Solo Shows, Special Commissions, and Public Installations 

1. 1. Hello World. Revisioning a Collection, Commission for nine pavilions for the exhibition Sites of Sustainability: Pavilions, Manifestos, and Crypts featuring the Arteast 2000+ collection (Eastern European postwar avant-gardes, curated by Zdenka Badovinac), commissioned by the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE, 2018.                      
   2. Mosque Manifesto, Solo show, The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2017.
   3. The Heritage of 1989. Case Study: The Second Yugoslav Documents Exhibition, a commission for the conceptualization and design of the overall artistic framing for the reenactment show of the largest exhibition of Yugoslav contemporary art, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI (catalog), 2017.
   4. Memory Matrix – Palmyra Arch, Public space installation within the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the old campus, MIT–Wiesner Building E15, Cambridge, MA, 2016.
   5. Cultural Transfers, Installation within the European Islamophobia Summit, Sarajevo, BA, 2016.
   6. Monument in Waiting, Solo show, Sarajevo Ramadan Festival, Sarajevo, BA, 2015.
   7. Future Heritage Collection, Solo show, JAVA Gallery, The International Festival MESS, Sarajevo, BA, 2014.
   8. Solidarity Works, Politics of Cultural Memory, MIT Wolk Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2013-14.
   9. Museum Solidarity Lobby, Solo installation at the Dallas Holocaust Museum, at the MAP 2013 Festival, Dallas, TX, 2013.
   10. Wearable Mosques, MIT MediaLab, Cambridge, MA, 2013.
   11. Digesting Dayton, Interactive installation at the American Islamic Congress, Boston, MA, 2012.
   12. aut.raumproduktion. mitnehmen, aut. Architektur und Tirol, Innsbruck, AT, 2010.
   13. Nomadic Mosque, Performance within the International Festival of Contemporary Arts City of Women and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, SI, 2009.
   14. Three Wearable Mosques, IPC Gallery / Sarajevo Winter Festival, Sarajevo, BA, 2008.
   15. Kunstmoschee, Secession Vienna, AT (catalog), 2007.

 

 

Works in Collections 

Palimpsest of ’89 (2017), Moderna galerija Ljubljana, SI.

Fallen Angel (2003), Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE.

Arizona Road (2002), Generali Foundation Vienna, AT.

 

 

Biennials, International Art and Design Festivals and Fairs

1. 1. Diaspora Scroll, Large public space projection on the Mariahilfer Church commissioned by the Kunsthaus Graz for the Klanglicht Festival 4.28-30, 2018, Graz, AT, 2018.
   2. Memory Matrix – Eiffel Tower, Public space installation within the 3rd Qalandiya International This Sea Is Mine, Biennial Foundation, Ramallah, PS, 2016.
   3. Memory Matrix – Jeepney, Public space installation at the MET (Metropolitan Theatre Manila), London Biennale – Manila Pollination, Manila, PH, 2016. 
   4. Islamopolitan, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL, 2016.
   5. Amman Design Week, The Jordan Museum, Amman, JO, 2016.
   6. CULTURUNNERS, A special project at the Armory Show, New York, NY, 2015.
   7. Islamopolitan, Superstudio, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT, 2015.
   8. Islamopolitan, Istanbul Design Week, Istanbul, TR, 2014.
   9. Penelope’s Labour — Weaving Words and Images, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Collateral exhibition of the 54th Venice Biennale, Italy (catalog), 2011. 
   10. Energheia, Miniartextil Como, The 21^st International Exhibition of Contemporary Textile Art (catalog), 2011.
   11. manifestation, Manifesta 7, Rovereto, Italy, 2008. 
   12. International Exhibition Liverpool Biennial 2004, Tate Gallery Liverpool and public space installation, Liverpool, UK (catalog), 2004.
   13. micro-UTOPIAS, Art & Architecture, Biennale of Valencia, Spain (catalog), 2003.

 

 

Significant Group Shows

1. 1. Faith Love Hope. 800 Years of the Graz-Seckau Diocese, Kunsthaus Graz, AT (catalog), 2018.    
   2. NSK State-in-Time Pavilion, commissioned as a participant / agent by IRWIN group during the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT, 2017.
   3. Témpano. El problema de lo institucional Cruces entre Europa del Este y el Río de la Plata [ The problem of the institutional Crossings between Eastern Europe and the Rio de la Plata], National Museum for the Visual Arts of Montevideo (MNAV), UY, 2017.
   4. A World Not Ours, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, FR, 2017.                                                            
   5. Memories of Stone: Landscapes of Prayer, Death, and Commemoration in Bosnia and 2017 Herzegovina, a three-person show (Azra Akšamija, Amila Buturović, Velibor Božović) at the Ismaili Centre Toronto, Toronto, CA, 2017.
   6. The Present Order, Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, Leipzig, DE, 2016.                     
   7. Political Intent, Contemporary Collection Installations, MFA – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, US, 2016.
   8. Naopačke: Udomiti kritiku, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Belgrade, RS (catalog), 2016. 
   9. Poesie der Veränderung, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, exhibition of the museum collection, Salzburg, AT, 2016.
   10. Inside Out – Not So White Cub, City Art Gallery, Ljubljana, SI (catalog), 2015.
   11. Austrian Traditional Costumes Through the Ages, Austrian Cultural Forum Washington, DC, 2015.
   12. New Hamburg Kunstgallerie, within the festival New Hamburg organized by Scahuspielhaus Hamburg in Veddel/Hamburg, DE, 2014.  
   13. Sammlungsalphabet, Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE, 2014.    
   14. Kunst ist Leben, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013, Vorarlberg Museum Bregenz, AT, 2014.
   15. FACK MSUV – Performing the Museum as a Common, Museum of Contemporary Art of Voivodina, (MSUV) / Ex-Museum of Revolution, Novi Sad, Voivodina, RS, 2014.
   16. Islamopolitan, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, AE, 2014.    
   17. Shared Cities, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Barcelona, ES, 2014.    
   18. Letters to the Mayor, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York City, NY, 2014.                            
   19. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine Paris, FR, 2014.         
   20. The Museum of Arte Útil, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL, 2013.
   21. 1 : 1, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI (catalog), 2013.  
   22. Smuggling Anthologies, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, HR (catalog), 2013.  
   23. Arte Útil Lab, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, USA, 2013.                      
   24. Heimatkunde: Eine kosmopolitische Inventur, Jewish Museum Berlin, DE (catalog), 2012.
   25. Cube or Dome. Mosques – New Ways of Building, ifa gallery Berlin (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations), Berlin, DE (catalog), 2012.
   26. Cube or Dome. Mosques – New Ways of Building, ifa gallery Stuttgart (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations), Stuttgart, DE (catalog), 2012.
   27. GSK Contemporary. Aware: Art Fashion Identity, Royal Academy of Arts London, UK (catalog), 2011.
   28. Nichtorte, Orte. Collection Exhibition 2009, Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE, 2010.
   29. SOFT CITY: Azra Aksamija, Pushwagner, Dubravka Sekulić, Stroom, The Hague, NL, 2009.
   30. Since We Last Spoke About Monuments, Stroom, The Hague, NL, 2008.
   31. Art goes Heilgendamm. Art Goes Public, Public art intervention on the occasion of the G8 Summit 2007 in Rostock, DE, 2007.
   32. Grenzräume, exhibition of the German-Israeli-Palestinian collaboration project Liminal Spaces, Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE (catalog), 2006.                                                                                         
   33. Denial is a River, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY, 2006.
   34. Occupying Space – Sammlung Generali Foundation, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL, 2005.                        
   35. Occupying Space – Sammlung Generali Foundation, Haus der Kunst Munich, DE, 2005.
   36. Occupying Space – Sammlung Generali Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb / Gallery Klovičevi Dvori, Zagreb, HR, 2005.
   37. Designs for The Real World, Generali Foundation, Vienna, AT (catalog), 2002.

 

 

Other Group Shows

1. 1. Housing, Center for Advanced Urbanism, Okawa Lobby, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, 2018.
   2. Migrations of Fear, International Multidisciplinary Cooperation Project (Graz – Plovdiv – Slovenj Gradec – Leipzig), Europas Zukunft Gesellschaft zeitgen. Kunst, Leipzig, DE, 2018.
   3. In / On the Way: Migrations of Fear, International Multidisciplinary Cooperation Project (Graz – Plovdiv – Slovenj Gradec – Leipzig), The Gallery of Fine Arts Slovenj Gradec, SI, 2017.         
   4. Migrations of Fear, International Multidisciplinary Cooperation Project (Graz – Plovdiv – Slovenj Gradec – Leipzig), Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, BG, 2017.
   5. A Summer Proposal, Boston City Hall, curated by Paul Ha, Boston, MA, 2017.
   6. Migrations of Fear, International Multidisciplinary Cooperation Project (Graz – Plovdiv – Slovenj Gradec – Leipzig), Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AT, 2017.                                           
   7. The World Monuments Fund Watch Day, Memory Matrix installation at the Boix House event, Manila, PH, 2017.
   8. World Interfaith Harmony Week, Mosque Manifesto exhibited by the International Forum Bosnia, presented by the Center for Cultural Heritage, Sarajevo, BA, 2017.
   9. Body Politic, OPEN Gallery, Boston, MA, 2016.
   10. Transitions: Migration and Travel, Wanted Design Manhattan at Terminal Stores Chelsea, New York, NY, 2016.
   11. Islamopolitan, Nuqat Creative Conference – Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait, KW, 2015.
   12. Islamopolitan, Design Space, Exhibition organized within the Global Islamic Economy Summit, Dubai, AE, 2015.
   13. Building Discourse, group exhibition of MIT Architecture Department faculty members, MIT Work Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2015.
   14. Yarn-dez-vous performance, within the CULTURUNNERS at MIT Storytelling Symposium, MIT program in Art, Culture and Technology, Camrbidge, MA, 2014.
   15. ZOOM Sarajevo, within the Festival Sta ima? – Literature, Art and Culture from Sarajevo and the former Yugoslavia, Gasteig – Cultural Center Munich, DE, 2014.                                                                                    
   16. Architecture is Life, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013, Aga Khan University Karachi, PK, 2014.
   17. By Invitation Only, InstantHERLEV institute, Herlev, DK, 2014.                               
   18. Imaginary Archive by Greg Sholette, VCRC: Visual Culture Research Center, Kiev, UA, 2014.                               
   19. MIITM: MIT Makers in the Making, NADAAA Gallery, Boston, USA, 2013.
   20. Step right in! Step right out! Why people change their religion, Jewish Museum Munich, DE (catalog), 2013.
   21. Measures of Saving the World – part 3, contribution to Imaginary Archive by Greg Sholette, <rotor> center for contemporary art, Graz, AT, 2013.
   22. Cube or Dome. Mosques – New Ways of Building, M:AI Museum for Architecture and Engineering, Gelsenkirchen, DE (catalog), 2013.
   23. Step right in! Step right out! Why people change their religion, Jewish Museum Frankfurt, DE (catalog), 2013.
   24. Cross-Currents: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Art of the Islamic World, The UNT Art Gallery (University of North Texas), Denton, TX (catalog), 2013.
   25. Step right in! Step right out! Why people change their religion, Jewish Museum Hohenems, AT (catalog), 2012. 
   26. Cross-Currents: Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Art of the Islamic World, IDEA (Inter-Disciplinary Experimental Arts) Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (catalog), 2012.                                          
   27. Who told you so?! #2 Truth vs. Organisation, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL (catalog), 2012.      
   28. Tolerabilis, Zeughaus – Toskanische Säulenhalle, Augsburg, DE, 2011.
   29. The Conditional Mosque, Janus Project, Brooklyn, NY, 2011.
   30. Divine Connections, Zeughaus – Toskanische Säulenhalle, Augsburg, DE (catalog), 2010.
   31. Another Way of Looking: Influences from Islam, Art Gallery at the Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA (catalog), 2010.        
   32. Turks in Vienna, Jewish Museum Vienna, AT (catalog), 2010.    
   33. Belief Unlimited, in the Theatinerkirche Ander Art Festival 2009, Munich, DE, 2009.
   34. The Culture Industry: Folklore and Cliché, VOX, Athens, GR, 2009.    
   35. Belief Unlimited, Räume für zeitgenössische Kunst München, DE (catalog), 2009.
   36. A collaborative project of the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, US, 2008.        
   37. Orientierungen, Regionale 08 Steiermark, Gerberhaus Fehring, AT, 2008.
   38. Kits for an Encounter, Western Front Society, Vancouver, CA, 2008.
   39. This is Not an Exhibition Contemporary Art Center Huarte, ES, 2008.
   40. Encounters, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, NL, 2007.
   41. Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA (catalog), 2007.                                                                                                   
   42. Survival, an exhibition within the Festival Assembly #4. Four Days of Design in Graz, Joaneum Graz, AT, 2006.
   43. Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (catalog), 2006. 
   44. Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, University of California Art Museum, 2006 Berkeley, CA (catalog), 2006.
   45. Exhibition of The 2006 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts Competition, MIT Council for the Arts, Wiesner Student Art Gallery MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2006. 
   46. Mind the Gap, Smack Mellon Gallery DUMBO, New York, NY, 2006.             
   47. Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL (catalog), 2006.        
   48. ORTung 2005, group exhibition of the International Artist Symposium ORTung 2005, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, AT, 2006. (catalog)                                                                                                   
   49. ORTung 2005, group exhibition of the International Artist Symposium ORTung 2005, Deutschvilla Stobl, / Wolfgangsee, AT (catalog), 2005.
   50. Introducing Sites/Cultural Territories #3, Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE(catalog), 2005.
   51. Video-Pool as a part of the project Video as Urban Condition, Visual Arts Program of the Austrian Cultural Forum London, UK, 2004.
   52. Noch einen Wunsch Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE, 2004.            
   53. 6^th Biennale of Architecture and Media of Graz, AT, 2003.
   54. Art Fair Berlin, DE presented by the Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE, 2003.

 

 

Exhibitions and Projects Curated by Azra Aksamija 

1. 1. Optimism?, Group exhibition of SA+P faculty work within the ACADIA 2017, launched as the inaugural exhibition of the SA+P Gallery in Lobby 9, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2017.
   2. Code of Ethics – On the Role of Art and Design in the Humanitarian Context, Group exhibition of student work related to FHL work in the refugee camps, MIT Keller Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2017.                                            
   3. Design for a Nomadic World, Group exhibition at the German-Jordanian University as a part of the Amman Design Week, Amman JO, 2017.
   4. CULTURUNNERS, Group exhibition as a special project at the Armory Fair, New York, NY, 2015.
   5. CULTURUNNERS – Group exhibition in ACT Cube, within the CULTURUNNERS Storytelling Symposium at MIT, co-organized with Edge of Arabia, Cambridge, MA, 2014.                                                                          
   6. Future Invented Traditions: Fashion Show, MIT Wiesner Building Lobby featuring the work of students from ACT Culture Fabric class, NuVu Studio and YMCA, MIT Wiesner Building, 2014.
   7. Solidarity Day, Exhibition of the Solidarity Day banners on the facades of the seven state-level cultural institutions in Sarajevo, BA, 2013-2014.
   8. INTERIOR VIEW SOUTH-EAST: Investigations of Backyard Mosques, v a i  – Vorarlberg Architecture Institute, with the curatorial and research team: Margit Greinöcker, Tobias Hagleitner, Gunar Wilhelm, Dornbirn, AT, 2013.
   9. INTERIOR VIEW SOUTH-EAST: Investigations of Backyard Mosques, afo – Architecture Forum Upper-Austria, with the curatorial and research team: Margit Greinöcker, Tobias Hagleitner, Gunar Wilhelm), Linz, AT, 2012.
   10. Modes of Modeling, Exhibition of student work and fashion show, co-curated with Gediminas Urbonas, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Camrbidge, MA, 2012.
   11. Night of Provisional Futures, Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) Event exhibition co-curated with Stealth and Dubravka Sekulic, Rotterdam, NL, 2008. 
   12. Kunstmoschee, Secession Vienna, Public programs, screenings and discussions, Vienna, AT, 2007.    
   13. Lost Highway Expedition, different cities in Western Balkans, co-curated with Ana Dzokic, Ivan Kucina, Marc Neelen, Marjetica Protrc, Kyong Park, and Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, 6 capital cities of Ex-Yugoslavia, 2004.
   14. The Bosnian Chronicle, Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig, DE, 2004.