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Iman Issa Page 1 | Biography |
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Born: 1979 Lives: Cairo and New York |
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Education 2005 - 2007 MFA, Columbia University, New York 1996 - 2001 BFA, American University in Cairo |
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Solo Exhibitions 2010 Subjective Projections, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld 2008 Making Places, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo 2003 Proposal for a Crystal Building, Gezira Arts Center, Cairo 2002 Lights, Gezira Arts Center, Cairo |
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Group Exhibitions 2010 Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul 2010 A New Formalism, Bidoun Projects, Art Dubai 2010 Adelaide International 2010, Anne & Gordan Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, curated by Victoria Lynn 2010 Why Not, Palace of Arts, Cairo, curated by Mohammed Talaat 2009 Trapped in Amber: Angst for a Reenacted Decade, UKS, Oslo, curated by Bassam El Baroni and Helga-Marie Nordby 2009 3rd Riwaq Biennial, curated by Nikki Columbus, (screening) 2009 9th Sharjah Biennial, curated by Tarek Abou El Fetouh (screening) 2009 Totale Erinnerung, 3 Fotofestival Manneheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, Manneheim, curated by vvork 2009 �She doesn�t know it but she�s dressed for the h-bomb�, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Film Festival (screening) 2009 Cairoscape, Museo Internazionale della Musica di Bologna (screening) 2008 7th Gwangju Biennale 2008 Cairoscape, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, curated by Marina Sorbello and Antje Weitzel 2008 �She doesn�t know it but she�s dressed for the h-bomb� Tate Modern, London, curated by Negar Azimi (screening) 2008 Cairoscape, Cultural Center of the City of Athens, Athens 2008 �She doesn�t know it but she�s dressed for the h-bomb�, tank.tv 2008 Self Storage, The Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco 2008 Summer Screen, Spacex, Exeter 2008 Heysa, Bidoun Artists� Cinema, Art Dubai, (screening) 2008 Look Around, Galleria Artericambi, Verona 2008 Heysa, Still Cinema 5, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, (screening) 2007 Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, curated by Mark Sladen 2007 Bidoun Artists� Cinema, Art Dubai, (screening) 2007 MFA Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, curated by Daniel Bozhkov 2006 Philip, Project Art Center, Dublin, curated by Mai Abu ElDahab in collaboration with Heman Chong and Leif Magne Tangen 2006 Conscious in Coma, Goethe Institut, Istanbul, curated by Clare Davies, (screening) 2006 First Year MFA Show, Columbia University, New York, curated by Jenny Moore 2005 PhotoCairo 3, CIC (Contemporary Image Collective), Cairo, curated by Aleya Hamza and Maha Maamoun 2004 Mediterraneo, MACRO (Museo d�Arte Contemporanea Roma), Rome 2003 Going Places: A Project for Public Buses, Cairo, curated by Mai Abu ElDahab 2003 Open Studio, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo 2003 Wasla Contemporary Art Workshop, South Sinai 2002 Dar El-Hiwar, Goethe Institute, Cairo 2001 The Opening, Falaki Gallery, Cairo |
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Bibliography 2010 Jim Quilty, Lets try having an argument. About art, Daily Star, Saturday 27 March Issue 2008 Clare Davies, �Critics� Picks: Iman Issa�, Artforum.com, January Issue 2008 Mariam Hamdy, �Scenes from the City�, Daily News, 11 January Issue 2007 Laura Allsop, �Memorial to the Iraq War�, Art Review, September Issue 2007 Christine Lindey, �Iraq War: A Vital Theme�, Morning Star, June Issue 2006 Negar Azimi, �Iman Issa: Make of it What You Want�, Bidoun, Spring/Summer Issue 2005 Mai Abu El Dahab, �Iman Issa�, Metropolis M, 2005 June/July/Nr3 2003 Sara Rifky, �Crystal Proposal�, Cairo Times, 2-8 October Issue 2003 Dina Ramadan, �Remote connection: Wasla contemporary Art Workshop�, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Spring/Summer Issue 2003 Mai Abu El Dahab, �Going Places�, Bidoun, Spring 2004, Issue 00 2002 Dina Ramadan, �Abnormal Normality�, Cairo Times, 19-25 December Issue 2002 Hassan Khan, �Bright Lights�, Cairo Times, 2-8 May Issue |
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Publications 2009 The Younger than Jesus Artist Directory, ed. Massimiliano Gioni, Laura Hoptman and Lauren Cornell, published by Phaidon Press and the New Museum, New York 2009 Cairo: Resilience - City as Personal Practice publication, Refuge exhibition, 4th International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam, (Artist Contribution) 2009 Contemporary African Art since 1980, ed. Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke-Agulu, published by Damiani 2009 Cairoscape: Images, Imagination and Imaginary of a Contemporary Mega City, ed. Marina Sorbello and Antje Weitzel, published by argobooks, Berlin 2009 The Past of the Coming Days, 9th Sharjah Biennial, published by Sharjah Biennial, UAE 2009 Trapped in Amber: Angst for a Reenacted Decade, ed. Bassam El Baroni and Helga-Marie Nordby, published by Unge Kunstneres Samfund, Oslo 2008 Annual Report, The 7th Gwangju Biennale, published by Gwangju Biennale Foundation 2003 Wasla Contemporary Art Workshop, ed. Mai Abu El Dahab, Cairo 2002 Dar-el-Hiwar, published by Goethe Institute, Cairo |
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