George Awde(B - 1980)
Education2009 . Yale University, New Haven, CT:
MFA Photography2004 . Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA:
BFA Painting Solo Exhibitions2017Scale Without Measure / Lightwork, Syracuse NY, USA
2016Still Departures: Sultan Gallery. Kuwait City, KW
Imagined Measures - Gallery 39K, Lahore, PK
2015fragile states - East Wing, Dubai, UAE
2014 His Passing Cover: 15th FotoFest Bienniel. O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston, USA2011Quiet Crossings: Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison Wisconsin, USA
2005
Six Months in Sana’a: UNESCO Palace, Beirut, LBN
Selected Group Exhibitions2020'In Transit' - with Gohar Dashti (IR), Tanya Habjouqa (JO), Daniel Castro Garcia (UK), & Stefanie Zofia Schulz (DE),
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork Ireland (Through September 2020).
'In Transit' - with Gohar Dashti (IR), Tanya Habjouqa (JO), Daniel Castro Garcia (UK), & Stefanie Zofia Schulz (DE)
Stadtgalerie Saarbrucken, Germany (opening in September 2020).
2019'In Transit' - with Gohar Dashti (IR), Tanya Habjouqa (JO), Daniel Castro Garcia (UK), & Stefanie Zofia Schulz (DE)
Lunder Arts Centre, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
'In Transit' - with Gohar Dashti (IR), Tanya Habjouqa (JO), Daniel Castro Garcia (UK), & Stefanie Zofia Schulz (DE)
San Diego State University Downtown Gallery, San Diego, California, US (April 2019)
'In Transit' - with Gohar Dashti (IR), Tanya Habjouqa (JO), Daniel Castro Garcia (UK), & Stefanie Zofia Schulz (DE)
San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, California, US (January 2019)
2018'In Transit' - with Gohar Dashti (IR), Tanya Habjouqa (JO), Daniel Castro Garcia (UK), & Stefanie Zofia Schulz (DE)Blue Sky Gallery, Portland Oregon, US74 million million million tons (featuring 10 international artists), Sculpture Center, New York, NY, USA
2017»Odarodle – an imaginary their_story of naturepeoples, 1535-2017 (
Public Shadows), Schwules Museum Berlin, DE
2016Regards Sur Beyrouth: Photomed Photo Festival, La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
In Between / In Transit, Galeri Image, Aarhus, DK
Scarlet Muse, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
Alien Territory, Mediterranean Photography Festival, Rethymno, Crete, GR
2015Première Biennale Des Photographes Du Monde Arabe Contemporain, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, FR
Greetings To Those Who Asked About Me, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, EG
I Spy With My Little Eye…, The Mosaic Rooms, London, UK
I Spy With My Little Eye…, Casa Arabe, Madrid, SP
Voies Off - 20th Anniversary Celebration Projection during Rencontres Des Arles, FR
2014 Shangri La: Imagined Cities, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA
Unsaid, Unheard, Untitled, Villa Paradiso, Beirut, LBN
Confluence: Photographic based works from the Contemporary Middle East, VCUQatar Gallery, Doha, QA
New Africa: Kulte, Casablanca, MA
Community Supported Art: Katara Art Center, Doha, QA
Islam Contemporary: Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina USA
2013Islam Contemporary: Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield Massachusetts, USA
Another Time: The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, LBN
On Covering One's Back: Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt
2013 I Exist (In Some Way): Look/13: Liverpool International Photography Festival, Liverpool, UK
Open Wound: The Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE
2012
Exposure 2012: Beirut Art Center, Beirut, LBN
A Territory of Resistance: The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, LBN
The Curve: CENTER, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Le Corps découvert: l’Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, FR
American Dream: Detroit Project, Detroit, MI USA
Woman’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography Portfolio Competition, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2011Untitled, 12th Istanbul Biennial: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, TR
reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, CA, USA
Caochangdi PhotoSpring Festival, Beijing, CN
Galerie Azzedine Alaïa, Paris, FR
Aperture Foundation,
New York, Ny USA2010 reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today,
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, CH
Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, FR
Flash Forward Festival, Toronto, Ont, CA
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, CN
Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
Night Gallery 2010: Fotoweek DC: Architectural Illuminations, Washington DC, USA
Land - Country Life in the Urban Age: Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, NL
D
aydream Nation: Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA USA
2009We Belong Together: Space, New York, NY USA
2008
Photography MFA Thesis Show: Green Gallery, New Haven, CT USA
X Initiative, Blind Spot Benefit: David Zwirner, New York, NY USA
Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships2017Boffo Fire Island Art Camp
Mophradat: Grants for Artists/ Digital Methodologies (Award to marra.tein residency)
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar: Faculty Research Grant - Public Shadows
2016Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar: Distinguished Achievement in Research, QA
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar: Faculty Research Grant
2015Light Work Artist in Residency, Syracuse NY
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Faculty Research Grant, QA
2014Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Faculty Research Grant, QA
FOAM: Paul Huf Award, Nominee, Amsterdam NL
MACK: First Book Award, Nominee
2013Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Faculty Research Grant,
Shifting Grounds, QAFOAM: Paul Huf Award, Nominee, NL
MACK: First Book Award, Nominee
2012Aaron Siskind Foundation: Individual Photographer’s Fellowship USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Photography Portfolio Competition USA
Fulbright US Scholar Grant: Teaching / Research Award, EG
CENTER: Choice Awards, Gallerist’s Choice (2nd Place), USA
FOAM: Paul Huf Award, Nominee, Amsterdam NL
2011CENTER: Santa Fe Prize, Nominee, USA
Massachusetts Cultural Council: Artist Fellowship, Finalist, USA
Magenta Foundation: Flash Forward, Emerging Photographers, USA
2009 .
Yale University: Alice Kimball English Travel Fellowship, USA
2008 Yale University: Richard Benson Scholarship for Excellence in Photography, USA
Visiting Artist, Academic Service & Panelist
2017Light Work Residency, Syracuse, New York, NY
2013In Conversation: Photographers George Awde & Yasser Alwan. Gezira Art Center, Cairo
Portfolio Reviews: Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo
Conference Planning Committee:
Navigating the Tides: Urbanism in the Middle East, Doha
2011Massachusetts College of Art,
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Color Class, USAWesleyan University,
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Intro to Photography, USADrew University,
Visiting Artist Lecturer,
Artist Talk, USALebanese American University,
Visiting Jury Panelist, Midterm/Final: Architectural Translation, LBNAmerican University of Beirut,
Visiting Artist Lecturer - TALK20 Beirut - 5th Edition, LBN2010 Massachusetts College of Art,
Visiting Artist Lecturer – Alumni Panel, USABunker Hill Community College,
Visiting Artist LecturerSelected Bibliography2018Family - Aperture Magazine, edition 233, Aperture Foundation, NY USAIn Transit - Exhibition Catalogue, Blue Sky Books (Chris Rauschenberg), Portland Oregon, USA2017Contact Sheet No.191 / March 2017, Light Work Lab Prepress, Syracuse, NY, USA
2015Where Light Falls, Gallery Feature by Laura Barlow, ArteEast Quarterly, the Global Platform for Middle East Arts2014Shangri La: Imagined Cities, DCA City of Los Angeles 2014
Suspended Disclosure: The Photography of George Awde, Essay by Daniel Brendt
New Africa: Exhibition Catalogue, Kulte
FotoFest 2014 Biennial Catalogue, Fotofest International, Houston TX USA
2013 Beirut En Revue:Peeping Tom’s Digest #3
2012 Beirut's Body Politics and Photography: Daily Star, Lebanon
Le corps découvert: Institut Du Mond Arabe
Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial): Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
100 Artists to Watch: Modern Painters
G
orge Awde: Fraction Magazine, USA
2011 Quiet Crossings, Kinship, and Intimacy in Lebanon and Northeast Syria: Jadaliyya
reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today: Aperture Foundation, USA
Flash Forward 2011: Magenta Foundation
Wip12 - 10 Lebanese Photographers: Wip
2010 Noorderlicht Photofestival, Land – Country Life in the Urban Age: Noorderlicht FoundationInside the Restless City: George Awde: The National
Daydream Nation: Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
2009Yale MFA Photography 2009: Photography is Easy; Photography is Difficult, Yale University
2008 Encyclopedia of Arab American Artist: Artists of the American Mosaic, Greenwood Press
2005An Artist Explores His Arab Roots: Bulletin Today:American University of Beirut
Visiting Artist, Academic Service & Panelist 2012- Present
Co-founder/Co-director for marra.tein Residency Initiative, Beirut, LBN
2015Fire Station Artist in Residence, Qatar Museum Authority:
Consultant
2014Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Artist Encounters Workshop:
Instructor Beirut Art Center Benefit Auction:Beirut Art Center, Beirut
20th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit: The Watermill Center, NY
Fire Station Artist in Residence, Qatar Museum Authority:
Consultant
East Wing Gallery / FOAM Masterclass:
Master Darkroom Gallery
: Juror for exhibition XY
Camera Club of New York,
Artist Talk, NYC
VCUArts (Home Campus):
Visiting Artist Lecturer VCUArts (Home Campus):
Studio Visits with Grad StudentsSyracuse University,
Visiting Artist Lecturer, History of Contemporary Photography, Syracuse, NY USA
Syracuse University,
Studio Visits with Grad Students, NY , USAUniversity of Houston Downtown,
Artist Talk, Houston, TX, USA
2013
Katara Art Centre,
Jurist for Summer Diaries Photography Exhibition, Doha, Qatar
Duruq Al Tawaya Project & Contemporary Image Collective:
Portfolio Reviewer, Abu Dhabi
Darb 1718 Art Space: Workshop:
Conceptualizing Visions, Cairo, Egypt
Contemporary Image Collective: Workshop:
Be-Coming: Picturing Our Future, Cairo, Egypt
Gezira Art Center
, In Conversation: Photographers George Awde & Yasser Alwan. Cairo, Egypt
Portfolio Reviewer: Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
Conference Planning Committee:
Navigating the Tides: Urbanism in the Middle East, Doha Qatar
2011Arab Image Foundation: Conservation and Large Format Photography Workshop, Beirut 2011
Massachusetts College of Art,
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Color Class, USAWesleyan University,
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Intro to Photography, USADrew University,
Visiting Artist Lecturer,
Artist TalkLebanese American University,
Visiting Jury Panelist, Midterm/Final: Architectural Translation American University of Beirut,
Visiting Artist Lecturer - TALK20 Beirut - 5th Edition 2010Massachusetts College of Art,
Visiting Artist Lecturer – Alumni Panel Bunker Hill Community College,
Visiting Artist Lecturer
2008X Initiative, Blind Spot Benefit: David Zwirner, New York USA
Press 2014L.A. Islam Arts Initiative to open shows at Barnsdall: LA TIMES, Culture Monster
CollectionsVassar College Art Museum - The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Centre, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aaron Siskind Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Katrine Harries Print Cabinet, UCT, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa
Light Work Collection, Syracuse, New York, USA
Foundations / AffiliationsCo-founder / Co-Director,
marra.tein Residency Initiaive, Beirut, Lebanon (2012 to present)
Board Member
Arab Image Foundation (2018)
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