Adel Abidin

Born in Baghdad 1973 - lives and works in Helsinki- Finland

/ SLECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS /
 
2011    Major exhibition- DARAT AL-FUNUN. The Khalid Shoman Foundation- Amman
        ARTOPIA Gallery- Milan
        Anne De Villepoix Gallery- Paris
2010    The DA2 Domus Artium 2002 (Centre of Contemporary Art in Salamanca)- Spain
        Location One Gallery - New York
        Major exhibition- KIASMA (Museum of Contemporary Art)- Helsinki
2009    Finnish Institute- Stockholm    
2008    MAC|VAL (Museum of contemporary Art)- France
        Gallery 300m3- Gothenburg
        White Box Gallery- New York
        SPACE| Contemporary Art Gallery- Bratislava
        MUU Gallery- Helsinki
2007    Montalvo Arts center- Triple Base- San Francisco
2006    Kluuvi Gallery- November- Helsinki
        Premier of a short film- Kino Theatre- Helsinki
        Huuto Gallery- April- Helsinki
2004    Art Academy Gallery- Helsinki
        Kaapelitehdas Gallery- Helsinki
2002    Kaapelitehdas- käytävä Gallery- Helsinki
        Inaa Gallery- Baghdad
1999    Inaa art gallery- Baghda1990  Alweya Club- Baghdad

/ SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS /

2011    54th Venice Biennale- Iraq Pavilion- Sala Uno (international center for

        contemporary art)
        10th Sharjah Biennial- Plot for a Biennial- Emirates 
2010    17th Biennale of Sydney. THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE- Sydney
        Opening of the Contemporary Art Museum- Doha- Qatar
        Vantaa art museum- Finland
        Anne De Villepoix Gallery- Paris
        Roskilde Museum - Denmark
2009    Regis Center for Art - Minneapolis - USA
        “Normal Invitation”- Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art- Copenhagen
        “Coping with contingency: Seven Methods” - Art Moscow
        "Summertime". Moen44- Moen island- Denmark
        “Thinking About Death”. MAP- Mobile Art Production- Stockholm
        Ecology Of Feelings. The XIV Mänttä Art Festival- Finland
        Variations on Transcendng the Finiteness of Human Vision. Riga City

        Exhibition Hall
        Contact (Tawassol). Artericambi Gallery- Verona
        Crossings. “Mawazine”. Rythme du Monde”- Rabat- Morocco
        Tracking Traces. Kiasma (Museum of Contemporary Art)- Helsinki
        Video Screening “ ABIDIN TRAVELS”. IMPAKT Festival- The Netherlands
2008    The Other. Cairo Biennial 11th - Cairo
        “Shrink-Wrapped”. Or Gallery- Vancouver- Canada
        Crossings. Darb Cultural Center- Cairo
        Arctic Hysteria Onscreen, MoMA- Museum of Modern Art- New York
        "Utopia". Contemporary Art tower- Vienna
        “The rebirth” | Demolition Party- Hotel Royal Monceau- Paris
        “The contemporary European Art”. Domaine Pommery- Reims- France
        Artget Gallery- Belgrade Cultural Center
        The Natural Of Evil. Burg Schlaining's European museum of Peace- Austria
        “Traversées”. Exhibition- Art Paris- Grand Palais- Paris
        Espace Louis Vuitton- East Without Borders- Paris
        Artist's symposium ORTung. Gallery 5020- January- Salzburg
        “Nine Voices, Nine places”. Camões Institute- Lisbon
        “Status”. CRAC Alsace | Centre rhénan d'art contemporian- France
        "On The Margins. The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum- St.Louis- USA
2007    52nd Venice Biennale- Nordic Pavilion- Venice
        "Rethinking Dissent”. Gothenburg Biennial- Gothenburg
        The Renaissance Society. the university of Chicago- Chicago
        The Rencontres Internationales. Film Festival- Paris
        Political | Poetical. Tallinna Kunstihoone- Tallinn
        The Natural Of Evil. Museum of Photography- Helsinki
        IMPAKT Festival. Utrecht- The Netherlands
        Void. Tampere Short Film Festival 37th- Tampere- Finland
2006    Naked Life. MOCA- Museum of contemporary Art- Taipei
        Art, Life & Confusion. October Saloon 47- Belgrade
        Fredericianum Khunsthalle- Kassel- Germany
        Arab Film Festival– Toronto
        12th International Pärnu Video and Film Festival. Estonia
        Collective exhibition. Museum of Photography- Helsinki
        EXIT. SAW Video + Galerie Saw Gallery- Ottawa
        Images Festival. Toronto
        View 6. Media Festival- Korjaamo Cultural Factory- Helsinki
2005    The Rencontres Internationales Paris, Berlin-art & action film festival
        Workshop. Istanbul Biennial- Istanbul
        The Holden Gallery- Manchester
        Rantakasarmin Gallery- Suomenlenna- Helsinki
        Tennispalatsi Art Museum- Helsinki
2004    Blank Space- New Contemporary Space- Screening- Sydney
        “Seller”. Katakomben- International Festival- Berlin
        Finnish- Russian Exhibition- Lahti- Finland
        Off Project. London Biennial– Area 10- London

 

/ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE /

2010    Guest Artist. Oregon State University- The Dept. of Art- Portland
        March Meeting- Sharjah- UAE
2008    Artist Talk-Art,Talks & Sensations. Abu Dhabi Contemporary Art Horizons
        Grand Auditorium of The Cultural Foundation- Abu Dhabi
        Guest artist. Pirkanmaa Multicultural Workshop. Tampere- Finland
        Open interview. CAA Art conference. Along with Yoko Ono- Dallas
        Guest artist. MAA. Art School- Helsinki
        Guest artist. Multicultural Seminar. Joensuu- Finland
2006    Guest artist. Tampere Polytechnic school- Tampere- Finland
        Jury member. TARU-TALLI Gallery- TARU Project. Helsinki
        Art teacher. Kulosaari High School. Helsinki
2005    Guest artist. Vantaa Polytechnic school. Vantaa- Finland
2004    Work Shops. Kiasma| Museum of Contemporary Art. Helsinki      

 

 

09-11   Finnish Cultural Foundation. Three Years Grant
2010    Swedish Cultural Fund. Curating a group exhibition in Cairo
        Commission from the museum of contemporary arab Art in Doha
        AVEK| Promotion for Audiovisual Culture- Production Grant
2008    The Art Council of Finland. Exhibition Grant
        Alfred Kordelinin Foundation. Production Grant
2007    AVEK| Audio Visual Cultural Prize
        FRAME- FUND for Art exchange. Venice Biennial Project
        AVEK| Promotion for Audiovisual Culture- Venice Biennial Project
        Finnish Cultural Foundation. One Year Grant
        AVEK| Promotion for Audiovisual Culture- Production Grant
2006    Finnish Cultural Foundation. Production Grant
        AVEK| Promotion for Audiovisual Culture- Production Grant
2005    The Art Council of Finland. Travel Grant
        Finnish Cultural Foundation. Production Grant
        AVEK| Promotion for Audiovisual Culture
        LUKSUZ film festival. Audience award- Slovenia
2004    The Academy of Fine Arts. Graduation Production Grant
2003    The Arts Council of Finland. Exhibition Grant
2002    First Prize. Contest of Young Iraqi Artists| Painters
1999    Third Prize. Contest of new Iraqi Sculpture

/ RESIDENCIES /

2010    Darat al Funun| The Khalid Shoman Foundation. Amman- Jordan
        Location One. New York- USA
        104 Cultural Center. Paris- France
2009    The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. Reykjavik- Iceland
2008    Baltic Center for Contemporary Art. New Castle- UK
        Artist's symposium ORTung. Salzburg- Austria
2007    MAC|VAL Contemporary Art Museum. Paris- France
2006    Montalvo Arts Center. Saratoga- CA- USA
2004    Academy of Fine Arts. Exchange Students Program. Berlin- Germany

/ SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY- Essays in Books and Catalogues /

 

2001    STROKES OF GENIUS. Contemporary Iraqi Art- editor: Maysaloun Faraj
2006    Art, Life & Confusion. 47th October Salon
        NAKED LIFE
2007    Think with the Senses-Feel with the Mind. 52nd Venice Biennale
2008    THE OTHER. 11th Cairo Biennale
        IN THE ARAB WORLD NOW
        CROSSING ”TRAVERSÉES”. Touring collective exhibition
        ON THE MARGINS- Carmon Caolango. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
        Modernism and Iraq
2009    TRACKING TRACES
        ISLAMIC ART: Past and the Modern
        Borders- Contemporary Middle Eastern Art and Discourse
2010    Catalog: ADEL ABIDIN- Major solo exhibition at Kiasma
        Catalog: The 17th Sydney Biennial

/ SELECTED REVIEWS, ARTICLES & TV PROGRAMS /

2010    NY Art-News Magazine- New York city  
        Finnish Press: Hufvudstadbladet, Helsingin Sanomat, Voima, 6 degrees
2009    X - TRA. Contemporary Art Magazine - (LA- USA)
        Artist's Portrait- ARTE- Cultural TV Channel. (France-Germany)
2008    “Talking Politics”. Round panel- Art in America. July- (USA)
        L’ART CONTEMPORAIN ARABE”. Beaux Arts Magazine (France)
        Artist interview- Bratislava TV. (Slovakia)
        Framework. “Nine Voices, Nine Places”. (Finland)
        Le Monde diplomatique. (France)
        Le Figaro. (France)
        NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. ”Orient Without Borders”. (France)
        Beaux Arts Magazine. (France)
        Le Monde diplomatique. (France)
2007    Framework. “THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND”. (Finland)
        Le Monde diplomatique. (France)
        Interview: Wonderland magazine. (London)
        Teknemedia- L’arte contemporanea in Italia. (Italy)
        Spike Art Magazine. summer 07- (Austria)
        NY art magazine. (New York)
        New York Times. The Guardian.International Herald tribune. Helsingin
        Sanomat. (Helsinki). Amo Lehti. (Tampere, Finland). Taide Lehti. (Helsinki)
        Talk show- International media conference. (Helsinki)
2006    Framework. ON FOCUS. Finland
        Helsingin Sanomat. Feb. 20th, May 5th, Aug. 5th, Nov. 18th (Helsinki)
2005    YLE- channel Teema. (Helsinki)
        Helsingin Sanomat. Sept. 25th
        "art-ist" contemporary art magazine. Sureyya Evren (Istanbul)
2004    Yle TV2. Artur. Sept. 21
        Helsingin Sanomat. Feb. 12 (Helsinki)
2003    Helsingin Sanomat. Apr. 25 (Helsinki)
        Yle TV2- Artur. Apr.7th (Helsinki)
2002    Helsingin Sanomat. Jul. 13, Exhibition Review (Helsinki)
        Hufvudstadbladet. May (Helsinki)
2001    Hufvudstadbladet. Apr. 26 (Helsinki)
        Lauantaivekkari. April 28, Taide studiossa Adel Abidin (Helsinki)

 

/ EDUCATION /

2005    MFA, Academy of Fine Arts- Helsinki
2000    BA, Academy of Fine Arts- Baghdad
1994    B.Sc. in Industrial Management- Mansour University- Baghdad

 

/ PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS /

EMMA. Espoo Museum of Modern Art- Finland
Kiasma. Contemporary Art Museum- Helsinki
Turkish KOC Foundation. Istanbul
Private Collections:
Mr. Jorge Helft. Argentina
Enrico Navarra Gallery. Paris
Nan Glodin, Paris &Gilles Fuchs, Paris
Tony Podesta, Washington 

 

/ Professional Memberships /

FRAME. Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
AV-ARKKI. Distribution Center for Finnish Media Art
Muu- ry. Media Art organization
(IAA, AIAP). International Association of Art
Helsinki Artists Association        

 

/ CONTACT INFO /

www.adelabidin.com
Tallberginkatu 1 C 159 | 00180 | Helsinki- FINLAND