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Wael Shawky Page 1 | Biography |
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Born: ALexandria, Egypt Lives: Alexandria, Egypt |
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Education 2001 MFA: Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, USA 1994 BFA: Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt |
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Solo Exhibitions 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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Bibliography 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 Mus�e d'art Contemporain de Montr�al, 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, Mus�e d'art contemporain de N�mes, 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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Grants/Awards 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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Projects 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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