* 1952 Beirut, Lebanon; Palestinian origin. Lives in London, United Kingdom, and in Berlin, Germany.

1970-1972 Beirut University College, Beirut
1975-1979 The Byam Shaw School of Art, London
1979-1981 The Slade School of Art, London

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2006
“Kairotic”, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
“Mona Hatoum”, Gallery Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
“Mona Hatoum”, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy

2005
“Over my dead body”, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Sydney, Australia

2004
“Mona Hatoum - A major Survey“, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
“Mona Hatoum, Magasin 3“, Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2003
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Ex-Convento de Conkal, Yukatan, Mexico
“Photo and Video Works“, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden

2002
“Huis Clos“, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca (permanent Installation), Spain
“Grater Divide“, White Cube, London, United Kingdom

2001
“Domestic Disturbance“, MASS Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, USA

2000
“The Entire World as a Foreign Land“, Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom

1999
“Castello Di Rivoli“, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy

1998
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2006
“21st Century Museum“, Kanazawa, Japan
“Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking“, MoMA, New York, USA
“Into Me/Out of Me“, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
“Around the World in Eighty Days“, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom
“Zones of Contact“, 2006 Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
“XIII. Rohkunstbau“, Wasserschloss Groß Leuthen / Spreewald, Germany

2005
“Editions“, Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York, USA
“The Body. Art & Science“, National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
“Some Stories. Women Artists from Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Syria, Algeria, and Palestine show in Film and Video Constructions of Female Identity“, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria
“Always a little further“, 51st Venice Biennial, The Arsenal, Venice, Italy
“Ensemble! “, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
“Fairy Tales Forever - H. C. Andersen“, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
“On Both Sides of the Rhine – Movement“, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2004
“Made in Mexico/Hecho en Mexico“, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA

2003
“M_ARS: Art and War“, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria