short biography
Susan Hefuna (born 1962) lives and works in Cairo, Dusseldorf and NYC.
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi online interview, 2017:
https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/forward-motion-a-conversation-with-artist-susan-hefuna
websites
http://www.susanhefuna.com/ https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/forward-motion-a-conversation-with-artist-susan-hefuna https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/ressource.action?param.id=FR_R-1be79aae10c8c0363930cdce89c4f4d¶m.idSource=FR_E-1be79aae10c8c0363930cdce89c4f4d http://www.artnet.de/k%C3%BCnstler/susan-hefuna http://www.piartworks.com/english/sanatcilar_det1.php?recordID=Susan%20HEFUNA http://www.roseissa.com/artists/SusanH/susanH1.html
collection/s
galleries
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Susan Hefuna-Cairoscapes, PiArtworks, London
2014 Susan Hefuna-Buildings, Osthaus Museum, Hagen
2014 BeYond NoThing, PiArtworks, Istanbul
2014 Notations, Gallery Rhona Hoffman, Chicago
2014 Susan Hefuna: another place, Bait Al Serkal, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah UAE
2013 RASM: of Wood, Silver and Gold, Rose Issa Projects, London
2012/2013 Susan Hefuna-Vantages, MAD Museum, NYC
2012 Susan Hefuna, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
2011 „I Love Egypt-a temporary learning Camp“ at Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, Serpentine Gallery, London
2011 Susan Hefuna-Istanbul, Pi Artworks, Istanbul
2011 Cairo Dreams 2011, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
2010/2011 Edgware Road@Cairo 2010/1431, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2010 Ana: Of Dreams, Patience and Realisations, Rose Issa Projects, London
2010 7 x Ana, Freud Museum, Vienna
2010 Mapping Wien, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
2010 Knowledge is Sweeter than Honey, MUMOK, Vienna
2010 Wien 2010/1431, Belvedere, Vienna
2010 Susan Hefuna - Drawings, Paul Kasmin Gallery, NXC
2009 Hefuna/Hefuna, Gallery Volker Diehl, Berlin
2008 Galerie Seippel, Cologne
2008 Patience is Beautiful, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
2008 Susan Hefuna, ACAF, Alexandria
2007 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2007 ANA/ICH, Kunstkasten, Wintherthur
2006 Galerie Seippel, Cologne
2004 xcultural codes, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2004 Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool
2004 Stadtgalerie, Saarbruecken
2004 Kunstverein Heidelberg
2002 Ventanas La Vida en el Delta, Vacio 9, Gallery, Madrid
2000 Kunstverein, Lippstadt
2000 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2000 Susan Hefuna - Navigation xcultural, National Gallery, Cape Town
1999 Akhenaton Galleries, Cairo
1994 Kunstverein, Ludwigsburg
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Common Grounds, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
2015 Contemporary Art of the middle East, LACMA, LA, USA
2015 Extending the Line, IDEA Space, Colorado College, USA
2015 Group Show, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA
2014 Material Gestures: Cut, Weave, Sew, Knot Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
2014 Here and elsewhere, The New Museum, NYC
2014 Drawing Room, London
2014 Area Code, Kemper Museum, USA
2013 Nouvelles Vagues - Champs Elysees, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2013 Cross-border ZKM, Karlsruhe
2013 Safar/Voyoage, MOA, Museum of Antropology, Vancouver
2012/2013 Encounter, Katara Arts Center, Quatar, Doha
2012 "Systems and Patterns", International Centre of Graphic Arts of Ljubljana
2012 Sydney Biennale, Australia
2012 On the Edgware Road, Serpentine Gallery, London
2011 Wunder, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2011 Typo Kunst, Museum für Druckkunst. Leipzig
2011 The Art of Writing, ArtForum, Kurhaus Kolonade, Wiesbaden
2011 Contemporary Eye: Crossovers, Pallant House Gallery, West Sussex, UK
2011 Project Europa, Columbia University, NYC
2010 On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), NYC
2010 ARABCITY, Beirut Exhibition Centre, Beirut
2010 Imagining the (im)possible, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
2010 Susan Hefuna – Bharti Kher - Fred Tomaselli - Between the Worlds, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
2009 Taswir: Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin
2009 Fare Mondi, 53rd Venice Biennial, Venice
2009 Jameel Art Prize, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2008 Seville Biennale
2008 Museum as Hub: Antikhana, New Museum, NYC
2008 Word Into Art, The British Museum, Dubai
2007 2nd Riwaq Biennale, Riwaq, Palestine
2007 9th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
2006 From Egypt with Love, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2006 Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains, GL Strand Museum, Copenhagen
2006 Nomads of Nowadays, Lazina Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2006 Lasting Foundations, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
2006 Biennale Bulgaria
2006 19 Views- Contemporary Arab Photography. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo of Seville, Seville
2006 Neterotopia, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2005 Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris
2005 Zelle 05: Kreuzungen, Kloster, Alzella
2005 Biennale Prague, National Gallery, Prague
2004 Contrepoints, The Louvre, Paris
2004 Neue Galerie am Joanneum, Graz
2004 Fototage Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
2004 Waschhaus, Potsdam
2004 ArteEast, NYC
2003 Photo Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
2003 Rencontres, Photo Biennale Bamako, Mali
2003 Fantaisies du harem et nouvelles Schehrazade, Museum de l’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon
2003 Via Fenestra, St. Marienkirche, Frankfurt/Oder
2003 DisORIENTation, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2003 Fantasies de L’harem i Noves Xahrazads, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona
2003 Shatat - Scattered belongings, Colorado University Galleries, Boulder
2002 Mapping the process, Sharon Essor Gallery, London
2002 4 women - 4 views made in Egypt, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2001 Vor-Sicht/Rueck-Sicht, 8 Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach
2001 Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2001 Al Nitaq, Cairo, Egypt
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11. Oct 19. Jan 2020Biennale d´Architecture d´Orléans 2019 Biennale d´Architecture d´Orléans
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14. Sep 22. NovArabicity | Ourouba Middle East Institute, Washington
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07. Sep 11. OctSusan Hefuna: Gebilde Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel
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23. May 22. JunSusan Hefuna: Textiles Pi Artworks London
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15. Mar 09. JunClimbing Through the Tide Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis
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10. Jan 23. FebBorders JAMES COHAN New York
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06. Jul 15. SepWhat do you mean, here we are? The Mosaic Rooms, London
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09. Jun 15. Jul8. Biennale der Zeichnung – ausgezeichnet Kunstverein Eislingen
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21. Apr 14. JunSUSAN HEFUNA. BEYOND DIEHL Berlin
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11. Apr 17. JunBUT A STORM IS BLOWING FROM PARADISE GAM Galleria d´Arte Moderna, Milan
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25. Feb 06. MaySysteme der Abgrenzung Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal
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25. Feb 17. JunLong, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition Katonah Museum of Art
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30. Jun 03. SepSusan Hefuna. ToGather The Whitworth, Manchester
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15. Jun 11. SepLes Dix ans du Prix de dessin de la Fondation d'art contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain Centre Pompidou Paris
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18. May 17. JunSusan Hefuna: Angst Eats Soul Pi Artworks Istanbul
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07. Mar 29. JulCreative Act Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi °
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07. Mar 29. JulThe Creative Act: Performance, Process, Presence Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
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23. Dec 23. DecPublic View Bluecoat Liverpool
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08. Nov 15. Jan 2017Social Calligraphies Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
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29. Apr 05. OctBut a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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01. Nov 06. Mar 2016ORTSTERMIN MIT LEONI WIRTH Kunsthaus Dresden
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24. Sep 15. Mar 2016we the people. New in Contemporary Art Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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05. Mar 30. AprDrawing Biennial 2015 The Drawing Room, London
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12. Feb 17. MayCommon Grounds Museum Villa Stuck, München
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25. Jan 01. May 2016BIBLIOTHECAPHILIA. Six artists wander through the stacks MASS MoCA, North Adams
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14. Oct 22. NovCairotraces. Susan Hefuna Pi Artworks London
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22. Aug 02. NovSusan Hefuna Buildings Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum
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16. Jul 28. SepHere and Elsewhere New Museum, New York
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12. Apr 31. MayNotations Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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04. Apr 03. MaySusan Hefuna, BeYond NoThing Pi Artworks Istanbul
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04. Apr 02. NovConceptual & Applied III Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
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14. Mar 14. JunSusan Hefuna - Another place Sharjah Art Foundation
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20. Feb 12. AprAbstract Drawing The Drawing Room, London
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08. Nov 18. May 2014Area Code The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City
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16. Sep 20. SepSusan Hefuna and Luca Veggetti. NOTATIONOTATIONS The Drawing Center, New York
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11. Jul 09. AugSUSAN HEFUNA: Rasm of Wood, Silver and Gold Rose Issa Projects, London
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21. Jun 08. SepChamps Elysées Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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27. Apr 08. SepCross-border. ZKM | Karlsruhe
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20. Apr 15. SepSafar/Voyage. Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian and Turkish Artists Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver
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05. Dec 05. Mar 2013Encounter Katara Art Center, Doha
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07. Oct 20. Jan 2013Susan Hefuna. Vantages Museum of Arts & Design, New York
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28. Sep 18. NovSystems and Patterns International Centre of Graphic Art, Ljubljana
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27. Jun 16. SepBiennale of Sydney 2012 Biennale of Sydney
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10. May 22. JunSusan Hefuna Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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06. Mar 28. MarOn the Edgware Road Serpentine Galleries, London
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23. Sep 16. Octsteirischer herbst 2011: Zweite Welten steirischer herbst '
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23. Sep 05. Feb 2012WUNDER Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
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14. Sep 30. OctSusan Hefuna. Istanbul Pi Artworks Istanbul
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27. Apr 16. JunCairo Dreams 2011. Susan Hefuna The Third Line, Dubai °
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25. Apr 10. JunMirangens Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia
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07. Apr 21. MaySusan Hefuna. Fragilité TWIG Gallery, Brüssel
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19. Jan 26. MarProject Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York
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17. Jan 27. MarMirangens Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo
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05. Dec 13. Feb 2011Susan Hefuna. EdgwareRoad@Cairo 2010/1431 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo °
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21. Nov 07. Feb 2011On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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18. Oct 26. DecMirangens Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
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07. Oct 13. Mar 2011Susan Hefuna: 7x ANA Sigmund Freud Museum, Wien
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02. Oct 06. Mar 2011Contemporary Eye: Crossovers PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY Chichester
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08. Jul 07. AugSusan Hefuna - Ana: Of Dreams, Patience and Realisations Rose Issa Projects, London
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01. May 27. JunSusan Hefuna - Bharti Kher - Fred Tomaselli: Zwischen den Welten Kunstmuseum Thun
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20. Apr 22. MayAL QAHIRA: IMAGES OF CAIRO Rose Issa Projects, London
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15. Apr 17. AprZeichnung Wien Galerie Grita Insam, Wien
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31. Mar 24. AprSusan Hefuna Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
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26. Mar 02. MaySusan Hefuna: KNOWLEDGE IS SWEETER THAN HONEY MUMOK Wien
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07. Feb 09. MayProject Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville
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16. Jan 14. MarModern Times: responding to chaos Kettle´s Yard, Cambridge / UK °
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18. Nov 18. Nov 2010Susan Hefuna Store Front Project Galerie Grita Insam, Wien
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05. Nov 18. Jan 2010Taswir - Islamische Bildwelten und Moderne Gropius Bau, Berlin
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20. Jun 19. SepSusan Hefuna DIEHL Berlin
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07. Jun 22. Nov53. Venice Biennale 2009 "Making Worlds" Venice Biennale
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25. Nov 12. Jan 2009Susan Hefuna Albion Gallery
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18. Oct 19. OctManifesto Marathon Serpentine Galleries, London
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02. Oct 11. Jan 2009BIACS 3 Biennale Sevilla
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02. Dec 30. DecSusan Hefuna: Knowledge is sweeter than honey Townhouse Gallery, Cairo °
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04. Apr 04. JunSharjah International Biennial 8 Sharjah Biennial
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22. Nov 22. JanRegards des photographes arabes Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
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31. Mar 03. JunSusan Hefuna Galerie Seippel, Köln
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16. Mar 30. MarNeteropia Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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12. Nov 23. DecSusan Hefuna Galerie Peter Herrmann
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16. Sep 17. SepGroß und Quer Galerie Peter Herrmann
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14. Jun 11. SepIBCA Biennale Prague 2005 IBCA Biennale Prag
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04. Dec 09. Jan 2005ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2001-2004 Neue Galerie Graz / Bruseum
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12. Nov 10. Feb 2005Counterpoint Contemporary art at the Louvre Louvre Paris
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18. Oct 03. NovSusan Hefuna: xcultural codes Townhouse Gallery, Cairo °
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02. Jul 22. JulL´Afrique à venir Kunstraum Potsdam c/o Waschhaus
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16. Jun 15. Augblow up Ulmer Museum
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29. May 17. JulSusan Hefuna - XCULTURAL CODES Bluecoat Liverpool
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08. May 05. JunAfrikanische Künstlerinnen die in Deutschland leben Galerie Peter Herrmann
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02. Apr 16. MaySusan Hefuna Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken
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01. Feb 14. MarSusan Hefuna - xcultural codes Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
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30. Jan 28. MarBAMAKO 2003 CCCB Barcelona
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14. Dec 07. Jan 2004PhotoCairo2 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo °
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13. Apr 04. MaySusan Hefuna Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus
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07. Nov 12. DecSusan Hefuna VACIO 9, Madrid
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12. Jul 15. SepWhat about Hegel (and you) Brigitte March Galerie
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21. Jul 21. Oct8.Triennale Kleinplastik Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach