Maria Hassabi is a choreographer, performer and visual artist. Her works, spanning performance, installation, photography, sculpture, sound and moving image, reflect on concepts of time and representations of the human figure. She has presented her work worldwide in theatres, museums, galleries, and public spaces such as Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India (2025); Kunstenfestivaldesarts (2024, 2017, 2016, 2014); Thailand Biennale (2023); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2023); FRONT Triennial, Cleveland (2022); OGR, Turin (2022); Secession, Vienna with Wiener Festwochen (2021); The Kitchen NY (2019, 2016, 2013, 2011, 2006, 2003); documenta 14, Kassel (2017); MoMA, NY (2016), the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); Performa, NY (2019, 2013, 2009) etc. Hassabi was an Onassis Resident 2019-2022 and has received the 2019 Performa Malcolm Mclaren Award along with artist Nairy Baghramian; 2016 “Bessie” Award; 2015 Herb Alpert Award; 2012 President’s Award from LMCC; 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship; 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from CalArts.