Mohamed Abusal
Born in Gaza, Palestine, 1976
Tel: +970 8 25 65 568
Fax: +970 8 2888821
Mobile: +970 599 606 212
Email: mabusal@gmail.com
Education, Courses & Workshops
2002-2011 - Self Developing in multimedia and graphic techniques
2010 - POLITOGRAPHY, Photography workshop, Directed with Goethe Institute with German photographer
2001 - Graphic Design Course, University of Macromedia, USA
1999 - BA Degree in Accounting – IUG - Gaza
99-2003 - Graphic techniques courses by Professor Marwan Bachi – Member of Berlin Arts Center, Darat Al-Funun, Art Academy. Amman, Jordan
1998 - Illustration Workshop for Children's Stories, French Cultural Center, Gaza
- Mural Painting Course, Japanese Artist “Tetso Kimetany”, UNDP Gaza
Scholarships, Residencies, Awards
- Won Al-Mawred Award, 2010-2011, “Metro in Gaza” conceptual project
- City des Arts residency, Nominated from Qattan Foundation, French Consulate & M. O. Culture in Palestine, 2011
- Charles Aspry Prize for Contemporary Art - 2005
- Nominated by TDK – Senegal International Art Program - 2004
- Nominated by Qattan Foundation – Hassan Hourani Art Award - 2004
- Nominated by Vermont Studio Center to acquire The International Vermont Scholarship in January 2004, USA
- Nominated by Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center to participate in Darat Al Funun Summer Academy, under the supervision of Artist Marwan Kassab Bachi, Amman, Jordan, (Years 1999, 2000, 2001)
Achievements
- A founding member of ELTIQA group for contemporary art in the year 2002
- A founding member of ELTIQA Artists House gallery in Gaza
- Palestine Art online community portal, managing, research and document
- Working in graphic, illustration and web design field since the year 2000
- Giving art rules lessons through Eltiqa gallery and programs with NGOs
Solo Exhibitions
2012 "a Metro in Gaza", Hall of CCF Gaza, Curated by "Ala Younis", Funded by Al-Mawred & The French Consulate-Jerusalem.
2011 "PASSIVE", The Cite International des Arts, Paris
2009 “Light” “Eclairage”, Center Culture France Network – Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Nablus. Palestine
“Calligraphy”, Carre Gallery (Axe En Provence, Lyon, France)
2006 “Boarders”, Ville d’Albi, France
2005 “Cactus”, Gallery Centre Press, Rodez - France
2004 “The Magic Box”, The Friends School – Ramallah (Qattan Foundation Art Award), Palestine
2001 “The Identity; between warmth colors and the dream of generations”, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine
2000 “Blue Window”, YMCA, Gaza, Palestine
Group Exhibitions
2012 - "a Meeting in Eltiqa House" Workshop & Collective Exhibition, Eltiqa Artists House, Gaza
2011 - Autre Monde, Mobile exhibition, Toulouse monicipality show room, Moissac, France
- MAGMART / International Video Art Festival, Italy
- NewcastleGateshead Art Fair, United Kingdom, Courated by Aser Al-Saqqa
- Repercussions of Blue, In Memory of Rhonda Adnan Saad, An exhibition featuring selected art works from the Yvette and Mazen Qupty art collection. Al Hoash Gallery, Jerusalem, Palestine
2010 - Visual Stories, Eltiqa Artists House, Gaza - (Cooperate with Qattan, PCHR, Eltiqa)
- GAZART, Exhibition & Workshop, Eltiqa artists house
- CREATIVE PALESTINIAN ART, Art Sawa, Dubai - 14 March 2010
- Politography, Photography and exhibition workshop, Eltiqa & Shababeik, Directed with Goeth Institute.
- VIDEO’APPART Paris–Dubai BiennialHosting, 10–28 March,2010 (France/Korea) - Courtesy of Galerie Mamia BreteschéVideo’Appart Paris-Dubai
- Colors of Hope, UNDP annual auction exhibition, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem, Palestine
2009 - Art Rest, Organized by Eltiqa, PRCS – Gaza, Palestine
- Traces Du Guerre, CCF – Gaza, Palestine
- ELTIQA, Gallery Brigitte Griffault, Le Scribe – Montauban – France
- Colors from Palestine, Bank of Palestine hall – Gaza & Ramallah, Cooperate with French Consulate
2008 - ELTIQA, L’Accadi Gallery, Cajarc, France
- “Here not Here” workshop, between Gaza & Ville de Najac, France
- Without Preparing, photograph exhibition, Place Makan, Amman, Jordan
- The white night “La Nuit Blanche”, CCF, Gaza
2007 - Gaza Seasons, Geneva, Switzerland
- The white night, CCF, Gaza
- Eltiqa, mobile exhibition, Albi, Toulouse, France
- Gaza shooed pieces, Albi, Toulouse, Rodez – France
2006 - The white night, CCF, Gaza
- From sands to gray & from the gray to sands, Photography workshop with Swiss Artist, Gaza, Palestine
2005 - 10 Artists from Palestine – Mobile @ 10 Cities in France (June2004-November2005)
- “Pienture Photography Palestine” PPP – Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny – Switzerland. –From June until September
2004 - Palestine in Photographs – UNISCO gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
-Photos from Palestine – Hungary (Palestinian Ministry of Culture organization)
2003 - Williamsburg Bridges Palestine, New York, USA- Seeds of Art – ZARA Gallery - Jordan
- I Remember 1948, The Performance Space, Cleveland Street, Redfern, Sydney, Australia
- Made in Palestine, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX, USA
- 6 Artists from Gaza, CCF Centre Cultural France, Jerusalem, Palestine
- Art Across Borders: A traveling exhibition of contemporary Palestinian and Iraqi art Retail Therapy Gallery, Capitol Hill (Corner of Pike and Broaday), Babylon Art & Cultural Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2002 - Williamsburg Bridges Palestine, New York, USA
- Winter 2002, French Cultural Center, Gaza, Palestine
- Marwan Kassab Bachi Students Exhibition, Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2001 - Marwan Kassab Bachi Student Exhibition, Darat Al Funun, Jordan
- Arabic Jerusalem, Jordanian Artists Union, Amman, Jordan
- We Will Be, PRCS, Gaza, Palestine
- The 4th Al Sharjah Biennale, UAE
- September Harvesting, Arts Village, Gaza, Palestine
- An Nakba Memorial festival, Joint Mural Painting, Gaza, Palestine
2000 In the Shadows of the Intifada, Arts Village, Gaza, Palestine
1999 - 4 Young Artists, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine
- Horizons, YMCA, Gaza, Palestine
- Jerusalem is a Bridge for Return, a Mural Project, Latin School Hall, Gaza, Palestine
1998 Free Colors, Holst Cultural Center, Gaza, Palestine
1997 Friendship of UN-Japan Exhibition, UN, Gaza, Palestine
1999-2001 Amman's Summer Exhibition, Arts Palace, Jordan
1994-1997 Participated in several group exhibitions
Bibliography, Reviews, Publications
- Creative Palestine book, Published by Art Sawa gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2010
- Colors of Hope, UNDP, Jerusalem, Pa;estine 2010
- Radio MontiCarlo interview, France, 2009
- Al-Ayyam newspaper, Article by “Tahseen Yaqein” Ramallah, Palestine, 2000
- Preoccupying Zones - The Young Artist of the Year (2004), “Hasan Hourani Art Award”, Qattan foundation, Palestine 2004
- “Made in Palestine” book, Station museum, Huston USA 2003
- "The Butterfly's burden”, Using one of Identity painting for the last poem Diwan for “Mahmoud Darwish”, Copper Conion Press, Canada |
