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FARAH AL QASIMI
b. 1991, Abu Dhabi
FARAH AL QASIMI
b. 1991, Abu Dhabi
EDUCATION
2017
MFA, Yale School of Art
2017
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2012
BA with Distinction in the Art Major, Yale University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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Toy World, The Third Line, Dubai
Solo gallery display, Permanent Collection Galleries, Tate Modern, London
Surge, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles
Everywhere there is splendor, Contemporary Art Museum St Louis
Lady Lady, Cooper Cole, Toronto
Funhouse, Helena Anrather, New York
Solo gallery display, Permanent Collection Galleries, Tate Modern, London
Surge, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles
Everywhere there is splendor, Contemporary Art Museum St Louis
Lady Lady, Cooper Cole, Toronto
Funhouse, Helena Anrather, New York
2020
Brotherville, Wayne State University Undergraduate Library, Detroit
2020
Back and Forth Disco, Public Art Fund (various locations around NYC)
2019
Open Arm Sea, Houston Center for Photography
2019
Arrival, The Third Line, Dubai
2019
List Projects: Farah Al Qasimi, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge
2019
Art Basel Statements, solo presentation with The Third Line, Basel
2019
Artist Rooms: Farah Al Qasimi, Jameel Art Center, Dubai
2017
More Good News, Helena Anrather, New York
2016
Coming Up Roses, The Third Line, Dubai
2014
The World Is Sinking, The Third Line, Dubai
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility, Guggenheim, New York
Kinship, SFMoMA, San Francisco
New Visions Triennial, Henie Onstad Museum of Art, Oslo
Gwangju Biennale, Soft and Weak Like Water
Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically In The Present
ARS22, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
Experiences of Oil, Kunstmuseum Stavanger
Through the Looking Glass, Yancey Richardson, New York
Wetland, Venice Architecture Biennale (UAE Pavilion)
New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century, BAMPFA, Berkeley
Louis Roederer Discovery Award, Rencontres Arles
Historytelling, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg*
AND/ALSO, Kasmin Gallery, New York
Yokohama Triennale, curated by Raqs Media Collective
Kinship, SFMoMA, San Francisco
New Visions Triennial, Henie Onstad Museum of Art, Oslo
Gwangju Biennale, Soft and Weak Like Water
Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically In The Present
ARS22, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki
Experiences of Oil, Kunstmuseum Stavanger
Through the Looking Glass, Yancey Richardson, New York
Wetland, Venice Architecture Biennale (UAE Pavilion)
New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century, BAMPFA, Berkeley
Louis Roederer Discovery Award, Rencontres Arles
Historytelling, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg*
AND/ALSO, Kasmin Gallery, New York
Yokohama Triennale, curated by Raqs Media Collective
2019
March Projects, Sharjah Art Foundation
2019
BFI London Film Festival, Experimenta Programme
2019
Age of You, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
2018
Ishara: Signs, Symbols and Shared Languages, Concrete, Dubai
2017
No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, Bard CCS, Annandale-on-Hudson
2016
Walls and Margins, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah
2015
Accented, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
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Residency, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Italy
Winner, Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Grant
Mast Foundation Grant, Finalist
Winner, Art Basel Miami Legacy Purchase Program Prize
Aperture/Paris Photo Prize, Book of the Year Shortlist
Golden Lion for Wetland, curated by Waiwai Design, Venice Architecture Biennale
Capricious Book Publishing Award
Light Work Residency, Syracuse, NY
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Italy
Winner, Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Grant
Mast Foundation Grant, Finalist
Winner, Art Basel Miami Legacy Purchase Program Prize
Aperture/Paris Photo Prize, Book of the Year Shortlist
Golden Lion for Wetland, curated by Waiwai Design, Venice Architecture Biennale
Capricious Book Publishing Award
Light Work Residency, Syracuse, NY
2019
Knight Foundation and Wayne State University Grant Recipient
2018
Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer’s Grant
2018
NADA Artadia Award, New York
2017
Artist-in-Residence (supported by Abu Dhabi Festival and Maraya Center), Delfina Foundation, London
2017
Ward Cheney Award for Performance and Composition, Yale School of Art, New Haven
2014
Shaikha Salama Foundation and RISD Emerging Artist Fellowship, Abu Dhabi
2014
Summer Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York
2012
Distinction in the Art Major, Yale University, New Haven
2011
Artist-in-Residence, Burren College of Art, Ireland
2010
Creative and Performing Arts Award, Yale University, New Haven
2008
UAE Presidential College Scholarship, Abu Dhabi
COMMISSIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
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Farah Al Qasimi: Star Machine, Mousse Publishing/Art Gallery of Western Australia
Buzz Pollinator (a musical public sculpture), Horst Arts and Music Festival
Farah Al Qasimi’s Multi Continental Debut, Artsy
Farah Al Qasimi on Queens, Aperture New York Issue
Farah Al Qasimi: Hello Future, published by Capricious
General Behavior, a video commissioned by Bidoun
Summer Culture Essay Series, The New York Times
“I Am Here To Prove You Wrong,” profile of Miss Muslimah USA, New York Times
Brotherville: Arab Americans in Detroit, Wayne State University Art Collection
Buzz Pollinator (a musical public sculpture), Horst Arts and Music Festival
Farah Al Qasimi’s Multi Continental Debut, Artsy
Farah Al Qasimi on Queens, Aperture New York Issue
Farah Al Qasimi: Hello Future, published by Capricious
General Behavior, a video commissioned by Bidoun
Summer Culture Essay Series, The New York Times
“I Am Here To Prove You Wrong,” profile of Miss Muslimah USA, New York Times
Brotherville: Arab Americans in Detroit, Wayne State University Art Collection
2020
Bus Shelter Series, Public Art Fund
2019
Dream Soup: a commissioned video installation for March Projects, Sharjah Art Foundation
2019
Farah Al Qasimi: Arrival, published by The Third Line
2019
BAMbill cover artist, Winter/Spring season
2017
Farah Al Qasimi: Body Shop, published by Silent Face and Dashwood Books
2017
DRAGON! A Virtual Tour of Dragon Mart, Global Art Forum
2015
Art of the Emirates, Motivate Publishing
2015
Age of Earthquakes, Penguin Press
2013
Ras Al Khaimah, the Quiet Emirate, Brownbook
SELECTED PRESS
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Farah Al Qasimi “Toy World” at The Third Line, Dubai, Mousse Magazine
Farah Al Qasimi's Journey of Family and Migration, Frieze Magazine
Farah Al Qasimi: Assortment of Truths, Flash Magazine
Interview with Zeina Koreitem, Harvard Design Magazine
Cultured Young Artists to Watch 2022
Artist Farah Al Qasimi is Seeing Idols in a World of State Surveillance, SSENSE
The New Vanguard, Artsy
Artist Farah Al Qasimi Seeks Out the Supernatural, ArtReview
Farah Al Qasimi's Journey of Family and Migration, Frieze Magazine
Farah Al Qasimi: Assortment of Truths, Flash Magazine
Interview with Zeina Koreitem, Harvard Design Magazine
Cultured Young Artists to Watch 2022
Artist Farah Al Qasimi is Seeing Idols in a World of State Surveillance, SSENSE
The New Vanguard, Artsy
Artist Farah Al Qasimi Seeks Out the Supernatural, ArtReview
2020
Um Al Naar, reviewed by Ophelia Lai, Art Asia Pacific
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
SFMoMA
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Tate Modern, London
Guggenheim New York
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Tate Modern
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Tate Modern, London
Guggenheim New York
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Tate Modern
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Art Jameel
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
NYU Grey Art Gallery
Barjeel Art Foundation
Maraya Art Center
Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation