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Nadia Kaabi-Linke

<p><b>Nadia Kaabi-Linke</b> (born 1978) is a <a href="/en/Tunis" title="Tunis" class="wl">Tunis</a>-born, Berlin-based visual artist best known for her conceptual art and 2011 sculpture <i>Flying Carpets</i>. Her work has explored themes of <a href="/en/Geopolitics" title="Geopolitics" class="wl">geopolitics</a>, <a href="/en/Immigration" title="Immigration" class="wl">immigration</a>, and <a href="/en/Transnationality" title="Transnationality" class="wl">transnational identities</a>. Raised between Tunis, <a href="/en/Kyiv" title="Kyiv" class="wl">Kyiv</a>, <a href="/en/Dubai" title="Dubai" class="wl">Dubai</a> and Paris, she studied at the <a href="/en/Tunis_Institute_of_Fine_Arts" title="Tunis Institute of Fine Arts" class="wl">Tunis Institute of Fine Arts</a> and received a Ph.D. in philosophy of art from the <a href="/en/University_of_Paris_(post-1970)" title="University of Paris (post-1970)" class="mw-redirect wl">Sorbonne</a>. Kaabi-Linke won the 2011 <a href="/en/Abraaj_Group_Art_Prize" title="Abraaj Group Art Prize" class="mw-redirect wl">Abraaj Group Art Prize</a>, which commissioned <i>Flying Carpets</i>, a hanging cage-like sculpture that casts geometric shadows onto the floor akin to the carpets of Venetian street vendors. The piece was acquired by the <a href="/en/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum" title="Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum" class="wl">New York Guggenheim</a> in 2016 as part of their <a href="/en/Guggenheim_UBS_MAP_Global_Art_Initiative" title="Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative" class="wl">Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative</a>. Kaabi-Linke also won the Discoveries Prize for emerging art at the 2014 <a href="/en/Art_Basel_Hong_Kong" title="Art Basel Hong Kong" class="mw-redirect wl">Art Basel Hong Kong</a>. Her works have been collected by the <a href="/en/Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Museum of Modern Art" class="wl">Museum of Modern Art</a>, <a href="/en/Dallas_Museum_of_Art" title="Dallas Museum of Art" class="wl">Dallas Museum of Art</a>, Burger Collection, and <a href="/en/Samdani_Art_Foundation" title="Samdani Art Foundation" class="wl">Samdani Art Foundation</a>, and exhibited in multiple solo and group shows.</p>

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Nadia Kaabi-Linke is a Tunis-born, Berlin-based visual artist best known for her conceptual art and 2011 sculpture Flying Carpets. Her work has explored themes of geopolitics, immigration, and transnational identities. Raised between Tunis, Kyiv, Dubai and Paris, she studied at the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts and received a Ph.D. in philosophy of art from the Sorbonne. Kaabi-Linke won the 2011 Abraaj Group Art Prize, which commissioned Flying Carpets, a hanging cage-like sculpture that casts geometric shadows onto the floor akin to the carpets of Venetian street vendors. The piece was acquired by the New York Guggenheim in 2016 as part of their Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative. Kaabi-Linke also won the Discoveries Prize for emerging art at the 2014 Art Basel Hong Kong. Her works have been collected by the Museum of Modern Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Burger Collection, and Samdani Art Foundation, and exhibited in multiple solo and group shows. 