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HossamDirarAbstractAr)stEgypt/Spain

PresentedByYuliaMozheyko+1(310)658-6246/[email protected]

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ArKstBio:HossamDirarisanEgypKancontemporaryarKst

basedinCairo,heworkswithpainKng,video,soundandinstallaKonart,todelveintoquesKonsonculturalidenKty,genderrolesandtodiscusssocioeconomicandpoliKcalideas.DirarusesrecognizablemoKfs,historicandculturalsymbols,inamodernizedcontexttodrawcomparisonsandcommentoneventsunfoldingaroundhimintheArabregion.Dirar’sworkinpainKngisrefinedandtakesmoreofaclassicapproach,usingoilpaintinexpressivestrokesandwarmcolorstodepictwomenintheirfemininepower.Withsound,DirarusesamixofindustrialandelectronicsoundswithmoretradiKonalMiddleEasterninstruments.Withallmediums,Dirara[emptstofindlinksbetweenhumansregardlessoftheirnaKonality,raceorgenderandthroughhisartdemysKfiesandbringtotheforefrontcommonideasandhumanaspiraKons.

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ArKstStatement:

MyworkexploresKeswithcultureandidenKtyacrossKmeand

borders,throughmytravelsIamexposedtoculturesashistoricallyrichasmyownculturebackhomeinEgypt,IbelievethatthereisalargerhumanculturethatexistsregardlessofnaKonstatesandthatwascompositedbymenandwomentravelingtheworldandsharingideasandknowledge.

TheideaofmigraKonandbordersisatopicIhaveworkedwithbefore,verydirectlyearlierthisyear,withmysoloexhibiKonwaiKngtoleave,whichdelvedintothepost-revoluKonmigraKonsbyEgypKansandyouthinparKcular,a_eracompletelossofhopeintheirfutures.Myownworkfindslinksbetweencultures,highlightsthecrossoverofideaandtradiKonthatcomesfromtheconstantstateofmigraKonintheMediterraneanregion.IusesymbolsandmoKfsfoundinancientandfolklorichistoriesoftheregiontodiscusscontemporaryissues.

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SOLOEXHIBITIONS

2016-WaiKngtoLeave,El-GeziraArtCenter.Cairo,Egypt.2015-InvitaKonauvoyage,ArtTalks,Cairo,Egypt.2014-AVibrant,UrbaneArtGallery,Edinburgh,UK.-BeautyandtheBeastArtTalksGallery,Cairo,Egypt.-AwaiKng,AlbarehGallery,Bahrain.2013-LotusRevoluKon,(2013EuropeanCapitalofCulture),Kosice,Slovekia

2012-OnceUponaTimeCairoOperaHouse,Cairo,Egypt-WeNeedNewOxygenSaadZaghloulCulturalCenter,Cairo,Egypt-LotusRevoluKonAnniversaryTheEgypKanAcademy,Rome,Italy-TheLotusRevoluKon,TheEgypKanCulturalInsKtute,Paris,France2011-Wad3MoshtarakElSawyCulturewheel,Cairo,Egypt-LotusRevoluKon2011,TouringExhibiKonVienna,BraKslava,Prague,Budapest,Kecskemét, Maribor,Graz -ToEgyptwithLoveIISafarkhanGallery,Cairo,Egypt -ToEgyptwithLoveinViennaPalaisPorcia,Vienna,Austria-ToEgyptwithLoveSafarkhanGallery,Cairo,Egypt

2010-Chaos,HanfaninhaGallery,Cairo,Egypt

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GROUPEXHIBITIONS2016-CairotronicaSymposiumofElectronicandNewMediaarts,Cairo,Egypt.-LogInExhibiKon,Darb1718ContemporaryartandCultureCenter,Cairo,Egypt-35x35ArtProject,CopelouzosFamilyArtMuseum,Athens,Greece2015-AustrianCulturalForumCairo,Egypt.-Olla,InstallaKonArtThe35thAnnualGeneralExhibiKon,CairoOperaHouse,

Cairo,Egypt2013-Arts-Mart'sExhibiKonTheFourSeasonsNilePlaza,Cairo,Egypt-Division,InstallaKonArtthe35thAnnualGeneralExhibiKon,CairoOpera

House,Cairo,Egypt-ArtsforPeaceandFreedom,Darb1718ContemporaryArtCultureCentre,

Cairo,Egypt

2012-The34thAnnualGeneralExhibiKonPalaceofArts,CairoOperaHouse,Cairo,Egypt

-36thSalonofYouth,CenterofArt,Cairo,Egypt.

2011-TutankhamunFesKvalTheFesKvalofEgypKanCulture,Frankfurt,Germany-FreedomtoCreatePhotographyExhibiKonCapeTown,SouthAfrica-35thSalonofYouth,CenterofArt,Cairo,Egypt.

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WORKSHOPS

2015-InternaKonalArtSymposiumMalaga,Spain.2014-9thinternaKonalartSymposiumAtelieranderDonau,Austria2013-INTERNATIONALARTDAYSÖLÜDENİZFethiye,Turkey

GRANTS2015-SalzburginternaKonalAcademyofFineArtsCoursewithArKst: VARDACAIVANO

RESIDENCIES

2015 -IndependentResidencyinZurich,Switzerlandfor1week -IndependentResidencyinBern,Switzerlandfor1week2016 -KoumarisResidencyGreece

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TheWorks

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ILovetheLife

OilonCanvas

51.6Hx50Wx1.6in

ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.Thecolors&

composiKoncapturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywomanregardlessofher

awarenessofit,capKvaKngtheurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilent

emoKons.

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OutoftheTime

OilonCanvas

37.4Hx47.2Wx1.6in

ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.The

colors&composiKoncapturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywomanregardlessof

herawarenessofit,capKvaKngtheurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilent

emoKons.

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CurrentlyVenus

OilonCanvas

51.2Hx51.2Wx1.6in

ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.Thecolors&composiKon

capturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywoman

regardlessofherawarenessofit,capKvaKng

theurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilentemoKons.

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Alone

OilonCanvas

53.9Hx48.8Wx1.6in

ReflecKngwomen'sinnermostsubconsciousdesiresintheprovokinglypossessingartwork.Thecolors&

composiKoncapturetheemoKonsthatconsumeeverywomanregardlessofherawarenessofit,capKvaKng

theurgency,chaos,transparencyandpurityofthesesilentemoKons.

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WithmyBic

OilonCanvas

39.8Hx39.8Wx1.6in

Iwanttocreateanimaginaryworldtoliberatethemindand

uses,symbolicallyandfiguraKvely,atwo-wheelride,

averymuchenvoguetransportaKonmeansinour

busKngcitythesedays.Theartofchoosinganobject,the

bicycle,istorevealatemporaryworldoffreedom,aninvitaKontomeetfurthestawayfrompoliKcs,wars,

injusKcesandviolence,andtoreachanunknowndesKnaKon

au-dela.