Ahlam Shibli is a Palestinian artist who was born in Palestine
Shibli's work explores the everyday life of the Palestinian population. Adrian Searle

Adrian Searle

Adrian Searle is the chief art critic of The Guardian newspaper in Britain, and has been writing for the paper since 1996. Previously he was a painter. He curates art shows and also writes fiction.-Career:...

 describes her work as "unsentimental and undramatic...extremely moving."

She has participated in the 27th São Paulo Biennial

São Paulo Art Biennial

The São Paulo Art Biennial was founded in 1951 and has been held every two years since. It is the second oldest art biennial in the world after the Venice Biennial , which serves as its role model....

 (2006/7) and documenta

Documenta

documenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...

12 (2008).

Solo Exhibitions (recent)

'2010 Ahlam Shibli, Trauma: Goter, & Trauma, Château de Sédières, Clergoux, Corrèze, France. within the frame work and support of Peuple et Culture Corrèze [artist book].
2010 Why did you leave the forest empty!: Arab al-Sbaih, & The Valley, Darat al Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan.
2009 Wydomowienie: Dom Dziecka. The house starves when you are away, An introduction to and nine chapters from Dependence, and Trackers, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie / Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw.
2008 Trackers and The Valley, Contemporary Photographic Art Centre Contretype, Brussels. within the frame work of "MASARAT Palestine 2008".
2007 Goter and Trackers, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee.
2006 Trackers, Max Wigram Gallery, London. Trackers, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel [artist book].
2003 Lost Time, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham [artist book].

Group Exhibitions [recent]

2010 EarlyYears - The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. participating with the series : Dom Dziecka. The house starves when you are away.
2009 Everywhere. Sexual Diversity Polices in Art, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela. participating with selection from the series Eastern LGBT.
2009 Connected Barcelona, transnational citizens. Migratory growth and urban practices, History Museum of Barcelona, MUHBA, Barcelona. participating with the DVD slide show An introduction to and nine chapters from Dependence.
2008 Zonez of Conflict, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York [cat.]. participated with selection from the series Arab al-Sbaih and Goter.
2008 Universal Archive. The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia, MACBA, Barcelona. participated with the series Dependence.
2008 Éclats de frontières, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille. participated with selection from the series Trackers and Goter.
2008 Les inquiets, Centre Pompidou, Paris [cat.]. participated with the series The Valley.
2007 Documenta 12, Kassel [cat.]. participated with the series Arab al-Sbaih and selection from Goter.
2007 Opening Hours, Rebecca M. Camhi Gallery, Athens [cat.]. participated with the series Horse Race in Jericho.
2007 Cómo vivir juntos, Selección 27 Bienal São Paulo (MAC Quinta Normal), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago [cat.]. participated with the series Eastern LGBT and Market.
2006 The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society, 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, BIACS 2, Seville [cat.]. participated with the series Catastrophe: Mt. Tabor, Berlin, and Halisa.
2006 How to Live Together, 27a. Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo [exh. guide, cat.]. participated with the series Eastern LGBT and Market.
2006 A Tale of Two Cities: Busan—Seoul / Seoul—Busan, The Contemporary Art Exhibition, Busan Biennale 2006, Busan [exh. guide, cat.] participated with the series Trackers
2006 Home Ground, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, The University of New South Wales, Sydney [cat.]. participated with the series Unrecognised.
2005 The Pantagruel Syndrome, T1 Torino Triennale Tremusei, Turin [cat.] participated with the series Trackers
2005 Istanbul, 9th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul [cat.]. participated with the series Unrecognised.

External links

• Website (includes articles and bibliography)