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Youssef Nabil
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Egyptian
, born 1972)
Youssef Nabil
Three Girls in Studio, Cairo, 1993
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1972
Cairo, Egypt.
1992 - 1993
Assistant Photographer to David Lachapelle, New York
1993
BA in French Literature, Ain Shams University, Cairo
1997 - 1998
Assistant Photographer to Mario Testino, Paris
2002
Began project photograhping artists
2003
The Seydou Keita Prize for Portraiture, Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, Bamako, Mali
Artist in Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2005
International Photography Awards — IPA, Los Angeles
2011
Currently lives and works in New York
Exhibitions
2010
Youssef Nabil, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
I Live Within You, Savannah College of Art and Design-SCAD, Savannah, GA (solo)
2009
Youssef Nabil, GALERIST, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
I Live Within You, Savannah College of Art and Design-SCAD, Atlanta, GA (solo)
I Won't Let you Die, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy (solo)
I Will Go to Paradise, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E (solo)
Youssef Nabil, Volker Diehl Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Unconditional Love, The Venice Biennale - 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
ARABESQUE, Arts of The Arab World, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains, Musée National d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Alger, Algeria
Disguise, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Portraits II, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
Portraits, The Third Line, Doha, Qatar (solo)
‘Word into Art’, British Museum in collaboration with DIFC, Dubai, UAE
Perfect Lovers, Art Extra, Johannesburg, South Africa
Last of the Dictionary Men: BALTIC, Newcastle, UK
Art Dubai, part of The Third Line booth, Dubai, UAE
East West Dialogues, Mysticism, Satire and the Legendary Past, LTMH – Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008
CINEMA, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
Far from Home, North Carolina Museum of Art. North Carolina, USA
2007
Sleep in my arms, Michael Stevenson Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)
Portraits Self Portraits, The Third Line, Dubai, UAE (solo)
Gegenwart aus Jahrtausenden, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Äygpten, Kunst Museum Bonn, Germany.
Dialogues Méditerranéens, Saint—Tropez, France
Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains, Musée National d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (MNAMC), Alger, Algeria
Word into Art, The British Museum, London, UK
2006
Arabiske Blikke, GL Strand Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Youssef Nabil Portraits, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE (solo)
Realities to Dreams, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt (solo)
L’Égypte, Saline Royale d’Arc et Senans, France
2004
Nazar: Noorderlicht, The Fries Museum, Leeuwaarden, Netherlands
2003
Rites sacrés, Rites profanes, Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, Bamako, Mali
Pour un Moment d’Eternité, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France (solo)
2002
Youssef Nabil: Photo Cairo, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt (solo)
2001
Obsesiones, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Rétrospective, Centre Culturel Français, Alexandria, Egypt (solo)
Youssef Nabil, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt (solo)
2000
Secret Side, Al Nitak Festival of Visual Arts, Cairo—Berlin Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (solo)
1999
Premiere, Cairo—Berlin Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (solo)
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