2019
NOGUCHI: BODY-SPACE DEVICES
NOGUCHI MUSEUM - NEW YORK / USA
Curated by Dakin Hart
Rad Hourani: Non-Gendered Sets for Noguchi were a dynamic addition to the Museum’s collection installation, served to enliven the Contract and Release performance series, named after Martha Graham’s technique. Executed by dancers following patterns established by Brendan Fernandes and accompanied by a score co-created with Amanda Jane Graham.
2017
DRESSING IDEAS IN FILMS
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM - BILBAO / SPAIN
Curated by Yon & Xabier Martínez-Jauregi
2015
COUTURE UNISEXE #14
CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE (CCC) PARIS - PARIS / FRANCE
Curated by Rad Hourani in collaboration with Arsenal Contemporary Art, featuring works by Anselm Kiefer, David Altmejd, Giuseppe Penone, Nick Cave, Oscar Tuazon, Theaster Gates, Tony Lewis, and Ugo Rondinone.
S E L E C T E D D A T E S
2023
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : CLASSROOM OF LANGUAGE », Artexte, Montréal, Canada
Performance « Connecting from the Inside Out », SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, Montréal, Canada
2022
Research residency « Neurodiversity and Accessibility in the Arts », invited by curator Mojeanne Behzadi, Artexte, Montréal, Canada
Performance « Wondane », curated by Fabienne Parisien & James Oscar, Fonderie Darling, Montréal, Canada
2021
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : KINGDOM », Projet Casa, Montréal, Canada
Performance series « 72 Seasons », curated by Ellen Hartwell Alderman & Stephanie Cristello, Lurie Garden, Chicago, United States
Exhibition « The Third Gender » curated by Janusz Czech, A.K.T; Art Center, Pforzheim, Germany
2020
Education, Rad Hourani, Editor-in-Chief and Artistic Director, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Montréal, Canada
Intervention, Rad Hourani, Member of the « Short Film » jury and guest curator for « Carte Blanche » at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA, 38th edition)
Virtual conference « Inclusion in the Contemporary Art Ecosystem », moderated by curator Dominique Fontaine, Journées de la paix
2019
Exhibition « Gender Bending » curated by Michelle Finamore, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
Exhibition « Inaction » curated by Benjamin Chaffee & Rosemary Lennox, Ezra & Cecile Gallery, Middletown, United States
Education, Rad Hourani, Invited Professor, Fall Session, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Montréal, Canada
Performative installation « Acte 2 : Je ne peux pas rester silencieuse », Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, France
Exhibition « Noguchi : Body-Space Devices » curated by Dakin Hart, Noguchi Museum, New York, United States
« Authority and Power through Textiles », a performative video installation by Rad Hourani, supported by curator Caroline Andrieux, Fonderie Darling, Montréal, Canada
Exhibition « Na Na Land : It’s My World » curated by Kko-Kka Lee, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2018
Performative installation « Acte 1 : Je ne peux pas rester silencieuse », Le Générateur, Paris, France
Public lecture « Conversation with Rad Hourani », hosted by curator Michelle Finamore, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
2017
Exhibition « Dressing Ideas in Films » curated by Yon & Xabier Martínez-Jauregi, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Academic presentations on Rad Hourani’s revolutionary non-gendered pattern system and approach, École du Louvre, Paris, France
Recognition, Rad Hourani Visionary, selected as part of « Inside Out » photo series, McCord Stewart Museum, Montréal, Canada
Conference « Queer Me Out », invited as an « LGBTQIA2+ global speaker », W Hotel series
2016
Exhibition from the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art, San Jose, United States
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : EYE », L40 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
« Red », a photographic series of installations by Rad Hourani in dialogue with works in « IMAGINE BRAZIL » curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Thierry Raspail and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal, Canada
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : PORTRAITS », Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia
Exhibition « Beauty » curated by Andrea Lipps & Ellen Lupton, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, United States
2015
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : NEUTRALITY », Arsenal Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Exhibition « Clash » curated by Ane Lynge Jorlén & Michael Bank Christoffersen, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
« Territory », a photographic series and performative installation by Rad Hourani in dialogue with « Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos & Herreros revisited by SO - IL », curated by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montréal, Canada
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : Couture Unisexe #14 », Canadian Cultural Center (CCC), Paris, France
« Authorized & Welcome », a series of installations by Rad Hourani combining photography and painting, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (MBAM), Canada
Contribution to the publication « Visionary Women », featuring portraits of Shirin Neshat by Rad Hourani, Assouline, New York, United States
2014
Exhibition « Trend-ology » curated by Ariele Elia & Emma McClendon, The Museum at FIT, New York, United States
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : ANATOMY », ARTCO Gallery, Beijing, China
Exhibition « GenderBlender » curated by Hanneke Wetzer & Leonie Baauw, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Solo exhibition and lecture « 5 YRS OF UNISEX », Art Week, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2013
Public lecture « Rad Hourani : Seamless », moderated by Cheryl Sim of the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal, Canada
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : SEAMLESS » curated by Phoebe Greenberg, PHI, Montréal, Canada
Book publication « Rad Hourani: 5 Years of Unisex » by Phoebe Greenberg, PHI, Montréal, Canada
Performative installation « Metaprojection » curated by Vase, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
2012
Public lecture by historian and curator Valerie Steele highlighting Rad Hourani’s revolutionary approach, accompanied by an installation illustrating Rad’s innovative genderless process, at the museum’s Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, FIT Museum, New York, United States
Recognition, Rad Hourani became an « Invited member », with the endorsement of Sidney Toledano at Christian Dior Couture, to create and present the first unisex collection in the history of Haute Couture, La Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, Paris, France
Solo projection and lecture « Rad Hourani VF film », Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : EARTH », IT Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Recognition, Rad Hourani’s documentary selected in best short films of the year at ASVOFF Festival, founded by Diane Pernet, with a jury presided over by visual artist Orlan, Paris, France
2011
Recognition, Selected by Franca Sozzani and Anna Wintour as an Emerging Talent in Vogue, installing Rad Hourani’s innovative non-gendered works, Palazzo Morando Museum, Milan, Italy
Solo performative installation « Rad Hourani : UNISEX », Public Parc, Seoul, South Korea
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : UC#7 », Mannerheim Gallery, Paris, France
Solo installation « Rad Hourani : UNFRAMED » curated by Joff & Melissa Matos, Arnhem Biennale, Arnhem, Netherlands
2010
Solo performative installation « Rad Hourani : UC#5 », Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, United States
Freelance writer, article « Black is the New Black », The New York Times, New York, United States
2009
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : TRANCLASSIC », Jardin du Palais-Royal, Paris, France
2007
Solo exhibition « Rad Hourani : Gender Neutral / UC#0 », Dominique Fiat Gallery of Contemporary Art, Paris, France
2005
Invention « Gender Neutral Patterns + Unisex Size Systems »
Between 2005 and 2007, Rad Hourani invented the first non-gendered patterns for entirely unisex garments, redefining the norms of contemporary fashion. This revolutionary invention aims to open up a dialogue on non-binarity via costume, establishing a new basis for gender equality in attire through art.
2004
Exhibition « Imagine » in collaboration with Yoko Ono, Amnesty International, Montréal, Canada
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