Al Fadhil - Documentazione





Al Fadhil

Al Fadhil, an artist with multidisciplinary interests (painting, installation, photography, performance, video art), was born in Basrah (Iraq) in 1955. He currently resides in Lugano (Switzerland). He studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad and in the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence (Italy). The artist participated to many international art events and workshop residencies; worked at the “Cité Internationale des Arts” (Paris) in 2000, 2004 and 2005, Dubai Art Symposium 2004, Taipei Art University 2005. He had exhibitions in various venues in Europe and other continents: Bonndorf Museum (D), 2000; Sharjah Biennale (UAE) 2003; Venice Biennale, off performance (I) 2003; Rome University Museum - MLAC (I) 2004; Emergency Biennale I, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (F) 2005; Kuandu Museum, Taipei (TW) 2005, Punish Kamp(f) project, Berlin 2006

His videos include:

•Amer & Nasser 2003,
•Iraq Diary 2000/2004,
•Back on Earth 2005,
•Home sweet home 2006.


Al Fadhil
Selected exhibitions:

2007

●“d’abord, la beauté”
Galleria Brera 1
Corbetta Milano, I
March-April

●Art Rotterdam, Holland
support; ap4-art Gallery, Genève, CH
February

•The Nightly News
Curator: Kathleen Goncharov
Luxe Gallery,NY
Jan – Feb

•If you see something say something
Curator: Zanny Begg
Mori Gallery, Harbour
Gallery 4a, Sydney
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown
Jan – Feb

Upcaming
• Play Gallery, Berlin, D
• Mutamenti, Castelli, Bellinzona, CH
• illegal Iraqi Pavilion, Europe urban space
● Videoforms ’07, Paris, F
● Oberhausen film festival, Berlin, D
• Under A New Sky, Birmingham, GB

2006

•5° Biennale dell’immagine, Chiasso
Extracorpi
Curator: Cecilia Liveriero Lavelli
Galleria Cons Arc, Chiasso, Switzerland
September - November

•MERZ Project
Kunstverein Bregenz, Austria
Magazin4
Curators: Peter Lewis and Wolfgang Fetz
July - September

•Emergency Biennale (VII)
Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
Curator: Evelyne Jouanno
July - August

•Museo Cantonale d’Arte
Lugano, Switzerland
Talking with Ahmed
inside the project What’s New?
Curator: Elio Schenini
May - July

•Radio sur internet
P. de Tokyo Paris, CCS Paris, MAMCO Geneva
Curator: Jérome Luebe
by 70 artists from all the world
April



•Umwandlung
(in contemporary with Berlin Biennale)
Glogauer Str. 16, Berlin
Curator: Chema Alvargonzales
March

•Emergency Biennale (IV)
Riga Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
Curator: Evelyne Jouanno
February - March


2005

•Loop Video Art Fair
Barcelona, Spain
Support: Play Gallery, Berlin
November

•Interfilm Festival, Berlin
Support: Play Gallery, Berlin
November

•Emergency Biennale (III)
Bolzano Museum, Italy
October

•Diva Video&Digital Art Fair, Paris
Support: Play Gallery, Berlin
October

•3rd Asia Pacific Arts Forum
Taipei University of the Arts
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts
Taipei, Taiwan
October

•Emergency Biennale (II)
Matrix art project
Curators: Evelyne Jouanno and Jota Castro
Bruxelles, Belgium
September

•Progress the work
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
July - October

•Emergency Biennale (I)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris France
Curators: Evelyne Jouanno and Jota Castro
February - April

2004

•Baghdad life club, Paris
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
September ‘04 - January ’05

•Troubled Time
Photo installation
Curator: Maria Campitelli
War Museum for peace, Trieste, Italy
September - October



•Baghdad life club, Bologna
Installation workshop
Curator: BoArt Associazione Culturale
Festa dell’Unità, Bologna, Italy
August - September


•Baghdad life club, Locarno
Alive installation
La Rada Centro Culturale
Curators: Noah Stolz and Riccardo Lisi
during 57th Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland
August


•Baghdad life club, Rome
Alive installation
Curators: Simonetta Lux and Domenico Scudieri
La Sapienza University Museum - MLAC, Rome, Italy
April

•Emaar International Art Symposium
Curator: Talal Muàlla
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
March

2003

•56° Festival Film Locarno
Amer & Nasser, Iraqi Brothers, video
Curator: Lucia Milazzotto
Human rights section, Locarno, Switzerland
August

•G’03 Open air Art International
Curator: Harald Szeemann
Ascona e Vira Gambarogno, Switzerland
July - November

•I’m the Iraq Pavilion
A not official action at the 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
June - November

•6th Sharjah International Biennale
Curators: Hoor Al Qassimi and Peter Lewis
Sharjah Museum, United Arab Emirates
April - May