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Shezad Dawood

(British, born 1974)

Shezad Dawood

Leviathan, 2017

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Biography

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
: ‘Journey to the End of the Night’, Riccardo Crespi gallery, Milan (solo)
: ‘Feature’, film project/touring exhibition, East Side Projects, Birmingham; Leeds Met Gallery; Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (solo)
: ‘Until the End of the World’, Third Line, Dubai (solo)
2007: ‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’, Paradise Row, London (solo)
: ‘The End of Civilisation’, Axel Lapp Projects, Berlin (solo)
: ‘Hobbyhorse’, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, October 2007 (curated by Elaine Ng)
: 'Toffee Armistice’, Lemon Sky, Miami
: ‘Shezad Dawood & Friends’, Artists’ Studio, London (solo)
: Lila/Play, Span Gallery, Melbourne
: Very Funny: Humour in Video Art, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2006: ‘Bubble & Squeak’ (curated by Shay Oahyon), PM Gallery, Toronto
: ‘East Wing Collection’, Courtauld Institute, London
2005: ‘Paradise Row’, London (curated by Chris Hammond) (solo)
: 'Yabba Dabba Do’, Cell Project Space, with Hilary Koob-Sassen
: ‘London in Six Easy Steps’, ICA, London (curated by B+B)
: ‘Go Between’, Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria (www.bregenzerkunstverein.at)
: Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg Switzerland
: ‘The Condition of England’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
: '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)
: ‘Gigolo’, Trailer, Trafalgar Hilton, London curated by Juan Bolivar
: ‘Showcase’, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
: ‘Sci-Fi’, MOT, Regent’s Studios, Andrews Rd, London
: ‘Homes With No Walls’, Mumbai, India, exhibited as part of the World Social Forum (curated by Open Circle)
: ‘Vinyl#2 Taste’, Redux, 116 Commercial Street London (curated by Peter Lewis)
: ‘Plaza Suite’, Union, Ewer Street London
2004: ‘Showcase Preview’, South London Gallery London
: ‘Pilot:1’, Limehouse Town Hall, London
2003: ‘Intervention’, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
: ‘Indians & Cowboys’, Gallery 4a, Sydney, Australia
: 'Presence’, Leighton House Museum, London
: 'Chockerfuckingblocked’, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
: ‘Shrine’, 1,000,000 mph, Old Bethnal Green Road, London (solo)
: 'Ausgang’, Studio Voltaire, London
: 'Fame & Promise’, 14 Wharf Road, London
: ‘Location:UK’, Gimpel Fils, Davies Street, London
: Neon Gallery, Commercial St, London
: ‘Site + Sight’, Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore
: ‘Message to India’, New Delhi, Mumbai and tour, organised by the British Council, India
: ‘Shez 360‘, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham (solo)
2002: ‘Multiplicity’, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg (solo)
: ‘More Loving’, 323 Old St, London
2001: ‘Century City’, Tate Modern, London
: 'The Tender Trap’, 15c St. Charles Sq., London
: ‘Camouflage’, Nehru Centre, Indian High Commission, London (curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala with talks by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Sarat Maharaj)
: ‘selbst | porträt’, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany
: ‘Karma Cola’, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg and Tablet, Tabernacle, London (solo)
: ‘HOAX @ Lux’, Lux Centre, London
2000: ‘Crush’, Hoax, London
: ‘Loving’, London
: ‘Point of View’, Richard Salmon Gallery, London
: ‘Through A Glass Darkly’, Kunstlerhaus Mösentürm, Frankfurt
1999: ‘000zerozerozero’, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
: ‘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
: Art Review, March 2008, Issue 20, p. 150, text by Richard
: Time Out Dubai, 21 – 28 February 2008, Volume 8, Issue 8, p. 54
: Dazed & Confused, January 2007, pp.44-48, text by Isabel Stevens
: The Times, 13 March 2007, p. 14, 15, text by Joanna Pitman
: Time Out London, May 9 – 15 2007, p.41, Text by Sandra Relme
: Art Asia Pacific, July/August 2007, No. 54, pp.58-59, text by Deeksha Nath
: Art Review, April 2007, pp.139, text by Peter Suchin
: Artist’s Studio, published by Culture Shock Media, 2007
: Arts Asia Pacific, August 2007, p.199, Volume 2
: Cambridge News, 18 September 2007, p.1, 3, text by Katherine Paterman
2007: Metro, 29 November 2007, text by Fisun Gruner
: Miser & Now Eleven, p. 7 -11, text by Brook McGowan
2006: Untitled, 39, Autumn 2006, pp.12-13, text by Vanessa Desclaux
: Art Monthly Australia, Number 187, p.46, March 2006 by Naomi Cass
: Bidoun – Arts And Culture from The Middle East Winter 2005, p.20, text by Sara Raza
: Flux, Issue 46, January/February 2005, Flux Space Commission, with text by Jane Chavez-Dawson
: Art Monthly, No 284, March 2005, pp.36-37, text by Richard Hylton
: Art Asia Pacific, Spring 2005, No 44, pp 54-61, text by Sara Raza
: Go Between, exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Bregenz, August 2005 (Revolver Books)
: Wideshut, November 2005, pp.42-50, curated by Yuen Fong Ling
: Paradise Row, exhibition catalogue, 2005, texts by Lisa Le Feuvre and Chris Hammond
: Art Newspaper (vol. 14), “Polish up your dancing shoes for Venice”, p. 42, 2005, text by Louisa Buck
: ABC, Independent on Sunday, “Who Lives in a House Like This?”, 22 May 2005, p.13, text by H. Eyre
: The Sunday Review, Independent on Sunday, “Welcome to Paradise”, 19 June 2005, pp.45-47, text by C. Grimshaw
: Time Out, “Shezad Dawood”, p.59, June 29-July 6 2005 by Sarah Kent
2005: Interior Design, “Matters of Design”, pp.136-138, August 2005 by B. Sunshine
: Dazed & Confused, Vol II, No 22, January 2005, “Show & tell: Shezad Dawood”, text by Nick Hackworth
2004: After Criticism – New Responses to Art and Performance, Ed. Gavin Butt, Blackwell Publishing, 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

Shezad Dawood

(British, born 1974)

Shezad Dawood

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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