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Ghada Amer (Egyptian, 1963)
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Ghada Amer
Le lit 1997
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Ghada Amer
Le Lit (détail) 1997
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Ghada Amer
Les mariés (mauves) 1995
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Ghada Amer
Les mariés (roses) 1995
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Ghada Amer
Les mariés (verts) 1995
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Biography |
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1963 |
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Born: Cairo, Egypt |
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1989 |
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MFA in Painting, Villa Arson EPIAR, Nice, France |
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1991 |
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Institut des Hautes Etudes en Art Plastique, Paris, France |
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Lives and works in New York |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Ghada Amer /Reza Farkhondeh: a new Collaboration on paper Singapore Tyler Institute, Singapore (solo) |
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2008 |
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Ghada Amer: Love has no end, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA (solo) |
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2008 |
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Ghada Amer/Reza Farkhondeh: collaborative drawings, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, USA (solo) |
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2007 |
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da Amer/Reza Farkhondeh:collaborative drawings, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
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2007 |
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Ghada Amer: another spring, Kukje gallery, Korea (solo) |
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2007 |
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Le Salon Courbé, Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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2007 |
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An Indigestible Dessert, A video in collaboration with Reza Farkhondeh, Francesca Minini Gallery, Milan Italy (solo) |
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2007 |
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Ghada Amer (curated by D. Eccher), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, MACRO, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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2007 |
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La Biennale di Venizia 52nd, Checklist, Luanda Pop (curated by Fernando Alvim (Angola, Simon Njami (Cameroon), African Pavillion, Arsenale, Venice, Italy |
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2007 |
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Global Feminisims, (curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin), Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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Without Boundary, Seventeen Ways of Looking, (curated by F. Daftari), Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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Word into Art, British Museum, London, England |
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2006 |
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Zones of Contact, Biennial of Sydney, Sidney, Australia |
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2006 |
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Ghada Amer: Paintings & RFGA Drawings (curated by J. Poodt), The Stedlijk Museum 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (solo) |
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2006 |
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Ghada Amer: Breathe into me, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA (solo) |
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2005 |
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The Reign of Terror (curated by Anja Chávez), Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (solo) |
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2005 |
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Always a Little Further (curated by Rosa Martinez), 51st International Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy |
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2004 |
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Africa Remix, (curated by Jean-Hubert Martin), (through 2006), Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, England; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Moderna Museet, , Stockholm, Sweden |
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2004 |
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Hommage à Georges Pompidou: Parcours dans les Collections du Musée d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, France |
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2004 |
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Le Opere e i Giorni, La Vanitas, (curated by A. Bonito Oliva), Certosa di Sab Lorenzo, Padula, Italy |
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2004 |
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Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Ghada Amer, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy (solo) |
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2004 |
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Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (solo) |
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2003 |
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Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora (curated by Laurie Ann Farrell), Museum of African Art, Long Island City, NY |
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2002 |
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Ghada Amer (curated by S. Bos), De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo) |
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2002 |
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Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, London, England (solo) |
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2001 |
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Encyclopedia of Pleasure, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (solo) |
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2001 |
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The Short Century, (curated by Okwri Enwezor) Museum Village Stuck, Munich, Germany. Traveled to: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY |
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2000 |
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Whitney Biennial. New York, NY. |
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2000 |
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Kwangju Biennial, South Korea |
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2000 |
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Leaving the Island, (curated Rosa Martinez), Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival 2000, Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, South Korea |
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2000 |
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Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY |
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2000 |
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Friends & Neighbors, EV+A 2000, (curated by Rosa Martinez), Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland |
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2000 |
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Ghada Amer (curated by A.J. Laferrière), Centre Culturel Contemporain (C.C.C.), Tours, France (solo) |
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2000 |
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Ghada Amer Drawings, Anadil Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (solo) |
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2000 |
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Intimate Confessions, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (solo) |
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2000 |
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Travelled to: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel and Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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1999 |
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APERTO Over All, 48th International Art Exhibition, (curated by Harald Szeeman), Biennale di Venezia, Italy |
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1999 |
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Looking for a Place, Third International Site Santa Fe Biennial, (curated by Rosa Martínez) , Santa Fe, NM |
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1999 |
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Venice Biennale. Italy. |
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1997 |
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Johannesburg Bienalle. South Africa. |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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Celant, Germano ; Eccher, Danilo ; Macri, Teresa ; Janus, Elizabeth. Ghada Amer. MACRO, Roma |
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2006 |
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Ghada Amer. New York: Gagosian Gallery. (text by Maria Elena Buszek and Christophe Kihm) |
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2006 |
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Daftari, Fereshteh. Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking. New York: Museum of Modern Art |
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2005 |
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Martínez, Rosa. Centre of Gravity. Istanbul: Istanbul Modern, (text by Lundström, Jan-Erik) |
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2005 |
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Farrel, Laurie Ann. Looking Both Ways/Das Esquinas do Olhar. (Portugese edition) Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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2004 |
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Homes, A.M. Ghada Amer. New York: Gagosian Gallery |
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2004 |
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Martínez, Rosa, and Lundström, Jan-Erik, and Millet, Teresa. Ghada Amer. Valencia: Institut Valencià d’Art Modern |
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2004 |
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Farrell, Laurie Ann. Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora. New York: Museum for African Art; Gent: Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon |
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2003 |
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Amer Sahar, and Olu Oguibe. Ghada Amer. Amsterdam: De Appel |
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2003 |
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Freiman, Lisa D. Ghada Amer. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art |
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2002 |
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Kim, Clara. Ghada Amer: Délier les Langues. Geneva: Galerie Guy Bärtschi |
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2002 |
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Grosenick, Uta. Art Now. Cologne: Taschen |
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2002 |
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Renton, Andrew. Ghada Amer. New York: Gagosian Gallery |
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2002 |
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Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting. London: Phaidon, (text by Marilu Knode) |
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