<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-0 vector-toc-not-available vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-0 skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled" lang="de" dir="ltr"><head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Lida Abdul</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="./_res_/favicon.png">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lida_Abdul"> <link href="./_mw_/ext.cite.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.wikimediamessages.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.icons.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.search.codex.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content="">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.citeRef.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.defaultPlainlinks.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiCommonHide.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiCommonLayout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiCommonStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiDarkmode.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiResponsive.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.specialSearch.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_mw_/site.styles.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_mw_/noscript.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_res_/footer.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_res_/vector-2022.css">
</head>
<body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Lida_Abdul rootpage-Lida_Abdul skin-vector-2022 action-view">
<div class="mw-page-container">
<div class="mw-page-container-inner">
<div class="mw-content-container">
<main id="content" class="mw-body">
<header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar">
<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Lida Abdul</span></h1>
</header>
<a id="top"></a>
<div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container="">
<div id="contentSub">
<div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div>
</div>
<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Lida Abdul</b>, geboren als <b>Lida Abdullah</b>, (* <a href="1973" title="1973">1973</a> in <a href="Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>) ist eine <a href="Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">afghanische</a> <a href="K%C3%BCnstler" title="Künstler">Künstlerin</a> im Bereich <a href="Performance_(Kunst)" title="Performance (Kunst)">Performancekunst</a> und <a href="Videokunst" title="Videokunst">Videokunst</a>.
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biografie">Biografie</h2></div>
<p>Lida Abdul wurde in Kabul geboren. Sie lebte fünf Jahre in Deutschland und Indien als Flüchtling, nachdem sie durch die <a href="Sowjetische_Intervention_in_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sowjetische Intervention in Afghanistan">sowjetische Intervention</a> das Land verlassen musste.<sup id="cite_ref-Gardner_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gardner-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prince_Claus_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prince_Claus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In den <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">USA</a> machte sie im Jahr 1997 ihren <a href="Bachelor_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> in <a href="Politikwissenschaft" title="Politikwissenschaft">Politikwissenschaft</a>, sowie 1998 ihren B.A. in <a href="Philosophie" title="Philosophie">Philosophie</a> an der <a href="California_State_University%2C_Fullerton" title="California State University, Fullerton">California State University, Fullerton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gardner_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gardner-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2000 erhielt sie ihren <a href="Master_of_Fine_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Fine Arts">Master of Fine Arts</a> an der <a href="University_of_California%2C_Irvine" title="University of California, Irvine">University of California, Irvine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooklyn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooklyn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Laut eigener Aussage verbindet sie mit ihrer Kunst „<a href="Tropus_(Rhetorik)" title="Tropus (Rhetorik)">Tropen</a> „westlichen“ Formalismus mit den zahlreichen ästhetischen Traditionen – islamisch, buddhistisch, hinduistisch, heidnisch, normadisch – die kollektiv die afghanische Kunst und Kultur beeinflussten“ (engl.:„…fuses the tropes of 'Western” formalism with the numerous aesthetic traditions--Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, pagan and nomadic--that collectively influenced Afghan art and culture.“).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdul hat auf Veranstaltungen in Mexiko, Spanien, Deutschland, Usbekistan, Kirgisistan und Afghanistan ausgestellt. Dazu kommen Soloausstellungen in der <a href="Kunsthalle_Wien" title="Kunsthalle Wien">Kunsthalle Wien</a> (2005) und im <a href="Indianapolis_Museum_of_Art" title="Indianapolis Museum of Art">Indianapolis Museum of Art</a> (2008). Im Jahr 2012 nahm sie an der <a href="DOCUMENTA_(13)" title="DOCUMENTA (13)">dOCUMENTA (13)</a> teil.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Im Jahr 2006 erhielt sie den <a href="Prinz-Claus-Preis" title="Prinz-Claus-Preis">Prinz-Claus-Preis</a>, 2007 erhielt sie gemeinsam mit Lara Almarcegui den UNESCO Visual Arts and Digital Arts Award.<sup id="cite_ref-Prince_Claus_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prince_Claus-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
<ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-Gardner-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Gardner_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Gardner_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a href="Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum" title="Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum">Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/contemporary-art/artists/abdul-lida"><i>Lida Abdul – Artist in Residence.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 14. August 2025</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ALida+Abdul&rft.title=Lida+Abdul+%E2%80%93+Artist+in+Residence&rft.description=Lida+Abdul+%E2%80%93+Artist+in+Residence&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gardnermuseum.org%2Fexperience%2Fcontemporary-art%2Fartists%2Fabdul-lida&rft.creator=%5B%5BIsabella+Stewart+Gardner+Museum%5D%5D&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-Prince_Claus-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prince_Claus_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prince_Claus_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Prince Claus Fund: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r261891140">
/* start https://de.wikipedia.org/ */
.mw-parser-output .webarchiv-memento a{color:inherit}
/* end https://de.wikipedia.org/ */
</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141016211005/http://princeclausfund.org/nl/network/lida.html"><i>Lida Abdul</i></a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 16. Oktober 2014 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>), abgerufen am 27. März 2013</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-Brooklyn-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Brooklyn_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Brooklyn Museum: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/lida_abdul.php"><i>Lida Abdul</i></a>, abgerufen am 27. März 2013</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lida Abdul: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lidaabdul.com/bio.htm">Bio</a>, abgerufen am 27. März 2013</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">dOCUMENTA (13): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d13.documenta.de/de/#de/teilnehmer/teilnehmer/lida-abdul/"><i>Lida Abdul</i></a>, abgerufen am 27. März 2013</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">UNESO: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=33924&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html"><i>2007 UNESCO Visual Arts and Digital Arts Award</i></a>, abgerufen am 27. März 2013</span>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lidaabdul.com/">Website von Lida Abdul</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artslant.com/ny/artists/rackroom/7567">Interview mit Lida Abdul (2008)</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/lida-abdul-38414/profile.html">Artfacts: Lida Abdul</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m02750v3?categoryId=artist">Lida Abdul in Google Arts & Culture</a></li></ul>
<div class="hintergrundfarbe1 rahmenfarbe1 navigation-not-searchable normdaten-typ-p" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; clear: left; margin-bottom:1em; margin-top:1em; padding: 0.25em; overflow: hidden; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" id="normdaten">
<div style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;">
<div>
Normdaten (Person): <a href="Gemeinsame_Normdatei" title="Gemeinsame Normdatei">GND</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/130186171">130186171</a></span> | <a href="Library_of_Congress_Control_Number" title="Library of Congress Control Number">LCCN</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n2008040899">n2008040899</a></span> | <a href="Virtual_International_Authority_File" title="Virtual International Authority File">VIAF</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/3573347/">3573347</a></span> | </div>
</div></div>
</div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
Dieser Artikel wurde von <a class="external text" title="Zuletzt bearbeitet am 2025-08-28" href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/?title=Lida_Abdul&oldid=259265772">Wikipedia</a> herausgegeben. Der Text ist unter <a class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0</a> verfügbar, sofern nicht anders angegeben. Für die Mediendateien können zusätzliche Bedingungen gelten.
</div>
</div><!--/htdig_noindex--></div>
</div>
</main>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="./_webp_/webpHandler.js"></script>
</body></html>