Mona Hatoum

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Mona Hatoum is an internationally-exhibited artist who became an honorary fellow of Goldsmiths in 2022.

Born in Beirut in 1952, to Palestinian parents, artist Mona Hatoum settled in London in 1975.

Her poetic and political work is realised in a diverse and often unconventional range of media, including installation, sculpture, video, photography and works on paper. Hatoum has participated in numerous prestigious exhibitions including Venice Biennale (1995 and 2005) and Documenta (2002 and 2017).

Recent solo exhibitions include a survey at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2015) that toured to Tate Modern, London (2016) and Kiasma, Helsinki (2016-17). She has a long list of international awards including the 10th Hiroshima Art Prize (2017), the Praemium Imperiale (2019) and Julio González Prize (2020).

Mona Hatoum was awarded an honorary fellowship by Goldsmiths in 2022.

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