Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi
Selected works
Biography
Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi (born 1995 in Ghazni, Afghanistan) lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include: embarassment of riches, Kunsthaus Glarus, Galrus (2026); Ich kenne Sitara nicht so gut. Sie macht mir wahnsinnige Angst, Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin (2025); Kiefer Hablitzel |Göhner Kunstpreis, Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel (2025); Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi & Sem Lala, Forde Geneva (2024); Public Sculpture, Amore Basel (2024); Sin City, Auto Italia, London (2023); Don’t Build Picturesquely (with Marina Xenofontos), Hot Wheels, Athens (2022); Hymn and Silence, LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2021); LOVE / Terms and Conditions, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich (2021); Emmy Hennings / Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi, Swiss Institute New York, New York (2020); Stars are blind (with Ser Serpas), LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2019); and Underworld Classic, Luma Westbau | schwarzescafé, Zurich (2019). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Studio Hanniball, Berlin (2026); Cibrían, San Sebastian (2025); Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin, and LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2023); Antenna Space, Shanghai (2022); Cordova Gallery, Barcelona; Galerie Maria Bernheim, London (2021); Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich (2020); and Édouard Montassut, Paris (2019).
Exhibitions at Shahin Zarinbal
Ich kenne Sitara nicht so gut. Sie macht mir wahnsinnige Angst., 2025
Tell me you belong, 2023
Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi
Selected works
Installation view, embarrassment of riches, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, 2026
Untitled, 2025. 24 × 37 cm, Acrylic, nail polish and sequins on canvas
Installation view, embarrassment of riches, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, 2026
9, 2025. Mixed media on paper, 35.9 × 47.8 cm
Blossom, 2023. Silkscreen print, LED ring lamp, steel mounting ø 43.5 × 13 cm
Installation view, Sick Days, Studio Hanniball, Berlin, 2026
Installation view, A MAIOR, Viseu, 2025-2026
Installation view, A MAIOR, Viseu, 2025-2026
M, Eleven (c), 2025. Gouache, sequins on paper, 29.7 × 42 cm
To Rābi’a al-’Adawiyya (a), 2025. Gouache on graph paper, subframe, 29.7 × 42 cm
Installation view, Ich kenne Sitara nicht so gut. Sie macht mir wahnsinnige Angst. Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin, 2025
Installation view, Ich kenne Sitara nicht so gut. Sie macht mir wahnsinnige Angst. Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin, 2025
Biography
Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi (born 1995 in Ghazni, Afghanistan) lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include: embarassment of riches, Kunsthaus Glarus, Galrus (2026); Ich kenne Sitara nicht so gut. Sie macht mir wahnsinnige Angst, Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin (2025); Kiefer Hablitzel |Göhner Kunstpreis, Swiss Art Awards, Messe Basel (2025); Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi & Sem Lala, Forde Geneva (2024); Public Sculpture, Amore Basel (2024); Sin City, Auto Italia, London (2023); Don’t Build Picturesquely (with Marina Xenofontos), Hot Wheels, Athens (2022); Hymn and Silence, LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2021); LOVE / Terms and Conditions, Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich (2021); Emmy Hennings / Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi, Swiss Institute New York, New York (2020); Stars are blind (with Ser Serpas), LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2019); and Underworld Classic, Luma Westbau | schwarzescafé, Zurich (2019). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Studio Hanniball, Berlin (2026); Cibrían, San Sebastian (2025); Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin, and LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2023); Antenna Space, Shanghai (2022); Cordova Gallery, Barcelona; Galerie Maria Bernheim, London (2021); Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich (2020); and Édouard Montassut, Paris (2019).
Exhibitions at Shahin Zarinbal
Ich kenne Sitara nicht so gut. Sie macht mir wahnsinnige Angst., 2025
Tell me you belong, 2023