Curriculum Vitae

Susan Hefuna
1962 Born in Germany
  Lives in Cairo
Ausbildung / Education 
  Studies at various German art academies
  Postgraduate studies in multimedia at Städel Frankfurt
Einzelausstellungen / Solo Exhibitions (selection) 
2006 Susan Hefuna. Galerie Seippel. Köln, Germany
2005
End of Cooperation
  Grid. Galerie Peter Herrmann. Berlin
2004-05 Susan Hefuna - xcultural codes, Galerie der Stadt Backnang
2004 Susan Hefuna - xcultural codes, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
  Susan Hefuna - xcultural codes, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken
  Susan Hefuna - xcultural codes, Bluecoat Arts Centre Liverpool
  Susan Hefuna - xcultural codes, Townhouse Gallery Cairo
2003 Drawings, Galerie Axel Holm, Ulm
  Susan Hefuna, German University in Cairo
2002 Susan Hefuna, Ventanas. La Vida en el Delta, Vacio 9 Gallery, Madrid
1999 Susan Hefuna, Akhnaton Galleries, Cairo
  Susan Hefuna, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
1998 Landscape/Cityscape, Galerie Brigitte March, Stuttgart
1997 Susan Hefuna - Digitale Fotografie, Galerie Axel Holm, Ulm
1994 Susan Hefuna, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg
1992 Susan Hefuna, Akhnaton Galleries, Cairo

Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen/Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 Lasting Foundations. Chicago Cultural Center
  Trans Cape, Cape Town
2006 Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains. GL Strand Museum, Copenhagen
  The Third Line Gallery, Dubai
  Nomads of Nowadays, Lazina Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
  Lasting Foundations. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
  Biennale Bulgaria
  19 views, Contemporary Arab Photography. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo of Seville
  NETEROTOPIA. Palais de Tokyo, Paris
  Biennale Dakar
2005-06 Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains. Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris
  Lasting foundations. courtyard Gallery, World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery. New York
2005 Groß und Quer. Gruppenausstellung. Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin
  Zelle. Ausstellung in Kloster Alkazell
  Prague Biennale, National Gallery Prague
2004 Wiesbadener Fototage , Wiesbaden. Cooperation: Galerie Peter Herrmann
  L'Afrique á venir. Galerie im Waschhaus. Potsdam. Curator: Peter Herrmann
  ArteEast Gallery, New York
  Near, Art International, New York
  Bamako 03, CCCB Centre de Cultura Comptemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona
  Contrepoint, Louvre, Paris
  Pforzheim-Ludwigshafen-Hamburg-Berlin. Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin
2003 Shatat - Scattered Belongings, Colorado University Galleries, Boulder, Colorado
  Fantasies de l'harem i noves Xahrazads, CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain
  DisORIENTation, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
  Via Fenestra, St. Marienkirche, Frankfurt/Oder
  Fantaisies du harem et nouvelles Schéhérazade, Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lyon
  Rencontres, Photo Biennale Bamako, Mali
  Photo Cairo, Cairo
2002 4 women - 4 views - made in Egypt, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
  Stories of 2002 Nights, Galerie Brigitte March, Stuttgart
  Private Views, London Print Studio, London
  Photographie á la carte! Centre PasquArt, Biel
  Mapping the Process, Sharon Essor Gallery, London
  What about Hegel (and you)? Galerie Brigitte March, Stuttgart
2001 Al Nitaq Festival, Cairo
  Unpacking Europe, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
  Vor-Sicht/Rück-Sicht (Foresight/Hindsight), 8th Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach
1998 Cairo Biennial
1991 Multimediale, Karlsruhe

Preise/Awards

2003 Visiting artist, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
  Visiting artist, University of London, Goldsmith College, London
2001-02 Artist-in-Residence, Delfina Studios, London
2000 Artist-in-Residence, National Gallery South Africa
1998 International Prize, Cairo Biennial
1998/1990 ZKM Karlsruhe
1993-94 Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
1991 Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
Bibliographie/Bibliography
2004 Susan Hefuna - xcultural codes, Heidelberger Kunstverein and others, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
2003 Susan Hefuna - grid -intercultural codes, Kunstverein Pforzheim
  Fantasies de l'harem i noves Xahrazads CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
  DisORIENTation. Zeitgenössische arabische Künstler aus dem Nahen Osten (DisORIENTation, Contemporary Arab Artists from the Middle East), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, vice versa, Berlin
  Via Fenestra, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder
  Fantaisies du haremet nouvelles Schéhérazade, Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lyon
  Rencontres Photo Biennale, Bamako, Mali, Édition Eric Koehler, Paris
  Photo Cairo Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2002 4 women - 4 views - made in Egypt, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Pro Helvetia Zürich
  Photographie ? la carte! Centre PasquArt, Biel, Pro Helvetia Zürich
  Susan Hefuna. Ventanas. La Vida en el Delta. Vacio 9 Gallery, Madrid
2001 Salah Hassan and Iftikhar Dadi: Unpacking Europe. Towards a Critical Reading, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Nai Publishers, Rotterdam
  Vor-Sicht/Rück-Sicht. 8. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach. Cantz, Ostfildern
  Tracy Murinik: Celebrate Life In: NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, Issue 14
  Leonhard Emmerling: The Ethics of being Alien In: NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art Issue 15, Fall/Winter
2000 Susan Hefuna - navigation xcultural, National Gallery, Cape Town Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
  Susan Hefuna, Kunstverein Lippstadt Plitt Druck und Verlag, Oberhausen
1999 Susan Hefuna, Akhnaton Galleries, Cairo, Oberhausen
1998 Exhibition catalog, Cairo Biennial, Cairo
1994 Susan Hefuna Kunstverein Ludwigsburg
1992 Benedikt Foster u. a. (Hg.): Medien-Biennale Leipzig. Digital Work, Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig
  Susan Hefuna, Akhnaton Galleries, Cairo
1991 Multimediale II, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe