(1952 - )
Mona Hatoum was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1952, to a Palestinian family. In 1975, she was granted British citizenship on account of her father’s employment at the British Embassy in Lebanon. She studied art at the Byam Shaw School of Art until 1979. The outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975 prevented her return home, so she remained in London to continue her studies at the Slade School of Art (1979–81). Hatoum exhibits internationally, with past shows including participation at the Venice Biennale (1995 and 2005); and Biennale of Sydney (2006). She has had major solo exhibitions at Tate Modern (2016) and Centre Pompidou, Paris (2015). In 2017, she was awarded The 10th Hiroshima Art Prize, a triennial peace prize; followed by her first solo exhibition in Japan at Hiroshima City, MOCA. Hatoum was awarded the Julio González Prize in 2020; and celebrated with a major solo exhibition at the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern in 2021.
