Shezad Dawood (British, born )

Timeline

1974
Born in Pakistan
1994–1997
Central St Martin's College of Art & Design, London, BA (Hons) Critical Fine Art Practice (First Class)
1998–2000
Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art (Photography)
2002–2003
Royal College of Art, MPhil Fine Art (Photography)
Lives and works in London
Public and Private Collections
Contemporary Art Society, London
Channel 4 Television, London
Oldham Gallery, Manchester
Saatchi Gallery, London
University of the Arts, London
Nigel Coates
Harald Falckenberg
And various other national and international collectors

Exhibitions

2009
Tate Triennial, (curated by Nicolas Bourriaud), Tate Britain, London
2008
‘ReAsia’ , HKW, Berlin
2008
‘Journey to the End of the Night’, Riccardo Crespi gallery, Milan (solo)
2008
‘Feature’, film project/touring exhibition, East Side Projects, Birmingham; Leeds Met Gallery; Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (solo)
2008
‘Until the End of the World’, Third Line, Dubai (solo)
2007
‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’, Paradise Row, London (solo)
2007
‘The End of Civilisation’, Axel Lapp Projects, Berlin (solo)
2007
‘Hobbyhorse’, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, October 2007 (curated by Elaine Ng)
2007
'Toffee Armistice’, Lemon Sky, Miami
2006
‘Bubble & Squeak’ (curated by Shay Oahyon), PM Gallery, Toronto
2006
‘East Wing Collection’, Courtauld Institute, London
2006
Lila/Play, Span Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Very Funny: Humour in Video Art, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2006
‘Shezad Dawood & Friends’, Artists’ Studio, London (solo)
2005
‘Paradise Row’, London (curated by Chris Hammond) (solo)
2005
'Yabba Dabba Do’, Cell Project Space, with Hilary Koob-Sassen
2005
‘London in Six Easy Steps’, ICA, London (curated by B+B)
2005
‘Go Between’, Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria (www.bregenzerkunstverein.at)
2005
Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg Switzerland
2005
‘The Condition of England’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2005
'We Have Met the Enemy & He Is Us’, Redux, 116 Commercial Street London E1 (conceived and curated by Shezad Dawood - go to www.reduxprojects.org.uk)
2005
‘Gigolo’, Trailer, Trafalgar Hilton, London curated by Juan Bolivar
2005
‘Showcase’, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
2005
‘Sci-Fi’, MOT, Regent’s Studios, Andrews Rd, London
2004
‘Showcase Preview’, South London Gallery London
2004
‘Pilot:1’, Limehouse Town Hall, London
2004
‘Vinyl#2 Taste’, Redux, 116 Commercial Street London (curated by Peter Lewis)
2004
‘Plaza Suite’, Union, Ewer Street London
2004
‘Homes With No Walls’, Mumbai, India, exhibited as part of the World Social Forum (curated by Open Circle)
2003
‘Intervention’, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
2003
‘Indians & Cowboys’, Gallery 4a, Sydney, Australia
2003
'Presence’, Leighton House Museum, London
2003
'Chockerfuckingblocked’, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
2003
‘Shrine’, 1,000,000 mph, Old Bethnal Green Road, London (solo)
2002
‘Multiplicity’, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg (solo)
2002
‘Shez 360‘, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham (solo)
2002
‘Message to India’, New Delhi, Mumbai and tour, organised by the British Council, India
2002
‘More Loving’, 323 Old St, London
2002
Neon Gallery, Commercial St, London
2002
‘Site + Sight’, Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore
2002
'Ausgang’, Studio Voltaire, London
2002
‘Location:UK’, Gimpel Fils, Davies Street, London
2002
'Fame & Promise’, 14 Wharf Road, London
2001
‘Century City’, Tate Modern, London
2001
'The Tender Trap’, 15c St. Charles Sq., London
2001
‘Camouflage’, Nehru Centre, Indian High Commission, London (curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala with talks by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Sarat Maharaj)
2001
‘selbst | porträt’, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany
2001
‘Karma Cola’, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg and Tablet, Tabernacle, London (solo)
2000
‘Crush’, Hoax, London
2000
‘Loving’, London
2000
‘Point of View’, Richard Salmon Gallery, London
2000
‘HOAX @ Lux’, Lux Centre, London
2000
‘Through A Glass Darkly’, Kunstlerhaus Mösentürm, Frankfurt
1999
‘000zerozerozero’, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1999
‘Crown Jewels’, Kampnagel (K3) Hamburg and NGBK (Neue Gesselschaft der Bildende Kunst) Berlin, with the support of the British Council

Literature

2008
Art in America, April 2008,p. 176 – 177, text by Matthias Harder
2008
Art Review, March 2008, Issue 20, p. 150, text by Richard
2008
Time Out Dubai, 21 – 28 February 2008, Volume 8, Issue 8, p. 54
2007
Metro, 29 November 2007, text by Fisun Gruner
2007
Cambridge News, 18 September 2007, p.1, 3, text by Katherine Paterman
2007
Arts Asia Pacific, August 2007, p.199, Volume 2
2007
Artist’s Studio, published by Culture Shock Media, 2007
2007
Miser & Now Eleven, p. 7 -11, text by Brook McGowan
2007
Art Asia Pacific, July/August 2007, No. 54, pp.58-59, text by Deeksha Nath
2007
Time Out London, May 9 – 15 2007, p.41, Text by Sandra Relme
2007
Art Review, April 2007, pp.139, text by Peter Suchin
2007
The Times, 13 March 2007, p. 14, 15, text by Joanna Pitman
2007
Dazed & Confused, January 2007, pp.44-48, text by Isabel Stevens
2006
Untitled, 39, Autumn 2006, pp.12-13, text by Vanessa Desclaux
2006
Art Monthly Australia, Number 187, p.46, March 2006 by Naomi Cass
2005
Interior Design, “Matters of Design”, pp.136-138, August 2005 by B. Sunshine
2005
Paradise Row, exhibition catalogue, 2005, texts by Lisa Le Feuvre and Chris Hammond
2005
Time Out, “Shezad Dawood”, p.59, June 29-July 6 2005 by Sarah Kent
2005
The Sunday Review, Independent on Sunday, “Welcome to Paradise”, 19 June 2005, pp.45-47, text by C. Grimshaw
2005
ABC, Independent on Sunday, “Who Lives in a House Like This?”, 22 May 2005, p.13, text by H. Eyre
2005
Art Newspaper (vol. 14), “Polish up your dancing shoes for Venice”, p. 42, 2005, text by Louisa Buck
2005
Dazed & Confused, Vol II, No 22, January 2005, “Show & tell: Shezad Dawood”, text by Nick Hackworth
2005
Wideshut, November 2005, pp.42-50, curated by Yuen Fong Ling
2005
Bidoun – Arts And Culture from The Middle East Winter 2005, p.20, text by Sara Raza
2005
Go Between, exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Bregenz, August 2005 (Revolver Books)
2005
Art Asia Pacific, Spring 2005, No 44, pp 54-61, text by Sara Raza
2005
Art Monthly, No 284, March 2005, pp.36-37, text by Richard Hylton
2005
Flux, Issue 46, January/February 2005, Flux Space Commission, with text by Jane Chavez-Dawson
2004
After Criticism – New Responses to Art and Performance, Ed. Gavin Butt, Blackwell Publishing, 2004
2004
Sleaze, February 2004, 6 page artist’s commission, plus text by Juliet Bingham
2003
Guide to Ecstacity – Nigel Coates, Lawrence King Publishing 2003, pp.88-9
2002
Site + Sight, exhibition catalogue, Earl–Lu Gallery, Singapore, 2002
2001
AA Files 44, Autumn 2001, pp.62-67, published by the Architectural Association, with text by Niru Ratnam
English (US)

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