Founding of Gharem Studio – non-profit arts organization offering artist residencies

Study of Fine Arts at Al-Meftaha Arts Village, Abha, SA

Lieutenant Colonel in the Saudi Arabian army

Leader Institute, Riyadh, SA

Graduation from King Abdulaziz Military Academy, Riyadh, SA

Abdulnasser Gharem: Pause, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA

The Awakening, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Edge of Arabia, Ayyam Gallery, London, UK
Abdulnasser Gharem, Side by Side Gallery, Berlin, DE

Restored Behaviour, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

The Path, King Fahd Art Village, Abha, SA

The White Tongue Who Speaks Slowly, King Fahad Art Village, Abha, SA
Who Keeps Watching the Sun (Sunflower field), Death Mattered – Attileh, Jeddah, SA

Mute, Attileh, Jeddah, SA
UN Inspector, Attileh, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Mouth is for Speaking, WE ARE AIA, Zurich, CH

Parallel Kingdom, Station Museum, Houston, Texas, USA
Illumination, New contemporary art at the Louisiana, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

Saudi Art Contemporary, Chalet Saqqarah, Gstaad, CH

Arab Contemporary, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, DK
A Generation In Waiting, Side by Side Gallery, Berlin, DE

Light from the Middle East: New Photography – Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
La voce delle immagini- Palazzo Grassi – Venice, IT
#COMETOGETHER, Edge of Arabia London, UK
Arab Express: The Latest Art From the Arab World – Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, JP
Porta dell”Oriente – Roma Contemporary, IT
Bending History – Katara Galleries, Doha, QA
Hajj, Journey to the Heart of Islam – British Museum, London, UK
Edge of Arabia – Al Furusia Marina, Jeddah, SA
Contemporary Istanbul, TR

Political Patterns – ifa-Galerie, Berlin, De
The Future of a Promise: Contemporary Art from the Arab World – Magazzini del Sale, 54th Venice Biennale, IT
The Bravery of Being Out of Range – Athr Gallery, Jeddah, SA
The New Middle East – Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam, NL
Edge of Arabia Dubai: TERMINAL – Building 9, Gate Village, Dubai, UAE
International Financial Centre, Dubai, UAE
Uppers & Downers – Traffic, Dubai, UAE
Nujoom: Constellations of Arab Art from The Farjam Collection – The Farjam Collection @ DIFC, Dubai, UAE
I Don’t Need Your Money Honey All I Need is Love – Traffic, Dubai, UAE

Edge of Arabia Istanbul: TRANSiTION – Sanat Limani, Antrepo 5, Istanbul, TR
Opening the Doors: Collecting Middle Eastern Art, Abu Dhabi Art, UAE
CAVE: Contemporary Arab Video Encounter – Maraya Arts Centre, Sharjah, UAE
Emerging Asian Artists, Gwangju Biennale, KR
Edge of Arabia Berlin: Grey Borders/Grey Frontiers – Soho House, Berlin,DE
Fuck Ups, Fables and Fiascos – Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin, DE
Edge of Arabia World Tour Launch – Global Competitiveness Forum, Riyadh, SA
Taswir: Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity – Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE

The 28th Annual Exhibition – Gulf Fine Arts Society, Sharjah, UAE
Edge of Arabia Venice – Palazzo Polignac, 53rd Venice Biennale, IT

Edge of Arabia London: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia – SOAS Brunei Gallery, University of London, UK

Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change – Sharjah Biennial 8, UAE

Son of Aseer – Al-Meftaha Arts Village, Abha, SA

Shattah – Atelier Gallery, Jeddah, UAE

Kuwaiti Freedom Prize

The British Museum, London, UK
V&A Museum, London, UK
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, IT
Greenbox Museum, Amsterdam, NL
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture & Information, SA BASMOCA: Basma Al Sulaiman
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeddah, SA
The Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE Nadour Collection, DE
The Jameel Foundation, SA
The Farook Collection, UAE
The Farjam Collection, UAE
Kamel Lazaar Foundation, CH

Hemming, Henry. Abdulnasser Gharem: Art of Survival (London: Booth-Clibborn, 2011)
Jameel, Porter, King, Stapleton, Al-Turki. Edge of Arabia: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia (London: Booth Clibborn, 2012)
Porter, Venetia. Hajj, journey to the heart of Islam (London: Harvard University Press, 2012)
Lazaar, Lina and Downey, Anthony. The Future of a Promise (London: Ibraaz, 2011)