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Ghada Amer Biography
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1963 |
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Born in Cairo, Egypt
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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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1997 |
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Received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
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1999 |
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Received the UNESCO award at the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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Lives and works in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2013
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Référence à Elle, Kukje Gallery, Seoul Korea (solo)
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2013
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4.Biennial of Thessaloniki, Greece. Chief Curator, Adelina von Furstenberg
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2013
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Sculptures, Villa Datris, Fondation Pour La Sculpture Contemporaine– L’Isle sur la Sorgue, France
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2013
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Earth Matters, National Museum for African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
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2012
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Prism – Drawing from 1990-2011, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
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2012
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Le Corps Découvert, Institut du monde arabe, Paris, France
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2012
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The Mediterranean Approach, SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
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2012
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Ghada Amer, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada (solo)
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2012
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Tea For Nefertiti, Arab Museum of Doha, Doha, Qatar, UAE. Travelled to: Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
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2011
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100 Words of Love, Cheim & Read, New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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No Romance, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)
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2011
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The Women in Our Life: A Fifteen-Year, Anniversary Exhibition, Cheim & Read, New York, USA
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2011
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
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2010
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Residua, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
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2010
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Told, Untold, Retold, The Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, UAE
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2010
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Color Misbehavior, Cheim & Read, New York, USA (solo)
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2010
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elles@centrepompidou, artistes femmes dans les collections du Centre Pompidou, Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France
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2009
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Ghada Amer, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
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2009
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Against exclusion, 3rd Moscow Biennial, Garage Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow
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2009
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Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: Roses Off Limits, Pace Prints, New York, USA (solo)
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2009
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Failing Shahrazad, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
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2008
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Ghada Amer: Love has no end, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY (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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2008
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Ghada Amer /Reza Farkhondeh: a new Collaboration on paper Singapore Tyler Institute, Singapore (solo)
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2007
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Ghada Amer/Reza Farkhondeh:collaborative drawings, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo)
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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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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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2006
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Without Boundary, Seventeen Ways of Looking, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2005
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The Reign of Terror, 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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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, CA (solo)
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2004
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Africa Remix, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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2003
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Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora, Museum of African Art, Long Island City, NY
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2002
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Ghada Amer, 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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The Short Century, (curated by Okwri Enwezor) Museum Village Stuck, Munich, Germany; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
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2001
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Encyclopedia of Pleasure, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Leaving the Island, Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival 2000, Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, South Korea
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2000
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Kwangju Biennial, 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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Intimate Confessions, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Whitney Biennial, New York, NY
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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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Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel; Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1999
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Venice Biennale, Venice, 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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| Selected Public Collections |
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Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, UAE
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LaM Museum, Lille Métropole Musée d’Art Moderne, d’Art Contemporain et d’Art Brut
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Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
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Neuberger Berman Art Collection, New York, USA
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Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
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Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea
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Speed Art Museum, Louisville
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, UK
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, USA
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Fond National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC) Paris, France
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Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Auvergne, France
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Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
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Hood Art Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA
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| Literature |
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2013
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Martinez, Rosa and Fadda, Reem: Ghada Amer “Référence à Elle”, Kukje Gallery, Korea
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2013
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Herman, Nick: Sculptures, Villa Datris – Fondation Pour La Sculpture Contemporaine, France
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2012
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Schwartz, Jamie; Lewis, Jacob. The Other I. Tina Kim Gallery
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2012
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St. Gelais, Therese, Ghada Amer, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
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2011
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Rubin, Nathan, No Romance: Ghada Amer | Reza Farkhondeh & Collaborative Work, Goodman Gallery,Johannesburg, South Africa
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2010
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Antle, Martine. The Gardens Next Door. Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
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2010
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Reilley, Maura. «Ghada Amer.» Gregory R. Miller & Co, New York
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2009
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Katz, Vincent. The Natural World, the Political Context: Collaborative Monoprints by Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh. Pace Prints, New York
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2008
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Farrell, Laurie Ann. Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh: Collaborative Drawings. Seoul: Kukje Gallery
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2008
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Antle, Martine. Ghada Amer/Reza Farkhondeh: A New Collaboration on Paper. Singapore: STPI
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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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Maria Elena Buszek and Christophe Kihm. Ghada Amer. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2006
Daftari, Fereshteh. Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2006
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2004
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Farrell, Laurie Ann. Ghada Amer. Seoul: Kukje Gallery
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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
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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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2003
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Haglund, Elisabet, and Maleström, Tamara. Sites of Recurrence: a Workshop in Contemporary Art
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2003
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Chennai: Madras Craft Foundation, India.(Text by Wendt, Selene)
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2003
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Martinez, Rosa. Ghada Amer. Lisbon : Galeria Filomena Soares
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2002
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Grosenick, Uta. Art Now. Cologne: Taschen
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