QUICK FACTS
Date of Birth
1952
Beirut, Lebanon
Place of Birth
Why Featured?
Pioneering multimedia and installation artist known for her provocative and politically charged works.
BRIEF BIO
Mona Hatoum is a Palestinian-British sculptor and multimedia artist. Born to Palestinian parents in Beirut, Hatoum identifies as Palestinian. Her work, spanning sculpture, installation, and performance art, often reflects themes of home, displacement, and surveillance, challenging viewers' perspectives on the familiar and the foreign.
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DATE
Monday, January 26, 2026
MAJOR MILESTONES
Key dates & turning points
1985: Performed "Road Works" in Brixton, London, a response to race riots and police enforcement...See More
1988: Created "Measures of Distance," exploring displacement and familial separation...See More
1992: Exhibited "Light Sentence," focusing on themes of confinement and disorientation...See More
1995: Shortlisted for the Turner Prize for "Corps Estranger."..See More
2017: Created "Remains (chair)" for the 10th Hiroshima Art Prize...See More
CONTRIBUTIONS
What they did, and why it matters
Utilizing threat and violence to transform the familiar into the dangerous.
Infusing humor into serious subjects like war and gender relations.
Investigating the 'abject' and the corporeal reality using her body as art material.
Expressing visual interest in prison, cage, and mesh-like structures.
Exploring tension and paradox through the combination of opposites in her artworks.
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Last updated
Jan 26, 2026
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