Farah Al Qasimi
Biography
Marrim's Eye, 2023
A defining voice of her generation of photographers, Farah Al Qasimi has built a practice that captures the dizzying relationship between material culture, globalized media, and contemporary society. A photographer, performer, musician, and video artist, Al Qasimi presents her work in vibrant and layered installations that speak to the collision of images in real and online spaces. Examining structures of power, gender, (post)coloniality, and consumer aesthetics in an interconnected world, her work often conveys an uncanny geography, both specific and placeless.
Al Qasimi (b. 1991, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; works in Abu Dhabi and Brooklyn) studied photography and music at Yale University in 2012 and received her MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2017. Recent solo presentations include the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, AUS (2023); C/O Berlin, Germany (2023); Delfina Foundation, London, UK (2023); Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada (2023); François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA (2022); the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, UAE (2022); Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada (2022); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO, USA (2021); Houston Center for Photography (2019); and MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA (2019).
Al Qasimi's work is widely collected in public museums, including Tate Modern, London; Guggenheim New York and Abu Dhabi; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Jameel, Dubai; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Al Qasimi (b. 1991, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; works in Abu Dhabi and Brooklyn) studied photography and music at Yale University in 2012 and received her MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2017. Recent solo presentations include the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, AUS (2023); C/O Berlin, Germany (2023); Delfina Foundation, London, UK (2023); Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada (2023); François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA (2022); the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, UAE (2022); Esker Foundation, Calgary, Canada (2022); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO, USA (2021); Houston Center for Photography (2019); and MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA (2019).
Al Qasimi's work is widely collected in public museums, including Tate Modern, London; Guggenheim New York and Abu Dhabi; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Jameel, Dubai; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Works
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Conversation, 2023 -
Anood Playing House Flipper, 2023
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Pink Soda (Abort, Retry, Fail), 2023
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Marrim's Eye, 2023
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Leopard Print Blanket, 2022
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Incense Smoke, 2022
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Blue Woman, 2022
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Fish Sandals, 2022
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Salt Lake Sirens, 2022
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Blue Butterfly, 2022
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Goat Farm Majlis, 2021
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Hand Print, 2021
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Six Different Screams, 2021
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Selfie with Toy Gun, 2021
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Blue Gatorade, 2021
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White Soap in Pink Bathroom, 2021
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Star Machine, 2021
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Anood in the Guest Bedroom, 2020
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Beige Bathroom, 2020
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Bird Market (The Blue One Escaped), 2020
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Hall of Mirrors, 2020
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Abraj Mall, 2019
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Members of Mawtini Dance Troupe Meeting Before Performance at a Wedding, 2019
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Signature Hookah Lounge, 2019
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It's Not Easy Being Seen 2, 2016
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Self-Portrait in Red, 2016
Installation Views
Installation view, Farah Al Qasimi, Homesickness, 2024
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, 2024 – 2025, United Arab Emirates
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, 2024 – 2025, United Arab Emirates
Exhibitions
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Strong Winds Ahead
Group Exhibition July 29 - September 9, 2023 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesStrong Winds Ahead is a group exhibition that extends a slow and outward escape. The escape begins in an exhausted city—the destination unclear. Encapsulating the middle space between life and...Read more -
Farah Al Qasimi
Surge May 14 - June 18, 2022 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los Angeles“Far away I hear the call of the heart that sings a song like mine Its melody draws near and suddenly we’re in perfect harmony I know it beckons to...Read more -
Peel
Group Exhibition March 23 - April 28, 2019 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesAll the odd things people pick up for food. Out of shells, periwinkles with a pin, off trees, snails out of the ground the French eat, out of the sea...Read more
Press
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Farah Al Qasimi Takes Futurism Into the Past
Stephanie Bailey, ArtReview, May 28, 2024 -
Farah Al Qasimi's Journey of Family and Migration
Allie Biswas, Frieze, October 16, 2023 -
Who opened that door? Modern poltergeists – in pictures
The Guardian, August 10, 2023 -
Vanguard Spotlight: Farah Al Qasimi’s Multi-Continental Debut
Harley Wong, Artsy, January 24, 2023 -
Farah Al Qasimi by Elle Pérez
Elle Perez, BOMB Magazine, October 27, 2022 -
Farah Al Qasimi: 'So many aspects of the world I photograph are deeply universal'
Stephanie Bailey, Ocula, August 3, 2022 -
Interview: Farah Al Qasimi
Jane Ursula Harris, Foundwork, February 2, 2022 -
Spirit of the place – an interview with Farah Al Qasimi
Diane Smyth, Apollo, September 16, 2020 -
The Artsy Vanguard 2020: Farah Al Qasimi
Harley Wong, Artsy, September 11, 2020 -
A “New” Normal: Farah Al Qasimi’s FUNHOUSE Reviewed
David Everitt Howe, BOMB Magazine, June 29, 2020 -
Farah Al Qasimi: Back and Forth Disco
Nina Wolpow, The Brooklyn Rail, June 9, 2020 -
Farah Al Qasimi
Rahel Aima, CURA, August 3, 2019 -
Farah Al Qasimi Crosses ‘Unseen Boundaries’ With Photography
Ted Loos, The New York Times, June 11, 2019 -
Review: Farah Al Qasimi at Helena Anrather
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Artforum, February 1, 2018
Inquiry