Walid Raad (b. 1967, Chbaniyeh, Lebanon) works across installation, performance, video, and photography to explore how historical events of physical and psychological violence affect bodies, minds, culture, and narrative. He is well-known for The Atlas Group, a 14-year project about the contemporary history of Lebanon.
Raad is currently an invited participant of In Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh, at the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. His work will be on display until November 2026.
Raad’s work has been shown in numerous international exhibitions including Documenta 11 and 13, the 14th Istanbul Biennial, the first Vienna Biennale, the Whitney Biennial (2000 and 2002), and the 50th Venice Biennale. He has had one-person exhibitions at the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; and Carré d’Art, Nîmes. His 2015 survey exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, traveled to the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston and Museo Jumex in Mexico City. His work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Kunsthaus Zürich; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, among others.
Walid Raad / The Atlas Group
The Bleeding Stomach (Vegetables in Oil), Attributed date: 2004, production date: 2023
Pigmented inkjet print
print: 32 1/2 x 48 in. (86.4 x 121.9 cm)
frame: 33 3/8 x 49 in. (84.8 x 124.5 cm)
Walid Raad / The Atlas Group
The Bleeding Stomach (Meat Balls), Attributed date: 2004, production date: 2023
Pigmented inkjet print print: 32 1/2 x 48 in. (82.5 x 121.9 cm)
frame: 33 3/8 x 49 in. (84.8 x 124.5 cm)
Walid Raad
Epilogue II: The Constables, 2021
7 pigmented inkjet prints
Framed: 1 @ 34 1/4 x 43 x 1 3/4 in. (87 x 109.2 x 4.4 cm)
1 @ 26 1/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (66.7 x 52.7 x 4.4 cm)
1 @ 41 x 34 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (104.1 x 87.6 x 4.4 cm)
1 @ 60 x 48 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (152.4 x 123.2 x 4.4 cm)
1 @ 33 1/2 x 39 x 1 3/4 in. (85.1 x 99.1 x 4.4 cm)
1 @ 34 1/2 x 44 x 1 3/4 in. (87.6 x 111.8 x 4.4 cm)
1 @ 24 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (61.6 x 62.9 x 4.4 cm)
overall: 81 1/2 x 212 3/4 in.
Edition of 5, 2 APs
Walid Raad / The Atlas Group
Comrade leader, comrade leader, how nice to see you _ I, 2022
single channel video, looped, no sound; 6 paper cutouts
Edition of 1
Walid Raad
Epilogue: The Gold and Silver, 2021
10 pigmented inkjet prints
23 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. (60.3 x 52.1 cm) each
Frame: 24 1/2 x 21 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (62.2 x 54 x 4.4 cm)
Edition of 5, 2 APs
Walid Raad/The Atlas Group
Better be watching the clouds (again)_Reagan, attributed 1993/printed 2021
pigmented inkjet print
30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm)
frame: 30 3/4 x 23 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (78.1 x 59.1 x 4.4 cm)
Edition of 3, 2APs
Walid Raad / The Atlas Group 1989-2004 (Attributed to Anonymous)
We have never been so populated _ Plate II, 1997/2020
archival inkjet print
32 3/8 x 23 1/8 in. (82.2 x 58.7 cm)
frame: 33 1/4 x 24 x 1 3/4 in. (84.5 x 61 x 4.4 cm)
Edition of 5, +2 APs
Walid Raad
Appendix 137_098, 2018
archival inkjet print mounted on Sintra
34 5/8 x 29 1/4 in. (87.9 x 74.3 cm)
frame: 35 1/2 x 30 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (90.2 x 76.8 x 4.4 cm)
Edition of 5, + 2 APs
Walid Raad
Letters to the Reader, 2014
MDF wood and paint
11 panels, each 94 1/2 x 48 in. (240 x 121.9 cm) + wall text. Installation view, “Question the Wall Itself” curated by Fionn Meade, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, November 19, 2016 - May 21, 2017.
Walid Raad
Section 88: Views from inner to outer compartment_ACT XXI_Scene VIII, 2011
painted high density foam
53 1/2 x 110 1/2 x 2 in. (135.9 x 280.7 x 5.1 cm), Edition of 3, 2 AP
Walid Raad
Appendix XVIII: Plates 63-257, 2012
31 archival inkjet prints mounted on sintra
31 plates, each: 16 1/2 x 21 5/16 in. (42 x 54.2 cm) frame: 22 1/4 x 17 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (56.5 x 44.1 x 3.8 cm overall dimensions variable, Edition of 7, 2 AP
Walid Raad
Section 88: Views from inner to outer compartment_ACT VI_Scene IV, 2013
wood
32 x 94 x 2 1/2 in. (81.3 x 238.8 x 6.4 cm), Edition of 3, 2 AP
Walid Raad
Preface to the Seventh Edition _ IV, 2012,
archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum Dibond
29 x 43 1/2 in. (73.7 x 110.5 cm); framed: 30 x 44 in. (76.2 x 111.8 cm), Edition of 5, 2 AP
Walid Raad
Hostage: The Bachar Polaroids, 2011
20 inkjet prints
7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (20 x 20 cm), Edition of 7, 2 AP
Walid Raad
We decided to let them say, “we are convinced,” twice_Artillery_II, 2002
archival color inkjet print
unframed: 44 x 67 inches (111.8 x 170.2 cm.); framed: 47 1/2 x 71 1/2 inches (121 x 182 cm.), Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Walid Raad
We are a fair people. We never speak well of one another_Plate 4, 2014,
archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum dibond
34 x 44 in. (86.4 x 111.8 cm) framed: 35 x 45 x 1 3/4 in. (88.9 x 114.3 x 4.4 cm), Edition of 5, 2 APs
Walid Raad
I might die before I get a rifle_Device V, 1993
inkjet print using Epson Archival Ultrachrome inks on Epson Enhanced matte Paper
63 x 84 in. (160 x 213.4 cm); framed: 65 x 86 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (165.1 x 219.7 x 6.4 cm), Edition of 7, 2 APs
Walid Raad
Translator's Introduction: Pension Arts in Dubai, 2011-2013
paper cutouts on wall, 2 channel video (synchronized and looped Quicktime files)
silent, dimensions variable, Edition of 7, 2 APs
Walid Raad
I want to be able to welcome my father to my house, Attributed to: Fadwa Hassoun, 2018
archival inkjet print mounted on Sintra
10 prints, each: 18 1/2 x 23 3/8 in. (47 x 59.4 cm); frame, each: 19 1/4 x 26 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (48.9 x 66.7 x 3.8 cm)
Walid Raad
Preface to the third edition_Acknowledgment (Coupe II), 2014
3D print plaster composite, paint
4 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 6 in. (11.4 x 19.1 x 15.2 cm), Edition of 3, 1 AP
Walid Raad
Notebook volume 38: Already been in a lake of fire_Plate 57-58, 1991
archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum anodized
44 x 78 1/4 in. (111.8 x 198.8 cm), Edition of 3, 1AP
Walid Raad
Better be watching the clouds_XIV, 2000/2015
Pigmented inkjet print (plate 85)
36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm), Edition of 3, 2 APs
