Maria Hassabi

Maria Hassabi is a choreographer, performer and visual artist. Her works, spanning performance, installation, photography, sculpture, sound and moving image, reflect on concepts of time and representations of the human figure. She has presented her work worldwide in theaters, museums, galleries, and public spaces such as Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India (2025); kunstenfestivaldesarts (2024, 2017, 2016, 2014); Thailand Biennale (2023); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2023); FRONT Triennial, Cleveland (2022); OGR, Turin (2022); Secession, Vienna with Wiener Festwochen (2021); The Kitchen NY ( 2019, 2016, 2013, 2011, 2006, 2003) ; Performa, NY (2019, 2013, 2009); documenta 14, Kassel (2017); MoMA, NY (2016), the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), amongst others. Hassabi was an Onassis Resident 2019-2022 and has received the 2019 Performa Malcolm Mclaren Award along with artist Nairy Baghramian; 2016 “Bessie” Award; 2015 Herb Alpert Award; 2012 President’s Award from LMCC; 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship; 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts. She holds a BFA from CalArts and she’s currently based in Paris. 

“Slowness, stillness, and precision are at the forefront of my performative work. In this workshop, I will teach material from a work that takes place largely on the floor. The material functions as a distilled entry point into my broader practice, offering direct access to its underlying methodologies and principles. camper’s will be introduced to the movement material and guided through the physical and conceptual tools that inform it. While the vocabulary may appear minimal, the challenge lies in its embodiment, in navigating duration, weight, and awareness within a restricted frame of action.The workshop will alternate between learning the set material, practicing its internal logic, and exploring how each participant inhabits it.” Maria Hassabi