Saudi Arabian artist and lieutenant colonel
Abdulnasser Gharem
Gharem in 2009
Born (1973-06-04 ) 4 June 1973 (age 51) Nationality Saudi Education King Abdulaziz Academy, The Leader Institute Riyadh, Al Meftaha Arts Village Known for Conceptual art , installation art , painting Notable work Exit Only , Men At Work , Detour , Makkah Road , Concrete , The Path (Siraat) , The Stamp Movement Postmodern art Website http://abdulnassergharem.com/
Abdulnasser Gharem (Arabic : عبد الناصر غارم ; born 4 June 1973) is a Saudi Arabian artist[ 1] [ 2] and also a lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army.[ 3] In April 2011, his installation Message/Messenger sold for a world record price at auction in Dubai.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Gharem's work is in the collections of the British Museum , the Victoria & Albert Museum , Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture and Information, His artwork is characterized by innovative use of materials,[ 7] including rubber stamps, a collapsed bridge, and an invasive tree.[ 8]
Early life and education
Gharem was born in Khamis Mushait . In 1992 Gharem graduated from the King Abdulaziz Academy before attending the Leader Institute in Riyadh . He has had no formal art training.[ 9] In 2003 Gharem studied at the Al-Meftaha Arts Village in Abha.
Career
In 2004 Gharem and the Al-Meftaha artists staged a group exhibition, Shattah. in Saudi Arabia. Since then Gharem has exhibited in Europe , the Persian Gulf and the United States , including at Martin Gropius-Bau and at the Venice Biennial , Sharjah Biennial and Berlin Biennale.
His first monograph "Abdulnasser Gharem: Art of Survival" was published in London in October 2011.[ 10] [ 11]
In 2014 Gharem lives and works in Riyadh. He is the co-founder of the arts initiative Edge of Arabia .[ 12] [ 13] Gharem donated the proceeds of his sale to Edge of Arabia to foster art education in his native country.[ 14]
Selected solo exhibition
2022 | Hospitable Thoughts, Marc Straus gallery, 299 Grand Street, New York, US. (6 September - 18 December 2022).[ 15]
2020 | Smart Obedience Kluger Gehorsam, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Germany. (12 Sep - 1 Nov, 2020).[ 16]
2019 | THE SAFE, Art Unlimited, Art Basel , Basel, Switzerland. (13 Jun - 16 Jun, 2019).[ 17]
2018 | Subversive forms of Social Sculpture, Sharjah Art Museum , Sharjah, UAE. (26 Sep - 17 Nov, 2018).[ 18]
2017 | Abdulnasser Gharem: Pause, Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles, USA (Apr 16 – 16 Jun, 2017).[ 19]
2014 | The Awakening, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE. (17 Mar - 30 April 2014).[ 20]
2013 | Edge of Arabia, EOA Gallery, London, UK (9 Oct - 8 Nov, 2013).[ 21]
2013 | Abdulnasser Gharem, Side by Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany. (25 Apr - 13 Jul, 2013).[ 22]
2010 | Restored Behaviour, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE (17 Jan- 10 Mar, 2010).
2006 | The Path, King Fahd Art Village, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
2004 | The White Tongue Who Speaks Slowly, King Fahad Art Village, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
2004 | Who Keeps Watching the Sun (Sunflower field), Death Mattered – Attileh, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2003 | Mute, Attileh, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2003 | UN Inspector, Attileh, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Selected group shows
2021 | Glasstress Boca Raton. Boca Raton Museum of Art , Boca Raton, Florida, US. (27 Jan - 5 Sep, 2021).[ 23]
2017 | Desert to Delta: Contemporary Art in Memphis. Art Museum of the University of Memphis . (8 Oct, 2017 - 6 Jan, 2018).[ 24]
2017 | Memories of a Journey Hajj – Exhibition . Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque , Abu Dhabi, UAE. (20 Sep, 2017 - 19 Mar, 2018).
2017 | Cities of Conviction: Contemporary Saudi Art in Salt Lake City. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Aug 25, 2016 – Jan 6, 2017).[ 25]
2017 | Epicenter X: Contemporary Saudi Art in Detroit. Arab American National Museum . Dearborn, MI. (8 Jul - 1 Oct, 2017).[ 26]
2017 | Glasstress. Palazzo Franchetti, Venice, Italy. (11 May - 26 Nov, 2017).[ 27]
2016 | Phantom Punch: Contemporary Saudi Aret in Lewiston Bates College Museum of Art. (28 Oct, 2016 - 18 Mar, 2017).[ 28]
2016 | Genera#ion Minnesota Street Project , San Francisco, CA. (11 Aug - 6 Sep, 2016).[ 29]
2016 | Gonzo Arabia: Contemporary Saudi Art in Aspen Boogie's Retail, Aspen, Colorado, US. (30 Jun - 1 Sep, 2016).[ 30]
2016 | Parallel Kingdom, Station Museum , Houston, Texas (8 Jun - 2 Oct, 2016.
2016 | Illumination, New contemporary art at the Louisiana, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art , Humlebaek, Denmark (1 Mar - 11 Sep, 2016).
2015 | Ricochet - Asia House Gallery, London, UK (12 Oct - 18 Oct, 2015).
2015 | Saudi Art Contemporary, Chalet Saqqarah, Gstaad, Switzerland (18 Apr, 2015).[ 31]
2014 | View from Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography FotoFest, Houston, Texas, USA (14 Mar - 27 Apr, 2014).[ 32]
2014 | Word and Illumination Le Meridien Medina Hall, Madinah, Saudi Arabia (10 Feb - 15 Apr, 2014).
2014 | Arab Contemporary, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art , Humlebaek, Denmark (31 Jan - 4 May 2014).
2012 | Light from the Middle East: New Photography – Victoria & Albert Museum , London (13 Nov, 2012 – 7 April 2013).[ 33]
2012 | 25 Years of Arab Creativity Institut du Monde Arabe , Paris, France (Oct 16, 2012 - Feb 3, 2013.
2012 | #Cometogether, Edge of Arabia London (07 Oct - 28 Oct, 2012).[ 34]
2012 | Voice of Images – Palazzo Grassi , Venice, Italy (30 Aug, 2012 - 13 Jan, 2013).[ 35]
2012 | Edge of Arabia : Contemporary Art From Saudi Arabia – Galerie Krinzinger, Seilerstätte, Vienna, Austria (21 Jun - 7 Jul, 2012).[ 36]
2012 | Arab Express: The Latest Art From the Arab World – Mori Art Museum , Tokyo, Japan (16 Jun – 28 Oct, 2012).[ 37]
2012 | Porta dell'Oriente – Roma Contemporary, Italy (25 - 27 May 2012).
2012 | Bending History – Katara Cultural Village , Doha Qatar (8 Mar – 8 April 2012).[ 38]
2012 | Hajj, Journey to the Heart of Islam – British Museum , London (26 Jan-15 Apr, 2012).
2012 | We Need to Talk – Edge of Arabia - Al Furusia Marina, Jeddah (20 Jan - 26 Feb, 2012).[ 39]
2012 | Contemporary Istanbul – Turkey ( 22-25 Nov, 2012).
2011 | Political Patterns – ifa-Galerie, Berlin (8 Jul - 3 Oct, 2011).
2011 | The Future of a Promise: Contemporary Art from the Arab World – Magazzini del Sale, 54th Venice Biennale (3 Jun - 30 Nov 2011).[ 40]
2011 | The Bravery of Being Out of Range – Athr Gallery, Jeddah (May 17 – Jun 11, 2011).[ 41]
2011 |The New Middle East – Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam (21 May - 30 Jun, 2011).[ 42]
2011 | Edge of Arabia Dubai: Terminal – Building 9, Gate Village, Dubai International Financial Centre , Dubai (14 Mar - 15 Apr, 2011).[ 43]
2011 | Uppers & Downers – Traffic, Dubai (9 Feb - 5 Mar, 2011).
2011 | Nujoom: Constellations of Arab Art from The Farjam Collection – The Farjam Collection @ DIFC, Dubai (Nov, 2010 – Mar, 2011).[ 44]
2011 | I Don't Need Your Money Honey All I Need is Love – Traffic, Dubai (5 Jan –27 Jan, 2011).
2010 | Edge of Arabia Istanbul: Transition – Sanat Limani, Antrepo 5 (10 Nov - 11 Dec, 2010).[ 45]
2010 | Opening the Doors: Collecting Middle Eastern Art,Abu Dhabi Art (3 Nov - 7 Nov, 2010).
2010 | CAVE: Contemporary Arab Video Encounter – Maraya Arts Centre, Sharjah (2 Nov - 11 Dec, 2010).[ 46]
2010 | Emerging Asian Artists, Gwangju Biennale (3 Sep - 7 Nov, 2010.[ 47]
2010 | Edge of Arabia Berlin: Grey Borders/Grey Frontiers – Soho House , Berlin (10 Jun - 18 Jul, 2010).[ 48]
2010 | Fuck Ups, Fables and Fiascos – Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin (8 Jun-17 Sep, 2010).
2010 | Edge of Arabia World Tour Launch – Global Competitiveness Forum, Riyadh (23 Jan-26 Jan, 2010).[ 49]
2009 | Taswir: Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity – Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin (5 Nov, 2009 - 18 Jan, 2010).[ 50]
2009 | The 28th Annual Exhibition – Gulf Fine Arts Society, Sharjah (10 Mar, 2009).
2009 | Edge of Arabia Venice – Palazzo Polignac, 53rd Venice Biennale (5 Jun - 2 Aug, 2009).[ 51]
2008 | Edge of Arabia London: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia – SOAS Brunei Gallery, University of London (5 Jun - 2 Aug, 2008).[ 52]
2007 | Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change – Sharjah Biennial 8 (4 Apr - 4 Jun, 2007).[ 53]
2006 | Son of Aseer – Al-Meftaha Arts Village, Abha (10 Oct - 30 Oct, 2006).
2004 | Shattah – Atelier Gallery, Jeddah (27 Apr - 14 May 2004).
Collections
Publications
— (2024). Gesine, Borcherdt. Dream On Baby: Artists and Their Childhood Memories . Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag ISBN 978-3-7757-5682-2
— (2016). Loring, Danforth. Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia . United States: University of California Press . ISBN 978-0-520-29027-3
— (2012). Jameel, Porter, King, Stapleton, Al-Turki. Edge of Arabia: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia London : Booth Clibborn. ISBN 1-86154-323-9
— (2012). Porter, Venetia. Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam . London: Harvard University Press . ISBN 0-674-06218-3
— (2011). Hemming, Henry. Abdulnasser Gharem: Art of Survival . London: Booth-Clibborn. ISBN 1-86154-324-7
— (2011). Lazaar, Lina and Downey, Anthony. The Future of a Promise . London: Ibraaz . ISBN 978-1-86154-323-3
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