| My Name | ||
| Basim Magdy |
| Address | Born | |
| Cairo, Egypt Represented by Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York and Townhouse Gallery, Cairo |
1977 | |
| My Website / Links to Friends | ||
| basim_magdy@yahoo.com |
http://www.npgallery.com
http://www.k9000.ch/pop_fries002_e.html http://www.objectnotfound.org/projectroom/092205.html http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/islamic_world/articles/2003/magdy http://www.thetownhousegallery.com |
| Education | ||
| 1996-2000 | School of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. ( BA Fine Arts ) | |
| Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2007 | Gazing at the Miracle of Civilization, ARCO Projects, Madrid, Spain | |
| Lost Arks, Uszynska Schaufenster, Vienna (curated by Katarzyna Uszynska) |
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| The Common Deceit of Reality, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX, USA (curated by Regine Basha) |
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| Brief Encounters with Semi-Fictional Worlds, ACAF – Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Alexandria, Egypt. |
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| 2006 | In the Grave of Intergalactic Utopia, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2005 | Current Whereabouts Unknown, Tyler Drosdeck and Basim Magdy, Suite 106 Gallery, New York, USA | |
| Your New Life with Your Old Enemies, Objectnotfound Project Space, Monterrey, Mexico |
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| 2004 | Dream on, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, the frieze, St. Gallen, Switzerland (with Marianne Rinderknecht) | |
| 2003 | Two days to apocalypse, Falaki Gallery, Cairo (curated by Aleya Hamza) | |
| Hero of the Day, The Cold Room Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa |
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| Dream on, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt (with Marianne Rinderknecht) | ||
| 2002 | Re-define, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt | |
| 2001 | The future, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt | |
| 2000 | Paintings, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt | |
| Group Exhibitions | ||
| 2007 | Animated Stories, Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Tourcoing (Nord-Pas de Calais), France. (Curated by Marta Gili, Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, Lawrence Dreyfus, Neus Miró and Pascale Pronnier) |
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| 2006 | Drawing Restraint, Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada | |
| Lovely Shanghai Music, Zendai Museum of Modern Art , Shanghai, China (curated by Team 404 and John Armleder) |
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| Animated Stories, “la Ciaxa” Foundation, CAIXAFORUM, Barcelona, Spain (Curated by Marta Gili, Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, Lawrence Dreyfus, Neus Miró and Pascale Pronnier) |
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| Murals, Eneas Capalbo, Chitra Ganesh, Basim Magdy, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, USA |
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| Animated Stories, Sala Rakalde, Bilbao, Spain (Curated by Marta Gili, Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, Lawrence Dreyfus, Neus Miró and Pascale Pronnier) | ||
| All about Lies, Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| 2005 | NADA Art Fair (Newman Popiashvili Gallery), Miami, USA. | |
| PhotoCairo3, The Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Bling Bling Ka-Ching! Made in America, The Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China. |
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| Posted, Hiscox Art Projects, London, UK |
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| Toys, The Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt. |
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| Enemy Image, Momenta Art, New York, USA (curated by Elena Sorokina) |
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| Lovely Shanghai Music, Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany.(curated by Team 404 and John Armleder) | ||
| Threat Zone, Triangle Project Space, San Antonio, Texas, USA (curated by Basim Magdy) |
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| Artissima 12 Art Fair (Newman Popiashvili Gallery, NY), Turin, Italy |
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| 2004 | NADA Art Fair ( Suite 106 Gallery), Miami Beach, USA. | |
| Re: source, Art in General, New York, USA |
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| Recollection # 1, objectnotfound project space, Monterrey, Mexico | ||
| 2003 | Work in progress, South African National Gallery (SANG) Annex, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Aponoumena, Collapsible Kunsthalle, MIART, Milan, Italy, curated by Mark Staff Brandl. ( with Marianne Rinderknecht) | ||
| Yellow Pages, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/Basel, Switzerland (curated by Team 404 + John M Armleder) | ||
| 2001 | The Three Angels My Grandmother Said She Had Seen When She Died , Al Nitaq Festival of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt | |
| Philosophy Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2000 | Philosophy Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt | |
| Videos/DVD/E-Medias | ||
| 2003 | Big Head (23 sec. loop) | |
| Two Days to Apocalypse (3:40 min. flash animation) | ||
| Projects | ||
| 2005 | Interruption, a project for Campus Magazine (curated by Aleya Hamza) | |
| 2004 | The Decline Of Space, an outdoor installation at Art Omi, New York, USA | |
| 2003 | Going Places, a project for public buses. Cairo, Egypt (curated by Mai Abu ElDahab) | |
| Residencies | ||
| 2004 | Art Omi, New York, USA | |
| 2003 | Open Studios, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt(workshop) | |
| Wasla International Artists Workshop, Nweiba, Egypt | ||
| Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa (residency) | ||
| Thupelo International Artists Workshop, Malmesbury, South Africa | ||
| 2002 | Internationale Austausch Region Basel, iaab studios, Christoph Merian Stiftung. Basel, Switzerland (residency) | |
| Braziers International Artists Workshop, Ipsden, Oxfordshire, UK | ||
| Grants & Prizes | ||
| 2003 | Project grant, Prohelvetia ( Swiss Art Council ) | |
| Residency/Travel grant, Ford Foundation | ||
| 2002 | Workshop grant, Ford Foundation | |
| Books & publications | ||
| 2005 | A Brighter Future Than The Ones We Had Before, Basim Magdy (edition of 600 – full color)published by PhotoCairo3. | |
| 2004 | Yellow Pages. Ed. John Armleder and Team 404. | |
| Dream on, Marianne Rinderknecht and Basim Magdy. Ed. Gianni Jetzer. Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen | ||
| 2003 | Wasla workshop for contemporary art catalogue. Ed. Mai Abu ElDahab | |
| 2002 | Braziers 2002 catalogue | |
| 2001 | Art and the Islamic World, Richard Woffenden "The state of the arts in Egypt", volume 35 | |
| Bibliography | ||
| 2006 | Rose Longhurst, "Sounds of Synthesis", Shanghai Star, 01.06.2006 |
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| Anjali Gupta, “Threat Zone, San Antonio Review”, Art Papers, February/March |
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| Jennifer Davy, “Threat Zone” Artlies, Winter 2006 |
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| Nick Stillman, "Basim Magdy, Newman Popiashvili Gallery", ARTFORUM, November 2006. | ||
| 2005 | Holland Cotter, "Art in Review" The New York Times, October 7, 2005 | |
| 2004 | Franklin Sirmans, “9th Cairo International Biennial” Art Asia Pacific, spring 2004, no. 40 | |
| Mai Abu ElDahab, “Going Places” Bidoun, spring 2004, issue 00 | ||
| Lilly Wei, “The Cairo Effect” Art in America, May 2004 | ||
| Aleya Hamza, "Art on Wheels", Egypt Today, January 2004 | ||
| Ursula Badrutt Schoch, “ Unbehagen im Paradies” Tagblatt St. Gallen, 24 September 2004. | ||
| Negar Azimi, “Aperto Cairo” Flash Art, October 2004, Vol. XXXVII, No. 238 | ||
| 2003 | 2003 Wasla Contemporary Art Workshop" Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Spring/Summer 2003 | |
| Dina Ramadan, "Remote Connection: Wasla Contemporary Art Workshop" Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Spring/Summer 2003 | ||
| Dina Ramadan, "Art in the midst of war" Cairo Times, volume 7, issue 6 | ||
| Richard Woffenden, “Three Painters” Cairo Times, volume 6, issue 44 | ||
| Scott Bailey, "Cairo review" CONTEMPORARY, April issue. | ||
| Prita Meier, "territorial struggles: contemporary art in cairo", Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Spring/Summer 2003 | ||
| 2001 | Egypt, The Arts in View, Art and the Islamic World, volume 35 | |
| Nigel Ryan, “A little Che” Al-Ahram Weekly, issue no. 558, 1-7 November | ||
| 2000 | Richard Woffenden, “Raw Distress” Cairo Times, volume 4, issue 30 | |
| News | ||
| COMING UP: February 2008 THE GEOPOLITICS OF ANIMATION, MARCO - Museo De Arte Contemporanea de Vigo. COMING UP: November 2007 WAR, PEACE AND ECSTASY - Artissima Video Lounge, Turin, Italy (curated by Cecilia Alemani) ONGOING: 27 September - 9 December, 2007 THE GEOPOLITICS OF ANIMATION, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo Art (CAAC), Seville, Spain (curated by Juan Antonio Alvarez Reyes) ARTISTS:Adel Abdessemed · Gabriel Acevedo · Narda Alvarado · Carlos Amorales · Bertold Bartosch · Segundo De Chomón · Sebastián Díaz Morales · Nathalie Djurberg · Gili Dolev · Hala Elkoussy · Emotive Project · Extramucadele · Kota Ezawa · Curro González · Shilpa Gupta · Federico Guzmán · Hans Hemmert · Tami Ichino · Takashi Ishida · Ivan Ivanov-Vano · William Kentridge · Avish Khebrehzadeh · Kolkoz · Tomoko Konoike · Joji Koyama · Valeriano López · Cristina Lucas · Basim Magdy · Tang Maohong · Kenzo Masaoka · Norman Mclaren · Brett Murray · Takao Nakano · Mohamadou Ndoye Douts · Rivane Neuenschwander · Nils Norman · Eko Nugroho · Gökhan Okur · Txuspo Poyo · Talaf Refit · Lotte Reiniger · Robin Rhode · Andreas Schulenburg / Jonas Fromm · Sheila M. Sofian · Jan Svankmajer · Tabaimo · Naoyuki Tsuji · Kara Walker · Warner Bros / Bob Clampett · Amelie Von Wulffen · Tintin Wulia · Zhou Xiaohu · Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries ENDED: 2007 THE END BEGINS, The Gallery at The Hospital, London (curated by Gill Hedley from the Lodeveans Collection) ENDED: 2007 Me Odio Y Quiero Comprar, Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico. (curated by Ruben Gutierrez) ENDED: 2007 BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH SEMI-IMAGINARY WORLDS, Alexandria Contemporary Art Forum - ACAF (solo) NEW REVIEW of IN THE GRAVE OF INTERGALACTIC UTOPIA by NICK STILLMAN in ARTFORUM, NOVEMBER ISSUE, 2006 |
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Sign for British Land ( NO INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATED HERE YET ), 2002, acrylic and spray paint on wooden sign, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, UK. 2002 |
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untitled, 2002, photocopy and spray paint on paper, 35 x 25 cm. |
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The great retaliation, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 145 x 145 cm. |
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2002, Untitled, spray paint on paper. 32.5 x 24.5 cm. |
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Black victory, 2003, spray paint on paper, 29 x 21 cm. |
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Untitled, 2003, acrylic and oil on canvas, 50 x 35 cm. |
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Duck Hunting, 2004, acrylic, water colors and coloring pencil on paper, 36 x 24 cm. |
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Moon, 2004, spray paint on paper, 46.5 x 32.5 cm. |
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Lost in the Jungle, 2004, oil and acrylic on canvas. 70 x 50 cm. |
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2003, Surprise, spray paint on paper. 42 x 37 cm. |
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2004, Crows, oil and acrylic on canvas. 70 x 50 cm. |
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2004, Robot, watercolor and marker on paper. 29 x 21 cm. |
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2003, Dream on ( with Marianne Rinderknecht ), Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art. |
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2004, Dream on ( with Marianne Rinderknecht ), Kunst Halle St. Gallen |
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Two Days to Apocalypse, 2003, flash animation on DVD, 3:40 min., stills. |
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2004, Mary and lamb, spray paint and watercolor on paper. 29 x 21 cm. |
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2004, The Others, spray paint, watercolor and marker on paper. 30 x 24 cm. |
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2004, Zoo, spray paint, marker and acrylic on paper. 26 x 25.5 cm. |
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The Decline of Space, 2004, installation view Art Omi artist Colony, NY, USA. Dimensions variable |
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Saving Bridges, 2005, watercolors, spray paint and collage on paper, 30 x 30 cm. |
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Unexpected Olympic Winner, 2005, spray paint and gouache on paper, 40 x 29 cm. |
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TH**K YOU, 2005, spray paint on paper, 34 x 25.5 cm. |
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Big Lousy Liar, 2005, watercolors and marker on paper, 32 x 23 cm. |
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Their Souls Stain Our Sky, 2005, watercolors, gouache and spray paint on paper, 44 x 30 cm. |
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Untitled, 2005, spray paint on paper, 30 x 30 cm. |
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The Endless Forever, 2005, watercolors and spray paint on paper, 32 x 24 cm. |
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Installation View, Threat Zone, 2005, Triangle Project Space, San Antonio |
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A brighter future than the ones we had before, 2005, artist book - edition of 600 copies. |
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