Maria Hassabi

Maria Hassabi is a choreographer, performer and visual artist. Her works, spanning performance, installation, photography, sculpture, sound and moving image, reflect on concepts of time and representations of the human figure. Her static works often take her live performances as a point of departure, while technological tools are used to transcend the limitations inherent to liveness and presence. By working across different media, she emphasizes the complexity of formal composition through varied methodologies.

Solo exhibitions and presentations include Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2023); LUMA Arles (2022); OGR, Turin (2022); Secession, Vienna (2021); Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis (2019); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2019); K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2017-18); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2017); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2016); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2015); The Kitchen, New York (2019, 2016, 2013, 2011, 2006); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2015); Performance Space 122, New York (2007, 2009).

Her works have also been featured in group exhibitions and festivals such as Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India (2025); Festival d’Autumn, Paris in collaboration with Chaillot National Theater, Paris (2025); The Story of Public Art – Dancing in the Streets (On Power) at MAPS, Denmark (2025); ENNOVA Biennale, Langfang City (2024); IMMA, Dublin (2024); Art Unlimited, Basel (2024); Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels (2024, 2017, 2016, 2014); Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai (2023); FRONT Triennial, Cleveland (2022); Festwochen, Wien (2021); Performa, NY (2019, 2013, 2009); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2018); documeta14, Kassel (2017); Crossing the Line Festival, NY (2016, 2011, 2009); the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); ArtSonje, Seoul (2015); Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2014); Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2012), amongst others.
Hassabi was an Onassis Resident 2019-2022 and has received the 2019 Performa Malcolm Mclaren Award along with artist Nairy Baghramian; 2016 “Bessie” Award; 2015 Herb Alpert Award; 2012 President’s Award from LMCC; 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship; 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
She holds a BFA from Calarts and currently lives and works in Paris.