Installation, Sculpture | Object Art, Conceptual Art, Ceramic Art

Hamdy Reda

EXHIBITION VENUE: MUSEUM AM DOM (8)

Hamdy Reda – born 1972 in Cairo, Egypt. Education: 1997: BFA Painting (with distinction), Helwan University, Cairo. Selected solo exhibitions: 2022: “Nachrichten von und nach Kaiserslautern”, Vielfalter KL e.V. – 2022: “KAMEELTHIER”, Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich – 2017: “No Homes in the Camps”, Radialsystem V, Berlin. Selected group exhibitions: 2024: Pfalzpreis “Transformationen”, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern – 2022: “DruckFEST 4” / “NEU IM BBK”, Galerie des BBK-RLP, Mainz – 2021: “WADI”, Stadt Museum, Kaiserslautern. Awards and grants: 2024: Pfalzpreis “Transformationen” (participation) – 2017: Goethe-Institut Grant (Germany trip) – 2016: espace libre, residency, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland – 2006: Pro Helvetia Grant, residency, Winterthur, Switzerland – 2007–2017: Founder/curator of artellewa art space, Giza, Egypt.

Connection to Rheinland-Pfalz

“Since my relocation in 2019, I have been living and working as a visual artist in Kaiserslautern. This place of residence forms the central basis of my artistic practice in Rheinland-Pfalz. My engagement in the region is reflected in my membership in the BBK-RLP Sektion Westpfalz, in the exhibition ‘WADI’ at Stadtmuseum in 2021, and in my current participation in the Pfalzpreis ‘Transformation 24’.”