Artworks by Wael Shawky at Lisson Gallery on artnet

Wael Shawky

(Egyptian, born 1971)

Wael Shawky

The Gulf Project Camp: Carved wood (after Haft awrang 'Seven thrones' by Jami, 1556-1565), 2019

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Wael Shawky

The Gulf Project Camp (drawing - title tbc 1), 2019

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Wael Shawky

Isles of the Blessed (Oops!...I forgot Europe), 2022

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Wael Shawky

Isles of the Blessed IV, 2022

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Wael Shawky

Isles of the Blessed XII, 2022

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Biography

Timeline

1971: Born in Alexandria, Egypt
1994: BFA: Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt
: Grand Akhnaton Prize, 6th Salon of Youth, Akhnaton Art Centre, Cairo, Egypt
1996: Grand Nile Prize, 6th International Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt
1999: Merit Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
: Edna C. and Monroe Gutman Annual Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2000: Piero Dozairo Award, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2001: Honorary Award, Rita Longa International Symposium, Codema, Bayamo, Cuba
: MFA: Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, USA
: The International Award of The Islamic World Arts Initiative, Arts International, New York, USA
2004: The American Center Foundation Grant, Philadelphia, USA
2005: International Commissioning Grant, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
2006 - 2007: Ford Foundation Grant, Cairo, Egypt
2007: Resident Artist (three months), Pro Helvetia, Zurich
2008: Resident Artist (one month), SFAI Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2009: Grand Prize, 25th Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria, Egypt
2011: Ernst Schering Foundation Award
: Artist in Residence, Center for Possible Studies - Serpentine Gallery, London
2012: Abraaj Capital Art Prize
2013: Sharjah Biennial Award 2013 for exceptional contribution
: Award for the Filmic Oevre donated by Luis Vuitton and Kino der Kunst

Exhibitions

2014: Al Araba Al Madfuna 2, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria (solo)
: Dictums, Lisson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
: Manifesta 10, St. Petersburg, Russia
: You Imagine What You Desire, 19th Sydney Biennial, Australia
: Fotofest 2014, Contemporary Arab Video, Photography and Mixed Media, Houston, USA
: Now Babylon – architecture, culture ansd identity, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlbæk, Danmark
: The Anthropology Effect, MAP, Glasgow, UK (screening)
: Images Festival, Toronto, Canada (screening)
: Re:emerge, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
: DREAMS OF REASON. Highlights of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland
: In the Heart of the Country. The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warzaw, Warzaw, Poland
: A History of Inspiration, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
: The Translation, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich, Swizerland
: LES CHOSES DE COTE DU MONDE, Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
: Moment – Frontlines, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Stokholm, Sweden
: Trade Routes, Hauser und Wirth, London, United Kingdom
: Wael Shawky, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada (solo)
: The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
: Videozone: Wael Shawky, Cabaret Crusades:The Horror Shoe File, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany (solo)
2013: Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
: The MAC TheMc Kinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, USA (screening)
2012 - 2013: Mirages d’Orient, Grenades et Figures de Barbaries, Chassès-croiès en Méditeranée, Collection Lambert, Avignon France
: Al Araba Al Madfuna, Wael Shawky. Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Bucharest Biennial 5, Bucharest, Romania
: Marrakech Biennial 2012, Marrakech, Morrocco
2012: 9th Gwangju Biennial, Korea
: dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany
2011: Kunst-Werke Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Serious Games Krieg, Medien ¬ Kunst, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Germany
: Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, England (solo)
: Drawings and Flags from Cabaret Crusades, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England (solo)
: Larvae Channel series, The Delfina Foundation, London, England (solo)
: 12. Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
2010 - 2011: Whael Shawky Comtemporary Myths II / Mounira Al Solh Exhibition No. 17, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut
: 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

Public Collections

: Tate Modern, London, UK
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
: Kunstsammlungen Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
: Macro Museum, Rome, Italy
: Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
: Mart Museum Collection, Terento, Italy
: Mudam, Luxembourg
: Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg
: Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Bunkier Sztukim, Krakow, Poland
: APT Dubai, UAE

Wael Shawky

(Egyptian, born 1971)

Wael Shawky

Wael Shawky

Wael Shawky

Wael Shawky

Wael Shawky

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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