Undercurrent (detail)
2004
electrical cable, light bulbs
courtesy of the artist and Alexander and Bonin New York
photo: Mattias Givell, courtesy Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall

MONA HATOUM Palestine / United Kingdom
Auckland Art Gallery - NEW Gallery

Background

Born in 1952 into a Palestinian family in Beiruit, Lebanon, Mona Hatoum moved to London in 1975. She was an artist in residence on the DAAD program, 2003-4, and has since divided her time between Berlin and London. A Turner Prize nominee in 1995, Hatoum won the prestigious biennial Sonning Prize, given by the University of Copenhagen in 2004. The most comprehensive survey of her work was shown at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Kunstmuseum Bonn and Magasin 3 Stockholm Kunsthall in 2004. It was accompanied by a major monograph. Other recent solo shows include self-titled exhibitions at Galerie René Blouin, New York, 2005; and Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, 2005; as well as Mobile Home, Alexander and Bonin, New York, 2005 and Hot Spot, White Cube, London, 2006. Selected group exhibitions include Documenta 11, Kassel, 2002; Made in Mexico, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2004; Always a Little Further, Arsenale, 51st Venice Biennale, 2005; Zones of Conflict: Biennale of Sydney, 2006; Super Vision, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2006; Into Me/Out of Me, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2006; and Out of Time: A Contemporary View, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006.