istanbul-Eindhoven, Vanabbemuseum |
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2005 |
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Frances Richard, “Emily Jacir”, ArtForum, May |
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2005 |
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Lori Waxman, “Emily Jacir”, www.artforum.com |
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2005 |
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Alejandra Aguado, “Do Not Interrupt Your Activities”, Royal College of Art Galleries |
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2004 |
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Gilane Tawadros, “Changing States: Contemporary Art and Ideas in an Era of Globalisation”, InIva, London |
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2004 |
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Anna Kafetsi, “Transcultures” The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens |
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2004 |
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Francesco Bonami, “Non Toccare La Donna Bianca”, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudendo, Turin |
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2004 |
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Andrew Nairne and Suzanne Cotter, “Wherever I Am”, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford |
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2004 |
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Stella Rollig; John Menick; Edward Said; Christian Kravagna, “Emily Jacir: belongings”, Folio Verlag Wien |
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2004 |
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Caroline Lagnado, “Whitney Biennial well worth the visit”, Tufts Daily, April 8 |
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2004 |
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Editors, “Emily Jacir”, This Much is Certain , Catalogue from the Royal College of Art, March to April |
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2004 |
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Tyler Green, “Hit the Road, Whitney”, Wall Street Journal-Editorial page, March 30 |
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2004 |
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Jerry Saltz, “The O.K. Corral”, The Village Voice, March 15, 2004. |
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2004 |
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Michael Kimmelman, “Touching all bases at the Biennial”, New York Times, March 12 |
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2004 |
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Celia McGee, “Whitney Sticks its Thumb Out”, New York Daily News, March 11, 2004. |
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2004 |
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Holland Cotter, “Duck! It’s Whitney Biennial Season Again”, New York Times, March 7 |
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2004 |
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Kate Ledogar, “Screaming from the Gallery: Road Trip!”, Boston Weekly Dig, March |
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2004 |
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Karen Rosenberg, “Biennial Favorites,” New York Magazine, p. 38, March 1 |
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2004 |
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Tom Vanderbilt, “Emily Jacir,” Artforum, p.140 –141, February |
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2004 |
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Martin Sturm, et al., Emily Jacir: belongings Exhibition Catalog, January |
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2003 |
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Emily Jacir: belongings. Arbeiten/Works 1998-2003, O-K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria |
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2003 |
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Emily Jacir (im)mobility, Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem |
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2003 |
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T.J. Demos, “Desire in Diaspora: Emily Jacir,” Art Journal, vol. 62, no. 4 (Winter 2003), pp.68-80 |
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2003 |
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Tory Dent, “Emily Jacir”, PARACHUTE, 012, Fall |
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2003 |
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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, p. 32-33, November, Vol. XXII, No.9. |
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2003 |
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Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Online Magazine, 4th Issue, October, 22 |
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2003 |
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Eleanor Heartney, “Emily Jacir at Debs & Co.,” Art in America, October |
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2003 |
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Kelly Klaasmeyer, “Peace Through Art, ‘Made in Palestine,” Humanizes the Middle East Conflict,” The Houston Press, July and August |
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2003 |
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Editors, “So Much in a Simple Request,” The Los Angeles Times, July 18 |
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2003 |
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Tom Breidenbach, “Emily Jacir- Debs & Co,” Artforum, Summer |
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2003 |
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Editors, “Emily Jacir Where We Come from Installation at the 8th Istanbul Biennial |
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2003 |
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Kirsten Butler, “Enter the Ghost, Exit the Ghost, Re-enter the Ghost,” Empire/State Catalog |
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2003 |
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Edward Said, “Emily Jacir”, Grand Street, Issue 72, Fall |
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2003 |
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Holly Myers, “So Much in a Simple Request,” L.A. Times, July 18 |
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2003 |
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Louise Roug, “The Talking Pictures,” The Los Angeles Times (Calendar Weekend), July 10 |
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2003 |
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Holland Cotter, “Empire/State-Artists Engaging Globalization,” The New York Times, July 5 |
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2003 |
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Laura Auricchio, “Homeland,” Time Out New York, June 19-26 |
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2003 |
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Paul Bass,“Where We’re Going”, The New Haven Advocate, June 19 |
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2003 |
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Eugenie Tsai, “Emily Jacir, ‘Where We Come From’,” Time Out New York, May 8-15 |
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2003 |
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Editors, “Emily Jacir”, The New Yorker, May 12 |
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2003 |
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Holland Cotter, “Emily Jacir,” The New York Times, May 9th |
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2003 |
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Kim Levin, “Emily Jacir,” The Village Voice, Shortlist, April 23-29 |
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2003 |
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Kyle MacMillan, “Timely exhibit of Arab works offers new view of raging political debate,” The Denver Post, February 28 |
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2002 |
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Rebecca Faulkner, “Marked Space,” 5, Rebirth |
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2002 |
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Benjamin Young, “In Translation,” Social Sectors Catalog, Vienna |
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2002 |
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Regina Urban, “New York im Untergrund,” Nurnberger, April 11 |
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2002 |
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Uma, “Vom Kunstbunker zu den Konfliktherden der Welt,” Abendzeitung, April 11 |
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2002 |
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Matthew McAllester, “Seeking Art Amid the Chaos,” Newsday, April 4, 2002 |
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2002 |
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Linda Yablonsky, “Unjustified,” Time Out New York, February 14-21 |
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2001 |
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Editors, “Emily Jacir”, Fisuras de la Cultura Contemporanea, Summer |
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2001 |
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Editors, “My America (I am still here),” Economies/Exchanges, n.paradoxa, vol.8, July |
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2001 |
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Oz Shelach, "Ohel Yizkor for the Nakba," Ha'aretz, May 18 |
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2001 |
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Jacqueline S. Stoeckler, "Exiles and Cosmopolitans," Afterimage, vol. 28, Jan./Feb |
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2000 - 2001 |
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Herkenhoff, “Emily Jacir,” P.S.1 Studio Program Catalog |
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2000 |
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Carlos Basualdo, “A Worthless Question, Many Invaluable Answers,” Moderna Galerija |
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2000 |
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Carrie Lambert, “Pointing at P.S.1,” Greater New York Writer’s ProjectBrian Holmes, "Carnival in the Eye of the Storm:Kosov@,” Afterimage, September/October |
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2000 |
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Susan Canning, "Greater New York Bucks the Biennial," Art Papers, July/August |
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2000 |
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Colwell Carol, DWCA 1995 National Juried Exhibition Catalog, Irving Art Center, Irving, TX. |
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2000 |
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Rebecca Faulkner, "Traveling Towards (Dis)appearance: A Response to Emily Jacir's Drawings," Barnard Feminist Art Conference and Greater New York Catalog |
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2000 |
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Delinda C. Hanley, “Made in Palestine: A Stirring Exhibit Rocks Houston and Hits the Road” |
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