Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025

‘طرس’ (TTERSS – Palimpsest), Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2023

Tell it to the River, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
Generation After Generation, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, USA

2019

Staging the Imagined, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Until Total Liberation, Artpace, San Antonio, USA

2016

Sama Alshaibi: Silsila, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, USA
Sama Alshaibi: Collapse., Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2015

Sama Alshaibi: Sand Rushes In, Ayyam Gallery, London, UK
Collapse, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2011

End of September, Selma Feriani Gallery, London, UK
vs. Him, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2010

Zero Sum Game, Selma Feriani Gallery, London, UK
Between Two Rivers, Al-Hoash Gallery, East Jerusalem, Palestine
FLIGHT, Lycoming College of Art Gallery, USA

2009

Between Two Rivers, Al-Kahf Gallery, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine
SUMOUD, Hoffmaster Gallery at Lawrence University, Appleton, USA

2006

My Apartheid Vacation, Zero Station, Portland, USA

2005

Women, War, and Peace: Feminist Interventions in a Time of Conflict, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

2004

Where Do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky?, El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, Antigua, Guatemala
Where Do the Birds Fly After the Last Sky?, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2003

Zaman I Remember, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Maknana: An Archaeology of New Media Art in the Arab World, Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Uncanny, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA
Mark | Image | Object, Patton-Malott Gallery, Colorado, USA
The Lost Paintings:, L’articule & MAI | Montréal, arts interculturels, Montréal, Québec, Canada
The Lost Paintings:, L’articule, Unbound Visual Arts & Brookline Arts Centre, Boston, USA

2024

Nepantla: The Land is the Beloved, Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, USA
A Love Letter to This Bridge Called My Back, Urban Arts Space, Ohio, USA
Staging Oneself, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns City, Australia
Reclaiming Visions, Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
Family, Community, Belonging: Works from the Collection, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, USA

2023

Something Else, Third Edition of the Off Biennale Cairo, Egypt 
Resonating Tides, Women’s Pavilion, COP28, Expo City, Dubai, UAE
Iraq: Beyond the Two Rivers, Keller Gallery at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, USA
<terminal>, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, USA
Crafting Resistance, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, USA
Being and Belonging, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada 
We Love Life Whenever We Can, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, USA
Revolt Against The Sun, Shasha Film Program & Festival

2022

LOCATE: State of the Art 2020, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, USA
The Intimacy of Distance: Explorations of the Figure/Ground, Marshall Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
This Land Is Your Music, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
LOOKING AT US: Examining Institutional Critique, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, USA
Heterotopia, Cihan Gallery, Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq
SXSW 2022: Wonder House, Austin, USA
LOCATE: State of the Art 2020, Art Museum South Texas, Corpus Christi, USA
LOCATE: State of the Art 2020, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, USA
What Photography Is, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, USA

2021

Model of Motions: Sama Alshaibi & Michael Fadel, CURRENTS New Media Festival satellite installation, form & concept gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
EL devenir / The Becoming, The Front Arte & Cultura Gallery, San Diego, USA
Converging Lines: Tracing the Artistic Lineage of the Arab Diaspora in the U.S., Middle East Institute Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
Roots, Granga Paraiso, Germantown, USA
Women in the Face of History, Tisch Art Galleries, NYU University and Photoville, NYC, USA

2020

State of the Art 2020: The Cessation, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, USA
Reframed, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, USA
The Fourth Wall, the 21st Biennale of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 
100 Years, 100 Women, Park Avenue Armory, NYC, USA
Migration(s) and Meaning in Art, Meyerhoff Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, USA
The Democracy Project: 2020, Artillery Magazine, virtual exhibition
Echoes & Perceptions, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Geo-Graphies: Identity Rituals and Fragile Ecosystems, Palmieri’s Foundation, Lecce, Italy

2019

13th Cairo International Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
Women's Work: Art & Activism in the 21st Century, Pen + Brush, NYC, USA
Person, Perception, Persona, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, USA

2018

Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World, American University Museum, Washington D.C., USA 
30 Years: An Open Eye to the Arab World, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
BredaPhoto International Festival 2018: From Infinity and Beyond, Breda, Netherlands
Water/Trespassing Liquid Highways, Gallery 102, Washington D.C., USA
The Arrangements of the Soul in the Universe, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 
Arizona Biennial 2018, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, USA
Palestine Through Photography: 70th year of the “Nekba,” Beirut Spring Festival 2018, Beirut, Lebanon
you+topia, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Zeytinburnu International Photography Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
Walk in My Shoes, Gallery at Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, USA

2017

Frammenti Senza Tempo (Timeless Fragments), Palazzo Granafei-Nervegna, Brindisi, Italy
Dress Matters: Clothing as Metaphor, Tucson Museum of Art, USA
Suspended Territories: Artists from the Middle East and North Africa, Marta Herford Museum of Art, Herford, Germany, UK
No to The Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects, CCS Bard Hessel Museum and Galleries, USA
Our Night Is Long, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Beautiful Stranger, Museum De Wieger, Deurne, Netherlands
Middle of Now | Here, Honolulu Biennial 2017, Honolulu, Hawai'i
Boundaries, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Maryland, USA

2016

The People of the Sea (The Sea is Mine), Qalandiya International 2016, Haifa, Palestine
Krisis, Bonington Gallery at Trent University, Nottingham, UK
April Showers, Desai Matta Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, USA
New York Light Festival, New York City, USA

2015

Arab Territories, as part of "Constantine – Capital of Arab Culture 2015", Palace of Culture, Algiers, Algeria
View from Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Multimedia Art, Abu Dhabi Festival, Emirates Palace Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
10, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, USA
VIVA Festival, Malta
Unexplored Territories, Pirineos Sur Festival, Spain

2014

Chain of Fire: Prologue Exhibition of the Honolulu Biennial, Hawai’i 
International Symposium on Electronic Art, Dubai, UAE
Portable Nation, Fondazione Fish - Visual Arts Center Museum of Contemporary Art, Pesaro, Italy 
Intelligence Report, Peacock Visual Arts Center for Contemporary Art, Aberdeen, Scotland (
Fluid Forms II, Samsung Blue Square & Busan Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
FotoFest 2014 International Biennial, Houston, USA
Opposing Gestures| two-person exhibition with Joseph Farbrook. University of Southern Maine Art Galleries, Portland/Gorham, USA
Architecture of Memory| two-person exhibition with Dena Al-Adeeb, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey City, USA
MADATAC – 6th New Media Festival, Centro Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid, Spain
Intelligence Report, Peacock Visual Arts: Center for Contemporary Art, Aberdeen, Scotland

2013

Edition #1, Edge of Arabia Gallery, London, UK
The 55th Venice Biennale (Maldives Pavilion), Venice, Italy
The Map Is Not The Territory, Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
En Foco/In Focus: Selected Works From the Permanent Collection, Venice Art Gallery, Venice, LA, USA
Semblance, Center for Visual Art, Metro State University, Denver, USA
The 6th Madrid Palestine Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
ikono On Air Festival, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Germany
Visual Arts Festival Damascus, DEPO, Istanbul, Turkey

2012

Mapping Subjectivity: Experimentation in Arab Cinema from the 1960s until Now, Museum of Modern Art, USA
Primal Seen Revealed: Selections from the CU Art Museum’s Collection of Photography, CU Art Museum, Boulder, USA
#COMETOGETHER: Edge of Arabia, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
Presenting Absence: Moving Images of Palestine, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham, UK 
Come Visit Us, You’ll Strike Gold, HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
The Changing Room, The HUB: official programming of the London 2012 Festival/Cultural Olympiad, UK
Alienation, Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Corps Dévoilés, Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
NOT ABOUT BOMBS, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, USA
3rd Digital Marrakech, Centre Culturel Atlas Golf Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco
London Palestine Film Festival, Barbican Cinema, London, UK; SOAS, London, UK; UCL, London, UK
Mahatat for Contemporary Art, Lazoghly Square, Cairo, Egypt

2011

Renditions, CAVE/Contemporary Arab Video Encounter, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
The Changing Room: Arab Reflections on Praxis and Times, Spazio Qubi in association with Metro Quadro Gallery (Rivoli), Turino, Italy
En Foco/In Focus: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection, Lightwork, Robert B. Menschel Media Center, Syracuse, USA
Breaking Ranks: Human/Nature, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, USA
Of Mind and Memory| two-person exhibition with Dena Al-Adeeb, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, USA
24th Instants Video Festival - International Video Art and Multimedia Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
LUMEN - International Video and Performance Art Festival, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Houston Palestine Film Festival, Houston, Texas, USA
Dreams of A Nation Palestine Film Festival, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA

2010

JASAD/BODY: Sama Alshaibi and Ninar Esber| two-person exhibition, Mole Vanvitelliana, Adriatic Mediterranean Festival, Ancona, Italy
The State, Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Bringing The War Home, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK
Hiwar, DARB 1718, Cairo, Egypt 
Hiwar, Le Violon Bleu, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia 
War and The Body, London, UK
This Is Not A Love Song, The Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE
Bearing Witness, LightWork Gallery, Syracuse, NY, USA
Carrying Across, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, USA
Zoom Contemporary Art Festival, Miami, Florida, USA
Al-Kasaba International Film Festival, Al-Kasaba Theater and Cinematheque, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Dust To Dust: Remains in the Desert, Salon Covadonga, Roma, Mexico
The Chicago Palestinian Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

2009

Inside/Outside & Other Oxymoron’s, Levantine Cultural Center Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Beyond Borders, Rafia Gallery, Damascus, Syria
Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, Incheon, South Korea
BLOWOUT, Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE 
Mapping Palestine, ArtSchool Palestine, ArtDubai Projects, Dubai, UAE 
Aperture 27,000, Le Violon Bleu, London, UK
Motherhood and Revolution: Sama Alshaibi and Beth Krensky|two person exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, USA
17 Days Video Art Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
MidEastCut, Copenhagen, Denmark; Helsinki, Finland
1st Video Art Festival, All Art Now Foundation, Damascus, Syria 

2008

Border Walls, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, USA 
Enfoco Presents: Sama Alshaibi and Myra Greene| two-person exhibition, Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York City, USA
Jordan Short Film Festival, Amman, Jordan
Happy Days, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo
A Day of Collaborative Performance | with 6+ Collective | Bronx Museum, New York City, USA

2007

Sultana’s Dream, Exit Art, New York City, USA
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
Selection From The Collection, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
Women on The Move: Refugees, Migration and Exile, University of West England, Bristol, UK
We Make The Road By Walking| two-person exhibition with Beth Krensky, Mizel Museum, Denver, USA
CinemaEast Film Festival, IFC Center, New York City, New York, USA

2005

Juannio, Subasta Para el Arte Contemporaneo 2005, Museo De Arte Moderno “Carlos Merida”, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Afrofuturism, Soap Factory (juried by the Obsidian Arts), Minneapolis, USA
Mizna 3rd Annual Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Multiplex Film Festival, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
PREFACIO, La Fabrica Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Re-interpreting the Middle East Beyond the Historical Stereotype, Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford College, Dearborn, Southern Graphics Council International, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington D.C., Mackenzie Fine Arts Center, USA

2004

The Discourse of Others, Salon de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City, Mexico
Visiones del Norte, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico

2003

BLOOD Lines & Connections, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA