Wahida Azhari
Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany
Education
1974–75 Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Münster with Visiting Prof. Lothar Baumgarten
1976–82 Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany with Prof. Franz Erhard Walther and Prof. Stanley Brouwn
Biographical Info
Wahida Azhari
Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany
Education
1974–75 Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Münster with Visiting Prof. Lothar Baumgarten
1976–82 Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany with Prof. Franz Erhard Walther and Prof. Stanley Brouwn
Exhibitions
2025
CONSTELLATIONS, Kunstraum Hoyerswerda (DE), grp. exh.
SATELITE EVENT, 8TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF NON OBJECTIVE ARTS, Galerie Abstract Project, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
FENESTRATION 2, The Drawing Collective, The Muse Space Gallery, TAFE NSW – Ultimo Sydney (AU), grp. exh.
FENESTRATION 1, The Drawing Collective, Draw Space, Sydney (AU), grp. exh.
THE POWER OF ALCHEMY, Alfa Gallery Miami / New York (US), online show
…AND GOING ON, the dr. julius art projects100th-a Mail-Art project (DE), grp. exh.
BOOTH, Alfa Gallery Miami / New York (US), virtual exh.
2024
SZILVASHI CIRCLES, retrospective of Tiberiy Szilvashi presents as part of the exhibition project, KNO (Kyiv Non Objective), co-founded by Tiberiy Szilvashi, The Ukrainian Museum of Contemporary Art / UMCA, Kyiv (UA), grp. exh.
THIS IST THE FUTURE OF NON-OBJECTIVE ART, Atlantic Gallery, New York (US), grp. exh.
META, Alfa Gallery MIAMI NEW YORK, online exhibition (US), grp. exh.
OPEN CRATE, Alfa Gallery, MIAMI NEW YORK (US), grp. exh.
THIS IST THE FUTURE OF NON-OBJECTIVE ART, FalconX, New York (US), grp. exh.
SEE Group Show, Alfa Gallery MIAMI New York (US), virtual exh.
2023
LINIEN UND LICHTLINIEN IM RAUM, Verein für aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet, Oberhausen (DE), solo exh.
SPLITTING THE SQUARE, Abstract Project, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
HORS LE MURS, EST/OUEST Rogatka Gallery, Radom (PL), grp. exh.
7TH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE OF NON OBJECTIVE ART – ATHENS SATELITE EXHIBITION, Athens (GR), grp. exh.
MIAMI ART WEEK 2023, presented by Alfa Gallery / Artsy Miami, New York (US), grp. exh.
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
CONFLUENCE OF LINES, Exhibition of The Drawing collective, Galerie Abstract Project (FR), grp. exh.
2022
FRIENDS OF BARBARA HALNAN, Abstract Project, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
WAHIDA AZHARI, INSTALLATIONS – CONSTELLATIONS, Abstract Project, Paris (FR), solo exh.
TDOA, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
OFFENE ATELIERS, Berufsverband bildender Künstler*innen, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
WHITE CIRCLE PROJECT, Saturation Point, London (GB), grp. exh.
AMIS DES SALON DES REALITES, Paris, Galerie Gimpel et Müller, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES 2022, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
2021
WAHIDA AZHARI, EDGAR DIEHL, DETLEF FUNDER, Verein für aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet, Oberhausen (DE), grp. exh.
OFFENE ATELIERS, Berufsverband bildender Künstler*innen, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
KONSTRUKTIV.IST 3, the drawing collective, grp. exh., virtual exh.
2020
GERADE ZU SCHRÄG, Frise Künstlerhaus (with Barbara Höller), Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
2019
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES 2019, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
FORM + FARBE + EIN KNACKIGER TITEL Künstlerhaus Frise, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
COTERIE TO COTERIE, #01 Biennale of International Reduktive and Non Objective Art Sydney, The Stores Building Nth Parramatta, Sydney (AU), grp. exh.
BIG CIRCLE #3, In a good mood, M17CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Kiew (UA), grp. exh.
NEW MODERN-RNOP MELBOURNE – THE ROAD PAINTINGS, five walls (AU), grp. exh.
HAP-TI[C]K, xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
BE ABSOLUTELY CONCRETE – DRAWING WORLDS, Kunstraum hase29, Osnabrück (DE), grp. exh.
TDOA, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
THE WORL OF ICONS, ILKO Gallery, Uzhhorod City (UA), grp. exh.
THE WORL OF ICONS, Dziga Gallery, Lviv (UA), grp. exh.
THE WORL OF ICONS, Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv (UA), grp. exh.
DRAWING NOW! THE DRAWING COLLECTIVE, ICA MECA Portland, Maine (US), grp. exh.
2018
SACRED SILENCE – KYIV NON OBJECTIVE – ICONS/W13, Bulgakow Museum, Kiew (UA), grp. exh.
BLACK BOX, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken (DE), grp. exh.
TDOA + (special guest Dima Hunzelweg), Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
RNOP – CINCINNATI: NEW WORK FOR A NEW SYSTEM, Smith and Co. Cincinnati (US), grp. exh.
RNOP – QUENNSLAND: END OF THE BEGINNING, University of Southern Queensland (AU), grp. exh.
HIMMEL HÖLLE NICHTS, Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
MANIC EPISODE 6, The Urban Hive, Sacramento (US), grp. exh.
2017
BLACK BOX, Faux Mouvement, Centre d’art Contemporaine, Metz (FR), grp. exh.
RNPG – REDUCTIVE NON OBJECTIVE PRIVATE GALLERY, Freiburg (DE), grp. exh.
KNO 0/1 – KYIV NON OBJECT ART, Kiev (UA), grp. exh.
XPON GOES X, xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
THE DRAWING COLLECTIVE, Galerie Olivier Nouvelle, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
THE DRAWING COLLECTIVE, Articulate upstairs Gallery, Sydney (AU), grp. exh.
TDOA, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
CIRCLE – LINE AND COLOR IN SPACE, Abstract Project, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
MANIC EPISODE 5, Ely center of Contemporary art, New Haven (US), grp. exh.
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES 2017, Parc Floral de Paris, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
2016
THE DRAWING COLLECTIVE, Abstract Project, Paris, (FR), grp. exh.
THE FLYING FIELD, Berlin (DE), grp. exh.
ON THE SAME LINE, Galerie Olivier Nouvellet, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
ZEUXIS-ART, Gallery, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
TDOA, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES 2016, Parc Floral, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
MINISCULES, Galerie Badweg, Bolsward (NL), grp. exh.
SELECTED FOR YOU, Bos Fine Art, Den Haag, (NL), virtual exh.
2015
AN…SETZEN, xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
STILL IN MOTION, E.M. Gallery Drachten (NL), grp. exh.
CARREMENT2, Espace Christiane Peugeot, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES 2015, Parc Floral de Paris (FR), grp. exh.
TDOA, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
CARREMENT SYDNEY, Factory 49, Sydney (AU), grp. exh.
2014
30/30_IAP‘ D’ART SAINT-CHARMAS, look&listen, Saint-Chamas (FR), grp. exh.
EDGES TO EMPTINESS – KANTEN ZUR LEERHEIT, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
KUNST IN DER SPD-FRAKTION – 20 JAHRE DOSENFABRIK, Rathaus, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES 2014, Parc Floral, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
INTERACTIONS, Factory 49, Sydney 2204 (AU), solo exh.
IMAGE ARCHIVE PROJECT, A/B/Contemporary, Zuerich (CH), grp. exh.
THE BLUE SQUARE PROJECT, Articulate upstairs Gallery, Sydney (AU), grp. exh.
Galerie Olivier Nouvelle, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
MAILART, Hang Art Gallery Grenoble (FR), grp. exh.
BBK offene Ateliers, Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
2013
MANIC EPISODE 4 – MANIAC VISITS GRONINGEN, T.A.S., Groningen (NL), grp. exh.
KUNST-OFFEN, Bobzin (DE), grp. exh.
TDOA, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
WHY NOT… BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL D`ART NON-OBJECTIVE, Pont de Claix (FR), grp. exh.
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES 2013, Parc Floral, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
UNE QUESTION DE FAIT – A MATTER OF FACT, Galerie Olivier Nouvelle, Paris (FR), grp. exh.
UNE QUESTION DE FAIT – A MATTER OF FACT, Le Hang‘Art Gallery, Grenoble (FR), grp. exh.
2012
INVENTAIRE, Le Hang‘Art Gallery, Grenoble (FR), grp. exh.
MANIC EPISODE 3, Rathaus, Hamburg (DE), grp. exh.
TDOA, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
INSPIRED BY NATURE, Galerie Aquabit, Berlin (DE), grp. exh.
2011
MANIC EPISODE 2, Reynolds Gallery, Stockton (US), grp. exh.
MANIC EPISODE 2, Brickhouse Gallery, Sacramento (US), grp. exh.
DOSE OFFEN, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE), solo exh.
KUNST-OFFEN IN MECKLENBURG VORPOMMERN, Gutshaus, Bobzin (DE), solo exh.
Activities
2018
Curator of HIMMEL HÖLLE NICHTS? Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg (DE) / Art project in co-operation with Ilka Vogler (co-curator) and in collaboration with professors of the Akademie der Weltreligionen, Hamburg (Academy of World Religions, Hamburg), and representatives of different religious communities, Dr. Marita to Berens Yurk, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum of Arts and Crafts) and others and Hamburg artists of different religions and cultural backgrounds (Maria Fisahn, Jakob Blumas, Dorothea Fischer, Antje Schönau, Marianne Greve, Lahsen Azougaye, Jutta Konjer, John Günther, Petra von Langsdorff, Ilka Vogler, Wahida Azhari)
2014
Curator of EDGES TO EMPTINESS – KANTEN ZUR LEERHEIT, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Hamburg (DE) / International exhibition in the studio, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik Hamburg
2012
Curator of MANIAC, MANIC EPISODE 3 / International exhibition in the studio, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik Hamburg (DE) / International art project with 34 artists from the USA, France, Bosnia, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey
Curator of MANIAC, MANIC EPISODE 3 PLUS, Rathaus Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
Publications
WAHIDA AZHARI | LINIEN – LICHTLINIEN IM RAUM, Verlag Karl Maria Laufen, Oberhausen (DE), 2023, ISBN 978-3-87468-503-0
ABSTRACTIONS + REALITES NOUVELLES, Paris (FR), 2022, ISSN-2-493521-02-6
THE ESSENCE OF RELATEDNESS, Wahida Azhari, Hyperzine Verlag, Hamburg (DE), ISBN 978-3-948127-17-6
WAHIDA AZHARI – EDGAR DIEHL – DETLEF FUNDER, Verlag Karl Maria Laufen, Oberhausen (DE), 2021, ISBN 978-3-87468-458-3
CONSTELLATIONS BY WAHIDA AZHARI, Hamburg (DE), 2017
VARIABLE ELEMENTS BY WAHIDA AZHARI, Hamburg (DE), 2016
CIRCLE, LINE AND COLOR IN SPACE, Abstract Project, Paris (FR), 2017
THE DRAWING COLLECTIVE INTENATIONAL ART PROJECT / Galerie Oliver Nouvelle, Paris (FR), 2017 / Articulate Upstairs, Sydney (AU), 2017
THE DRAWING COLLECTIVE INTENATIONAL ART PROJECT / Abstract Project, Paris (FR), 2016
MANIAC VISITS GRONINGEN, Manic Episode 4, Groningen (NL), 2013
ART ABSOLUMENT, Numero Special, 55 Artistes talents a Decouvrier, (FR), 2015
CARREMENT 2, Espace Christiane Peugeot, Paris (FR), 2015
ESPACE CHRISTIANE PEUGEOT, 62 avenue de la Grande Armee Paris (FR), 2015
SALON REALITES NOUVELLES, Paris (FR), 2016/2017, ISSN__ / 2015/2016, ISSN__ / 2014/2015, ISSN__ / 2013/2014, ISSN 1961-7704 / 2012/2013, ISSN 1061-7704
POURQUOI PAS – WHY NOT… / 2e Biennale internationale d‘art non objectif de la ville de Pont de Claix (FR), 2013
UNE QUESTION DE FAIT – A MATTER OF FACT, Le Hang‘Art Gallery, (FR) 2012
MANIAC – MANIC EPISODE 2, by Jeanne Criscolla, Calameo (US), 2011
