Hiba Abdallah is a text-based artist who frequently works with others. Her practice explores the structural legacies and futures of cities by researching the intersections of hospitality, agitation, communication and disagreement as productive frameworks for re-imagining public agency. She has created work across media—from public interventions to community projects, gallery exhibitions, and publications.
M.F.A, University of Guelph, Studio Art Program, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
B.F.A, University of Windsor, Studio Art Program, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Collaborative practice; Art in public space; Art and activism; Digital practice; Art and politics
Text/language as agency; Structures change; Public agency; Collectives and collaboration; Productive disagreement
2017 Canadian Federation of University Women’s Scholarship
2016 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2015 Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship
2012 Sobey Art Award Nomination, Long List Nomination for Ontario with Broken City Lab
Abdallah, Hiba. “Everything I Wanted To Tell You: Collaborative Practice in Public Space.” Holding Ground: Nuit Blanche and Other Ruptures, edited by Julie Nagam and Janine Marchessault, PUBLIC Access , Toronto, ON, 2022, pp. 59–63. ISBN: 978-0-921344-56-8. http://www.publicjournal.ca/holding-ground-nuit-blanche-and-other-ruptures-now-available/
100 Years Then and Hereafter (solo exhibition)
March 15 – May 15, 2021
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (Bowmanville, Ontario)
https://www.vac.ca/present/100-years-then-and-hereafter