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Amal & Abdel Ghany Kenawy

  • 1974: Born in Cairo , Egypt
  • lives and works in Cairo
  • 1997/98   studied in the academy of arts , Cinema institute
  • 1999  : B A in painting  & Graduated from the faculty of Fine arts / Cairo , Egypt
  • 1995 /1999: Studying fashion design/ Egypt.
   
 

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2008: La Bank Gallery Paris - France .
  • 2007: Darat El Funun / Amman. Gordon.
  • 2007: (Angels Dream. Video installation / photograph)  Town house gallery Cairo .Egypt.
  • 2006: (YOU Will Be Killed /video installation . Drawings Space art gallery for contemporary Egyptian art / down town Cairo .Egypt.
  • 2006  : (Booby Trapped Heaven ) video installation / Masharabia Gallery / Cairo Egypt.
  • 2005 : (The Artificial Purple Forest ) video Animation – El Falaky Gallery – A.U.C  -   Cairo / Egypt.
  • 2004  :  (The journey) Video installation , Townhouse gallery For Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt.
  • 2004:  (Transformation) Grant of Pro-Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Artist’s Residency,  Araau / Switzerland.

The International Biennale:

  • 2008 : Dakar biennale Dakar, Senegal.
  • 2007 : Sharja biennale 8    Emirates. 
  • 2007: Scand Moscow BEINNAL Russia 
  • 2006  1st  BIENNIAL OF THE CANARIES for  Architecture .Art. and Landscape
  • 2006:  1st Singapore biennial.
  • 2006:  Dakar biennial - Dakar, Senegal.                         
  • 2005: XX111 Biennale de Alexsandre des Paysde La Meditranee, Egypt.
  • 2004:  Dakar biennial - Dakar, Senegal.
  • 1998:  7th Cairo Biennial, /Cairo, Egypt.

Group Exhibitions:

  • 2008  : ( Drowing Imotions ) Momt Tokyo / Momk Kyoto Japan
  • 2008  : ( You will be Killed) Ifa Gallary Berlin - Germany .
  • 2004 to 2007  : Africa Remix, (frozen memory) video installation.

              Kunst Palast Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
              Hayward Gallery, London, UK
              Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France
              Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
South Africa Contemporary Art Museum .

  • 2007 : (WITHOUT TILLE ) MUkHA Contemporary Art Museum Antwerp.  Belgium
  • 2006: (Nafas|) IFA Gallery / Berlin /Germany.
  • 2005: [flight 406] sfeir smeller gallery – Beirut.
  • 2005: (Some Stories)  Kunst Halle  – Vienna, Austria.

               Magazine 4, Bergen/ Austria.
               Graz / Austria

  • 2005: (Home Work - Art forum), Beirut, Lebanon.             
  • 2004: (Never the right time), Media festival from Arab World - Toronto, Canada.
  • 2004: (Independent Films) Goethe institute – Cairo, Egypt.
  • 2004: (The Sphinx will devour you) Kansi Sanat gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2000:  Nitaq contemporary arts festival, Cairo, Egypt.
  • The International Theatre Festivals:
  • 2006  Festival des 7 Collines _  SAINT –ETIENNE - FRANCE
  • 2005: (Milan Oltre) (Festival did teatro danza musica e oltre – 19th edizione). , Italy.
  • 2005: ( Festival de theatre des Ameriques)–Montreal .Canada.
  • 2005: (Contemporena Festival) Prato- Italy.
  • 2004: (Kunsten festival des arts) – Bruxelle, Belgium.
  • 2004: (La Rose des vent), Lillie, France.
  • 2003: (Home Work,) Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon.

THE INTERNATIONL FILM   FESTIVALES:

  • 2005:    9th Ismaillia International Film Festival short &documentary film / Egypt.
  • 2003:    7th Ismallia international film festival for short and documentary film / Egypt.
  • 2003:    1st Tirana international film festival for short &documentary film / Albania.

Work Shops:

  • 2007: Darat El Funun / Amman. Gordon
  • 2004:    The Swiss –Egyptian video art workshop / Pro Helvetia, Cairo, Egypt.
  • 2002:     The Sweden- Egyptian contemporary art workshop /Cairo - Egypt.


Art Fairs:

  • 2005:  Berlin Art Fair / Germany.
  • 2005 :  Cologne , Art Fair , Germany
  • 2005:   Paris Art F air / France.
  • 2004 :  Arco ( Madrid Art fair )  Spain

PRIZES:

  • The First prize of Sharjah  biennale  . 2007
  • 2006 : Dakar Biennale award ( THMI MANELY Fundation  Amsterdam residency program ) .
  • 2006 : The award of the best animation film  - 12th national Egyptian film festival 
    2005 : The Golden prize /xx111 Biennale de Alexandria des  Paysde La Meditranee 
    2005:  The global crossings prize , Leonardo International society for the arts Sciences and             technology (ISAST), Los Angeles, USA
  • 2004:  The state National Prize for Art, Science, Literature, (for using Video as Visual            medium - Egypt.
  • 2004:   Grant of Pro-Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Artists  residency , Aarau /Switzerland. 
  • 2003 :  Special mention of international Ismailia festival for documentary and Short films – Egypt
  • 1998 :  The UNESCO grand prize in the international Cairo biennial , Egypt
  • 1998:  The AICA commission (Marseilles Art Studios), FrancE
  • 1996:  The 1st prize in sculpture, 7th salon of youth, Cairo, Egypt.

    Collections:

    • MUkHA Contemporary Art Museum Antwerp Belgium.
    • Fundacao Sindika Dokola Sindika Dokolo African Collection of Contemporary Art Luanda Angola
    • Khaled Shuman Foundation. Amman. Gordon.
    • The Musaem of Contemporary Art of Egypt.