_{Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg, 2023}

Khalil Rabah (b.1961, Palestine) studied Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. 

Selected solo exhibitions include Fondazione Merz, Turin (2023), Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah (2022); Kunstverein Salzburg (2022); Casa Árabe, Madrid (2016); Kunsthaus Hamburg (2015); e-flux, New York (2013); and Beirut Art Center (2012). In addition to major group shows, including the 18th Istanbul Biennial (2025); Desert X Al Ula (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2020); Lahore Biennale (2020); Jameel Arts Center, Dubai (2019); Manifesta 12 Palermo (2018); the Sharjah Biennial (2017); the Marrakech Biennale (2016); the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2014); the Thessaloniki Biennale (2013); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2012); Mathaf, Doha (2010); and the Venice Biennale (2009).

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. Over the years, his work has been acquired by major institutions including Kunsthaus Zurich; MACRO, Rome; The British Museum, London; The Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi; Mathaf, Doha; and The Sharjah Art Foundation. His first monograph, edited by Anthony Downey, was published by Sharjah Art Foundation and Hatje Cantz in 2022. Rabah was a finalist of the Vera List Center’s 2022–2024 Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice.