2021 Geometrie des Lichts, Galerie Pankow, Berlin
2020 Kamal Boullata: Jerusalem in Exile, West Court Gallery, Jesus College, Cambridge
2019 Kamal Boullata, Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris
2018 Angelus, Art Dubai, Meem Gallery, Dubai
2017 Addolcendo, Meem Gallery, Dubai
2015 ‘… And There Was Light’, Berloni Gallery, London
2014 Bilqis, Meem Gallery, Dubai
2013 Bilqis, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
2013 Bilqis, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin
2009 Homage to al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham, ArtSpace Gallery, Dubai
2002 Mare Nostrum, Musée du Château Dufresne, Montreal Palais de l’Europe, Menton
Livres d’Artiste, Bibliothèque Centrale, Grenoble
1999 Eppur si muove, Galerie Claude Lemand, Paris
1998 Granada, Patronato de la Alhambra Islamic Museum, Carlos V Palace, Granada
Surrat al-Ard, Darat al-Funun, Amman
Twelve Lanterns for Granada, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, Ramallah
1997 Silk-screen Works in a Deluxe Edition by Kamal Boullata, Kufa Gallery, London
1994 Duets, Quartets and a Triangle, Darat al-Funun, Amman; Atassi Gallery, Damascus
Duets, Quartets and a Triangle, Atassi Gallery, Damascus
Three Quartets, Dar America, Rabat
1991 Symmetries, Alif Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1990 Houghton House Art Gallery, Hobbart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
1989 Kamal Boullata: Silkscreen Prints, Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
1988 School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1985 Geometry of Words, Alliance Française, Abu Dhabi;
Bahrain Art Society, Manama; Qatar Society of Fine Arts, Doha;
Arab Heritage Gallery, Khobar; Falcon Gallery, Riyadh; Dar al-Fan al-Arabi, Jeddah
1984 Geometry of Words, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
Geometry of Words, Al-Hakawati Gallery, Jerusalem
Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam; Alif Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1983 Boullata, National Museum of Man, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
(In conjunction with the exhibition The Heritage of Islam organized by the National Committee: Islam Centennial Fourteenth)
1982 Drawings for a Text, Art Gallery Couryard, Catholic University Art Department, Washington, D.C.
Le Furge & Associates, Washington, D.C.
1974 A Private Showing of Paintings, Collier Room, Mary Graydon Center, American University, Washington, D.C.
1966 An Exhibition of Works by Boullata, The British Council Jordan, Amman
1964 Collected Paintings by Kamal Boullata, The United States Cultural Center Jebel, Amman
1963 Paintings and Sketches, El-Urdon Hotel, Jerusalem
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Sufi Life and Art, The British Museum, London
2024 Hudood: Rethinking Boundaries, SOAS Gallery, London
2023 Artists making books: poetry to politics, The British Museum, London
2023 The Future of Traditions Writing Pictures: Contemporary Art from the Middle East, The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London
2022 Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2021 Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, MA
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2020 Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s, Grey Art Museum, New York University, New York, NY
2017 Hurufiyya: Art & Identity, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
2016 The Sea Suspended, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Imperfect Chronology: Arab Art from the Modern to the Contemporary. Debating Modernism II, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Arab Print Vol II: Azzawi, Boullata, Khalil, Marwan, Nasiri, Meem Gallery, Dubai
2015 Art International, Istanbul
Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915-2015, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2014 Tariqah, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah
Holy Writ, Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield
2013 Changing Agents, Alāan Artspace, Riyadh
2012 Meem Projects 2012. Part 1: Modern Arab Art. Part 2: Letters in Art, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Meem Gallery, Abu Dhabi
2010 Sajjil: A Century of Modern Arts, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha
2009 Palestine. La création dans tous ses états, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Art Dubai, ArtSpace Gallery, Dubai
2008 Modernité plurielle. Art arabe contemporain, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Word into Art in Dubai, Dubai Holding, Dubai International Finance Centre, Dubai
2007 Exposition-Manifeste: Mehdi Ben Barka, Galerie L’Entrepôt, Paris
2006 Word Into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East, British Museum, London
2005 L’œuvre en cours, Musée du Palais Carnoles, Menton
Palestine: A Voyage Through Contemporary Art, 4Walls Gallery, Amman
2002 From the Ocean to the Gulf and Beyond: Arab Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
Rhythms from Palestine, Chateau-Dufresne Museum, Montreal
2001 Confluences Nord/Sud, Galerie d’art contemporain, Palais de l’Europe, Menton
L’art du livre, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Honoured Artist Solo Exhibition, Fifth International Art Biennal of Sharjah, Sharjah
Ateliers Arabes, Agial Gallery, Beirut
Ateliers Arabes, Galerie Atassi, Damascus
2000 Adonis: Un poète dans le monde d’aujourd’hui, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
50 Ans d’art sur la Côte d’Azur, Galerie d’art contemporain, Palais de l’Europe, Menton
Terzo Millennio – Figure del Futuro (Third Millennium – Figures of the Future), Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura (Pontifical Council for Culture), Vatican City
1997 Artistes palestiniens contemporains, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
1996 The Right to Write, The Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
1995 From Exile to Jerusalem, Al-Wasiti Gallery, Jerusalem
1994 Autre et même triangles, Centre Culturel Français, Casablanca
1993 Adonis: Livres d’artiste, Centre Culturel Français, Rabat
First International Triennial of Graphic Art, Cairo
1992 Pyramid Atlantic Artist’s Books, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1991 Seven by Seven, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
Arab Art: The Last Four Decades, Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
Collection, Gallery One, Beirut
1989 Contemporary Art from the Islamic World, Barbican Arts Centre, London
Baghdad Biennial of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad
It’s Possible: Israeli & Palestinian Artists Unite for Peace, Cliff Michel Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 It’s Possible: Israeli & Palestinian Artists Unite for Peace, New York Ad Hoc Committee of Artists and Writers for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, New York, NY
1987 Reading Ourselves: Concerning Islamic Culture, Cultural Council Foundation, New York, NY
Reading Ourselves: Concerning Islamic Culture, Minor Injury, Brooklyn, NY
Seven Arab Artists Living Abroad, Asilah Gallery, Asilah
1986 Arab American Artists: Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
Words & Wounds (with Dia Azzawi): Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
K. Boullata and R. Martina, Rasa Gallery, Utrecht
1985 Contemporary Arab Artists, Blackman Harvey Gallery, London
Israeli & Palestinian Artists Against the Occupation, Ahad Ha’am Gallery, Tel Aviv
1982 Contemporary Palestinian Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
Moving Towards Home, Ethical Culture Auditorium, New York, NY
Palestinske Kunstnere, Christianssands Kunstforening, Oslo
1981 Palestinske Kunstnere, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Art of the Palestinian Resistance, Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Washington Artists, Diane Brown Sculpture Space, Washington, DC
1980 5 Arab Artists, Washington, D.C.
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
1979 Works on Paper, Dar Lasram Gallery, Tunis
Palestinian Art, National Museum of Asian Art, Moscow
1978 Contemporary Arab Art, Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad
Silkscreens by Washington Artists, Gallery 1734, Washington, DC
Contemporary Palestinian Art, Center for Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Contemporary Arab Artists, Iraqi Cultural Centre, London
1976 Festival of the World of Islam, London
1972 Nine Arab-American Artists, UN Church Center, New York, NY
1969 Works on Paper, Gallery One, Beirut
Contemporary Art of the Middle East: University of New York, Binghampton, NY.
1962 Palazzo del Esposizione, Rome