Walking on water with Mohammed Kazem UAE Pavilion

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Mohammed Kazem was born in Dubai, U.A.E. in 1969.  It is here that he first studied fine art at Emirates Fine Art Society.  He went on to learn music, attend national and international art workshops, as well as teach painting at Dubai Art Atelier with Hassan Sharif.

Kazem’s works have been selected for Biennials and Exhibitions  around the world for over two decades, including, Holland, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, Lebannon, Bangladesh, India, Spain, Japan, The USA, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Cuba.

He has taken part in several Sharjah International Art Bienniales and has been awarded first prize for installation.  Kazem went on to curate the 8th Sharjah Bienniale in 2007.  Since then, he was the curator of The Flying House from 2007-2011, while simultaneously curating exhibitions in Spain, Switzerland, and in the UAE.  Kazem has opened his own studio, Empty10, in Al Quoz, Dubai in 2012.  Most recently Mohammed curated the annual MinD exhibition at the DUCTAC Gallery of Light in Dubai.

His works have been collected by private institutions such as Deutsche Bank as well as Museums in Doha, Sharjah, JP Morgan Chase Bank, USA, Sittard in Holland and by private collectors. Mohammed recently graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, USA  with a Masters in Fine Arts Degree. (December 2012.)

UAE Mohammed Kazem

Il Padiglione Nazionale degli Emirati Arabi Uniti ha scelto Mohammed Kazem, artista, e Reem Fadda, curatore, per rappresentare il paese alla 55 Esposizione Internazionale della Biennale di Venezia.

Mohammed Kazem è un artista concettuale di primo piano nella scena artistica contemporanea degli Emirati Arabi Uniti ed è conosciuto per la sua integrazione dei nuovi media e del linguaggio espressivo.

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The National Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates announces Mohammed Kazem as featured artist and Reem Fadda as curator for the 55th International Art Exhibition–La Biennale di Venezia.

Mohammed Kazem is a leading conceptual artist in the UAE contemporary art scene and is known for his incorporation of new media and his sophisticated formalist language. His interest in conceptual art and progressive attitude towards form and context is especially highlighted by his ongoing series “Directions.” Kazem first studied Fine Arts at the Emirates Fine Art Society and subsequently studied music at the Al Rayat Music Institute of Dubai and painting at the Edinburgh College of Art. He was a Painting Instructor at the Dubai Art Atelier for ten years. Widely known through numerous solo and group exhibitions in the UAE and abroad, Kazem’s participation includes the Havana Biennial (2000), Singapore Biennale (2006), Dhaka Biennial–Bangladesh (2002), and the Sharjah Biennale (1993–2007). Most recently he exhibited at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia (2010); and at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2012). His works have been collected by private collectors and institutions such as Deutsche Bank as well as museums in Doha, Sharjah, JP Morgan Chase Bank (USA), and Sittard (Holland).

From her curatorial concept, Fadda stated; “Mohammed Kazem, a pioneering contemporary artist and thinker from the UAE, represents a generation that emerged from an avant-garde legacy of arts and artists in the UAE and the surrounding region, one that has thrived since the mid-’70s with advocates such as his mentor artist Hassan Sharif. The curatorial research for our pavilions presentation in Venice will see Kazem as the key individual artist and thinker he is and highlight his contribution to the local artistic heritage.”

Artisti : Mohammed Kazem

Indirizzo: Arsenale

Web: http://www.uaepavilion.org/

Foto di Haupt & Binder