Adel Abidin Finland
born in Baghdad 1973 lives and works in Helsinki- Finland Education 2005 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts- Helsinki 2000 BA, Academy of Fine Arts- Baghdad 1994 B.Sc. in Industrial Management- Mansour University- Baghdad Solo Exhibitions 2009 Kiasma (Museum of Contemporary Art)- Helsinki Finnish Institute- Stockholm 2008 White Box Gallery & Robert Miller Gallery- New York Baltic Center for Contemporary Art- UK SPACE/ Contemporary Art Gallery- Bratislava MUU Gallery- Helsinki 2007 Montalvo Arts center- Triple Base- San Francisco 2006 Kluuvi Gallery- November- Helsinki Premier of a short film (VOID)- Kino Theatre- Helsinki Huuto Gallery- April- Helsinki 2004 Two Projects- Art Academy Gallery- Helsinki Oil Paintings- Cable Factory Gallery- Helsinki 2002 Reflected Truth- Cable Factory- Helsinki Land- Inaa Gallery- Baghdad 2001 Under siege - Galleria Primavera- Helsinki 1999 Millennium 3-Inna art gallery- Baghdad 1990 Carbon on Paper- Alweya Club- Baghdad Selected Group Exhibitions and Festivals / 2008 Domaine Pommery- Reims- France The Rencontres internationals/ Film Festival- Madrid Exhibition Traversées/ Art Paris/ Grand Palais- Paris MAC/VAL (Museum of contemporary Art)- France Espace Galley of Contemporary Art/ Louis Vuitton- Paris Gallery 5020- January- Salzburg Camُes Institute- Lisbon CRAC Alsace/ Centre rhénan d'art contemporian- France Alti Aylik project-space of Contemporary art- Istanbul The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum- St.Louis- USA Burg Schlaining's European museum of Peace 2007 The Rencontres internationals/ Film Festival- Paris The Renaissance Society- the university of Chicago- Chicago Tallinna Kunstihoone- Tallinn Museum of Photography- September- Helsinki Gothenburg Biennial- August- Gothenburg The Rencontres internationals/ Film Festival- Berlin Venice Biennale 52nd- Venice- Nordic Pavilion- Venice IMPAKT Festival- Utrecht- The Netherlands Tampere Short Film Festival 37th- Tampere- Finland 2006 MOCA- Museum of contemporary Art- Taipei The Rencontres internationals/ Film Festival- Paris Professional experience 2008 Open interview at the CAA Art conference- Dallas Artist’s symposium ORTung- Salzburg- two weeks Residency Guest artist- Art School MAA- Helsinki Guest artist- multicultural seminar- Joensuu- Finland 2006 Guest artist- Tampereen Ammattikorkeakoulu Part of Jury- TARU-TALLI Gallery- TARU Project- Helsinki Art teacher at Kulosaaren yhteiskoulu- Helsinki 2005 Guest artist- Vantaa Ammattikorkeakoulu- Vantaa 2004 Work Shops– Kiasma/ Museum of contemporary Art- Helsinki Awards 2007 AVEK/ Audio Visual cultural Prize- Helsinki 2005 Audience award-LUKSUZ film festival- Slovenia 2002 First Prize-Contest of Young Iraqi Artists 1999 Third Prize-Contest of new Iraqi Sculpture Grants 2008 The Art Council of Finalnd- Exhibition Grant 2007 The Art Council of Finland- Venice Biennial FRAME- FUND for Art exchange- Venice Biennial AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture- Venice Biennial Finnish Cultural Foundation / One year grant AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture 2006 Finnish Cultural Foundation AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture 2005 The Art Council of Finland- Travel grant Finnish cultural foundation) AVEK/ Promotion for audiovisual culture 2004 The Academy of Fine Arts 2003 The Arts Council of Finland 2002 The Arts Council of Finland Work in Collection Enrico Navarra Gallery- Paria- 2008 Kiasma- Contemporary Art Museum- Helsinki- 2006-2008 Privet Collection of: Mr. Jorge Helft- Argentina- 2007 Turkish KOC Foundation- Istanbul- 2007 Professional Memberships FRAME/ Finnish Fund for Art Exchange AV-ARKKI/ Distribution Center for Finnish Media Art Muu- ry/ Media Art organization International Association of Art (IAA, AIAP) Helsinki Artists Association Selected Reviews, Articles and TV program 2008 Artist’s Portrait- Arte- Cultural TV Channel (France-Germany) Round tabel panel- Art in America (USA) Le Monde diplomatique (France) Le Figaro (France) Beaux Arte Magazine (France) Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki) Le Monde diplomatique (France) Le Figaro (France) 2007 Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki) Le Monde diplomatique (France) V magazine (Helsinki) Suomen kuva lehti (Helsinki) Interview Wonderland magazine (London) Teknemedia, L’arte contemporanea in Italia Spike Art Magazine (Austria) NY art magazine New York times The Guardian International Herald tribune Le Monde diplomatique (France) Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki) Amo lehti (Tampere, Finland) Taide lehti (Helsinki) Talk show- International media conference (Helsinki) Helsingin Sanomat, Jan. 11th (Helsinki) 2006 Helsingin Sanomat, Feb. 20th, May 5th, Aug. 5th, Nov. 18th (Helsinki) 2005 YLE, channal Teema (Helsinki) Helsingin Sanomat, Sept. 25th "art-ist" contemporary art magazine, Sureyya Evren (Istanbul) 2004 Yle TV2, Artur, Sept. 21 Helsingin Sanomat, Feb. 12, “Musta ِljy” (Helsinki) 2003 Helsingin Sanomat, Apr. 25, “Bagdad, Detroit, Helsinki” (Helsinki) Yle TV2, Artur, Apr.7th (Helsinki) 2002 Helsingin Sanomat, Jul. 13, Exhibition Review (Helsinki) Hufvudstadbladet, May, “Sه sant? sه sant!” (Helsinki) 2001 Hufvudstadbladet, Apr. 26, Fr_n f_rtryck till livsgl_dje (Helsinki) Lauantaivekkari, April 28, Taide studiossa Adel Abidin (Helsinki) www.adelabidin.com
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