Biography

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, 1925Lives and works in Paris, France Education Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris, FranceUniversity of California, Berkeley, CaliforniaHarvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Selected Solo Exhibitions 2020Leporellos, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris2019Etel Adnan et les Modernes, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg CityEach Day is a Whole World, Aspen Museum of Art, AspenDépart, Institute of Modern Art, Nuremberg2018Etel Adnan: Life is a weaving - Tapisserie et estampes, Galerie Lelong & Co., ParisEtel Adnan: New Work, SFMoMA, San FranciscoEtel Adnan, Zentrum Paul Klee, Lucerne,The dazzling gesture, Jan Michalski Foundation, MontricherEtel Adnan: Tout ce que je fais est mémoire, Chateau La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-RéparadeA yellow sun A green sun a yellow sun A red sun a blue sun, MASS MoCA, North AdamsEtel Adnan: Live is a Weaving, Galerie Lelong & Co, Paris2017Album à Dessins, Biblioteca Central, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico CityMuseum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations, MarseilleEtel Adnan: Sea and Fog, Oakville Galleries, Ontario2016Etel Adnan, Institute du Monde Arabe, ParisEtel Adnan: The Weight of the World, Serpentine Galleries, London2015Etel Adnan: La joie de vivre, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, ZurichNouvelles estampes, Galerie Lelong, ParisEtel Adnan, Irish Museum of Modern Art, DublinEtel Adnan, Galerie Lelong, New York2014Etel Adnan. Writing Mountains, Museum der Moderne, SalzburgEtel Adnan, White Cube, LondonEtel Adnan in All Her Dimensions, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, DohaCallicoon Fine Arts, New YorkcipM – Centre International de poésie, MarseilleEtel Adnan and Arab Modernity, Galerie Claude Lemand, ParisGalleria Continua, Beijing2013Words and Places: Etel Adnan, The Wattis Institute, San FranciscoGalleria Continua, Les MoulinsGalleria Continua, San GimignanoGalerie Sfeir-Semler, BeirutMaison de la poésie, Paris2012Callicoon Fine Arts, New YorkGalerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg2010Galerie Sfeir-Semler, BeirutEuropie Gallery, Paris2009Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco2007Janine Rubeiz Gallery, BeirutEileen Curtis Museum, Sausalito2006Arte Mare, Bastia2004Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut1999Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut1998Darat al Funun, AmmanSalazar Gallery, University of California, Sonoma1992Gallery 50x70, Beirut1990Kufa Gallery, London1989Salazar Library, University of California, Sonoma1988Administration Building, Fort Mason, San Francisco1987Samy Kinge Gallery, Paris1986Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael1985Perception Gallery, San Francisco1983Alif Gallery, WashingtonPerception Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco1982Al Sultan Gallery, Kuwait1979Asilah Festival, Morocco1978Galerie L'Atelier, Rabat1977Galerie La Roue, Paris1973Dar el Fan, Beirut1971Sight & Insight, the Cannery, San Francisco1969Dominican College Gallery, San RafaelUnitarian Center, San Rafael1965Mount Angel College Gallery, Mount AngelKaramanduca Gallery, San Francisco1964Karamanduca Gallery, San Francisco1963Dominican College Gallery, San Rafael1961O'Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley

Selected Group Exhibitions 2020Monica De Cardenas, ZuozDrawing 2020, Gladstone Gallery, RomaTRANSFORMACIONES - Mujeres artistas entre dos siglos, Fundación CajaCanarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife2019It’s Urgent! – Part II, Lumawestbau, ZurichDowntown Painting, Peter Freeman, New YorkLuogo e Segni, Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana, VeniceAlvaro Barrington : Artists I Steal From, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, LondonSophie Whettnall – Etel Adnan, La ville le stad, BrusselsLe monde n'est pas nécessairement un empire, Lille Métropole Musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, LilleEtel Adnan und Salomé Bäumlin, da Mihi Gallery, BernSo wie wir sind 1.0, Weserburg, Museum für moderne Kunst, BremenA la plume, au pinceau, au crayon : dessins du monde arabe, Institut du Monde Arabe, ParisClimbing through the tide, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, TunisAt the still point of the turning world, there is the dance, Sursock Museum, Beirut2018Painting the night, Centre Pompidou Metz, MetzAll the words for rock, Nature and Conflict, Fundación Helga de Alvear, CáceresLettres ouvertes, de la calligraphie au street-art, Institut des Cultures de l'Islam, ParisLydia Cabrera and Edouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking, Americas Society, New YorkOf the Self and Of the Other, Galerie Lelong & Co., New YorkHome Beirut. Sounding the Neighbors, MAXXI Museum, RomeNgorongoro II, Lehderstrasse 34, BerlinHot Sun, Late Sun, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, ArlesGarden of Memory, Musee Yves Saint Laurent, MarrakechFocus 2, Mathaf, DohaMelancholia, Boghossian Foundation, BrusselsLe Monde arabe vu par ses artistes, Institut du monde, Paris2017All the words for rock, Nature and Conflict, Visual Arts Center Fondacion Helga de Alvear, CaceresTake Me (I’m Yours), Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, MilanFrom Ear to Ear to Eye, Nottingham Contemporary, NottinghamThree Women: Three Eyes on the World, Contemporary Art Center of the EAP, ChatelleraultMaking Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction, Museum of Modern Art, New YorkColor, Waddington Custot, LondonL’emozione dei COLORI nell’arte, GAM, Castello di RivoliEtel Adnan | Gerhard Richter, The Flag Art Foundation, New York2016Outside, Karma Gallery, Amagansett, New YorkTowards a Larger World, Moderna Museet, MalmöLooking at the World Around You, Fundación Santander, Madrid2015Intimacy in Discourse, Mana Contemporary, Jersey CityNel Mezzo del Mezzo, Palazzo Riso - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, PalermoFollia Continua!, Le CENTQUATRE, ParisAlbert the kid is ghosting, The David Roberts Art Foundation, LondonToo Early, too late. Middle East and Modernity, Pinacoteca Nazionale, BolognaSharjah Biennial 12: the past, the present, the possible, Sharjah International Art Biennial, SharjahThe Sea - Salut D'honneur Jan Hoet, PMMK - Museum voor Moderne Kunst, OostendeLooking Back / The 9th White Columns Annual - Selected by Cleopatra's, White Columns, New York2014Here and Elsewhere, New Museum, New York, New YorkWhitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New YorkWhat Remains: Part II, Rose Issa Porjects, London, United KingdomThe Printed Room: read the room/you’ve got to, SALTS, BirsfeldenA Special Arrow Was Shot In The Neck, The David Roberts Art Foundation, LondonPaysages, Entre Reel Et Imaginaire, Galerie Claude Lemand, ParisPaysage Et Modernite Arabe, Espace Claude Lemand, Paris5 billion solar years, Galerie Rainhard Hauff, Stuttgartthe secret world that exists right there in public, RAMPA Istanbul, IstanbulRose, CEAAC - Centre européen d'actions artistiques contemporaines, StrasbourgWhat We Want To Show, Heidelberger Kunstverein, HeidelbergPoetry will be made by all, LUMAS Editions Galerie, Zurich2013Calligraffiti: 1984 - 2013, Leila Heller Gallery, New YorkHiwar, Conversations in Amman, Darat al Funun–The Khalid Shoman Foundation, AmmanTajreed. A selection of Arab Abstract Art: 1908-1960, CAP Kuwait, Kuwait CityIci, ailleurs, Tour-Panorama – friche belle de mai, Marseille2012Documenta 13, Kassel, GermanyThe Emerald City, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los AngelesArt from Lebanon - Modern and Contemporary artists: 1880 – 1975, Beirut Exhibition Center, BeirutDe Menocchio, nous savons beaucoup de choses, Bétonsalon, ParisPapierwelten, Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, ViennaOn the Edgware Road, Serpentine Gallery, LondonThe Art of Friendship, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain2011The Last Grand Tour, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens2009Tafsir, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Berlin20075 Artists, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg5 Artists, The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow2006British Museum, London2004Palacio Reale, Naples2003Musée Municipal de Thionville, ThionvilleJoerdxan National Gallery, Amman2001Galerie Claude Lemand, ParisL'art du Livre Arabe, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris2000Art Paris, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris1998Bradford-Smock Gallery, San FranciscoLondon Artists' Book Fair, Barbican Center, London1997London Artists' Book Fair, Barbican Center, LondonBradford Gallery, San AnselmoFine Arts Gallery, University of Arkansas, Lafayette1996Book Art VIII, National Museum for Women in the Arts, WashingtonAndre Demedthuis, Wielsbeke1995Chicago Cultural Center, ChicagoInter-American Gallery, Dade Wolfson Campus, MiamiLe Arie del Tempo, Studio Alaya, Genoa1994Forces of Change, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington4 Women Artists, Alif Gallery, WashingtonGalerie de Paperbusse, OstendeHarelbeke Demedthuis, Wielsbeke1993André Demedthuis, WielsbekeGalerie Natkin-Berta, Paris1991Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris20 ans, 20 artistes L'Atelier, Rabat, Morocco; Mediatheque, MureauxUnesco, Paris1990Evenements urbains, GrenobleVilla Croce, Genoa Public Collections Bibliotheque Nationale Paris, FranceBirzeit University Museum, Birzeit, occupied Palestinian territoriesBritish Museum, London, EnglandCarré d'Art - Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes, FranceCastello di Rivoli, Torino, ItalyCentre Pompidou, Paris, FranceChâteau La Coste, Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, FranceColby Museum of Art, Waterville, MaineFlag Art Foundation, New York, New YorkFondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, FranceFondation Saradar, Beirut, LebanonFrank F. Yang Collection, Hong Kong, Hong KongHouston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasHuma Kabakcı Collection, Istanbul, TurkeyInstitut du Monde Arabe, Paris, FranceIrish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IrelandJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, United StatesKadist Art Foundation San Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesKunsthaus Zurich, SwitzerlandLAM, Lille, FranceM+, Hong KongMaraya Art Centre, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesMathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, QatarModerna Museet Malmö, Malmö, SwedenMusée National d'Art Moderne (MNAM), Paris, FranceMusée National d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Tunis, TunisiaMuseum of Arts and Design, New York, New YorkMuseum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IllinoisMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CaliforniaMuseum of Modern Art, New York, New YorkMuseum of Modern Art, Tunis, TunisiaNational Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DCNicolas Sursock Museum, Beirut, LebanonRoyal Jordanian Museum, Amman, JordanSerralves Museum, Porto, PortugalSharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesTate, London, EnglandTunis Modern Art Museum, TunisiaWalker Art Center, Minneapolis, United StatesWhitney Museum of American Art, New York, New YorkWorld Bank Collection, Washington, DC