Mohamed Ismail Shawki
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt.
Date of birth January 25th, 1992.
Education
2019 B.A High Institute of cinema, Giza, Egypt.
Selected group exhibitions& festivals
2023- Cairo prints 4,cairopolitan.Cairo ,Egypt
2022- Athens art book fair with Cairo art book fair , Athens, Greece
2021- Cairo Video Festival organized by Medrar ,Zaway Cinema Cairo ,Egypt
Moinho Cine Fest ,Porto, Portugal
Cornerstone Short Film Competition ,Islamabad ,Pakistan
2020 -Video art Miden ,Athens, Greece
-23rd Rencontres Internationals Traverse ,Toulouse, France
2019 -Inshort film Festival ,Lagos ,Nigeria
- 32nd Festival Les Instants Vidéo ,Addis Abeba ,Ethiopie
-How to Maneuver: Shape-Shifting Texts and other Publishing Tactics’ curated by Kayfa ta ,Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi,UAE
-Paadmaan Video Event,Tehran, Iran
-CODEC Festival International de Cine Experimental Video,Mexico city ,Mexico
-Where is the Fun in Contemporary Art? 28 curatorial collective,Cairo, Egypt
-Video art forum ,Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Marmaris International Short Film Festival,Marmaris ,Turkey
- BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival ,Bilbao, Bizkaia Spain
-Sinevizyon international short film festival, Alsancak - Cyprus
- SoHo Art, Design & Culture center in Gallerian Västerås,sweden
-Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival,Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
-Eye's Walk Digital festiva, Syros,Greece
-No ISBN project part of How to Reappear exhibition curated by Kayfa ta,Beirut Art Center,Beirut,Lebanon
-24 Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire,Gabrovo , Bulgaria
-Roznama 7 ,Townhouse gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2018 -“It Seemed Like a good Idea” exhibition at The American university in Cairo ,Egypt
-cairotronica(2)symposium of electronic and new media arts at palace of art, Cairo opera house Egypt
-PhotoMarathon Contemporary Image Collective,Cairo, Egypt
-Tri-City Photo Marathon 2018 at Møbelfabrikken ,Copenhagen,Denmark
2016 -Roznama 5, Medrar for Contemporary Art .Cairo Egypt
-Bread 2 art exhibition at darb1718, Cairo Egypt
-cairotronica(1)symposium of electronic and new media arts at palace of art, Cairo opera house Egypt
-oshtoora festival (curated by Bassem Yousri) north lake Qarun, Fayoum ,Egypt
-log in art exhibition darb1718, Cairo Egypt
-Agenda Exhibition at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandrina, Egypt
2015 -something Else biennale off Cairo (curated by Simon Njami), darb1718, Cairo Egypt
-Roznama 4, Medrar for Contemporary Art .Cairo Egypt
2014 -Translations’ Online exhibition. Emergent Art space. San Francisco. USA.
-The 25th Youth salon. Cairo opera house. Egypt.
2013 -Fair usage.’ Anthropologie Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2012 -Creativity.’ El Mesaha art and cultural center. Cairo, Egypt
-Camel Market.’ El Masaha art and cultural center, Cairo, Egypt.
-Egyptian crafts.’ El Mesaha art and cultural center. Cairo, Egypt.
Awards
2022 Sabbatical grant from ministry of culture
2019 Prize of the town of Gabrovo award ,24 Gabrovo Biennial of Humour and Satire,Gabrovo , Bulgaria
2018 Winners on dualities at PhotoMarathon Cairo
2013 Grants to Artist Fund British council Egypt
Talks
2018 Artists Talk Cairotronica at Oriental hall AUC Downtown Cairo Egypt
2016 The research, the artistic practice and the non exclusive audience" (based on the definition of
Thomas Hirsshorn) moderator by Mohamed Abdelkarim at the office of Peacock
Workshops
2019 Creative Thinking and the Photography Archive supervised by Shady Elnoshokaty
2015 Creative Coding 101 Workshop by Youssef Faltas at Medrar for Contemporary Art
2014 Generator workshop (video art) by Christoph Oertli and Mohamed Abdelkarim Organized by Medrar for Contemporary Art and Supported by ProHelvetia. September.
2014 Sound Art workshop by Rami Abadir as part of The Experimental Workshop for Media Art &
Creativity in ASCII Foundation, Cairo, Egypt
Jan 2013
Nov -2014 How To" technical workshop program Project manager Saad Samir at townhouse gallery.
Work Experience
2022 Organizer at Ismailia 23th International Film Festival. Ismailia, Egypt.
2019 Documentation Forgotten Enlightenments event in Cairo
2018 Cairo photo week photopia videography
2017 Assistant art director at film antar ibn ibn ibn shaddad (training)
2016 Medrar TV.cairo Egypt ( part time)
2016 Organizer at Cairo International Film Festival 38 (cinema of tomorrow program 3).opera house Egypt
2015 Organizer at Cairo International Film Festival 37 (cinema of tomorrow program 2).opera house Egypt
2014 Organizer at Ismailia 17th International Film Festival. Ismailia, Egypt.
2010- 2012 Street artist at ‘artist in street atelier’ project. El Nahda Jesuit. Cairo, Egypt.
Dec. 2012 Planned the workshop program. Nabta Art Center. Cairo, Egypt.
2011-2012 General Coordinator of the workshops in eltakeiba cultural center. Cairo, Egypt.
2012 Organizer at ‘Egypt in a useful snapshot’ photography Competition. eltak3eiba cultural center. Cairo, Egypt.
2011 My Dress Is Egyptian’ fashion show at ‘Being Egyptian festival.’ Eltak3eiba cultural center. Cairo, Egypt.
Acting
2015 Peacock video art by Yara Mekawei,
2012 Played the clown in ‘Ocasion.’ Cairo, Egypt.
2012 Played in sketches. ‘Yalla shear 4.’ Poetry night. Cairo, Egypt.
Teaching
2015 Notebook workshop at azrq we bunia new cairo egypt
2014 Graffiti workshop. Future university in Egypt (FUE.) New cairo, Egypt.
2014 Organizing & Teaching in Graffiti and Public Art workshop as part of The Experimental Workshop for
Media Art& Creativity in ASCII Foundation, Cairo, Egypt.
Jan-Mar Graffiti workshop. Kidiology. 6th of October. Egypt.
2013
Volunteering
2022 Cairo Art Book Fair
2014 Organizing press. Downtown contemporary art festival (D-CAF.) Cairo, Egypt.
2011-2012 Organizing team of “El-fan medan.” Cairo, Egypt.
2010-2011 eltak3eiba culture center. Cairo, Egypt.
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