Khalil Rabah was born in 1961 in Palestine and studied fine arts and architecture at the University of Texas. His most recent solo exhibitions span The Middle-East (Beirut Art Center, 2012), the United States (e-flux, New York, 2013); and Europe (Kunsthaus Hamburg, 2015; Casa Árabe, Madrid, 2016), in addition to major group shows, including the Venice Biennale, 2009; Mathaf, Doha, 2010; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2012; The Thessaloniki Biennial, 2013; The Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2014; The Marrakech Biennale, 2016; and The Sharjah Biennial, 2017. Over the years, his work has been acquired by major institutions including MACRO, Rome; The British Museum, London; The Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi; Mathaf, Doha; Kunsthaus Zurich and The Sharjah Art Foundation.

Rabah is the initiator and artistic director of the Riwaq Biennale and a co-founder of Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem. He served on the curricular committee of Ashkal Alwan’s Home Workspace Program in Beirut, Lebanon from 2011 to 2015.