Born 1973 in East Jerusalem, Palestine.
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom.
EDUCATION
2000 – MA in Fine Art, New York University, New York, USA
1999 – Visiting student, The Royal Art Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 – BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
FILMOGRAPHY
2023
Familiar Phantoms, 42’, with Soren Lind
2022
As If No Misfortune Had Occurred in the Night, 21’, with Soren Lind
2019
In Vitro, 28’, with Soren Lind
2016
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, 29’, with Soren Lind
2012
Nation Estate, 9’ 02’’
Feast of the Inhabitants, 15’
2011
Trespass the Salt, 10’, with Youmna Chlala
Falafel Road, 60’, with Oreet Ashery
2009
A Space Exodus, 5’ 24’’
2008
SBARA, 8’ 30’’, short film
2007
Soup Over Bethlehem, 9’ 30’’
2006
Happy Days, 2’ 30’’
2005
Bethlehem Bandolero, 5’ 12’’
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Tomorrow’s Ghosts, Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark
Familiar Phantoms, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
As If No Misfortune Had Occurred in the Night, KINDL, Berlin, Germany
2022
Larissa Sansour, Gifu Museum of Contemporary Art, Gifu, Japan
Larissa Sansour, Art Exchange, Essex, United Kingdom
2021 Larissa Sansour, KinoKino, Norway
2020 Heirloom, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
In Vitro, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE
In Vitro, EMST, Athens, Greece
2019
58th Venice Biennial, Danish Pavilion, Venice, Italy
Heirloom, Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark
After, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE
After, Montoro 12, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Sci-fi Trilogy, Dar El-Nimer, Beirut, Lebanon
2017
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, Bluecoat, Liverpool, United Kingdom
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
2016
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, United Kingdom
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, Mosaic Rooms, London, United Kingdom
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Self-Determination – A Global Perspective, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland
2022
Here After, B7L9, Tunis, Tunesia
2021
Fossilized Sunshine, VAC, Canada
2020
Trembling Landscapes, EYE, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Invented History, KINDL, Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Fabulous Images. When Fiction Takes Root, Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
2019
A Stitch in Time, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Flight Interrupted: Eco-leaks from the Invasion Desk, Karachi Biennale, Karachi, Pakistan
4. Berliner Herbstsalon, DE-Heimatize It!, Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin, Germany
Cosmological Arrows, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Silent Narratives, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan (MOCA Yinchuan), Yinchuan, China
The Moon, National Maritime Museum, London, United Kingdom
Moonlight, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
Somewhere In between, Boras Kunstmuseum, Boras, Sweden
Climbing Through the Tide, Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia
The New Human Agenda, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Intimate Terrains, The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine
Do Secret Services Dream of a Museum?, Tito Bunker, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018
MAC International 2018, MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
6th International Canakkale Biennial, Cannakale, Turkey
Cities, Mucem, Marseille, France
Cosmopolis 1.5: Enlarged Intelligence, Chengdu, China
Subcontracted Nations, Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine
Waste Lands, Casa Arabe, Cordoba, Spain
Resist, Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR), Brussels, Belgium
Into the Unknown, Brandts Museum, Odense, Denmark
The State is Not a Work of Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
2017
On Desire, B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany
Refaire Surface, Suspended spaces, Les Moulins Albigeois, Albi, France
True Politics, Schaubuhne Lindenfels, Leipzig, Germany
Diaspora Now! Gifu Museum, Seki City, Gifu, Japan
Wastelands, Museo San Telmo, St Sebastian, Spain
Into the Unknown, Barbican, London, United Kingdom
Avesta Art 2017, Verket, Avesta, Sweden
Kino der Kunst 2017, Munich, Germany
2016 Social Calligraphies, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Ingrediens-er, Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg, Sweden
Yinchuan Biennale, For an Image Faster than Light, Yinchuan, China
The Blue Hour, Centro de la Cultura Plurinacional Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
Transart Triennale Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Dans la Lune, le Bel Ordinaire, Billére, France
RECENT AWARDS
Danish Arts Foundation’s Three Year Work Grant (2021)
Joint winner of the Jarman Award (2020)
PUBLICATIONS
Heirloom, Larissa Sansour, Edited by Anthony Downey, Sternberg Press, 2019
The Novel of Nonel and Vovel, Larissa Sansour and Oreet Ashery, Charta, 2009
