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Al Fadhil, an artist with
multidisciplinary interests ( painting, installation, photography,
performance, video art), was born in Basrah Iraq, in 1955. He currently
residence in Lugano (Switzerland).
He studied at the Institute of Fine
Art in Baghdad and in the Academy of Fine Art 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 has staged exhibitions at various
venues in Europe and beyond ( Bonndorf Museum, 2000 (D),
Sharjah Biennale 2003 (UAE), Venice
Biennale, performance “Off “ 2003 (I); Rome University Museum 2004 (I),
Emergency Biennale I, Palais de Tokyo,
Paris 2005 (F), Kuandu Museum, Taipei (TW) 2005.
His videos include:
Amer & Nasser 2003
Iraq Diary 2000/2004
Back on Earth 2005
Home sweet home 2006
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2006
6°Biennale dell’immagine Chiasso
Extracorpi
Gallaria Cons Arc, Chiasso Switzerland
September - October
Emergency Biennale (VII)
Centre A, Vancouver, Canada
Curated: Evelyne Jouanno
July - August
MERZ Project
Kunstverein Bregenz, Austerich
Magazin4
Curators: Peter Lewis and Wolfgang Fetz
July - Septtember
Museo Cantonal d’Arte,
Lugano Switzerland
Talking with Ahmed
Inside the project What’s New?
Curator: Elio Schenini
May, July
Radio surinternet,
P. de Tokyo Paris, CCS Paris,
MAMCO
Geneva
Curator: Jérome Luebe
By 70 artists from around 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
November , Support Play Gallery, Berlin
Interfilm Short Film Festival, Berlin
November,
Support Play
Gallery, Berlin
Emergency Biennale (III)
October, Bolzano Museum, Italy
Diva Video&Digital Art Fair, Paris
October, Support Play Gallery, Berlin
3rd Asia Pacific Arts Forum
Taipei University of the Arts
Kuandu Museum of Fine Art
October, Taipei, Taiwan
Emergency Biennale (II)
Matrix art Project
Curators; Evelyne Jouanno and Jota Castro
September, Bruxelles, Belgium
Progress the work
July – October, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Emergency Biennale (I)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris France
February - April, Cutators: Evelyne Jouanno
and Jota Castro
Oh my God! how much longer?
Photo, video and communications
March - April, Officina art, Lugano
Switrzerland
2004
Art to Eat
Switzerland Cultural Centre,
February, Milano, Italy
Emaar International Art Symposium
Curator: Talal Muàlla
March, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Baghdad life club, Rome
Alive
Installation
Curator:
Simonetta Lux and Domenico Scudieri
April, La
Sapienza University Museum, Rome, Italy
Baghdad life club, Locarno
Alive
installation
La Rada
Centro Culturale
Curators: Noah Stolz and Riccardo Lisi
August, with 57° Locarno International Film
Festival, Switzerland
La Honte
Video installation
Paravento Theatre
August, Locarno, Switzerland
Baghdad life club, Bologna
Installation workshop
Curator:
BoArt Associazione Culturale
August -
September, Festival dell’Unità, Bologna, Italy
Troubled Time
Photo installation
War Museum for peace
Curator: Maria Campitelli
September - October, Trieste, Italy
Northern Steps
Painting installation
Artmaker Gallery,
October, Stockholm, Sweden
Baghdad life club, Paris
Cité Internationale des Arts
September ‘04 - January ’05, Paris, France
2003
6th Sharjha International Biennale
Curators: Hoor Al Qassimi and Peter Lewis
April - May, Sharjah Museum, United Arab
Emirates
SottoVuoto
Curator:
Roberto Borghi
Ticosa
Factory,
April,
Como, Italy
I’m Iraq Pavilion
An not official action at the 50th Venice
Biennale
June –
Novembre, Venice, Italy
56°
Festival Film Locarno
Amer &
Nasser, Iraqi Brothers, video
Curator:
Lucia Milazzotto
Human right section
August, Locarno, Switzerland
G’03 Open air Art International
Curator: Harald Szeemann
July – November, Ascona Vira, Switzerland |