Walid Raad

(Lebanese, born 1967)

sweet talk: commissions (beirut) _ plate 398 by walid raad

Walid Raad

Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut) _ Plate 398, 2010

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civilizationally, we do not dig holes to bury ourselves (plate 935), 1958-59/2003 by walid raad

Walid Raad

Civilizationally, We Do Not Dig Holes To Bury Ourselves (plate 935), 1958-59/2003

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hostage: the bachar tapes (english version) by walid raad

Walid Raad

Hostage: The Bachar Tapes (English Version), 2000

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epilogue: the gold and silver_moth by walid raad

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Moth, 2021

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epilogue: the gold and silver_roaches by walid raad

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Roaches, 2021

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epilogue: the gold and silver_ants by walid raad

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Ants, 2021

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epilogue: the gold and silver_flies by walid raad

Walid Raad

Epilogue: The Gold and Silver_Flies, 2021

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Biography

Timeline

1967
Born in Chbanieh, Lebanon
Born in Chbanieh, Lebanon
1984 - 1985
Boston University
Boston University
1985 - 1989
Rochester Institute of Technology, Undergraduate Education, Fine Arts (Photography), Rochester, NY
Rochester Institute of Technology, Undergraduate Education, Fine Arts (Photography). Rochester, NY.
1993
University of Rochester, MA in Cultural and Visual Studies. Rochester, NY
University of Rochester, MA in Cultural and Visual Studies. Rochester, NY
1996
University of Rochester, Ph.D. in Cultural and Visual Studies. Rochester, NY
University of Rochester, Ph.D. in Cultural and Visual Studies. Rochester, NY

Exhibitions

2015
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2014
Sweet Talk: Commissions, University of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA, USA (solo)
Walid Raad, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
Marrakech Biennial 5, Marrakech, Morocco (group)
Sweet Talk: Commissions, University of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA, USA (solo)
Walid Raad Préface, Carré d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain, Nimes, France (solo)
Walid Raad. Preface to the First English Edition, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
Aichi Tiennale, Aichi, Japan
Aichi Tiennale, Aichi, Japan

Public Collections

IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France
MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
TATE Modern, London, United Kingdom
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
FNAC, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
MOMA, Museum Of Modern Art, New York, USA
IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany

Literature

2011
Ben Davis, ‘Walid Raad on Why the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Must Be Built On a Foundation of Workers’ Rights’, www.artinfo.com, 16 June
Ben Davis, ‘Walid Raad on Why the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Must Be Built On a Foundation of Workers’ Rights’, www.artinfo.com, 16 June
Francis Hodgson, ‘Walid Raad, Whitechapel Gallery, London’, www.ft.com 13th December
Ossian Ward , ‘Walid Raad’, Time Out (London), 25 November – 1 December
Ed. Achim Borchardt-Hume, 'Miraculous Beginnings: Walid Raad', catalogue, Whitechapel Gallery Press
‘Márgenes de Silencio’, Essay by José María Viñuela, Centro de Artes Visuales de Cáceres, June
Alice Pfeiffer, ‘Paging Atlas Group’, Artinamerica.com, 4 November
Lou Forster, ‘Walid Raad, L’Archive en délai’, Art21, Autumn
Sue Steward, ‘Obsessed by Lebanon’s Past’, Evening Standard, 22 October
‘Walid Raad: Sweet Talk: Commisions (Beirut)’, Camera Austria, No 111