Nasceu em 1963 no Cairo, Egipto.
Vive e trabalha em Nova Iorque, E.U.A.
FORMAÇÃO
1991 Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris
1989 M.F.A. in Painting, Villa Arson, Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art (Formely Ecole Pilote Internationale d’Art et
de
Recherche), Nice, França
1987 School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Estados Unidos
1986 B.F.A. in Painting Villa Arson, Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art (Formerly Ecole Pilote Internationale d’Art et
de
Recherche), Nice, França
EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS (seleção)
2018
Ceramic, Knots, Thoughts, Scraps Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, Estados Unidos
Dark Continent, Centre de Creation Contemporaine Olivier Debre, Tours, França
Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: Love is a Difficult Blue, Goodman Gallery, Cidade do Cabo
Ghada Amer, Cheim & Read, New York, USA
2017 Ghada Amer: Déesse Terre , Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
2016
Ghada Amer, Kewenig, Berlim, Alemanha
2015
Earth. Love. Fire, Leila Heller Gallery, Dubai, Emirados Árabes Unidos
2014
Rainbow Girls, Cheim and Read, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
2013
Référence à Elle, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Coreia
2012
The Other I, Tina Kim Gallery, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Ghada Amer, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canadá
2011
100 Words of Love, Cheim & Read, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
No Romance, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, África do Sul
2010
Color Misbehavior, Cheim & Read, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
2009
Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: Roses Off Limits, Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA.
2008
Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: Collaborative Drawings, Tina Kim Fine Arts, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: A New Collaboration on Paper, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapura
Love Has No End, Elisabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
2007
Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh, Collaborative Drawings, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Coreia
Another Spring, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Coreia
Le Salon Courbé, Francesca Minini Gallery, Milão, Itália
Ghada Amer, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, MACRO, Roma, Itália
2006
Breathe Into Me, Gagosian Gallery, New York (Chelsea), Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
2004
Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, Califórnia, Estados Unidos
Ghada Amer, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Espanha
2003
Ghada Amer, Forefront 45, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Estados Unidos
Ghada Amer, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Itália
2002
Ghada Amer, Gagosian Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido
Ghada Amer, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdão, Países Baixos
2001
Encyclopedia of Pleasure, Deitch Projects, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Reading Between the Threads, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Noruega, Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Alemanha e Bildmuseet, Umea, Suécia
2000
Ghada Amer Drawings, Anadil Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
Intimate Confessions, Deitch Projects, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel e Kunst-werke, Berlim, Alemanha
Ghada Amer, Centre Culturel Contemporain (C.C.C.), Tours, França
1999
Ghada Amer, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilha, Espanha
1998
Ghada Amer, Annina Nosei Gallery, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
1997
Ghada Amer, Espace Karim Francis, Cairo, Egipto
1996
Ghada Amer, Annina Nosei Gallery, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
1994
Ghada Amer, Centre Jules Verne, Brétigny-sur-Orge, França
1993
Ghada Amer, Galerie Météo, Paris, França
1992
Ghada Amer, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris, França
EXPOSIÇÕES COLECTIVAS (seleção)
2019
Biennale de Rabat, Marrocos
2018
All Things Being Equal, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA, Cidade do cabo), África do Sul
Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection, Brooklyn Museum, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Le Grand Monnayage: 8e Biennale international d’art Contemporain de Melle, Melle, França
40 ans de collection et un film documentaire de 60 min, Collection David H. Brolliet Genéve, Foundation
Fernet-Branca, Saint Louis, França
_Ways of Seeing, New York University (BYU) Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Emirados Árabes Unidos
Half the PictureBrooklyn Musuem, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century, Frist Center, Nashville, Tennessee, Estados Unidos
Dak’Art 2018: The Red Hour, Dakar, Senegal
_Talisman in the Age of Difference, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido
Narrative MeansGoodman Gallery, Johannesburg, África do Sul
2017
D’un Monde a l’Autre, Abbaye d’Annecy Le Vieux, Annecy, France
Uptown, organized by Deborah Cullen, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
All Things Being Equal…, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cidade do Cabo, África do Sul
Ways of Seeing, curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, ARTER – Space For Art, Istanbul, Turquia
I Go, You Go, Good to Go, Unclebrother, Hancock, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Being Her(e): Meditations on African Femininities, curated by Refilwe Nkomo and Thato Mogotsi and
mentored by Paula Nascimento and Violet Nantume, Kauru Contemporary African Art Project, Constitution Hill,
Johannesburg, África do Sul
Converging Voices: Gender and Identity, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Entangled: Threads & Making, curated by Karen Wright, Turner Contemporary, Londres, Reino Unido
Third Space / Shifting Conversations about Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham,
Alabama, Estados Unidos
Lucy’s Iris: Contemporary African Artists, curated by Orlando Britto Jinorio, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
(CAAM) e Casa África, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espanha
2016
In Context: Africans In America, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, África do Sul
New Revolutions: Goodman Gallery at 50 , Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, África do Sul
Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe, The Frick, Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos
The Female Gaze, Part Two: Women Look at Men, Cheim & Read, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
2015
Winter in America: A Mulitmedia Group Exhibition, Jack Shainman Gallery, The School in Kinderhook, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Art_Textiles, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, Reino Unido
Les Mondes Inversés, BPS22, Musée d’Art de la Province de Hainaut, Charleroi, Bélgica
A l’ombre d’Eros – l’amour, la mort, la vie!, Monaste re Royal de Brou, Bourg- en-Bresse, França
Speaking Back, Goodman Gallery, Cidade do Cabo, África do Sul
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists, Smithsonian National
Museum of African Art, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
You Love Me You Love Me Not, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, Portugal
GHP Exhibition: Amer, Baga, Cameron Greenbaum, Lins, Mackler, Salle, curated by Adam Welch, with
assistance from Derek Weisberg, Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Words Words Words, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Estados Unidos
2014
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Estados Unidos
Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe, Brooklyn Museum, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Slow Learner, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido
The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory Revisited by Contemporary African Artists, Museum fur Kunst,
Frankfurt, Alemanha
Mauvais Genre, Addict Galerie, Paris, França
Killer Heels, Brooklyn Museum, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Songs of Loss and Songs of Love, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Coreia do Sul
The Divine Comedy, The Mmk Frankfurt Museum, Alemanha
2013
Earth Matters, National Museum for African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
Sculptrices, Villa Datris, Fondation pour la Sculpture Contemporaine, L’Isle-sur-Sorgue, França
2012
Prism – Drawing from 1990-2011, The National Museum of Art,Architecture and Design, Oslo, Noruega
Le Corps Découvert, Institut du monde arabe, Paris, França
The Mediterranean Approach, SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brasil
Tea For Nefertiti, Arab Museum of Doha, Qatar, UAE. Travelled to Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, França
2011
The Women in Our Life: A Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibition, Cheim & Read, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, França
2010
Residua, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, Emirados Árabes Unidos
Told, Untold, Retold, The Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar, Emirados Árabes Unidos
2009
Against exclusion, 3rd Moscow Biennial, Garage Center of Contemporary Art, Moscovo, Rússia
Elles @ centrepompidou, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, França
2008
Prospects 1, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, Estados Unidos
2007
Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York. Traveled to Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Estados Unidos
2006
Without Boundary, Museum of Modern Art, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Zones of Contact, Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Austrália
2005
Centre of Gravity , Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turquia
Here Comes the Sun , Magasin 3, Stockholm Konsthall, Suécia
Always a Little Further, 51st International Venice Biennial, Veneza, Itália
2004
Africa Remix Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany. Traveled to Hayward Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, França; Mori Art Museum, Tóquio, Japão and Moderna Museet Stockholm, Suécia
Hommage à Georges Pompidou: Parcours dans les Collections du Musée d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris,França.
2003
Harem Fantasies and the New Scheherazades, Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, Barcelona, Espanha
Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora, Museum of African Art, Long Island City, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Estados Unidos; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, Estados Unidos; City Art Center, Edimbourough, Escócia, Reino Unido
Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, Estados Unidos
Il Racconto del Filo: Ricamo e cucito nell’arte contemporanea, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roverto, Roverto, Itália
2001
The Short Century, Museum Village Stuck, Munich, Germany. Traveled to Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlim, Alemanha
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA and PS1 Long Island City, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
2000
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Man and Space, Gwangju Biennial 2000, Gwangju, Coreia do Sul
Partage d’Exotismes, 5th Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, França
1999
APERTO Over All, 48th International Art Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, Itália
Looking for a Place, Third International Site Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, Estados Unidos
1998
Echolot, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Alemanha
L’Envers du Décor, Dimensions Décoratives dans l’Art du XXème Siècle, Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d’Ascq, França
1997
Vraiment Féminisme et Art, Le Magasin Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, França
Alternating Currents, 2nd Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg, África do Sul
1996
The Sense of Order, Moderne Galerija, Ljubljana, Eslovénia
Orient/ation, The Vision of Art in a Paradoxical World, 4th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turquia
1992
I Love Paris, Hôpital Ephémère, Paris, França
PRÉMIOS E MENÇÕES HONROSAS
2009
Artist-in-Residence, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia
University, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos (com Reza Farkhondeh)
2008
Artist-in-Residence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Estados Unidos
2007
Smithsonian Institution Artist Research Fellowship Program, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
Artist-in Residence, Singapore Tyler Institute, Singapura
2005
Artist-in Residence, H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, Estados Unidos
1999
Artist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Estados Unidos
UNESCO Prize, 48 Esposizione Internationale della Biennale di Venezia,
Veneza, Itália
1997
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
1996
Artist-in-Residence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Estados Unidos
COLEÇÕES PÚBLICAS
Arab Museum of Modern Art (MATHAF), Qatar Museums Authority, Doha, Qatar Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, Emirados Árabes Unidos
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, Estados Unidos
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, França
Museo Jumex, Cidade do México, México
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Estados Unidos
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Fond National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris, França
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Auvergne, França
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, França
Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi, Emirados Árabes Unidos
Hood Art Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Estados Unidos
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turquia
Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France Minneapolis
Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Estados Unidos
Museum of Arts and Design, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Neuberger Berman Art Collection, Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos
Sammlung Goetz, Munique, Alemanha
Samsung Museum, Seoul, Coreia do Sul
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Estados Unidos
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Estados Unidos
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Estados Unidos
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Estados Unidos
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel