GHADA AMER

Ghada Amer (born in Cairo, Egypt in 1969) currently lives and works in New York.

She moved with her family to France, to Nice at the age of 11 where she completed her studies at the Villa Arson École Nationale Supérieure in Nice which allowed her international exchanges with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

From 1996 he moved to New York. Amer’s wide-ranging practice spans painting, cast sculpture, ceramics, works on paper, and garden and mixed-media installations.

Selected past exhibitions:

​

Carmignac foundation, Porquerolles, France (2024)​

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2024)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2024)

Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas (2018)

Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (2013)

Musée d’Art Contemporain Montréal, Canada (2012)

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY (2008)

MACRO, Rome, Italy (2007)

Selected public collections:

​

Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha

Art Institute of Chicago, USA

Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi

Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

Samsung Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY