About

Adelita
Husni-Bey

Adelita Husni-Bey is an artist and pedagogue interested in anarcho-collectivism, theater, law, and urban studies. She organizes workshops and produces publications, radio broadcasts, archives, and exhibition work focused on understanding and using collective and non-competitive pedagogical models. She collaborates with activists, architects, jurists, schoolchildren, artists, students, teachers, and art institutions, reflecting upon the complexities of collective processes. Her work was part of the Italian pavilion Il Mondo Magico by curator Cecilia Alemani, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include: Chiron, New Museum, New York, 2019; Congregation, Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena, 2018; White Paper: The Land, The Law and The Imaginary, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles, 2016–2017; A Wave in the Well, Sursock Museum, Beirut, 2016; and Movement Break, Kadist Foundation, Paris, 2015. Husni-Bey lives and works in New York.