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Exhibitions
September 2018
Group exhibition at Haus am Kleistpark in Berlin, Germany
August 2018
Solo exhibition at die Wellenmaschine in Berlin, Germany
June 2018
Triennale of Photograph in Hamburg, Germany
February 2018
Duesseldorf Photo Weekend in Duesseldorf, Germany
October 2017
Group exhibition Magnum and Lens Culture Photography Award 2017 at the Photographer's Gallery in London, England
September 2017
Solo exhibition at Intervalle Gallery in Paris, France
September 2017
Group exhibition Backlight Photo Festival 2017 in Tampere, Finland
June 2017
Solo exhibition at Gallery Karin Sachs in Munich, Germany
June 2017
Group exhibition at Athens Photo Festival in Athens, Greece
March 2017
Group exhibition Festspielhaus Hellerau in Hellerau, Germany
February 2017
Group exhibition JaipurPhoto Festival in Jaipur, India
January 2017
Group exhibition CIRCULATION(s) Festival de la jeune photographie europeenne in Paris, France
Dezember 2016
Group exhibition We together in Graz, Austria
November 2016
Group exhibition VEREIN XENOS in Graz, Austria
October 2016
Group exhibition MARTIN-LAGOIS photo contest in Nuremberg, Germany
September 2016
Group Exhibition ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM - International Photography Festival in Braga, Portugal
Awards &
Residencies
October 2017
Nominated for the Felix Schoeller Award in Osnabrück, Germany
May 2017
Shortlisted for the Maganum Photography Award 2017
March 2017
Shortlisted for the Henri-Nannen- Award in Hamburg, Germany
March 2017
Shortlisted for the Zeiss Photography Award in London, England
March 2017
Third prize of the Portraits-Hellerau Photograpy Award 2017 in Dresden
February 2017
Artist Residency with DOCKING STATION in Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 2016
Winner of the MARTIN-LAGOIS photo contest in Nuremberg, Germany
September 2016
Winner of the international Photography Award Emergentes dst. in Braga, Portugal
July 2016
Honorable Mention at the Photo Folio Review - Les Recontres de la photography in Arles, France
June 2015
Secon price for the best Portfolio 2015, presented by Triennale der Photographie, Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany
Publications &
Press
August 2018
Hohe Luft Magazine. Das Philosophische Foto
June 2018
Catalogue of Phototriennale in Hamburg, Germany
March 2018
Dazed and Confused Magazine. Photographing the women fighting ISIS in Kurdistan
February 2018
Vogue Italia in Milano, Italy
November 2017
Artnews Magazine in New York, USA
October 2017
Photopaper Magazine in Kassel, Deutschland
October 2017
Blow Photo Magazine in Dublin, Irland
October 2017
Lens Culture. Interview as part of the Magnum Photography Award 2017
September 2017
British journal of photography in London, England
June 2017
The Eye of Photography: The free women of Sonja Hamad
May 2017
de Volkskrant Newspaper in Amsterdam, Niederlande
March 2017
Lens Culture. International Women's Day 2017: 30 Female Photographers to Watch
February 2017
Interview for Volkshotel in Amsterdam. Sonja Hamad portrays the women behind the guns
January 2017
Lens Cultur. Jin - Jiyan - Azadi: Women, Life, Freedom
December 2016
TV: Arte Journal. Sonja Hamad shows strong Kurdish women
Oktober 2016
ELKB: Strong women in focus
September 2016
Profi Foto Magazin
September 2016
German Photographic Academy magazine
September 2016
Zeit Magazin online. Die oder Wir
September 2016
TV: Titel, Thesen, Temperamente - ARD. Sonja Hamad portrays Kurdish fighters
August 2016
Zeit Magazin. Die oder Wir