Born
Beirut, Lebanon
Education
Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions/Performances
2022
Only If, Signs and Symbols, New York, NY
Gods and Grifters, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
What can I do? What should I do? What will I do? (performance) Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Global Spotlight: Annabel Daou, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
DECLARATION, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2021
A Year Like Any Other, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
I will worry for you (from dusk till dawn), 12 hour performance, School, Vienna, Austria
2020
Chou Hayda, online exhibition, Signs and Symbols, New York
ask me a question that has no answer, online exhibition, Signs and Symbols, New York
I will worry for you (from dusk till dawn), 12 hour performance, Brooklyn, NY
WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS, Signs and Symbols, New York
2019
Fortune, (June-December) performance in-residence, Signs and Symbols, New York
2018
If you only knew, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
Chou Hayda, The National Museum of Beirut, Beirut
life itself, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016
I don’t care about your body, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
2015
a million times, Albertz Benda, New York, NY
2014
your secret is safe with me, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
fortune/Meanwhile…History, Global Art Forum, Dubai
measure, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013
Fortune, PS1 MoMA, New York, NY
2012
you say i want a revolution, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
come back to the war, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
2010
repaired landscapes, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009
knot, David Winton Bell Art Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2007
Sex & Politics, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
a book of hours, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2006
AMERICA, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Videotheque, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, Germany
2022
In search of…the miraculous, DG Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
Artists and Allies V, Signs and Symbols, New York
2021
Works on Paper, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, Germany
That was then, this is now, signs and symbols, New York, NY
All I Think About is You, Galerie Nothelfer, Berlin
Artists and Allies IV, Signs and Symbols, New York
Trauma and Response, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
How To Human, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
2020
On Celestial Bodies, Arter, Istanbul
Artists and Allies III, Signs and Symbols, New York
Spring of 2020, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
Rituals of Regard and Recollection, Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Dissolving Artifacts, 10 Jay Street, Brooklyn
2019
Artists and Allies II, Signs and Symbols, New York
The Naked Truth. A European history, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
The Living Room UIT (Use It Together), ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Privacy in Public, Metropolitan New York Library Council, New York
Artists and Allies, Signs and Symbols, New York
2017
Fünfter Akt, Trabanten, Düsseldorf
Walk the Distance and Slow Down, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO
2016
Acts of Sedition, WhiteBox, New York
Stages of Trust, Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Graz
2015
What We Call Love, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Territoire d'Affects, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut
2014
Art=Text=Art, Private Languages/Public Systems, UB Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2013
Marking Language, Drawing Room, London
2012
Discussing Metamodernism, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin
Art=Text=Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2011
Drawn / Taped / Burned: Abstraction on Paper, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2010
Cairo Biennale (representing the US), Cairo
On the Mark, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009
Close Encounters 2, organized by Provisions Library, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
New York New Drawings 1946-2007, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia
2008
Political/Minimal, KW, Berlin
Democracy in America, Creative Time at The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Indexical Frontiers, Inova, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2006
Drawn Twice, The Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005
The Dreamland Artist’s Club, presented by Creative Time, Coney Island, NY
1994
Quinta Bienal de La Habana (The Fifth Biennial of Havana), Havana
Residencies & Awards
2023
Paper Residency, Haus Des Papiers, Berlin Germany
2019-2020
Pollock-Krasner ISCP Residency
2011
CentralTrak, Dallas, TX
2010
Biennial Award, Cairo Biennale (representing the US)
2008
Brown Foundation Residency, Dora Maar House (MFAH), Ménerbes
2002-07
EFA Studio Center Residency, New York, NY
Public Collections
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
The Morgan Library & Museum
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Phillips Collection, Washington,DC
The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
The Vehbi Koç Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, ME