Farah Al Qasimi
Farah Al Qasimi makes photographs, films and music. Often working with large-scale vinyl imagery and a multiplicity of photographic prints and screens, she is interested in the internet and its hierarchies of information and emotion. Al Qasimi loves the complexity of storytelling and value-building in children's cartoons, and many of her video works include primary narrators who are anthropomorphized. Through a highly collaborative practice, she has worked with hand-sewn puppets, falcons, African Land Snails, exorcists, and most recently, a Jack Sparrow impersonator.
Her work is in the collections of MoMA New York, Tate Modern, Guggenheim New York and Abu Dhabi, and she has participated in residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, Delfina Foundation in London, and the Chinati Foundation in Marfa.
Selected solo exhibitions include; Abort, Retry, Fail, Art Exchange, University of Essex, UK (2024); Toy World, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (2024); Abort, Retry, Fail, Delfina Foundation, London, UK (2023); The Swarm, Plug in Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada (2023); Poltergeist, C/O Berlin, Germany (2023); Everywhere there is splendor, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, USA (2021); Imitation of Life, The Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France (2021); Lady Lady, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada (2021); Funhouse, Helena Anrather Gallery, NY, USA (2020); Back and Forth Disco, Public Art Fund, New York, NY, USA (2020); Open Arm Sea, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, USA (2020); Arrival, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (2019); List Projects: Farah Al Qasimi, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, USA (2019); Artist's Rooms, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE (2019); More Good News, Helena Anrather, New York (2017).
Selected group exhibitions include; Hudood: Rethinking boundaries, Brunei Gallery SOAS, London, UK (2024); Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility, Guggenheim Museum, NY, USA (2023); Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond, LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA (2023); Perpetual Inventory, Volume 1: An Exercise in Looking, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (2022); A Question of Taste, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (2021); Lahore Biennale, Lahore, Pakistan (2020); March Projects, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE (2019); Age of You, MOCA Toronto, Canada (2019); Conversation 7 (with Marcela Pardo Ariza), San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, USA (2018); No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, CCS Bard Galleries, New York, USA (2017).
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Farah Al Qasimi
Toy World 27 Feb - 19 Apr 2024If I go to Google and ask it to define “actor,” I am greeted with the following secondary definition: “a person who behaves in a way that is not genuine.”...Read more -
Perpetual Inventory, Volume 1: An Exercise in Looking
Curated by Dr. Omar Kholeif 19 Dec 2022 - 29 Jan 2023Perpetual Inventory and Dr. O’s Pop Shop at The Third Line, Dubai this December. The Third Line presents Perpetual Inventory, Volume 1 and Dr. O’s Pop Shop: The Live Edition,...Read more -
THERE IS FICTION IN THE SPACE BETWEEN
23 Mar - 30 Jul 2020The Third Line is pleased to present There Is Fiction In The Space Between , a group exhibition celebrating the gallery’s fifteenth anniversary. This exhibition draws on the breadth of...Read more -
ARRIVAL
Farah Al Qasimi 18 Sep - 23 Nov 2019The Third Line is pleased to present Arrival, Farah Al Qasimi's third solo exhibition at the gallery. Using the language of horror cinema, Al Qasimi reveals a new body of...Read more
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Farah Al Qasimi captures the visual culture of gaming and artificial realities in the UAE
Mariama Attah, The British Journal of Photography, August 19, 2024 -
Farah Al Qasimi: Mother
Zarna Hart , Tate Modern Review , June 21, 2024 -
Farah Al Qasimi Takes Futurism Into the Past
Stephanie Bailey, ArtReview, May 28, 2024 -
The Last Sleepover
Shumon Basar, Hyundai Artlab , May 15, 2024 -
Farah Al Qasimi Returns to The Third Line
Susanne Niemann, Global Art Daily, April 14, 2024 -
Farah Al Qasimi: Assortment of Truths
Sarah Chekfa, Flash Art , January 10, 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 -
AGWA hosts Farah Al Qasimi’s first solo exhibition in Australia
Muhammad Yusuf, Gulf Today, April 6, 2023 -
Perpetual Inventory And Dr. O’s Pop Shop
Selections Magazine, December 31, 2022 -
Farah Al Qasimi by Elle Pérez
Elle Pérez, 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 -
Farah Al Qasimi: there is nostalgia attached to a certain kind of loss
Melissa Gronlund, The National News, July 8, 2022 -
‘Prints for Palestine’ founder explains powerful message behind fundraiser
Rawaa Talass, Arab News, May 23, 2021 -
How Artists Are Supporting Victims of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews, May 20, 2021 -
UAE Pavilion will present eco-friendly cement prototype and photographs by Farah Al Qasimi
World Architecture Community, May 11, 2021 -
Timelines and topographies step up at The Third Line show
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Spirit of the place – an interview with Farah Al Qasimi
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Why Farah Al Qasimi Has Her Eye on You
Brendan Embser, Aperture, April 21, 2020 -
Farah Al Qasimi’s vivid photographs offer a magnificent insight into life in the UAE
Kathryn O'Regan, Sleek Magazine, September 24, 2019 -
Spirit of the Emirates: an interview with Farah Al Qasimi
Aimee Dawson, Folio by Alserkal Avenue, September 22, 2019 -
Farah Al Qasimi Crosses ‘Unseen Boundaries’ With Photography
Ted Loos, The New York Times, June 11, 2019 -
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Farah Al Qasimi photographs Dubai’s decaying entertainment architecture
Billie Muraben, It's Nice That, March 24, 2015
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Farah Al Qasimi | Poltergeist | Biennale Images Vevey 2024
EXHIBITIONS September 17, 2024Farah Al Qasimi participates in Biennale Images Vevey 2024 with her exhibition Poltergeist. 7th - 29th September 2024 Les Mouettes, Vevey, Switzerland The Biennale Images...Read more -
Perspectives: An online exhibition | Artsy | The Third Line
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS September 3, 2024The Third Line is pleased to present an online group exhibition Perspectives, now live online on Artsy. 2 September – 1 October 2024 Online on...Read more -
Anuar Khalifi | Farah Al Qasimi | Fouad Elkoury | Hayv Kharaman | Lamya Gargash | Hudood: Rethinking boundaries | SOAS Gallery
EXHIBITIONS August 27, 2024Anuar Khalifi, Farah Al Qasimi, Fouad Elkoury, Hayv Kharaman, and Lamya Gargash on view at SOAS Gallery as a part of the group exhibition Hudood:...Read more -
Farah Al Qasimi | Collection Display | Tate Modern
EXHIBITIONS August 5, 2024Farah Al Qasimi’s artist room, part of the museum’s collection display, at the Tate Modern curated by Nabila Abdel Nabi and Bilal Akkouche. November 2024...Read more -
Farah Al Qasimi | Feels Like Home | Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
EXHIBITIONS August 5, 2024Farah Al Qasimi on view at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma as a part of Feels Like Home Kiasma’s Collection Exhibition. 12th January 2024 -...Read more