Maria Hassabi (born in Cyprus) is a New York-based artist and choreographer. Her works are presented in theatres, festivals, museums, galleries and public spaces internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), ArtSonje (Seoul), Serralves Museum (Porto), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Australian Center for Contemporary Art (Melbourne), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), steirischer herbst (Graz), CentrePasquArt (Biel), Kunsthalle Oslo (2014), The Kitchen (New York), Performa (New York), Kaaitheater (Brussels), ImPulsTanz (Vienna), Centre d’Art Contemporain (Geneva), Panorama Festival (Rio de Janeiro), Festival Contemporâneo de Dança (São Paulo), amongst others. Maria Hassabi is a recipient of the 2015 Herb Alpert Award, the 2012 President’s Award for Performing Arts from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2009 Grants to Artists Award from Foundation for Contemporary Arts. In 2013 she represented Cyprus as part of The Cyprus and Lithuanian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale. Hassabi holds a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts.
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