Khalil Rabah
Khalil Rabah | |
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خليل رباح | |
| Born | 1961 (age 63–64) |
| Other names | Khalil Rabach |
| Education | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, curator, teacher |
| Known for | Installation art |
| Movement | Conceptual art, New Visions |
Khalil Rabah (Arabic: خليل رباح; born 1961) is a Palestinian multidisciplinary visual artist, curator, and teacher. He is known for his conceptual installation artwork focused on rewriting history. Rabah lives in Ramallah, West Bank.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit]Khalil Rabah was born in 1961, in Jerusalem.[3][4] He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington.[5]
He is the founder of the Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind project; a co-founder of the Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem; and a co-founder of the ArtSchool Palestine, London.[6][3] Since 2005, Rabah has served as the director of the Riwaq Biennale in Ramallah.[3][7]
Rabah taught at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design from 1997 to 2000; and at Birzeit University.
In 2002, he was awarded the LennonOno Grant for Peace.[8]
Exhibitions
[edit]- 1990 – I.D. Entity, University Gallery, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas[9]
- 1996 – Converging Cultures, group exhibition, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.[10]
- 1998 – Every Day, 11th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; curated by Jonathan Watkins[9]
- 2004 – Plug In, group exhibition, Futura Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic[11]
- 2005 – What Keeps Mankind Alive?, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey[11]
- 2008 – 5th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- 2009 – Tarjama / Translation: Contemporary Art from Middle East, Central Asia and its Diasporas, traveling group exhibition, Queens Museum, Queens, New York City; commissioned by ArteEast, curated by Leeza Ahmady
- 2010 – Tarjama / Translation, traveling group exhibition, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York[12]
- 2011 – Sharjah Biennial 10, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; curated by Suzanne Cotter, Rasha Salti, and Haig Aivazian[3]
- 2017 – Sharjah Biennial 13, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; curated by Christine Tohmé[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rabah, Khalil". Le Delarge, Le dictionnaire des arts plastiques modernes et contemporains. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "Uncharted Territories". The Boston Globe. April 9, 2006. p. 38. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Khalil Rabah". Sharjah Art. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018.
- ^ Amirsadeghi, Hossein; Mikdadi, Salwa; Shabout, Nada M. (2009). New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. Thames & Hudson. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-500-97698-2.
- ^ Ahmed, Sara; Castada, Claudia; Fortier, Anne-Marie; Sheller, Mimi (August 5, 2020). Uprootings/Regroundings: Questions of Home and Migration. Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-000-18511-9.
- ^ "Le musée imaginaire de Khalil Rabah". Le Devoir (in French). February 23, 2013. p. 42. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ramallah attracts a crowd". The Gazette. July 3, 2010. p. 91. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yoko Ono Initiates New Peace Prize for Lennon". The Grand Island Independent. October 10, 2002. p. 22. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Watkins, Jonathan (1998). Every Day: 11th Biennale of Sydney. Biennale of Sydney Limited. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-7313-8924-7.
- ^ "Speaking Out, Converging Cultures, Building Bridges". LA Weekly. August 15, 1996. p. 132. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Khalil Rabah". Fine Arts Archive (ABArt).
- ^ Cotter, Holland; Johnson, Ken; Rosenberg, Karen (August 13, 2009). "'Tarjama/Translation' at Queens Museum of Art; Kal Spelletich and Craig Baldwin at Jack Hanley; 'The Figure and Dr. Freud' at Haunch of Venison; and 'Self-Portraits' at Skarstedt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Palestinian male artists
- 21st-century Palestinian male artists
- Artists from Jerusalem
- Artists from Ramallah
- Academic staff of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
- Academic staff of Birzeit University
- Palestinian installation artists
- University of Texas at Arlington alumni
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