HAMRA ABBAS Kuveyt te doğdu Boston ve İslamabad da yaşıyor ve çalışıyor Eğitim 2004 Meisterschüler, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Almanya 2002 MA Visual Arts, National College of Arts, Lahor, Pakistan 1999 BFA, National College of Arts, Lahor, Pakistan Kişisel Sergiler 2015 But can you show this in Pakistan?, PİLOT, İstanbul, Türkiye Misprint, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan 2014 Kaaba Picture as a Misprint, Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, BAE 2012 Hamra Abbas, Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan İdoller, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, Hindistan Şehir ve Gündelik Hayat, PİLOT, İstanbul, Türkiye 2011 Cities, Green Cardamom, Londra, İngiltere 2010 Cityscapes, OUTLET, İstanbul, Türkiye
2009 Video Art by Hamra Abbas, Babusch Project Space, Berlin, Almanya 2008 Adventures of the Woman in Black, Green Cardamom, Londra, İngiltere New works by Hamra Abbas, NCA Gallery, Rawalpindi, Pakistan God Grows on Trees, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin, Almanya Hamra Abbas, Zahoor-al-Akhlaq Gallery, NCA, Lahor, Pakistan 2006 Hamra Abbas, Dorothea Konwiarz Stiftung Galerie, Berlin, Almanya Lessons on Love, Rohtas 2, Lahor, Pakistan Grup Sergileri 2015 Upcoming: Istanbul. Passion, Joy, Fury, MAXXI-Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Roma, İtalya Globale: Control And Censorship, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Almanya All about these... Ladies and Gentlemen, Gallery on the move, Temporary Gallery, Köln, Almanya What is Home?, Pump House Gallery, Londra, İngiltere And Nothing but the Truth: Parrhesia II, KOEL Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan The body and other small tales: Performance at the state museum of contemporary art collections, Selanik, Yunanistan Art Dubai, Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, UAE 2014 UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami Beach, Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai, BAE Whorled Explorations, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Hindistan Conflict and Compassion, 3rd Asia Triennial Manchester, İngiltere Cencorship, The 7th Move on Asia, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Güney Kore Liebe Love, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Almanya 2013 Signs Taken in Wonder, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Almanya Echoes, Islamic Art & Contemporary Artists, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Amerika decordova Biennial, decordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Amerika Signs Taken in Wonder, MAK, Viyana, Avusturya 2012 The Collectors Show: Chimera, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2011 And the falchion passed through his neck, Latitude 28 Gallery, Delhi, Hindistan Medi(t)ation- 2011 Asya Bienali, Tayvan Güzel Sanatlar Müzesi, Tayvan Home Spun, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, Hindistan Sympathy for the Devil, Vanhaerents Sanat Koleksiyonu, Brüksel, Belçika The Power of Doubt, PHoto España 2011, Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, İspanya Guangdong Times Musuem, Guangzhou, Çin Abraaj Capital Sanat Ödülü, Dubai, BAE 2010 The Rising Tide: New Directions in Art from Pakistan 1990-2010, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan UNERWARTET/UNEXPECTED, Kunst Museum Bochum, Almanya ResembleReassemble, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, Hindistan Beyond the Page: the Miniature as Attitude in Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, Amerika 2009 Aluminium, 4.Uluslararası Güncel Sanat Bienali, Bakü, Azerbaycan 2.Uluslararası İncheon Kadın Sanatçılar Bienali, Güney Kore (kat.) Everyday Miracles (Extended), Walter and McBean Galleries, SFAI, Amerika REDCAT, Los Angeles, Amerika Hanging Fire, Asia Society Museum, New York, Amerika (kat.) Read, Royal Ontario Museum, Kanada Mashq, Green Cardamom, Londra, İngiltere Jameel Prize, Victoria & Albert Museum, Londra, İngiltere International Artists Workshop, PRAXIS: Art in Times of Uncertainty, 2.Selanik Bienali, Yunanistan (kat.) Anomalies, Rossi & Rossi, Londra, İngiltere Starring the Artist, Indus Valley School Gallery, Karaçi, Pakistan 9. Sharjah Bienali Gelecek için Provizyonlar, BAE (kat.) 2008 Recently Seen and Admired, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin, Almanya The Audience and the Eavesdropper: New Art From India and Pakistan, Phillips de Pury & Company, Londra, İngiltere (kat.) Drawn From Life, Green Cardamom, Londra, İngiltere (kat.) Buffaloes in Combat, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Kanada Farewell to Post-Colonialism, 3.Guangzhou Trienali, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Çin (kat.) Crossroads, Elementa Art Gallery, BAE In-Situ, Shake Before Use, ARTIUM de Alava, Vitoria-Gasteiz, İspanya
2007 İmkansız değil üstelik gerekli-küresel Savaş Çağında İyimserlik, 10.Uluslararası İstanbul Bienali, İstanbul, Türkiye (kat.) Urban Myths and Modern Fables, UTS Gallery, Sidney, Avustralya (kat.) Inaugural show, National Art Gallery, İslamabad, Pakistan (kat.) Contemporary Art from Pakistan, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, Amerika Politics of Fear, Albion Gallery, Londra, İngiltere 2006 Zones of Contact, 15.Sidney Bienali, Sidney, Avustralya (kat.) Beyond the Page, Asia House, Londra Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, İngiltere Desi Pop, Lille 3000, Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille, Fransa Open studio: Hamra Abbas, Gasworks, Londra, İngiltere 2005 Zeitsprünge Raumfolgen, ifa Galerie, Berlin Stuttgart, Almanya Full House, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen, Almanya Meisterschueler Prize Winners of UdK, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Almanya KOVIDEO 1st Durban Video Festival, Mumbai, Hindistan Beyond Borders, Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Hindistan 2004 Meisterschueler Prize Exhibition, Universität der Künste (UdK) Berlin, Almanya Aarpaar 3, Lahor Karaçi Mumbai, Hindistan Miniature from Pakistan, Fukuoka Museum of Asian Art, Fukuoka, Japonya Open Studios, Triangle Artists Workshop, Brooklyn, NY, Amerika 8th Symposium Junge Kunst, Guetersloh FreiRäume, A Project by FreiStil e.v., Berlin, Almanya Ya Sev ya Terk et, 5.Çetince Bienali, Çetince, Karadağ (kat.) Creative Insecurity, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Kanada Along the X-Axis: Digital Art From India and Pakistan, Yeni Delhi, Hindistan Playing with a Loaded Gun, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Almanya 2003 Junger Westen 2003, Kunsthalle Rechlinghausen, Rechlinghausen
Konuk Sanatçı Programları / Ödüller 2015 Konuk sanatçı, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore 2011 Konuk sanatçı, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 2010 Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Dubai, BAE 2009 Jüri Özel Ödülü, Sharjah Biennial 9, Provisions for the Future Finalist, Jameel Prize, V&A Museum, Londra 2006 Konuk sanatçı, Gasworks, V&A Museum ve Green Cardamom, Londra 2005 Burs, Dorothea Konwiarz Stiftung, Berlin Konuk Sanatçı, Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen, Schoeppingen