Alexandria-based artist Wael Shawky will be in residence at the Centre for Possible Studies where he will be making films and other works. His residency at the Edgware Road Project will be undertaken in two parts: the first will be in April 2011 and in Summer 2011. His residency is presented in collaboration with the Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, and the Delfina Foundation, London.
Presented in collaboration with Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, and the Delfina Foundation, London.
Wael Shawky lives and works in Alexandria, Egypt. Last year he launched MASS Alexandria, the first Independent Studio Programme for young artists in the city. Shawky has received international acclaim for his work as an artist and filmmaker and has had numerous international solo shows including: Citta Dell'Arte, Italy (2010), Gentili Apri, Berlin (2009), Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland (2007), and Ludwigsburg Kunstverein, Germany (2005). His work has also been shown at the Venice Biennale in 2003 and 2005. In February 2011, he was awarded the Ernst Schering Foundation Art Award.
His works include Télématch Sadat, a presentation of the events surrounding the assassination of Sadat in 1981 re-enacted by children and Al-Aqsa Park, an animated film installation in which the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is displayed as a fairground carousel. Winner of the Ernst Schering Foundation Art Award 2011.His work has been exhibited all over the world including the Queens Museum of Art, New York; the Riwaq Biennale, Palestine; the Moscow Biennial, and Ashkal Alwan, Beirut. His residency is undertaken in collaboration with Townhouse Gallery, Cairo and the Delfina Foundation, London.
Upcoming events
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Serpentine Cinema CINACT:
Redmond Entwistle & Wael Shawky
Sunday 13 March, 2-5pm
The Gate
87 Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3JZ
gate@picturehouses.co.uk
Tickets £6/£5
Tickets available from The Gate
or www.picturehouses.co.uk
Join Wael Shawky for a screening and discussion of his films as part of Serpentine Cinema, a series of monthly screenings and events at The Gate, which give an opportunity to view artists’ films in a cinema context.
Free Cinema School Salon
Hosted by Wael Shawky
Wednesday 6 April 2011, 7-9pm
Centre for Possible Studies
Free
Wael Shawky curates a series of films for our April salon. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by the artist.
Artist Talk: Wael Shawky
Friday 8 April 2011, 6.30pm
Delfina Foundation
29 Catherine Place
London , SW1E 6DY
Free
Please RSVP to: rsvp@delfinafoundation.com
An evening event to inaugurate the first part of Wael Shawky's residency in London.
People’s Research Seminar
Ongoing, alternate Thursdays
A seminar investigating methods for co-research and what could be meant by the term ‘possible study’. Open to all people working on collaborative artistic and political projects in, or relating to, the Edgware Road neighbourhood. For more information contact amalk@serpentinegallery.org.
Coming up in May: Bidoun Library and Ultra-red in residence.
Presented in association with Sketch and Picturehouse Cinemas
