b. 1988 in Damascus, Syria Lives and works in Paris/Beirut
He graduated from Malmö Art Academy, Sweden (2010) and attended the International Academy of Art in Palestine (2007-2009).
Majd Abdel Hamid's solo exhibitions include Daydreamers, Cell Project Space, London (2025); On White, Grey Noise, Dubai (2025); Ode to the Sea, Marfa’, Beirut (2025); Muscle Memory, CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow; 800 meters and a corridor, gb agency, Paris (2022); A Stitch in Time, Fondation d'Entreprise Hermès, Brussels curated by Guillaume Desanges (2021).
Majd Abdel Hamid's work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including Resonnances, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Saint Gallen (2025);Memory Sews Together Events That Hadn’t Previously Met, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah; Splendid Isolation, SMAK, Ghent; La Beauté du Diable, Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon (2022); Répare, Reprise, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, (2021); Heartbreak, Ruya Maps, Venice; Touché! (gesture, movement, action), Beirut Art Center, Beyrouth, (2019); at Krognoshuset Lund in Sweden (2016), the Valencia Institute of Modern Art in Spain and the Halil Saakini Cultural Center in Palestine (2018).
He has taken part in several international residencies and workshops, including March Project (Sharjah Art Foundation, 2015), Former West (Berlin, Germany, 2013) and Truth is Concrete (Granz, Austria, 2012). Hamid worked in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Parisin 2009. He was a finalist for the Young Artist of the Year Award, presented by the A.M. Qattan Foundation, in 2008, 2010, and 2012.
Majd Abdel Hamid's work is part of international public collections including Centre Pompidou, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France; The Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium; Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE; Kadist Art Fondation, Paris, France; Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon, France; CNAP, Collection Nationale, Paris, France, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Saradar Collection, Beirut, Lebanon.