
Shezad Dawood was trained at Central St Martin’s and the Royal College of Art before undertaking a PhD at Leeds Metropolitan University. He works across film, painting and sculpture to juxtapose discrete systems of image, language, site and multiple narratives, using the editing process as a method to explore meanings and forms between film and painting. Dawood’s work has been exhibited internationally, including the Rubin Museum of Art, New York; Palazzina Canonica and Fortuny Factory Venice, Italy; the Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Taipei Biennial, Taiwan; Marrakech Biennial, Morocco; MACBA; Tate Britain, London; and the 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy (2009), among others.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Encroachments
New Art Exchange, Nottingham, United KingdomShezad Dawood – Leviathan: The Paljassaare Chapter
Kai Art Center, Tallinn, EstoniaShezad Dawood – Leviathan: Sueños del Futuro Pasado
The RYDER, Madrid, Spain2019
Leviathan
The Bluecoat, Liverpool, United KingdomLeviathan
Kunstverein Munich, Munich, GermanyEncroachments in Leaving the Echo Chamber
Sharjah Biennial 14, Sarjah, United Arab Emirates2018
Leviathan
MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales, United KingdomLeviathan: On Sunspots and Whales
Barakat Contemporary, Seoul, KoreaA Lost Future: Shezad Dawood
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, New YorkLeviathan: Memories of the Future Pt. 2
HE.RO, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsLeviatan
A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsLeviathan
The Atlantic Project and Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, United KingdomShezad Dawood. Leviathan Cycle, Episode 1: Ben
New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom2017
Leviathan
Palazzina Canonica and Fortuny Factory, Venice, Italy2016
Shezad Dawood: Why depend on Space and Time
Galerist, Istanbul, TurkeyShezad Dawood: Kalimpong
Timothy Taylor, London, United KingdomAnarchitecture
Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, New York2015
It was a time that was a time
Pioneer Works, New York, New YorkThe Room, Fig-2
ICA, London, United KingdomThe Double Life of Arthur Schnitzler
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTowards The Possible Film
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
2014
Towards The Possible Film
Parasol Unit, London, United KingdomTowards the Possible Film
Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, United KingdomThe Anthropology of Chance
OCAT, Xi’an, ChinaTowards The Centre. Once More, Sadler’s Wells & Tate Visual Art Commission
Sadler’s Wells, London, United Kingdom2013
Wolf Panel
Paradise Row, London, United KingdomPiercing Brightness
KINOKINO, Sandnes, NorwayTrailer
Art in General, New York, New York2012
Parasolstice—Winter Light, including a special performance of Shezad Dawood
Parasol Unit, London, United KingdomProject II with experimental music duo Praed
Parasol Unit, London, United KingdomPiercing Brightness
Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall, United KingdomPiercing Brightness
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomCosmic Beach
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands2011
New Dream Machine Project
L’Appartement22, Rabat, MoroccoPiercing Brightness
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, United Kingdom2010
A Mystery Play
Plug in ICA, Winnipeg, CanadaThe Jewels of Aptor
Paradise Row, London, United KingdomCities of the Future
Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, IndiaIntensive Surfaces
Arhus Kunstbygning, Arhus, Denmark2009
I Knew I Should Have Taken that Right Turn at Albuquerque
Washington Garcia, Glasgow, United KingdomMONTANA
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands2008
Feature: Architecture
East Side Projects, Birmingham, United KingdomJourney to the End of the Night
Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milano, ItalyUntil the End of the World
The Third Line, Dubai, United Arab Emirates2007
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Paradise Row, London, United KingdomThe End of Civilisation
Axel Lapp Projects, Berlin, Germany2006
Shezad Dawood & Friends
Artists’ Studio, London, United Kingdom
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Sharjah Biennale 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesLeviathan: The Cod Trap
Toronto Biennale of Art, Toronto, CanadaUniversity of NonDualism
Frieze LIVE, London, United KingdomThe Aerodrome—An exhibition dedicated to the memory of Michael Stanley
Ikon, Birmingham, United Kingdom2018
Projections
A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsGwangju Biennale 2018
Asia Culture Center, Gwanju, South KoreaRendez-vous with Frans Hals
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The NetherlandsLahore Biennale 01
Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
IDEAL-TYPES
HE.RO by Maurits Hertzberger and Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDelfina in SongEun: Power play
SongEun ArtSpace, Seoul, KoreaHUMAN/DIGITAL: a symbiotic love affair Digital, Post Internet and Virtual Reality from the Brown Family Collection
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands2017
I Want! I Want!: Art & Technology
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, United KingdomRecent Acquisitions – Recent Developments
Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, ChinaDrawing Biennial 2017
Drawing Room, London, United KingdomMementos: Artists’ Souvenirs, Artefacts, and other Curiosities
Art Brussels, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
Thinking Tantra
Peninsula Arts, Plymouth, United KingdomTHEATRE DE L’ABSURDE
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands2016
A Rotation of Six Video Works by Six International Artists from Collection (Anonymous)
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, ColoradoThe Universe and Art
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, JapanNeon: The Charged Line
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, United Kingdom2015
Vienna Biennale, Future Light, curated by Maria Lind
Angewandte Kunst (MAK) and Kunsthalle, Wien, ViennaDoris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HawaiiUntitled, 7th Moscow Biennale
Own Land/Foreign Territory, Manege, Moscow, Russia2014
Blow up
Albertina Museum, Vienna, AustriaBlow up
C/O Berlin, Berlin, GermanySous nos yeux
MACBA, Barcelona, SpainWhere are we now?
Marrakech Biennale 5, Marrakech, MoroccoEastwing Biennial. INTERACT: Deconstructing Spectatorship
Courtauld Institute, London, United KingdomThread
MMKA, Arnhem Museum, The NetherlandsMoving Images
Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Great Acceleration – Taipei Biennial 2014
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TaiwanBlow-Up
Photo Museum, Winterthur, GermanyConflict and Compassion, 3rd Asia Triennial Manchester
IWM North, Manchester, United Kingdom/Seconds
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates2013
Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape and Islamic Art, Touring Exhibition
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FloridaThe World Turned Inside Out
Witte de With, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsShakti
Kedleston Hall, Derby, United KingdomI Appear Missing
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsBlack Sun
Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, IndiaI Look to You and I See Nothing
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesSous nos yeux
La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, FranceOpen Heart Surgery
The Moving Museum, London, United Kingdom2012
Speak Nearby
Whitstable, Biennale, United KingdomLost in Paradise: Du spiritual dans l’art actuel
Loft Sévigné, Paris, FranceVideonale 13 on tour
IZOLYATSIA Art Centre, Donetsk, UkraineDrawings
Paradise Row, London, United Kingdom2011
Videonale: Dialogue in Contemporary Video Art
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TaiwanHow I Learned To Stop Fearing and Love the Exotic Art
Art Life Lounge, JAMM Foundation, No city, KuwaitGeneration in Transition
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PolandVideonale
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn & BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Bonn, GermanyVideonale
Katowice The Pavement and the Beach, Paradise Row, London, United KingdomAS THE WORLD TURNS: New Art From London
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney, Australia2010
Illuminations (After Arthur Rimbaud)
Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York, New YorkLiving in Evolution
Busan Biennale, Busan, South KoreaRude Britannia: British Comic Art
Tate Britain, London, United KingdomGrand National
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, NorwayDawnbreakers
John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, United KingdomWonderland: New Art from London
Assab One, Milan, ItalyThe Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today
Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom2009
Disorientation II
Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesUntitled
AiM International Biennale 3rd Edition, Marrakech, MoroccoThe Artist’s Studio
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, United KingdomMaking Worlds
The 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, ItalyNatural Wonders: New Art from London
Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, RussiaAltermodern: Tate Triennial
Tate Britain, London, United KingdomUntold: The Rise of Schisms (Indian Popular Culture and Beyond)
Sala de Exposiciones Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain2008
Indian Highway, in collaboration with Mukul Deora
Serpentine Gallery, London, United KingdomLightness of Being
Initial Access, The Frank Cohen Collection, London, United KingdomReAsia
HKW, Berlin, Germany2007
Hobbyhorse
Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland2006
Bubble & Squeak
PM Gallery, Toronto, CanadaEast Wing Collection
Courtauld Institute, London, United Kingdom2005
Yabba Dabba Do
Cell Project Space, with Hilary Koob-Sassen, London, United KingdomLondon in Six Easy Steps
ICA, London, United KingdomGo Between
Kunstverein, Bregenz, AustriaWe Have Met the Enemy & He Is Us
Redux, London, United Kingdom2003
Indians & Cowboys
Gallery 4a, Sydney, Australia2002
Site + Sight, Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore
Ausgang, Studio Voltaire, London, UK2001
Century City, Tate Modern, London, UK
Selbst | porträt, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany2000
Through A Glass Darkly, Kunstlerhaus Mösentürm, Frankfurt, Germany1999
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Education
2008
Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, England
PhD Fine Art2003
Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
MPhil Fine Art- Photography2000
Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
MA Fine Art-Photography1997
Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design, London, United Kingdom
BA Critical Fine Art Practice -
Collections
Abraaj Capital Art, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India
Harris Museum, Preston, United KingdomLACMA, Los Angeles, California
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Si Shang Art Museum, Beijing, ChinaTate Modern, London, United Kingdom
UBS Art Gallery, New York, New York
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Awards
2015
Winner, Best Artist Film Award, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, England2012
Shortlisted, Jarman Award, London, United Kingdom2011
Winner, Abraaj Capital Art Prize, ArteEast, Dubai, United Arab Emirates2007
Winner, LAFVA Award, Film London, London, United Kingdom