Wael Shawky
Page 1 | Biography
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Born: ALexandria, Egypt
Lives: Alexandria, Egypt
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2001 MFA: Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, USA
1994 BFA: Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt
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2010
Contemporary Myths
Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto , Biella, Italy
2009
Larvae Channel 2
Project Gentili, Berlin
Clean History
The Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cairo
Wael Shawky
Darat al Funun, Amman
2008
Al Aqsa Park
Factory Space, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2007
‘Wael Shawky, Telematch Sadat’, installation at deconsecrated church of San Matteo in Lucca, as part of Claudio Poleschi Arte Contemporanea Gallery program, Lucca, Italy. (Curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi)
‘Telematch Sadat’,’ Telematch Market’, ‘Al Aqsa Park’, KVS, Brussels
(curated by Frie Leysen)
‘Telematch Sadat’, ‘Al Aqsa Park’ HAU DREI, Berlin
(curated by Frie Leysen)
‘Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters
in which you used to dispute’
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
‘Wael Shawky, Solo exhibition’,
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
‘The Forty Days Road, Wet Culture – Dry Culture’,
Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Bunkier Sztukim, Krakow
‘Al Aqsa Park’,
Video shown (for one month) at YAMA, Plasma screen on top of Marmara Hotel,
Istanbul
2006
Drawings (1998-2006)
Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo
2005
‘The Green Land Circus’
Factory Space, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo
‘Losing Identity’
Ludwigsburg Kunstverein, Ludwigsburg, Germany
2003
‘Asphalt Quarter’ (representation)
Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary art, Cairo
2002
‘When he decided to visit the Christmas village’
Performance at Main Space, Cairo
2001
‘Transitions’
Gemmayzeh, Beirut, (curated by Christine Tohme, Ashkal Alwan),
‘Sidi El Asphalt’s Moulid’
Townhouse Gallery
2nd Al Nitaq Festival of Visual Arts, Cairo
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Wael Shawky lives and works in Alexandria. Shawky completed his BFA at The University of Alexandria in 1994, followed by an MFA at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. He has received many awards for his work, among others including: The International Commissioning Grant, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, 2005; The International Award of The Islamic World Arts Initiative, Arts International, New York, 2004; The American Center Foundation Grant, Philadelphia, 2004; Honorary Award, Rita Longa International Symposium, Bayamo, Cuba, 2001. In 1996 won the Grand Nile Prize for 6th Cairo Biennial and in 2009 won the Grand Prize for 25th Alexandria Biennale. Shawky has participated in many workshops and projects such as in Egypt, Lebanon, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Germany, UK, Turkey, Thailand, Cuba and the USA, and most recently took part in a residency programs in GCC, Gyeonggi, Korea, 2009. Santa Fe, NM, 2008. Codra, Thessalonica, 2006 and in Istanbul 2005 (based at Platform Garanti of Contemporary Art). His solo exhibitions include: Clean History, 2009 and Al Aqsa Park, 2008 both at The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo. Larvae Channel 2, Project Gentili, Berlin, 2009. Telematch Sadat, Telematch Market, Al Aqsa Park, at KVS, Brussels, 2007. The Forty Days Road, Wet Culture – Dry Culture, Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Krakow, 2007. The Green Land Circus, The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, 2005. Loosing identity, Ludwigsburg Kunstverein, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 2005. Sidi El Asphalt's Moulid 2001 and Asphalt Quarter (representation) 2003 at The Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo. He participated in many group exhibitions, among others: In and out of context, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, 2010, Mart Museum Collection, Rovereto, 2010. 5th Forum Beirut, Beirut, 2010. Medium Religion, The Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal, 2010. Translation, Queens Museum of Art, New York, 2009. Rites of Passage, Schunck-Glaspaleis, Heerlen, 2009. 3rd Riwaq Biennale, Ramallah, 2009. 3rd Marrakech Biennale, 2009. Disorientation II, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 2009. The Jerusalem Show, Al-ma´mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, 2009. 7th Santa Fe Biennale, Santa Fe, NM, 2008. SCENES DU SUD II, Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes, 2008, Medium Religion, ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2008. 5th Meeting Points, 2007. 2nd Moscow Biennale, 2007, Fremd bin ich eingezoge, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, 2007. Choosing my religion, Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland, 2006. October Art Salon Belgrade, Belgrade, 2006. No Man's Land (Part II), Hellenic American Union, Athens, 2006. Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, 2005. ADAM, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, 2005. Urban Realities, Focus Istanbul, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2005. Normalization, Platform Granti of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, 2005. Mediterraneans, The Museum of Modern Art Rome (MACRO), Rome, 2004. The 50th Venice Biennial, Venice, 2003.
Collections include: Tate Modern, London; Macro Museum, Rome; Darat Al Funun, Amman; Mart Museum Collection, Terento; Mudam, Luxembourg Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg. Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Bunkier Sztukim, Krakow. APT Dubai.
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2009
Grand Prize
25th Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria
2007
Ford Foundation Grant, Cairo
2006
Ford Foundation Grant, Cairo
2005
International Commissioning Grant, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council,
New York.
2004
The International Award of The Islamic World Arts Initiative, Arts
International, New York.
The American Center Foundation Grant, Philadelphia.
2001
Honorary Award
Rita Longa International Symposium, Codema, Bayamo, Cuba
2000
Piero Dozairo Award
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1999
Merit Scholarship
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Edna C. and Monroe Gutman Annual Scholarship
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1996
Grand Nile Prize
6th International Cairo Biennial, Cairo
1994
Grand Akhnaton Prize
6th Salon of Youth, Akhnaton Art Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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2009
Tate Modern Seminar, Artist-Run Spaces:
An Alternative Model of Practice and Exhibition in North Africa and the Middle East Today, Tate Modern, London
Resident artist (three months), Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi, Korea
Tate Modern Symposium:
Contemporary Art in the Middle East, Tate Modern, London
2008
Resident Artist (one month), SFAI Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2007
Resident Artist (three months), Pro Helvetia, Zurich
2006
Residency program (two months), Kodra Field, Thessaloniki, (curated by Pier
Luigi Tazzi)
Resident Artist (one month), Stile der stadt, artist’s project in Hamburg,
Grobe Bergstrasse, Altona, Hamburg
2005
Darb el Arba’in (six months), video installation filmed in Western Desert,
Egypt and in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California
U.S.A. (Great Basin Desert, Sonora Desert, Mojave Desert, Chihuahua
Desert, Painted Desert, and Death Valley)
sponsored by The International Award of The Islamic World Arts Initiative,
Arts International, New York
2004
Residency program (six months) , Platform Garanti of Contemporary Art,
Istanbul
sponsored by The American Center Foundation
2003
Asphalt Quarter (two months), video installation presented at 50th Venice
Biennale filmed in Western Desert, Egypt
sponsored by INIVA, Africa in Venice, and Prince Claus Found Library
2002
Close up: Artists collaborative project: 3 Egyptian artists and 3 Swedish
artists, meeting for four-week workshops, followed by an exhibition
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Imagining the Book (inaugural symposium and exhibition with 57
international artists)
Bibliotheque Alexandrine, Alexandria, Egypt
2001
Open Studios (18 Egyptian and international artists)
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1999
Rita Longa International Symposium (two months), Codema, Bayamo, Cuba
Recording workshop (three months)
School of Audio Editing and Recording, Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
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