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Born: 1966 Cairo Lives: Cairo

Education 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

Group Exhibitions 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 Fran�ais de Fes � Maroc Palais des Arts de Marseille - France 2007 Nouvelles Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie 7e �dition - Bamako, Mali Espace Karim Francis � Cairo, Egypt Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art � Cairo, Egypt 2006 PROGR Zentrum F�r 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 F�r 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
Bibliography 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
Grants/Awards 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
Projects 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 Montr�al, 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
Publications 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⟨=1&g;=0 http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=431⟨=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 �M�moires vivantes� by Fr�d�ric 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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