RECENT
January 2012
Exhibition: “Cairo Documenta 2”, Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
www.cairodocumenta.com
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October-November 2011
Exhibition: “Funkenschlag”, OKK, Berlin, Germany
www.kritische-kunst.org
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www.kritische-kunst.org
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January - February 2011
Exhibition: “Propaganda by Monuments”, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
www.ciccairo.com
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December 2010
Exhibition: “Cairo Documenta”, Cairo, Egypt
www.cairodocumenta.com
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September-October 2010
Exhibition: “Local Star”, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
www.mashrabiagallery.org
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June-August 2010
Artist in Residency: Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Exhibition: “Noord”, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
www.Mediamatic.net
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March-May 2010
Artist in Residency: PROGR, Bern, Switzerland
Studio Scholarship from the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia
Exhibition: “Spiral”, Progr, Bern, Switzerland
www.prohelvetia.org.eg
www.progr.ch
Exhibition: “By law”, Marks blond, Bern, Switzerland
www.marksblond.com
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January 2010
Exhibition: “Shop-Abutting”, ArtElLewa, Cairo, Egypt
www.artellewa.com
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December 2009-January 2010
Exhibition: “Invisible Presence”, Samaa Khana, Cairo, Egypt
www.mashrabiagallery.org
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October-November 2009
Artist in Residency: Dusseldorf, Germany
Studio Scholarship from Land NRW
www.duesseldorf.de
Exhibition: “Embedded Realities”, Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany
www.kairobeirut.de
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May 2009
Cultural exchange: “Amongst Neighbours”, Istanbul, Turkey
Exhibition: “Under Constriction”, Hayaka arti, Istanbul, Turkey
www.cihangirlink.org
www.hayakaarti.com
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BIOGRAPHY
Ahmed Kamel is interested in domestic and urban life. He uses photography, video and drawing to address social issues. He was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1981, where he studied painting and received his BFA in 2003. Kamel is the recipient of a number of residencies including "Mediamatic" Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Prohelvetia", Bern, Switzerland, "Land NRW", Dusseldorf, Germany and "Amongst Neighbours", Istanbul, Turkey. He has participated in various solo and group exhibitions in the middle east and Europe.
His work is mainly concerned with how society constructs and idealizes its identity through means of visual representation that can act as markers of peopleʼs social and cultural background.
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CONTACT
a.kamelmail@gmail.com
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VITAE
Ahmed Kamel
1981, Cairo, Egypt
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Education
1998-2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Major
Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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Solo Exhibitions
2011 Exhibition: “Extension”, Cinéma les Variétés, Marseille, French
2010 “Local Star”, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2010 “By law”, Marks blond, Bern, Switzerland
2010 “Spiral”, Progr, Bern, Switzerland
2009 “Shop-Abutting ”, ArtElLewa, Cairo, Egypt
2008 “Home-the Self”, Le CFCC, Mounira, Cairo, Egypt
2008 “Sowar Min El Salon”,Le CFCC, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
- Group Exhibitions
2012 “Cairo Documenta 2”, Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
2011 Exhibition: “Funkenschlag”, OKK, Berlin, Germany
2011 “Propaganda by Monuments”, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
2010 “Cairo Documenta”, Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
2010 “Noord”, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 “20 years Mashrabia”, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2010 21st Cairo Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2009 “Invisible Presence”, Samaa Khana, Cairo, Egypt
2009 “Embedded Realities”, Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany
2009 Selection from the 20th Youth Salon, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2009 “Under Constriction”, Hayaka arti, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 20th Cairo Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2009 “Photocairo 4”, Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
2008 “Photocairo 4”, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2007 “Malash-Kairo”, Meinblau Kunst & Atelierhaus, Berlin, Germany
2007 “A Face In Cairo”, Falaki Galley, AUC in Cairo, Egypt
2007 “Cartography”, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
2007 17th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2004 5th Nile Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2004 “Pick 2”, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2003 15th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House, Egypt
2003 4th Nile Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2003 Salon of Small Pieces, Center of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2002 “Obligatory Direction”, Cordoba Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2002 14th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2002 Salon of Small Pieces, Center of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2001 13th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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Grants/Awards
2010 Two month, Artist in residence, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Three month, Artist in residence, Prohelvetia, Progr, Bern, Switzerland
2009 Two month, Artist in residence, Land NRW, Dusseldorf, Germany
2009 Youth Salon prize, Ministry of Culture, Egypt
2009 Three weeks, cultural exchange, “Amongst Neighbours”, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 "Images of the Middle East", Global time, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Workshop/Grant, Hurghada, Egypt
2004 “Manhit El-Marasim”, Luxorʼs art studios, Ministry of Culture, Egypt
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Publications
2010 “Photography and Egypt”, author Maria Golia, Reaktion Books - Exposures
2009 “PhotoCairo 4-The Long Shortcut”, Ed Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, catalog
2007 “Sowar Min El Salon” Images From the Parlour, Ed Aleya Hamzar, catalog
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Filmmaking Workshops
2008 Short Narrative, Euromate, Semat, Cairo, Egypt
2008 Low Budget, advanced, by Basel Ramses, Spanish embassy, Semat, Cairo,
Egypt
2007 Documentary by Nadia Fares, CIC, Pro Helvetia, Cairo, Egypt
2006 Low Budget, basics, by Basel Ramses, Spanish embassy, Semat, Cairo, Egypt
2006 Contemporary Drawings, DCCD, Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark
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Photography Workshops
2007 “Moving Walls”, by Chien Chi Chang, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
2006 “Non-Place”, by Eva Bertram & Andreas Rost, CiC, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt
2005 “ANA”, by Susan Hefuna, CIC, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt
2004 B&W, by Andreas Rost, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2003 Lighting, by Graham Waite, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2003 B&W Lab, by Emad Allam, Townhouse Gallery, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt
January 2012
Exhibition: “Cairo Documenta 2”, Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
www.cairodocumenta.com
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October-November 2011
Exhibition: “Funkenschlag”, OKK, Berlin, Germany
www.kritische-kunst.org
-
November 2011
Exhibition: “Extension”, Cinéma les Variétés, Marseille, French
www.rivages-asso.org
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November 2011
Exhibition: “Funkenschlag”, OKK, Berlin, Germanywww.kritische-kunst.org
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January - February 2011
Exhibition: “Propaganda by Monuments”, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
www.ciccairo.com
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December 2010
Exhibition: “Cairo Documenta”, Cairo, Egypt
www.cairodocumenta.com
-
September-October 2010
Exhibition: “Local Star”, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
www.mashrabiagallery.org
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June-August 2010
Artist in Residency: Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Exhibition: “Noord”, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
www.Mediamatic.net
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March-May 2010
Artist in Residency: PROGR, Bern, Switzerland
Studio Scholarship from the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia
Exhibition: “Spiral”, Progr, Bern, Switzerland
www.prohelvetia.org.eg
www.progr.ch
Exhibition: “By law”, Marks blond, Bern, Switzerland
www.marksblond.com
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January 2010
Exhibition: “Shop-Abutting”, ArtElLewa, Cairo, Egypt
www.artellewa.com
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December 2009-January 2010
Exhibition: “Invisible Presence”, Samaa Khana, Cairo, Egypt
www.mashrabiagallery.org
-
October-November 2009
Artist in Residency: Dusseldorf, Germany
Studio Scholarship from Land NRW
www.duesseldorf.de
Exhibition: “Embedded Realities”, Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany
www.kairobeirut.de
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May 2009
Cultural exchange: “Amongst Neighbours”, Istanbul, Turkey
Exhibition: “Under Constriction”, Hayaka arti, Istanbul, Turkey
www.cihangirlink.org
www.hayakaarti.com
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BIOGRAPHY
Ahmed Kamel is interested in domestic and urban life. He uses photography, video and drawing to address social issues. He was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1981, where he studied painting and received his BFA in 2003. Kamel is the recipient of a number of residencies including "Mediamatic" Amsterdam, Netherlands, "Prohelvetia", Bern, Switzerland, "Land NRW", Dusseldorf, Germany and "Amongst Neighbours", Istanbul, Turkey. He has participated in various solo and group exhibitions in the middle east and Europe.
His work is mainly concerned with how society constructs and idealizes its identity through means of visual representation that can act as markers of peopleʼs social and cultural background.
--
CONTACT
a.kamelmail@gmail.com
--
VITAE
Ahmed Kamel
1981, Cairo, Egypt
-
Education
1998-2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Major
Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
-
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Exhibition: “Extension”, Cinéma les Variétés, Marseille, French
2010 “Local Star”, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2010 “By law”, Marks blond, Bern, Switzerland
2010 “Spiral”, Progr, Bern, Switzerland
2009 “Shop-Abutting ”, ArtElLewa, Cairo, Egypt
2008 “Home-the Self”, Le CFCC, Mounira, Cairo, Egypt
2008 “Sowar Min El Salon”,Le CFCC, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
- Group Exhibitions
2012 “Cairo Documenta 2”, Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
2011 Exhibition: “Funkenschlag”, OKK, Berlin, Germany
2011 “Propaganda by Monuments”, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
2010 “Cairo Documenta”, Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
2010 “Noord”, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 “20 years Mashrabia”, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2010 21st Cairo Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2009 “Invisible Presence”, Samaa Khana, Cairo, Egypt
2009 “Embedded Realities”, Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany
2009 Selection from the 20th Youth Salon, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2009 “Under Constriction”, Hayaka arti, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 20th Cairo Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2009 “Photocairo 4”, Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
2008 “Photocairo 4”, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2007 “Malash-Kairo”, Meinblau Kunst & Atelierhaus, Berlin, Germany
2007 “A Face In Cairo”, Falaki Galley, AUC in Cairo, Egypt
2007 “Cartography”, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
2007 17th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2004 5th Nile Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2004 “Pick 2”, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2003 15th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House, Egypt
2003 4th Nile Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2003 Salon of Small Pieces, Center of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2002 “Obligatory Direction”, Cordoba Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2002 14th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2002 Salon of Small Pieces, Center of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2001 13th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
-
Grants/Awards
2010 Two month, Artist in residence, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Three month, Artist in residence, Prohelvetia, Progr, Bern, Switzerland
2009 Two month, Artist in residence, Land NRW, Dusseldorf, Germany
2009 Youth Salon prize, Ministry of Culture, Egypt
2009 Three weeks, cultural exchange, “Amongst Neighbours”, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 "Images of the Middle East", Global time, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Workshop/Grant, Hurghada, Egypt
2004 “Manhit El-Marasim”, Luxorʼs art studios, Ministry of Culture, Egypt
-
Publications
2010 “Photography and Egypt”, author Maria Golia, Reaktion Books - Exposures
2009 “PhotoCairo 4-The Long Shortcut”, Ed Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, catalog
2007 “Sowar Min El Salon” Images From the Parlour, Ed Aleya Hamzar, catalog
-
Filmmaking Workshops
2008 Short Narrative, Euromate, Semat, Cairo, Egypt
2008 Low Budget, advanced, by Basel Ramses, Spanish embassy, Semat, Cairo,
Egypt
2007 Documentary by Nadia Fares, CIC, Pro Helvetia, Cairo, Egypt
2006 Low Budget, basics, by Basel Ramses, Spanish embassy, Semat, Cairo, Egypt
2006 Contemporary Drawings, DCCD, Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark
-
Photography Workshops
2007 “Moving Walls”, by Chien Chi Chang, CIC, Cairo, Egypt
2006 “Non-Place”, by Eva Bertram & Andreas Rost, CiC, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt
2005 “ANA”, by Susan Hefuna, CIC, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt
2004 B&W, by Andreas Rost, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2003 Lighting, by Graham Waite, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2003 B&W Lab, by Emad Allam, Townhouse Gallery, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt