Jun 23rd 2025

Wafaa Bilal

@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago

112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603

Opening Monday, June 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM

Wafaa Bilal is an Iraqi-born, internationally acclaimed artist known for provocative, interactive work exploring war, cultural memory, and political trauma. His groundbreaking 2007 performance, Domestic Tension—where online users shot him with a paintball gun—was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “one of the sharpest works of political art in a long time.” Bilal’s projects merge technology and the body to confront erasure and conflict, with exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and beyond. His memoir, Shoot an Iraqi, chronicles his personal journey and artistic activism. This lecture coincides with Bilaal’s major museum survey, Indulge Me, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (on view through October 19, 2025).

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