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Adelita Husni-Bey
1985–

Introduction

Adelita Husni-Bey (born 1985) is an Italian-Libyan visual artist. She made the film Postcards from the Desert Island (2011). She was awarded the 2023 Black Mountain College prize. Husni-Bey was also a 2020-2022 fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. Her work is in the collections of MoMA and the Whitney Museum. She was chosen to represent Italy at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

Wikidata identifier

Q50137387

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Roles

Video artist

ULAN identifier

500724213

Names

Adelita Husni-Bey

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