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Alia Farid

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Alia Farid is a filmmaker and sculptor whose practice centres on lesser-known histories often deliberately erased. She lives and works in Kuwait and Puerto Rico.

 

She has had recent solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (2022); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAMSTL), St. Louis (2022); Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (2022); and Portikus, Frankfurt (2019). Recent and upcoming group shows include participation in the Whitney Biennial (2022), Lahore Biennale (2020), Yokohama Triennale (2020), Gwangju Biennale (2019), Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991-2001 at MoMA PS1 (2019, Sharjah Biennial (2019), and the Bienal de São Paulo (2016).

 

She has a forthcoming solo exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery in London 2023.

 

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Five large fibreglass water vessel sculptures stood in a row in a large bright exhibition space.
Five large fibreglass water vessel sculptures stood in a row in a large bright exhibition space. On the side of one of the sculptures it reads “Lovely Gift From Blessed Land”.
A video still of Alia Farid's 'At the Time of the Ebb' film. Two figures stood on wet sand in front of the sea. There is a carpet draped over both people so you can only see their legs and feet. The person on the right is wearing an animal mask. The draping of the carpet and the animal mask make the people look like an animal stood on the sand.
A video still shows a man dancing. He is smiling, wearing a white t-shirt and has his arms stretched out to his side. The small room has walls half-painted pink and half-painted white. There is a drum hung on the wall and various items decorate the walls.