Selected Group Shows |
2020 |
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Art of Palestinian Women, Museum of the Palestinian People, Washington DC., USA |
2019 |
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Dream No Small Dream: Celebrating 40 Years of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK Intimate Terrains: Representations of a Disappearing Landscape, the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine
Group Show, Gallery of The Walled Off Hotel, Bethlehem, Palestine |
2018 |
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Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK |
2017 |
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Transvangarde 2017, October Gallery, London, UK |
2016 |
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The Short Century, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE |
2015 |
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Art15, with October Gallery, London, UK Autonomous Gallery: The Conflict and Future of Middle East, P21 Gallery, London, UK Walls and Margins, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE |
2014 |
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Art of Palestinian Women, Museum of the Palestinian People, Washington DC., USA 35 YEARS OF TRANSVANGARDE: Contemporary Art from Around the Planet, October Gallery, London, UK
Beirut Art Fair with Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Bridge to Palestine, Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Sky Over The East, Barjeel Art Foundation and Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Fundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Art14, with October Gallery, London, UK |
2013 |
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Art Dubai, with October Gallery, London, UK, Dubai, UAE Muslima: Muslim Women's Art & Voices, muslima.imow.org
The World of Extraordinary Objects, October Gallery, London, UK
Abu Dhabi Art, with October Gallery, London, UK, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Art13, with October Gallery, London, UK Resilience and Light, Studio 3 Gallery, University of Kent, Kent, UK
Between Desert and Sea, a selection from the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan; Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey |
2012 |
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The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society, The Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, USA Refractions, P21 Gallery, London, UK
AKA Peace, Phillips de Pury, London, UK
AKA Peace, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK |
2011 |
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Passport to Palestine, La Scatola Gallery, London, UK |
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Contemporary Art/Arab & Iranian, Sotheby’s, London, UK
Art Dubai, with October Gallery, London, UK, Dubai, UAE |
2010 - 11 |
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Miragens: Contemporary Art in the Islamic World, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, touring to : Sao Paolo,
Brasilia, Brazil |
2010 |
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Sajjil, A Century of Modern Art, Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar |
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Co-incidence, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France |
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Crunchtime: Artist’s Responses to the Global Crisis, International Visual Arts Event, York, UK
Concerning Angels, Janet Rady Fine Art, London, UK
Residua, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Art Dubai, with October Gallery, London, UK, Dubai, UAE |
2009 - 10 |
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Contemporary Calligraphic Art from the Arab World, Nabad Gallery, Jabal Amman, Jordan |
2009 |
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Middle Eastern and European Art, the Recessionists, Somerset, UK |
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Arabesque: Arts from the Arab World, the Kennedy Centre, Washington, DC, USA Art Dubai, with October Gallery, London, UK, Dubai, UAE |
2008 |
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Arab Print, Edition I, Meem Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
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Routes, Middle Eastern and Arab Art, Waterhouse & Dodd, London, UK |
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Roads Were Open, Roads Were Closed, Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE |
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Mediterraneo, Italian Cultural Institute, London, UK |
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Spring Show, October Gallery, London, UK |
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Word into Art, a British Museum touring exhibition, The Atrium, DIFC, Dubai, UAE |
2006 |
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Word into Art, British Museum, London, UK |
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Text Messages, October Gallery, London, UK |
2005 |
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Walled In: Walled Out, Laila Shawa and Noa Lidor, Green Cardamom, London, UK |
2003 |
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Religion, Art and War, Maison Des Artes, London, UK |
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Transvangarde: Contemporary Art from Around the World, (October Gallery), Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, Germany |
2002 |
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Between Legend and Reality, Modern Art from the Arab World, Reykjavik Art Museum and Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland |
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From the Ocean to the Gulf and Beyond: Arab Contemporary Art, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan |
2002-11 |
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Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the Islamic World, exhibition organised by the Royal Society of Fine Arts, Jordan, and Pan-Mediterranean Women Artists Network F.A.M. (Femme-Artist-Méditerranée) based in Greece which travelled throughout Europe, Australia and USA |
2002 |
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A Thousand Ways of Being. Memory and Presence in the Arts of Diasporas, October Gallery, London, UK |
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Masterstrokes: Contemporary Arabic Calligraphy, October Gallery, London, UK |
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Transvangarde, An Artistic World Wide Web, October Gallery, London, UK |
2001 |
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Twelve Arab Artists, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
1998 - 00 |
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Art Beyond Borders, UNESCO and TIMOTCA (The International Museum of Twentieth Century Art); UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France; Mitra Municipal Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal; Las Vegas Art Museum, USA |
2000 |
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First International Forum for a Culture of Peace by Pan-Mediterranean Women Artists Network, Rhodes, Greece |
1990 - 00 |
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Dialogue of the Present, Hot Gallery, Bath; Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth;
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London; Pittshanger Manor Gallery, London;
Brighton University Gallery, Brighton, UK |
1998 |
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Mediterranea, Grand Palais, Brussels, Belgium |
1997 |
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Artistes palestiniens contemporains, Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
1996 |
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Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK |
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Contemporary Arab Artists, the World Bank Gallery, the World Bank Building, Washington DC., USA |
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The Right to Write: Calligraphic Works from the Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, The Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur,
Georgia, USA |
1995 - 97 |
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The Right to Hope, One World Art, UN travelling exhibition starting in Johannesburg, South Africa |
1995 |
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Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, John Addis Gallery, British Museum, London, UK |
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Artists’ View, The Arab World, Willamette Arts Gallery, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, USA |
1994 - 95 |
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Forces of Change, Artists of the Arab World, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; Dudley House, Lehman Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; The Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago Illinois; Wolfson Gallery and Central Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami Florida; Nexus Contemporary Art Centre, Atlanta, Georgia; Bedford Gallery,Walnut Creek, California; Gwinnett Arts Center, Duluth, Georgia, USA |
1994 |
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Shawa and Wijdan, October Gallery, London, UK |
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From Exile to Jerusalem, Al-Wasiti Art Centre, Jerusalem, Israel |
1993 |
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Exhibition of Limited Prints Editions at SAGA, Salon de l’estampe et de l’édition d’art à Tirage limité, Grand Palais, Paris, France |
1992 |
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Three Artists from Gaza: Fayez Al Hasani, Kamel al Mughanni and Laila Shawa, The Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan |
1990 |
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Malaysian Experience, National Art Gallery of Malaysia,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1989 |
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Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Barbican Centre, London, UK |
1988 |
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The Baghdad Biennale, Saddam Centre, Baghdad, Iraq |
1987 |
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Arab Women Artists in the UK, Kufa Gallery, London, UK |
1968 - 78 |
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With Palestinian Union of Artists, based in Beirut, exhibitions in most
Arab countries, North Africa, Russia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Europe,
UK and USA |
Selected Book References |
Khal, Helen. The Woman Artist in Lebanon, Catholic Press, Lebanon, 1987 |
Ali, Wijdan. Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Scorpion Books, London, UK, 1988 |
Shammout, Ismail. Art in Palestine, AI Qabbas Press, Kuwait 1989 |
Laila Shawa, Works 1965- 1994 AI-Hani Books, 1994 |
Forces of Change, Artists of the Arab World, Washington D.C., USA, 1994
Bahnasi, Dr. Afif, Pioneers of Modern Art in the Arab Countries, Dar Al-Raed Al-Arabi, Beirut
Shawa and Wijdan, October Gallery, 1994, Amica Press
The Dictionary of Art”, Macmillan Press, 1996, UK
The Right to Hope, Earthscan Publications Ltd., 1996, UK
Impressions”, H. Aschehoug & Co., 1996, Norway
The Right to Write, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, USA
Artistes Palestiniens Contemporains, Institute Du Monde Arabe, 1997, France.
The Space Between Our Footsteps, Simon & Schuster, 1998
Dialogue of the Present, Woman’s Art Library, 1999
Mediterranea, Art Life 1998, Brussels, Belgium
Twelve Arab Artists”, The Werled Museum, 2001, Netherlands
Between Legend and Reality, Aurora Art Museum, Reykjavik Art Museum Iceland 2002
From the Ocean to the Gulf and Beyond: Arab Modern Art”, The Royal Society of Fine Arts, 2002, Amman, Jordan
Breaking the Veil, The Jordan National Gallery and FAM, 2002 Rhodes, Greece
The Word into Art The British Museum 2006/2008
Meditarraneo, A Sea that Unites, The Italian Cultural Institute, London 2008
Sarab , DIFC, Dubai 2008
Impossible Dreams, the work and Art of Laila Shawa, SkIRA Books, Milano, 2009
Contemporary Art in The Middle East, ArtWorld, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK, 2009
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Brodsky, Judith and Olin, Ferris. The Fertile Crescent; Gender, Art, and Society. Institute for Women & Art, 2012 |