Heba Farid
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Born: 1966 Cairo
Lives: Cairo
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Education (Design/Art)
1997 - 98
University of New Mexico – USA
Fine Arts, American Studies, Urban & Regional Planning, Earth Sciences
1989 - 93
University of Manitoba – Canada
Department of Landscape Architecture
1988
American University of Cairo – Egypt
School of Fine Arts, University of Helwan – Egypt
1984 - 87
University of Manitoba – Canada
Department of Environmental Design
Bachelor of Environmental Design
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Exhibitions (Photography/Video/Installation)
2009
Oboro and StudioXX – Montreal, Canada
3rd fotofestival mannheim heidelberg ludwigshafen – Germany
IFA Gallery – Stuttgart, Germany
2008
IFA Gallery – Berlin, Germany
Institute Français de Fes – Maroc
Palais des Arts de Marseille - France
2007
Nouvelles Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie 7e édition - Bamako, Mali
Espace Karim Francis – Cairo, Egypt
Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art – Cairo, Egypt
2006
PROGR Zentrum Fûr Kulturproduktion – Bern, Switzerland
B21 – Dubai, UAE
MUSAC – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon – Spain
2005
Alexandria Contemporary Art Forum – Egypt
Diyarbakir Art Centre – Turkey
2004
Espace Karim Francis – Cairo, Egypt
2003
Faculty of Political of Science, Cairo University – Egypt
Falaki Gallery, American University in Cairo - Egypt
Contact – Beirut, Lebanon
Le Pont Gallery – Aleppo, Syria
TownHouse Gallery for Contemporary Art – Cairo, Egypt
2002
PhotoForum Pasquart – Biel, Switzerland
TownHouse Gallery for Contemporary Art – Cairo, Egypt
1998
Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba – Brandon, Canada
ARC Gallery – Albuquerque, USA
1997
ARC Gallery – Albuquerque, USA
1995
Harwood Centre for the Arts - Albuquerque, USA
1993
Kimo Theatre - Albuquerque, USA
Cinema Main Gallery /National Film Board of Canada ¬– Winnipeg, Canada
FEUL Gallery – Seattle, USA
1992
Westend Cultural Centre / Plug-In Gallery – Winnipeg, Canada
Floating Gallery for Photography - Winnipeg, Canada
Ace Art Inc. Gallery - Winnipeg, Canada
1991
Floating Gallery for Photography - Winnipeg, Canada
Floating Gallery for Photography - Winnipeg, Canada
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture - Winnipeg, Canada
Fringe Theatre Festival / Ace Art Inc. Gallery – Winnipeg, Canada
Video Screenings/ Projections
2009
3rd fotofestival mannheim heidelberg ludwigshafen – Germany
2007
Espace Karim Francis – Cairo, Egypt
2006
PROGR Zentrum Fûr Kulturproduktion – Bern, Switzerland
2005
Alexandria Contemporary Art Forum – Egypt
2003
Falaki Gallery, American University in Cairo – Egypt
1994
Harwood Centre for the Arts – Albuquerque, USA
Women’s Television Network, Showcase of “Best Canadian Short Films and Videos”– Canada
1992
Cinemateque Film Theatre – Winnipeg, Canada
“reVisions” - Canadian Women’s’ Film and Video Festival – Winnipeg, Canada
Prairie Theatre Exchange – Winnipeg, Canada
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Lectures (Photography/Design)
2009
StudioXX- Montreal, Canada
Contemporary Image Collective – Cairo, Egypt
2005
Netherlands-Flemmish Institute – Cairo, Egypt
2004
Department of Musicology, University of Amsterdam - Netherlands
Egyptian Center for Culture & Art – Cairo, Egypt
2003
TownHouse Gallery for Contemporary Art – Egypt
2002
PhotoForum Pasquart – Biel, Switzerland
TownHouse Gallery for Contemporary Art – Egypt
1994
Cornish College of Art and Design – Seattle, Washington, USA
1994
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture – Winnipeg, Canada
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Grants (Photography/Video/Research)
2007
Prince Claus Fund – Netherlands
Music in Middle East Foundation research grant
2005
ProHelvetia Arts Council of Switzerland – Egypt
Prince Claus Fund - Netherlands
IIE/Ford Foundation research/travel grant
Roberto Cimetta Travel grant
2004
Swedish Institute - STOCAI – Sweden
Dutch Embassy, Cultural Development Fund - Egypt
European Union, Media/Communication/Culture – Egypt
Music in the Middle East Foundation - Netherlands
2003
Swedish Institute - STOCAI – Sweden
2001
ProHelvetia Arts Council of Switzerland – Egypt
Canadian Embassy - Egypt
1993 - 95
Manitoba Arts Council - Canada
1993
Manitoba Arts Council - Canada
1993
City of Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council – Canada
1991
Manitoba Arts Council – Canada
1991
Mentoring Artists for Women’s’ Art Mentorship Program - Canada
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Current Projects & Related works
2004-9
The Na’ima al-Misriyya Project
A multidisciplinary art / research documentation project that will produce a book, digital music archive and documentary film about this early 20th century phonograph era of Egyptian Arabic music performer. www.naima-project.org
2004-9
Farid is a founding member of the Contemporary Image Collective, (مركز الصورة المعاصرة or Markaz as-Surah el-Mua'srra), an independent artist-run initiative dedicated to the Visual Image in Cairo. www.ciccairo.com
2009
Web-based internet artwork on the theme of the Rosetta Stone. Co-curated by Isabelle Bernier, artist and curator based in Montréal, and Salah Hassan, a literary critic and academic, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, and co-produced with Studio XX, a Montreal non-profit, artist-run, feminist digital art centre for technological exploration, creation and critique, and OBORO, a Montreal artist-run centre, with a New Media Lab and excellent facilities.
2009
Documentation and curation of photographic archives of Egypt - Programme Coordinator for the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Hertiage – Biblioteca Alexandrina (CULTNAT) Photographic Memory of Egypt programme.
www.beta.cultnat.org/Programs/Photographic%20Memory/About/Pages/About.aspx
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Published Work
2007
Bamako 2007 - 7e Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie" – Dans la ville el au-dela, ©2007 Marval, France, ISBN 978-2-862-344-119
Occidentalism – Contemporary Artists from Egypt, ©2007 Karim Francis, Egypt
2006
Imagining Ourselves – International Museum of Women, ISBN-10: 1-57731-524-3
http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=55&lang=1&g=0
http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=431&lang=1
2005
A Consumption of Justice – Catalogue – Anadolu Kultur, Turkey, ISBN 975-00218-0-0
Pop Culture Arab World - Media Arts and Lifestyle, by Andrew Hammond, ©2005, California – ABC-CLIO, Inc.; pg. 171
مجلة الأذاعة ولتليفزيون ,Television and Radio magazine, “The story of a singer retrieved from history” by Mohamed Aboushady, No. 3655, April 2 2005, pg.8
2004
Al Ahram Weekly, “Unsung Heroine” by Gamal Nkrumah, 28 October-3 November 2004, pg.17; http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/714/cu4.htm
BIDOUN magazine “A Life Reconstructed“ by Negar Azimi, Issue 02 Volume 01, Fall 2004, pg.88-90; http://www.bidoun.com/contents02.html#
La Revue d’Egypte magazine “Mémoires vivantes” by Frédéric Migeon, Issue 20, November - December 2004, pg.32-33; http://www.larevuedegypte.com/arttemplate.asp?ArtID=38&IssueNo=11&IssueYear=04&MagID=LR
2002
On-Location – Catalogue – 2003 STOCAI, Sweden, ISBN 91-631-4390-9
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