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BIOGRAPHY
Abdulaziz Ashour
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA | 1962
A testament to a strong creative spirit, Abdulaziz Ashour (b.1962, Saudi Arabia) can be considered as a pioneer of the Arab ‘art scene’ although he initially received no formal training as an artist. He is best known for painterly collages featuring newspaper, clods of pigments and technological fragments of CD’s, circuit-boards and wires. He worked with the Saudi Ministry of Energy while simultaneously exploring his art. He became fully committed to his artistic practice in 2009. Ashour has also served as a consultant of International Plastic Arts to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture in 2006 and is a founding member of the first active cultural forum for the arts in Jeddah.
Ashour has held a number of solo exhibitions across the Kingdom, GCC and in the United States (in particular, between 1988-89 in Washington, Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles). He frequently participates in group shows outside the Kingdom. Notably, Ashour took part in an Edge of Arabia group exhibition at SOAS (2008). He has also participated in international exhibitions across the Middle East and Latin America. He has participated in Jeddah Art Week, Jeddah (2014); Art Dubai Contemporary, Dubai (2014); Abu Dhabi Art Fair, lam art gallery (2013) and the 8th edition of the 25th February Arts Exhibition, Kuwait (1990). Additionally, he represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Festival Internacional, Mexico (1990).
Ashour’s artistic and creative achievements are many. He has compiled and curated the art book Saudi Artists Today, driven by the desire to capture the richness and variety of the preceding two decades of Saudi art. Further to this, he achieved 1st Prize at the Danah Heritage Competition in Jeddah (1992).
Ashour currently lives and works in Jeddah.
RESUME (CV)
SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1983 - 2022
2022
- EPISODIC MEMORY – Almansouria Foundation & Hafez Gallery Jeddah
2021
- Art Momento – Ministry of culture - Group Exhibition in Riyadh
2020
- This Too Shall Pass, Sotheby Auction – Dubai
- Abu Dhabi Art Fire - The Park Gallery
2019
- Misk Art 2019 – Group Exhibition
2018
- Abu Dhabi Art Fire - The Park Gallery
- Abu Dhabi Art Fire - The Park Gallery
2017
- Paris Art Fair - Elmarsa Gallery
- Art residency in Josef & Anni Albers Foundation - Connecticut – USA
- Group Exhibition, New York, USA – Josée Bienvenu Gallery
- Abu Dhabi Art Fire - The Park Gallery
2016
- Group Exhibition – Monaco & Paris, France
2015
- SOLO Exhibition - The Park Gallery, London
- Participated in art15 - London - The Park Gallery
- Abu Dhabi Art Fire - Lam Art Gallery and The Park Gallery
2014
- Jeddah Art Week and 21, 39 Jeddah Art
- SOLO Exhibition (Prohibited) Art Fair Dubai - Elmarsa Gallery
- Curator – “ALTALEA” Group Exhibition - Beginnings of Saudi Art – Ayyam Gallery
- Abu Dhabi Art Fair - The Park Gallery, London
2013
- Solo Exhibition (More than Papers) – LAM Art Gallery
- Abu Dhabi Art Fair - The Park Gallery, LAM Art Gallery
2012
- Abu Dhabi Art Fair - The Park Gallery, LAM Art Gallery
2011
- Abu Dhabi Art Fair - The Park Gallery, LAM Art Gallery
2010
- Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha, Qatar – Summer Collection I
- Doha, Qatar – Saudi group exhibition - Approaches
2009
- The author of SAUSI ARTISTS TODAY book
- Kuwait - Souad Al-Sabah Creative Award
- S.O.A.S., London, UK – Saudi group exhibition - Edge of Arabia
2008
- solo exhibition – " Passages " - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2007
- Solo exhibition – " Leaves and Drops " - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2006
- Consultant (International Plastic Arts) to the Ministry of Culture, KSA
- Member, Hiwar Group – Jeddah Literary Club and Forum
2004
- Muscat, Sultanate of Oman – supervised a group exhibition at the Association for Plastic Arts
2003
- Founder member of the first active cultural forum for the arts, Jeddah, Saudi
- Member of the Fiction Group, an association for culture and the arts, Jeddah
2002
- Solo exhibition - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2001
- Solo exhibition - Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2000
- Committee member for Saudi Airlines art competition, Colored, 5th edition
1999
- Presented a paper for the 3rd International Symposium at the 4th Sharjah Arts Biennale
- Dacca, 9th Bangladesh Biennale
1998
- Solo exhibition Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Cairo, 7th International Biennale , Egypt
- Committee member for Saudi Airlines art competition, Colored, 4th edition
1997
- Sharjah, 3rd International Biennale
- Al-Mahras, 10th International Festival of Arts, Tunisia
1996
- Represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Festival Internacional, Mexico
1994
- Cairo, 5th International Biennale, Egypt
- Chairman of the Plastic Arts Committee, Jeddah
1993
- Sharjah, 2nd International Biennale
1992
- Danah Heritage Competition, 1st Prize, Jeddah
- SAMAREC Art Competition, 2nd Prize, Jeddah
- Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Youth Houses Cultural Committee, Jeddah
1990
- Kuwait, 8th edition of the 25th February Arts Exhibition
- Muscat, 2nd Youth Arts Biennale, Sultanate of Oman
- Participated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Youth Delegation to Seoul, South Korea
1990 -1998
- Saudi Arabia, Yesterday and Today, USA (Washington, Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angele)
1989
- Bonn, Arab Ambassadors Exhibition, Germany
- Riyadh, 1st GCC Arts Exhibition, Saudi Arabia
1988
- Kuwait, Saudi Contemporary Art
- Cairo, Arab Countries Cultural Contest, Egypt
- Rochan Gallery, Jeddah, group exhibition, Saudi Arabia
1987
- Saudi Contemporary Art, Istanbul – Ankara, Turkey
1985
- Represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the International Forum, International Year of Youth, Tunisia
1983
Group exhibitions, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia