Wael Shawky

**Wael Shawky** (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1971) ka o nyɛ Egypty nuuni tuunbaŋda ŋun tumdi Alexandria mini Philadelphia. Shawky yuli ni yɛn du tunduya o daa tum la tuunshɛli din jendi adiini tɔbu zaŋ chaŋ Middle Eastern. Shawky nyɛla ŋun di pina pam, di shɛŋa n-nyɛ Ernst Schering Foundation Art Award yuuni 2011 ni Mario Merz Prize (2015) pini zaŋ ti o shinii, *Al Araba Al Madfuna*. Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Galleria Lia Rumma and Lisson Gallery n zani ti o. 

## O piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Bɛ daa dɔɣi la Shawky Alexandria, Egypt yuuni 1971 ka o daa be Mecca, Saudia o bilim ni pɔi ka daa naan yi labi Egypt o ni daa paai yuun pinaata. O malila MFA din yina University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, ni BFA shɛhira gban shɛŋa o ni daa deei Alexandria University, Egypt.

## Exhibitions

* 2024	Egyptian Pavillon, La Biennale Di Venezia 2024 (forthcoming)
* 2023	I am Hymns of the New Temples, Sfeir-Semler Karantina, Beirut, Lebanon
* 2023 I Am Hymns of the New Temples, Pompeii Archaeological Park, Pompeii, Italy
* 2023	In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
* 2023 Alexandria: Past Futures, MUCEM, Marseille, France
* 2023 MACBA Collection. Prelude. Poetic Intention, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
* 2023 In The Heart of Another Country, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
* 2022	Dry Culture Wet Culture, Museum Leuven, Belgium
* 2022	Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
* Alexandria: Past Futures, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
* 2021	FOCUS: Wael Shawky, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
* 2019	Al Araba Al Madfuna, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
* 2019 Gohyang: Home, SeMA, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
* 2019 Look for Me All Around You, Sharjah Biennial 14, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE
* 2018	The Crusades and Current Stories, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
* 2018 Crude, Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, UAE
* 2018 Beyond Borders, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
* 2018 Wael Shawky, Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples, Italy
* 2018 Cabaret Crusades, Gangwon international BIENNALE, Korea
* 2018 Al Araba Al Madfuna III, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
* 2018 The Song of Roland: The Arabic Version, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
* 2018 The Song of Roland: The Arabic Version, The Theater an der Wien, The Opera House, Vienna, Austria
* 2018 Al Araba Al Madfuna III, St. Elmo Exam Center, Valletta, Malta
* 2017	Al Araba Al Madfuna, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Yinchaun, China
* 2017 The Song of Roland: The Arabic Version, Theatre de Welt, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
* 2017 The Song of Roland: The Arabic Version, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Holland Festival, Amsterdam, Holland
* 2017 The Song of Roland: The Arabic Version, Onasis cultural center, Athens, Greece
* 2017 Focus on Wael Shawky, Onasis Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
* 2017 Focus on Wael Shawky, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
* 2017 Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo, Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo, Sicily
* 2017 Al Araba Al Madfuna III, Saints Euno and Giuliano Church, Palermo, Sicily
* 2017 Cabaret Crusades trilogy screening, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, USA
* 2016	Cabaret Crusades, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
* 2016 Al Araba Al Madfuna, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
* 2016 Wael Shawky, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
* 2016 Wael Shawky, Al Araba Al Madfuna III, Fondazione Merz, Zurich, Switzerland
* 2016 Wael Shawky. Drawing, Lisson Gallery, Milan, Italy
* 2015 Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala, Sfeir Semler Karantina, Beirut, Lebanon.
* 2015	Cabaret Crusades, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
* 2015 Crusades and Other Stories, MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
* 2015 Cabaret Crusades trilogy screenings, Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
* 2014	Cabaret Crusades, K20 Museum: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
* 2014 Al Araba Al Madfuna II, Festwochen-Zentrum im Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
* 2014 Horsemen Adore Perfumes and Other Stories, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
* 2014 Dictums, Lisson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
* 2013	al-Qurban/The Offering, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
* 2013 Cabaret Crusades, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
* 2013 Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 2013 Wael Shawky, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
* 2013 Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo, Pinault Collection, Teatrino Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
* 2012	Al Araba Al Madfuna, KW: Kunst-Werke Institute, Berlin, Germany
* 2011	Wael Shawky, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, United Kingdom
* 2011 Drawings and Flags from Cabaret Crusades, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums, Liverpool, UK
* 2011 Larvae Channel, Delfina Foundation, London, UK
* 2010	Contemporary Myths, Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
* 2010 Contemporary Myths II, Sfeir-Semler Karantina, Beirut, Lebanon
* 2009	Larvae Channel 2, Project Gentili, Berlin, Germany
* 2009 Clean History, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
* 2009 Wael Shawky, Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
* 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
* 2007 Digital Church, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
* 2007 The Forty Days Road, Wet Culture – Dry Culture, Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Bunkier Sztukim, Krakow, Poland
* 2007 Al Aqsa Park, YAMA, digital screen on top of Marmara Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
* 2007 Telematch Sadat/Telematch Market/Al Aqsa Park, Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
* 2007 Telematch Sadat/Al Aqsa Park, Hebbel am Ufer 3, Berlin, Germany
* 2007 Telematch Sadat, San Matteo Church, Lucca, Italy
* 2006	Drawings 1998–2006, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
* 2005	The Green Land Circus, Factory Space, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
* 2005 Wael Shawky, Ludwigsburg Kunstverein, Ludwigsburg, Germany
* 2003	Asphalt Quarter, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
* 2002	When he decided to visit the Christmas village, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
* 2001	Transitions, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon
* 2001 Sidi El Asphalt’s Moulid, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

## Pina

* 2017	The Honorary Citizenship of the City of Palermo, Italy
* 2015	Mario Merz Prize, Turino, Italy
* 2013	Louis Vuitton and Kino der Kunst Award for Filmic Oeuvre, Munich, Germany
* 2013 Prize of Sharjah Biennale 11th, for dictums 10:120, Performance, Sharjah, UAE
* 2012	Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Dubai, UAE
* 2011	Kunstpreis der Schering Stiftung, Kunst-Werke Institute, Berlin, Germany
* 2011 Artist-in-Residence, Center for Possible Studies, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
* 2009	Grand Prize, 25th Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria, Cairo
* 2007	Ford Foundation Grant, Cairo, Egypt
* 2005	International Commissioning Grant, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
* 2004	International Award of the Islamic World Arts Initiative, Arts International, New York, USA
* 2004 American Center Foundation Grant, Philadelphia, USA
* 2001	Honorary Award, Rita Longa International, Codema, Bayamo, Cuba
* 2000	Piero Dorazio Award, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
* 1996	Grand Nile Prize, International Cairo Biennial 6th, Cairo, Egypt
* 1994	Grand Akhenaten Prize, Salon of Youth 6th, Akhenaten Centre of Arts, Cairo, Egypt

## Kundivihira