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Hala ElKoussy

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1974, Egypt
Lives: Amsterdam and Cairo

Education
Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, GB, 2001-2002 (MA Image and Communication)


Solo Exhibitions
2007 White Bra, Konstf�reningen Aura, Malm�, Sweden
2006 Peripheral (and Other Stories), Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, NL
2005 Peripheral, Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cairo, EG
2003 Magda & Nevine, Sakakini Art Centre, Ramallah, IL

Group Exhibitions
2007 Port City, on Mobility and Exchange, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
2007 Focus Agypten, Past/Present, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Germany
2007 Alles Klar? Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria
2007 Geopoetics. Video as a document of place, Centre Jose Guerrero de Granada, Spain
2007 Global Cities, Tate Modern, London
2007 Out of Place, Sfeir Semler Gallery, Hamburg
2007 Out of Place, Sfeir Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2007 Nazar, National Museum Singapore, Singapore
2007 Maghreb Connection, Centre D�Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2007 Urban Reviews, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG
2007 Snap Judgments, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico


Bibliography
"Geopoeticas, El Video Como Documento Del Lugar", Catalogue, (Granada: Centro Jose Guerrero, 2007)
"Maghreb Connection, Movements of Life Across North Africa" Catalogue (Spain: actar, 2006)
"Entangled, Approaching Contemporary African Artists" Marjorie Jongbloed (Germany: Volkswagen Foundation, 2006)
"Guide of the First Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries" (Spain: Graficas Sabater, 2006) "Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography" Colin Richard and Okwui Enwezor (Steidel/ICP, 2006) "Les Images Affamees: Femmes et Nourriture dans l'Art", Catalogue (Italy:Regione Autonoma Valle D'Aosta, 2005) "9th International Istanbul Biennal",Catalogue, (Istanbul:IKSV, 2005) "Mediterranean Encounters" Catalogue (Italy, Mesogea, 2005) "Artiste, Dall'impressionismo al nuovo millenio" Martina Corgnati (Italy: Bruno Mondadori, 2004)
"Nazar", Noorderlicht Fotofestival, Catalogue (Groningen: Aurora Borealis,2004)
"In a Furnished Flat in Cairo", Group Exhibition catalogue, (Cairo, 2004)
"5�me Rencontre de la Photographie Africaine", Catalogue (Bamako, 2003)


Grants/Awards
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, 2005-2006
Artists In Residence Programme, Swiss Cultural Fund, Pro-Helvetia, Aarau, CH, 2003

Projects
2004 �in a Furnished Flat in Cairo�, Cairo, EG, site specific project, curator Hala Elkoussy, Sponsor Pro-Helvetia

Publications
"peripheral (and other stories", catalogue, (Amsterdam:SMBA, 2006)


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