Tarek Zaki

"Time Machine: remembering tomorrow, Missile I", 2004  

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1975

born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

1998 BA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Graphics Department
 

lives and works in Cairo, Egypt


Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2007 Monument X, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2004

Time Machine: Remembering Tomorrow, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo

2002 Objects of Time, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo


Group Exhibitions (selection)
2008 New Ends, Old Beginnings, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Museum as hub: Antekhana, New Museum, New York
2007 Out of Place, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Fokus Ägypten. Past/Presence, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Germany
2006 Downloads from Future, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo [Curated by Oliver Kielmayer]
Open Studio, Art Omi, New York
2005 BC-AD, work in progress, Altes Spital, Solothurn, Switzerland
2004

Under Construction, Mayrau Museum, Kladno, Czech Republic

2002 Haunted by Detail, De Appel, Amsterdam
2001

2nd Al Nitaq Festival of Visual Arts, Cairo

2000

Espace Karim Francis, Cairo

1999

Joint Exhibition with Tamer Assem, AL Hanager Art Center, Cairo

1998

10th Salon of Youth, Akhenaton Arts Center, Cairo



Awards and Scholarships:
2007 Production Grant, British Council, Cairo
2006 Artist in Residence, Art Omi, New York
Travel and Production Grant, the Ford Foundation
Residency Grant, Pro Helvetia
Artist-to-Artist International Scheme, Visiting Arts, London
2005 Artist in Residence, Altes Spital, Solothurn, Switzerland
Travel and Production Grant from Pro Helvetia
2004 Production Grant, Under Construction Workshop, Mayrau Museum Kladno, Czech Republic
2004

Production Grant, Under Construction Workshop, Mayrau Museum Kladno, Czech Republic

2002

Artist in Residence, Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam
Travel and Production Grant, the Ford Foundation
Production and Documentation Grant, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, Cairo
Participation Grant, the Open Studios Workshop, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo