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Exhibition History

A color photo gallery view of museum exhibition in Geneva Switzerland. A sign in center marks the exhibition with this text,  - “Compromis pour la paix: Peintures de Nabil Kanso" (Compromise for Peace: Paintings by Nabil Kanso) La Federation Internationale Des Societes De La Croix-Rouge” Paintings from the series “Compromise for Peace” in the background
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Selected Solo Exhibitions & Museum Installations | Selected Group Exhibitions

1970

March 1970

“Realism and Beyond Realism: An exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Kanso”

Seventy Sixth Street Gallery, New York, New York

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1971

November 5 – 30, 1971

“An exhibition of paintings, pastels, and watercolors (1968-71) by Nabil Kanso”

Seventy Sixth Street Gallery, New York, New York

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1972

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May 27 – June 24, 1972

“N. Kanso Drawings”

Seventy Sixth Street Gallery, New York, New York

1985

May 23 – June 30, 1985

“Nabil Kanso’s Othello”

Nexus Center of Contemporary Art/Atlanta Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta, GA

September 1985

“The Split of Life”

Nexus Center of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA

1987

April – May 1987

“Pinturas De Nabil Kanso (Retrospective of Paintings by Nabil Kanso)”

Ateneo De Caracas, Galeria “Los Espacios Calidos,” Caracas, Venezuela

Ateneo de caracas April 1987

July – August, 1987

“Nabil Kanso: Arte Para La Paz (Nabil Kanso: Art for Peace)”

Museo Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

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July 1987

“Arte por la Paz: II Symposium Iberoamericano Sobre Municipio y Medio Ambiente (Art for Peace: Nabil Kanso)”

Museo Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

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1988

May 13 – 20, 1988

“Arte Para La Paz: Nabil Kanso (Art for Peace: Nabil Kanso)”

Instituto Nacional De Cultura, Galeria De Arte INAC, Panamá, Panamá

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1989

April 13 – 30, 1989

“Nabil Kanso: Apocalypse”

Museu De Arte Do Rio Grande Do Sul (MARGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

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October – November, 1989

“Nabil Kanso: Exposicion de Pintura (Nabil Kanso: Exhibition of Paintings)”

Museo Universitario Del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico

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1992

March – April, 1992

“Desert Storm: Invasion of Kuwait”

Free Atelier Art Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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July 10 – August 24, 1992

“Compromis pour la paix: Peintures de Nabil Kanso"

(Compromise for Peace: Paintings by Nabil Kanso)

International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland

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2024

December 2023 - November 2024

Nabil Kanso: The Journey of Art for Peace

Special Installation of Paintings from Nabil Kanso's America series

The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
 

April 30 - October 27

Nabil Kanso: Endless Night

IAIA (Institute of Arab and Islamic Art)

New York, NY  
 

September 6 - October 5

Nabil Kanso: The Tomorrows

Martos Gallery

New York, NY  
 

February 15 - June 29

Nabil Kanso: Echoes of War

The Eli and Edythe Broad Museum of Art

East Lansing, MI  

2025

Selected Group Exhibitions  |  Selected Solo Exhibitions

1985

September 6-October 5, 1985

“Fantastic Visions”
Nexus Center of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA

1986

March 22 – May 19, 1986

“Inside Out: 20 artists from Atlanta, U.S.A.”

Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden

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1988

February 6 – March 27, 1988

“The Art of Atlanta”

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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1993

August 6 – September 6, 1993

“Works of Peace: 111 Artists”

Galerie Bhak, Seoul, South Korea

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2010

July 2010

“Artistas del Segundo Centenario”

Joint exhibition of the Consul Generals of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela

Consulate General of Argentina, New York, New York

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2022

April - July 2022

“Picasso et les avant-gardes arabes”

Joint exhibition of the the Institut du Monde Arabe, Tourcoing, and Musée Picasso, Paris

Institut du Monde Arabe, Tourcoing, France

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January - November 2022

“Memory Sews Together Events That Hadn't Previously Met

Sharjah Art Museum, Featuring Works from the Barjeel Art Foundation

Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE

2023

October 4, 2022 - January 28, 2023

“A Banquet for Seaweed: Snapshots from the Arab 1980s

University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts & Design, Guest Curated by Nada Shabout

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

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