Farah Al Qasimi

Noora’s Room, 2020, inkjet print in custom aluminum frame, 27 x 35 inches

Everywhere there is splendor, 2021. Site-specific installation, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Images 6–9, archival inkjet prints.

BIOGRAPHY
Born: Abu Dhabi, 1991
Resides: Brooklyn, NY
Education: Yale School of Art (M.F.A., 2017); Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2017); Yale University (B.A., 2012).

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Surge”, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles.

“I Love Nature”, The Island Club, Cyprus.

“General Behavior”, Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation.

“Letters for Occasions”, Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada.

2021 “Everywhere there is splendor”, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

“Lady Lady”, Cooper Cole, Toronto.

“everybody was invited to a party”, Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway.

2019 “Open Arm Sea”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston.

“Art Basel Statements”, The Third Line, Basel, Switzerland.

2017 “More Good News”, Helena Anrather, New York.

2016 “Coming Up Roses”, The Third Line, Dubai.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Experiences of Oil”, Kunstmuseum Stavanger, Norway.

“Through the Looking Glass”, Yancey Richardson, New York.

2021 “Wetland”, 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy.

“New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century”, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, California.

“Louis Roederer Discovery Award”, Arles Les Rencontres de las Photographie, France.

2020 “Gennariello Part 2”, Balice Hertling, Paris.

“AND/ALSO: Photography (Mis)Represented”, Kasmin, New York.

“Yokohama Triennale 2020: Afterglow”, Japan.

2019 “March Projects”, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates.

“BFI London Film Festival”, Experimenta Programme, London.

2018 “Conversation 7 with Marcela Pardo Ariza”, San Francisco Arts Commission.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2021 Wu, Simon. “Young Artists 2022: Farah Al Qasimi Brings Splendor to Photography,” culturedmag.com (November 23).

“Farah Al Qasimi,” artforum.com.

“1 Minute 1 Work: Farah Al Qasimi,” artbasel.com.

2020 Howe, David Everett. “A ‘New’ Normal: Farah Al Qasimi’s FUNHOUSE,” bombmagazine.org (June 29).

Scott, Andrea K. “Farah Al Qasimi Brings Jubilation to NYC Bus Routes,” The New Yorker (January 30).

Vali, Murtaza. “Farah Al Qasimi: The Third Line,” Artforum (January).

“The Artsy Vanguard 2020,” artsy.net.

2019 Lai, Ophelia. “Spotlight: Farah Al Qasimi, Zico Abaiquni, Liu Chuang,” Arts Asia Pacific (October 24).

Heron-Langdon, Jessica. “Snapshot: Farah Al Qasimi,” ft.com [Financial Times] (August 9).

Bertoni, Steven, and Alexandra Wilson, eds. “30 Under 30: Art and Style,” Forbes Magazine.

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