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graffiti by artist Heba Amin which appeared in an episode of the television series Homeland included phrases in Arabic such as "Homeland is racist"?
2016 "As Birds Flying/Kama Tohalleq al Teyour" Art Dubai Film Program
2016 "The Earth is an Imperfect Ellipsoid" Marrakech Biennale, Parallel Projects, Morocco
2016 "Making Use" Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
2016 "Fluidity" curated by Bettina Steinbrügge (Kunstverein in Hamburg), Nina Möntmann (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm) and Vanessa Joan Müller (Kunsthalle Vienna) at Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany
2015 "To What End?" curated by Gulsen Bal, Walter Seidle at Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
2014 "Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photo de Fes–8eme edition" curated by Selva Barni & Francesca Girelli, Institut Francais Fes, Morocco
2014 "A Time for Dreams" curated by David Elliot, IV Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Russia
2014 "9th Forum Expanded: What Do We Know When We Know Where Something Is?" 64th Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
2012 "The Download" Rhizome, The New Museum, NY, USA
2012 "(Is there) Light in outer space?" exUrban Screens, Melbourne, Australia
2011 "Let’s Get Ready" Pixxelpoint New Media Art Festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Selected Screenings
2016 "As Birds Flying/Kama Tohalleq al Teyour" Forum Expanded, 66th Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
2016 "Homeland is Not a Series" Field of Vision, International Film Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014 "MEI Film Festival Davenport", St. Ambrose University, IA
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, ARKO Arts Centre, Seoul, South Korea
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, Artisterium, Tbilisi, Georgia
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, Clearwell Caves, Forest of Dean, UK
2012 "Mizna’s 7th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival" Minneapolis, MN USA
2012 "Fluid Spaces" Alfilm Arabisches Film Festival Berlin/ifa Galerie
Honors/Grants/Awards
2020 Prize, Anni and Heinrich Sussmann Artist Award
2019 Prize, Paulo Cunha E. Silva Prize, short-list
2018 Prize, Kunstpreis der Böttcherstrasse, short-list
2018 Production Grant, Valletta 2018 Commission, European Capital of Culture, Malta
2018 Production Grant, Akademie der Künste der Welt/Köln, Germany
2017 Production Grant, Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant
2016 Production Grant, Interkultur Ruhr Commission, Metropole Ruhr, Germany
2014 Prize, Artraker Artist Prize, short-list
2009 Prize, Rhizome Commissions Program, New Museum, NYC, NY
2007 Production Grant, “Latitudes” Mizna Granting Program, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Curatorial Grant, “Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Community Arts Grant” Minneapolis, MN
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A fact from Heba Amin appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 May 2016 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that
graffiti by artist Heba Amin which appeared in an episode of the television series Homeland included phrases in Arabic such as "Homeland is racist"?
2016 "As Birds Flying/Kama Tohalleq al Teyour" Art Dubai Film Program
2016 "The Earth is an Imperfect Ellipsoid" Marrakech Biennale, Parallel Projects, Morocco
2016 "Making Use" Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
2016 "Fluidity" curated by Bettina Steinbrügge (Kunstverein in Hamburg), Nina Möntmann (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm) and Vanessa Joan Müller (Kunsthalle Vienna) at Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany
2015 "To What End?" curated by Gulsen Bal, Walter Seidle at Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
2014 "Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photo de Fes–8eme edition" curated by Selva Barni & Francesca Girelli, Institut Francais Fes, Morocco
2014 "A Time for Dreams" curated by David Elliot, IV Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Russia
2014 "9th Forum Expanded: What Do We Know When We Know Where Something Is?" 64th Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
2012 "The Download" Rhizome, The New Museum, NY, USA
2012 "(Is there) Light in outer space?" exUrban Screens, Melbourne, Australia
2011 "Let’s Get Ready" Pixxelpoint New Media Art Festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Selected Screenings
2016 "As Birds Flying/Kama Tohalleq al Teyour" Forum Expanded, 66th Berlinale, Berlin, Germany
2016 "Homeland is Not a Series" Field of Vision, International Film Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014 "MEI Film Festival Davenport", St. Ambrose University, IA
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, ARKO Arts Centre, Seoul, South Korea
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, Artisterium, Tbilisi, Georgia
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2013 "Difference Screen" curated by Bruce Allan, Ben Eastop, Clearwell Caves, Forest of Dean, UK
2012 "Mizna’s 7th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival" Minneapolis, MN USA
2012 "Fluid Spaces" Alfilm Arabisches Film Festival Berlin/ifa Galerie
Honors/Grants/Awards
2020 Prize, Anni and Heinrich Sussmann Artist Award
2019 Prize, Paulo Cunha E. Silva Prize, short-list
2018 Prize, Kunstpreis der Böttcherstrasse, short-list
2018 Production Grant, Valletta 2018 Commission, European Capital of Culture, Malta
2018 Production Grant, Akademie der Künste der Welt/Köln, Germany
2017 Production Grant, Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant
2016 Production Grant, Interkultur Ruhr Commission, Metropole Ruhr, Germany
2014 Prize, Artraker Artist Prize, short-list
2009 Prize, Rhizome Commissions Program, New Museum, NYC, NY
2007 Production Grant, “Latitudes” Mizna Granting Program, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Curatorial Grant, “Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Community Arts Grant” Minneapolis, MN