Wael Shawky
Quick Facts
Birthplace
Alexandria
Birth year
1971
Lives in
Alexandria
Works in
Alexandria
Representing galleries
Galerie Sfeir-Semler
Current Exhibitions and Events
Apr, 2018
General Rehearsal: A Show in Three Acts from the Collections of V-A-C, MMOMA and Kadist
Moscow Museum of Modern Art [25 Petrovka]
Moscow Museum of Modern Art [25 Petrovka]
Statement
| Wael Shawky Biography | ||
| 1971 | Born in Alexandria |
| 2011 | Ernst Schering Foundation Award |
| 2012 | Abraaj Capital Art Prize |
| Artist in residence at Serpentine Gallery, London, UK |
| Artist in residence at Delfina Foundation, London, UK |
| Selected Exhibitions | ||
| 2011 | Serious Games Krieg, Medien ¬ Kunst, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Germany |
| 2011 | Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, England (solo) |
| 2011 | Drawings and Flags from Cabaret Crusades, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England (solo) |
| 2011 | Larvae Channel series, The Delfina Foundation, London, England (solo) |
| 2011 | 12. Istanbul Biennial, Turkey |
| 2011 | Kunst-Werke Berlin, Germany (solo) |
| 2010 - 2011 | Whael Shawky Comtemporary Myths II / Mounira Al Solh Exhibition No. 17, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut |
| 2010 - 2011 | Contemporary Myths, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy (solo) |
| 2010 | Contemporary Art and Mutual Trust, Sanat Limaný, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2009 | Video installations and drawings, Darat al Funum, Amman, Jordan (solo) Larvae Channel 2, Gentili Apri, Berlin, Germany (solo) 25th Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries, Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries, Alexandria, Egypt Golden Gates - Contemporary Art from the Middle East, F&A Projects, Paris, France The columns held us up, Artists Space, New York City, NY TAWASSOL-CONTACT, Artericambi, Verona, Italy Rites de Passage, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen, Netherlands Tarjama/Translation, Queens Museum of Art, New York City, NY Re.Oriente.Ate, Selma Feriani Gallery, London, England Socially Disorganised, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia |
| 2008 | Medium Religion, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany SITE Santa Fe, SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM OÙ ? Scènes du Sud – Volet 2, Carré d´art, Musée d´art contemporain de Nîmes, Nimes, France ALL OUR EVERYDAYS, Gallery VER, Bangkok, Thailand Kolekcja Bunkra Sztuki, Stary Browar, Poznan, Poland |
| 2007 | Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to dispute, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo) Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo) The Forty Days Road. Wet Culture – Dry Culture, Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland (solo) Gestures of infinity, Minoriten Kultur, Graz, Austria GEGENWART AUS JAHRTAUSENDEN, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Ägypten, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany Out of Place, Galerie Sfeir-Semler -Beirut, , Beirut, Lebanon Out of Place, Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2006 | Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany AYOR: No Man’s Land, Hellenic American Union Gallery, Athens, Greece 47th October Salon, Oktobarski Salon / October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia Choosing my Religion, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland Coding:Decoding, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark 5 Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany Outside The Living Room, GB agency, Paris, France |
| 2005 | Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (solo) loose your identity, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany (solo) PhotoCairo3, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt 9th Ýstanbul Biennial, International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey ADAM, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands Urbane Realitäten - Fokus Istanbul, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany Nuove acquisizioni. Due anni di crescita della colleziuone, MACRO al Mattatoio, Rome, Italy Normalization, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2003 | La Bienalle di Venezia 2003, Venice, Italy Body and the Archive, Artists Space, New York, NY International Video Invitational, F A Projects, London, UK 24/7: Wilno - Nueva York (visa para), Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy |
| 2001 | Sidi El Asphalt's Moulid, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (solo) Square and Circle, Darag El Fan, Beirut, Lebanon Rita Longa International Art Symposium, Codema, Bayamo, Cuba |
| 2000 | Group Exhibition, Meyrson Hall Gallery, PA Group Exhibition, Annex Gallery, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1999 | Group Exhibition, Meyrson Hall Gallery, PA |
| 1997 | Contemporary Egyptian Art, Kunst Historischan Museum, Vienna, Austria |
| 1996 | 6th International Cairo Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt Group Exhibition, Al-Hanagar Gallery, Cairo, Eqypt |
| 1994 | 6th Salon of Youth, Akhnaton Art Centre, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1993 | 5th Al-Marsam Group Exhibition, L'Atalier D'Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt The whole and the parts, Goethe Institute, Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1992 | Alexandrians of the World, Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1991 | 3rd Salon of Youth, Nile Hall, Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt |
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