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Art Dubai
Afifa Aleiby, Maha Ahmed, Bea Bonafini Kimathi Mafafo, Nazir Tanbouli, Houda Terjuman -
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Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2023); Tales from the Golden Forest, Kristin Hjellegherde Gallery, London, UK (2022); Dawn of a New Day, Picasso Gallery Cairo (2021); Dancing Canvases, Mashrabia Gallery Cairo (2018); Drawing Exhibition, French Cultural Institute Alexandria (2016); Remains of Old Albums, Artlounge, Cairo (2015); Full Circle: Drawings And Live Performance, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt (2014); Book Art, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (2011); Paper Murals, Wilson Road Gallery, Camberwell College of Art (2010); Baptism of Hailstones, Surface Gallery, Nottingham (2009); Private Nightmares, Redgate Gallery, London (2008).Group exhibitions include Art Dubai, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2023); Art Dubai, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2022); Art at the Egyptian Museum, Egyptian Museum, Cairo (2017); Triumvirate Mojo Gallery, Dubai (Dubai Art Fair) (2017); The Wall, Hackney Downs Studios, London (2013); Vinyl, Cultivate, Vyner Street, London (2012); 7th Moscow Book Art Fair (2011); Seven Men in London Town, Redgate Gallery, London (2010); Beyond Borders: London and New York, AEStudios Gallery, New York City (2009); Prospero's Library, Accademia di Belle Arte, Catania, Italia (2009); Lighten Up, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge (2006).
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Highlights and collections.Nazir Tanbouli has received multiple international prestigious awards including Arts Council of England Individual Artist Grant (2015); University of the Arts London Creative Enterprise Award (2012); Bainbridge Award for Printmaking (2010); Arts Council of England Individual Artist Grant (2007); Juliet Gomperts Trust Award (2006); Arts Council of England Individual Artist Development Grant (2005); Arts Council of England Individual Artist Grant (2004); Grand Drawing Prize, Artist of the Year, National Salon of Youth, Egypt (1993). Tanbouli’s work can be found in the Dubai Collection, the EGYPTIAN modern art museum, the Bunker Artspace Museum (USA), as well as the Shaboury collection. In addition, in 2012, Tanbouli was awarded Creative Enterprise award for co-founding and managing the artist-run space Studio 75 in London.
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Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Palm Beach, USA (2024); Rivers Converging, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2022); Landmarks of Estrangement, Picasso Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (2021); The Echo of Time, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020); Re-Existence, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, The Netherlands (2018); Boushahri Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait (2017); Boushahri Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait (2014); De Twee Pauwen, The Hague, The Netherlands (2014);Boushahri Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait (2010); Gallery Prima Vista, Maastricht, The Netherlands (2008); Galleria Tornabuoni, Florence, Italy (2008); Zink Exposities, Bergen, The Netherlands (2008); Transit Art, Amersfoort, The Netherlands (2008); Arabic Cultural Centre, Brussels, Belgium (1999).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Eye of the Collector Art Fair, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2023); Art Dubai with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2023), Singapore Biennale, Singapore (2022-23); Art Dubai, UAE (2022); 'Untitled Miami Beach', with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Miami, USA (2022); When Images Speak: Highlights from the Dubai Collection, Etihad Museum (2021); Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2021); Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011 at MOMA PS1, NY (2019-2020); Beirut Biennale, Beirut, Lebanon (2000); Fortezza S. Francesco. Omaggio a Dilvio Lotti, San Miniato, Italy (1997); Het Veen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1997); Sale Topical, omaggio Gino Severini, Montespertoli, Italy (1995); Centro culturale Studio Palazzo, Festival dei due mondi, Spoleto, Italy (1993); Folklore Museum, Damascus, Syria (1986); Arabic Culture Centre, Damasco, Syria (1982).
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Afifa Aleiby's work was shown at the 2022 Singapore Biennale. Furtermore, her work can be found in prominent public and private collections such as the Azman Museum's collection, Farjam Foundation, Rana Sadik Collection, The Bunker Artspace Museum (USA) and Barjeel Foundation. In addition, she has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout her career, from Baghdad and Moscow to Yemen, Italy, Syria, Lebanon, England and the United States as a representative of the artistic and cultural face of the Iraqi civilization.
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Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Leighton House Museum, London, UK (2023); The Spaces Between, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2022); A Place that Cannot Be, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020); An Island of Truths, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2019), A Mute Land, Display Gallery, London (2016), A Seed Once Planted, Asia House, London, (2016).Group exhibitions include Art Dubai with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2023), Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2021); Art Dubai with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2020), Microcosm III, AAN Gandhara Art Space, Karachi (2019); Art Dubai, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai (2019); River in an Ocean, a collateral event for the inaugural Lahore Biennale (2018); I, too, am a part of this history, Fakir Khana Museum, Lahore (2018), Istanbul Contemporary, Istanbul (2018); BODY, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2017); And the horizon is dying over the tourist, Republic Gallery, London (2017); Dentons Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition for which she received special commendation by the Judging Panel (2017); and Asia house benefit Auction, Asia House, London (2016).
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Highlights and CollectionsIn 2023, Ahmed was nominated for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize. Ahmed has also received special commendation for her work by Dentons Art Prize judging panel leading to an acquisition by the David Roberts Art Foundation Collection (DRAF). Maha's work can be found in the A.R.M holding art collection in Dubai.
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Solo exhibitions include Uneartly, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022); Animals of your Lips, Bosse & Baum, London, UK (2022); Nosbaum, reding, Luxembourg, LU (2022); II Chiostro Animato, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Italy (2022); A Monstrous Fruit, Setareh, Berlin, Germany (2022); Where the Primitive One Becomes Two, Eduardo Secci, Art Brussels, Belgium (2022); Ghosts for a Post-Modern Tale, LAAA, Mexico (2022); Full Moon (Empty Stomach), renata fabbri, milan, Italy (2021); Sfiorare Fantasmi, Eduardo Secci, Florence, Italy (2021); Art-o-Rama, Bosse & Baum, Marseille, France (2021); Twin Waves, Operativa, Rome, Italy (2020); Chimère, Chloe Salgado, Paris, France (2019); Talk to the Hand, Bosse & Baum, London, UK (2019); Arte fiera Bologna, Renata Fabbri arte contemporanea, Bologna, Italy (2019); Ogni Pensiero Vola, Renata Fabbri, Milan, Italy (2018); Shed Shreds, Lychee One Gallery, London, UK (2018); Dovetail’s Nest, Zabludowicz Collection Invites, London, UK (2017); A World of One’s Own, Fieldworkds Gallery, London, UK (2017).
Group exhibitions include Incidente Domestico, Societé Interlude, Turin, Italy (2023); Mothers, Badr El Jundi, Spain (2023); Viaggio in Sicilia 9, Palazzo, Abatellis Museum, Palermi, Italy (2022); L’Origine del Modndo, Fondazione per l’Arte, Rome, Italy (2022); Labyrinth, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2022); The Armory Show, Setareh Gallery, New York, USA (2022); The New Guard, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France (2022); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Alkinois, Greece, Premio Conai, Spazio Taverna, Rome, Italy (2022); Materia Nova, Spazio Y, curated by Massimo Mininni and Benedetta Monti, Galleria Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy (2022); Düsseldorf Art Fair, Setareh Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (2022); Weeds Won’t Wither, Jari Lager gallery, Cologne, Germany (2022); New Mythologies, Ohsh Projects in collaboration with King & McGaw, London. Upon a Time, Eduardo Secci, Florence, Italy (2022); The Artsy Vanguard Fourth Edition, curated by Erin Jenoa Gilbert, Miami, US Psychic Anemone, Cob Gallery, London, UK (2021); Salto in Altro, curated by Edoardo Monti, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy (2021); Artissima, Double V gallery, Torino, Italy (2021); June Mostra, British School at Rome, I (2021); Worst Case Scenario, curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris, France (2021); Quarantanove non è cinquanta, Vogue Italia, curated by Valentina Ciarallo, Italy (2021); Latence, Boulevard Malesherbes, curated by Chloe Bonnie More, Paris, France (2021); Waves Between Us, Fondazione Sandretto, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene, Italy (2020); Curated by Alison Karasyk, Camille Regli, Katie Simpson, YCRP (2020); In Stitches, Larsen Warner, Stockholm, Sweden (2020); Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA (2020); The Thicker the Woods, the Vaster the Vista, Nevven Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden (2020); March Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy (2020);Adieu to Old England the Kids Are Alright, Choi and Lager, Cologne, Germany (2020).
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Bea Bonafini has been selected for the Alkinois art residency, Athens, Greece (2022); The TAC art residency, Tuscany, Italy (2022); Premio Conai finalist, Rome, Italy (2022) and the Platform Southwark Studio Residency, London. She has been awarded with the Pébeo Prize for Painting, Art-o-Rama, Marseille, France (2021-2019); the Abbey Scholarship for Painting, British School at Rome, IT Finalist Talent Prize, Rome, Italy (2021-2020);the Rosa Lee Travel Grant, British School, Rome, Italy; the Finalist Premio Cairo, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (2019); the La Berlugane-Maleki Residency and Commission, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France (2018);the FIBRA Artist Residency, Columbia, curated and co-produced by Mia Pfeifer. The Fieldworks Studio Residency, London, UK (2017); the Villa Lena Residency. Tuscany, Italy (2016); the Commendation, West Dean Tapestry Commission, UK. Bonafini has been granted with the Leverhulme Scholarship (2014-2016); The Beekeepers Art Residency, Portugal. In collaboration with curator Mia Pfeifer and Cob Gallery London, UK (2015), she has also been awared with the Stapely Trust Grant; the O2 Think Big Grant; the Slade School of Fine Art Prize (2014) and Study Grant at Salzburg Academy of Fine Art, Austria (2010).
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Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2024); (Upcoming) Wandering in the Unknown World, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2023); Kgolagano – A Covenant, EBONY/ CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2022); Gestures from The Awakened Mind, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2021); Embolden, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2019); Solo Presentation, at Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED (2018); CITCC, Cape Town, South Africa (2018); Alone in Spring, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2017); Withdrawn, World Art, Cape Town, South Africa (2015).Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Talking Threads, Ode to the Maker: Embroidery Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2023); Art Dubai, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2023); Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/ CURATED, South Africa (2023); Also Known As Africa (AKKA), Paris, France (2022); Diversity, Rupert Museum, Stellenbosh, South Africa (2022); Art Paris, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Paris (2022); Geleceg(n)iDokumak, CerModern Museum, Ankara, Turkey (2022); (IM)MATERIALITY, This Is Not A White Cube, Lisbon, Portugal (2022); This Is Not A White Cube, Lisbon, Portugal (2022); A Very Loop Street Summer, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2021); Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, FNB Art Joburg, Open City, Keyes Art Mile, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa (2021); 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, EBONY/ CURATED, London, England (2021); Threads, The Duende Art Project, Monastery of the Zwartzusters, Antwerp, Belgium (2021); Presentation with This Is Not a White Cube Lisbon, Portugal (2021); Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Goerne, Germany (2021); Knotted Ties, Lobby Gallery, Christie’s New York, United States of America (2021); 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair,(Virtual Representation) EBONY/ CURATED, London, England (2021); In (the) Loop, EBONY/ CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2021); Devils in The Details, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2020); FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg, South Africa (2020); Intersect Chicago online edition of SOFA Expo, Chicago, United States of America (2020); 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, United Kingdom (2020); Feminist Utopia curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/ CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2020); LATITUDES Art Fair (Virtual Representation, EBONY/ CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2020); 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York, United States of America (2020); Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Booth A12, South Africa (2020); Angel, St Antoine Church, in association with Muse Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); Spotlight, LATITUDES Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Johannesburg, South Africa (2019); Botanica II, Curated by Adele van Heerden for Art B Gallery, Bellville, South Africa (2019); Textile, Curated By Amy Pike For Dyman Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa (2019); Filling in the Gaps, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2019); Connections, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa (2019); Also Known As Africa (AKAA) 2018, Paris, France (2018); Colourchart, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2017); A Painting Today, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa (2017); Summer Exhibition, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa (2016).
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Highlights and collectionsKimathi Mafafo has been awarded with the Finalist Ares Art Prize (2022) and the Norval Foundation Sovereign Art Prize (2022). Kimathi Mafafo's work can be found in various international collections which include The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Palm Beach, Florida, USA; William;Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberly South Africa; Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa ; Africa First Collection, Israel; IZIKO South; African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; The Art Bank of South Africa, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa; The Irma Stern Museum, The University Of Cape Town; Foundation H Museum, Antananarivo, Madagascar; KOKO Club, UK; Jiminez / Constantine Trust, Puerto Rico; Euston Capital Collection, USA; Serge Tiroche Collection; The House Of KOKO, London; Spiers Arts Trust, South Africa; Nelson Mandela Art Museum in Gqeberha (FKA Port Elizabeth); Rupert Museum, Stellenbosh, South Africa and the RO2 Art Collection (USA).
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Solo exhibitions include When Hope Smells Like Petichor, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2022); Galerie GVCC, Casablanca, Morocco (2021); Untold Stories at Galerie Siniya in Marrakech, Morocco (2019); Because these wings can no longer fly, an artistic project with Arts Cabinet in London, UK (2019); Un Oeil Ouvert sur le Monde Arabe, a collaboration with FFCreative Paris, for “La Nuit Blanche” at L’Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France (2018); Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain (2018); Collaboration with Alex Hammersly and Hollandridge Group, London, UK ( 2018); Taghazout Bay, Agadir, Morocco (2016).
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Group exhibitions include Art Dubai, with Kritin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, UAE, (2023); Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Orlando Museum of ArtRe-composing in partnership with Fondazione Imago Mundi and the Aga Khan Museum , Orlando, USA (2022); The 369 Art Gallery, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy (2022); Art Dubai, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2022); Facing the Sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Schloss Görne, Germany (2021); Galerie Géraldine zberro, Paris, France (2021); Thinking Out Loud, Pulpo Gallery Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany (2021); Musee de la Kasbah, Tangier, Morocco (2021); Rofa Projects, Potomac, Maryland, USA (2020); Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, Aga Kahn Museum, Toronto, Canada (2020); Galleria delle Prigioni, Luciano Benetton Foundation, Treviso, Italy (2019); Hybrid Migrant, a touring exhibition with the Agha Kahn Museum and Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton’s Global Art project, Treviso, Toronto, Vancouver, Houston, Dallas, Paris, London, Lisbon and Dubai (2019-2020); Wondrous Worlds, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany(2019), Oeuvres et Recherches, GVCC, Casablanca, Morocco (2018), Galerie 21, Geneva, Switzerland (2018);Black Sphinx II, Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland (2018), La Sfinge Nera II, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy(2018), Mercedes Roldan, Madrid, Spain (2017), Merchant of Dreams, Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark (2016); Musée Mohammed VI d’Art Contemporain, Rabat, Morocco (2015); Femmes et Religion, Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc (2015).
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Houda Terjuman, Faremo tanta strada 1, 2022
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Houda Terjuman, Diving through intricate waters, 2022
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Houda Terjuman, Run run to foreign lands A , 2022
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Houda Terjuman, On the edge of my territory , 2022
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Art Dubai: Afifa Aleiby, Maha Ahmed, Bea Bonafini Kimathi Mafafo, Nazir Tanbouli, Houda Terjuman
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