Public Lecture: Ghada Amer

Ghada Amer will present all aspects of their practice since 1991 detailing how their career has developed until today. Their practice includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, collaborations, and outdoor projects.

Cranbrook Academy of Art’s 2023-24 Public Lecture Series is free and open to the public in the deSalle Auditorium at the Cranbrook Art Museum. On Thursdays, Cranbrook Art Museum galleries are also free and open late. Please arrive early to see their current exhibitions before the lecture.

Ghada Amer, born in Cairo, Egypt, currently resides and works in New York City. She earned her BFA in Painting from Villa Arson, Ecole Pilote International d’Arts et de Recherche in Nice, France, in 1986, followed by an MFA in Painting from the same institution in 1989. Amer also studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, in 1987, and the Institut des Hauts Etudes d’Arts Plastiques in Paris, France, in 1991. Amer’s career has been marked by numerous solo exhibitions, including her 2022 retrospective “Ghada Amer – A Retrospective” at MUCEM – FRAC – La Vieille Charité in Marseille, France, from December 2, 2022, to April 16, 2023.