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Born: Iraq

Education 2012/14 Oslo National Academy of the Arts, MFA Fine Art, Oslo.NO 2010/11 The Bartlett, University College London, MArch Architectural Design, London.UK 2007/08 Chelsea College of Art and design, MA Interior and Spatial Design, London.UK 2004/05 Jan Van Eyck Academy, Post academic institute, Fine Art, Maastricht.NL 1999/03 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, BA Fashion design, Amsterdam.NL 2002 Study exchange, Studio art centers international, Drawing and Painting, Florence.IT 2002 Study exchange, Nuova accademia di belle arti, Fashion design, Milan.IT 2001 Study exchange, Escola Massana, Textile print and design, Barcelona.ES 1993/97 Academy of fine Arts, BA Fine Art, Baghdad.IQ
Solo Exhibitions 2012 5% clay, ekwc, Den Bosch.NL 2009 Ceci n�est pas mon cheval, Art Omi, NY.USA 2008 TELL BRITAIN an every Thursday performance installation, Millbank, London.UK 2006 he left a stream of object in his wake, Goyang art studio, Seoul.KR 2004 Ich habe einen Laden, Laden5 Gallery Space, Bad Ems.DE 2003 How to make an exhibition for people who won�t come? Hedah art center, Maastricht.NL 2002 Still life in Baghdad/ Performance installation, The sun rises at 11:00 AM, JVE, Maastricht.NL It is stormy, but I don�t know why/ installation, Museon Museum, The Hague.NL 2000 I see the mirror I wake up/ Performing installation, Kunst Rai (Art fair), Amsterdam.NL Yellow mask/ Performing installation, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.NL And after/ Exhibition, Agial Art Gallery, Beirut.LB
Group Exhibitions 2014 Art in front of my door, BAC Art Center, Tunis.Tu Turning Point, Tashkeel, Dubai.UAE 2013 Cover, G�teborgs konsthall, G�teborg.SE REVERSED, Fotogalleriet, Oslo.NO 2012 Passage of time, Stenstrupsgate Gallery, Oslo.NO 2011 Neither Here Nor There, JAMM space, London.UK As The Land Expands, Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama Bahrain 2010 No Soul for Sale, Tate Modern, London.UK he is too young to be punk, Cornerhouse, Manchester.UK Reporting the City, Weltechto, Chemnitz.DE 5th International Sculpture Symposium, National Gallery, Amman.JO 2008 Self, Fashion and Self-fashioning, Chelsea Space, London.UK 2007 IN FOCUS, contemporary art project, Contemporary Art Platform, London.UK Undo, The Dazed Gallery, London.UK Green Zone/Red Zone, GEMAK Centre for Art and Politics, The Hague.NL The Third Culture, Kaapelitehdas-Puristamo, Helsinki.FI 2006 Eastern Exressway Stadtgallerie, Frankfurt.DE Hot Art, Cold Cash, Cologne Fine Art- K�ln Messe.DE 2005 Skulptur-Biennale Munsterland - Kreis Borken.DE Bremer f�rderpreis f�r bildende kunst, st�dtische galerie, Bremen.DE AWIA contemporary workshop, Aley.LB 2004 Art- K�ln Messe, K�ln.DE Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin.DE Voluptuous Bad Ems a site-specific project curetted by Pfelder, Bad Ems.DE 2003 Wasla contemporary workshop, Nuweiba.EG 2001 8th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo.EG St�art, contemporary art fair, Strasbourg.FR
Bibliography RECONTEXTUALISATION his practice-based research explores intensely relevant and deeply urgent issues, such as the impact of conflict in a public and private context, the dynamics that govern the formation of individual and collective memory, the way both history and intellectual meanings are written, displayed and negotiated, the veracity of historical and present events, the intimate nature of artistic experiences compared to the pervasive influence of politics and economics, and the role of art today, with particular reference to the global context. He investigates the parameters of proposal versus object, the mechanics of language and the ambiguity of meaning and perceiving � challenges the boundaries between fine art, architecture, design and curatorial practice. his research is centred around observations of, and engagement with everyday life. his multifaceted projects include public actions, installations, videos, sculptures, paintings and drawings; as �a sort of discursive argument.� he presents his distinct, poetic and imaginative sensibility towards anthropological and political concerns � searching for vital techniques for mediating the public�s reactions to art and its contexts. Many of his works involve intense observation and recording of the social, cultural and economic conditions of particular places, usually conceived through engagement with urban areas. A researcher is not defined by the accidental nature of his passport�s nationality nor by the tradition of a discipline. A researcher is created by means of the (re)invention of a series of practices that project � metaphorically, but also possibly literally � a territory derived from the investigation of certain possibilities of life. Seen from this perspective, the evaluation of a body of work is not a catalogue of products or biographical events, nor is it the search to homogenize � under the term �style�� a diversity of complex and sometimes contradictory locations and moments. The possibilities offered by a certain reading of a culture is what is of most interest, in other words, the way in which some works, ideas and gestures transform our perception of an environment and our ability to act. By means of poetic operation they revise what we understand as �the situation.� he uses poetic and allegorical methods to address political and social realities, such as areas of conflict, borders, institutionalising of thought and behaviour, complacency, cultural conformity, corporate and media control and the benefits and detriments of progress. The medium usually defines itself along the progress of the concept. his personal, ambulatory explorations of cities and cultures form the basis for his practice, through which he compiles extensive and varied documentation that reflects his ideas and process. From the beginning of his career he adopted a way of working that tends to reject conclusions in favour of exploring and challenging the boundaries of cultural practices. he has, that is, put the idea of rehearsal at the core of his practice. The tackled questions in his research are based on observations of how society and politics have changed over the last 20 years. For example, how does globalisation or the creation of online communities affect art practice? How can we create space for interpretation and reflection in a continuously demanding environment?
Grants/Awards 2014 UNESCO-Aschberg Bursay for Artists residency, the Centro Colombo Americano of Medellin.CO ICI Curatorial Intensive Programme, Zoma Contemporary Art Center (ZCAC), Addis Ababa.ET 2013 Fellowship Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Berlin, DE Cultural Management Training Program, Geothe Institute, Berlin/Hamburg.DE Curatorial research residencies programme, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.PL KUNO Curatorial Workshop, Venice.IT 2012 Artist-in-residence programme/ Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide.IT Artist-in-residence programme/ European Ceramic Work Centre, Den Bosch.NL 2009 Art Omi International Artist Residency, NY.USA 2008 Work stipend/ The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.NL 2006 Artist-in-residence programme/Goyang art studio-National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.KR 2005 Artist-in-residence programme/ Kunstlerhauser Worpswede, Worpswede.DE Artist-in-residence programme/Kunstlerdorf Schopingen, Schopingen.DE 2004 Co-curator with Catherine David of the unrealized INBETWEENITY set to take place at Witte de With center for contemporary art, Rotterdam. NL 2004 Artist-in-residence programme/Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems.DE 2004 Work stipend, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.NL 2003 First prize/ Competition of covering Jaakontori-square in Kemij�rvi.FI
Projects Presentations and lectures 2014 Zoma Contemporary Art Center (ZCAC), Addis Ababa.ET British Council, Addis Ababa.ET BAC Art Center, Tunis.TU Institut des Beaux-Arts, Tunis.TU Centre Culturel Ibn Khaldoun, Tunis.TU 2013 Allianz Forum, Berlin.DE Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin.DE Goethe-Institut Hamburg.DE Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.PL Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg.SE 2012 Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo.No ekwc, Den Bosch.NL 2011 C-G Studio, London.UK 2010 Cornerhouse, Manchester.UK Weltechto, Chemnitz.DE 2009 National Gallery, Amman.JO Omi International Arts Center 2008 Chelsea Space, London.UK 2007 College of Fine Arts, Tehran.IR
Publications 2014 Art in front of my door, BAC Art Center, Tunis.TU 2013 A Present Of Possible Encounters/Art book 2011 Build on Built/thesis on architectural design 2009 Mohammed is Absent. I am Performing/Book http://eprints.gold.ac.uk/4569/ 2008 Self, Fashion and Self-fashioning/theses on interior design 2007 Could you explain?/interview http://www.infocusdialogue.com/interviews/mohamed-abdulla/ 2005 RED ZONE-Courtesy of the artist http://www.re-title.com/artists/Mohamed-Abdulla.asp 2004 The beauty of resistance http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2005/abdulla 2011 What if Mohamed was born in Amsterdam/Booklet 2010 Neither Here Nor There/Published by Jamm, London 2007 The Third Culture/ Published by EU-MAN Helsinki 2006 Sub/Published by National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.KR 2005 Latente Historie/ Published by VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2005 AIW:A/ Published by Zoon, Beirut.LB 2004 Still life in Baghdad/Published by Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral 2004 Another Publication/ Published by Piet Zwart Institute and Revolver 2003 Wasla/ Published by Triangle Arts Trust, NY http://www.artstudio.or.kr/eng/artistwork/goyang2/short/artist13_works.php http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/islamic_world/articles/2003/wasla http://biennale.wplus4.de/core/cms/front_content.php?idcat=77⟨=1 http://www.artshost.org/wasla/mai.html http://pt.photography-now.com/artists/K17694.html?PHPSESSID=%2F http://www.moca.go.kr/Modern/moca_2006/g00_board/g12_news_content.jsp?num=1717 http://www.wwwebart.com/riverart/paradise/artists/mohamed/main.htm

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