Alia Farid awarded $100,000 Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award, with exhibition at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid has been awarded the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award, which comes with a $100,000 prize. Her artistic endeavors encompass writing, drawing, film, and sculpture, with a focus on underrepresented stories. Among her significant works is the 2017 film Theatre of Operations, which delves into her family's displacement following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. In 2021, she showcased The Space Between Classrooms at the Swiss Institute in New York. Farid is set to display her work at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo in September 2024, where she will also receive an acquisition budget. Previous recipients include Guadalupe Maravilla (2021) and Otobong Nkanga (2019). Additionally, she is a contender for the 2023 Artes Mundi Prize.
Key facts
- Alia Farid won the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award
- She receives a $100,000 honorarium
- An exhibition at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo opens September 2024
- The award includes an acquisition budget for the museum's permanent collection
- Previous recipients are Guadalupe Maravilla (2021) and Otobong Nkanga (2019)
- Farid's work includes the 2017 film Theatre of Operations
- Her 2021 project The Space Between Classrooms was at the Swiss Institute in New York
- She is shortlisted for the 2023 Artes Mundi Prize
Entities
Artists
- Alia Farid
- Guadalupe Maravilla
- Otobong Nkanga
- Rushdi Anwar
- Carolina Caycedo
- Naomi Rincón Gallardo
- Taloi Havini
- Nguyễn Trinh Thi
- Mounira Al Solh
- Saddam Hussein
Institutions
- Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award
- Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
- MASP
- MoMA
- MACBA
- Swiss Institute
- MUNCH
- Artes Mundi Prize
Locations
- Kuwait
- Puerto Rico
- Oslo
- Norway
- New York
- United States
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Barcelona
- Spain