Mohammed Kazem (born 1969) is a contemporary Emirati artist working in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He works primarily with video, sound art, photography, found objects and performance art.
Kazem is one of the five
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Emirati artists whose work was recognized as a group in the 2002 exhibition “5 UAE” at the Ludwig Museum, Aachen. The other artists in the group include the late
Hassan Sharif
Hassan Sharif (1 January 1951 – 18 September 2016) was an Emirati artist and prolific writer. He lived and worked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is widely regarded as a central figure in contemporary and conceptual art in the region, often ...
Kazem was born in 1969 and was the son of a taxicab driver.
At age 14, Kazem decided to drop out from school and join the army. He found art as a mean to escape his reality and express himself as a teenager, he started to investigate his surrounding environment as a keen artist to explore new methods of art.
Career
In 1984, he was formally introduced to his future mentor and friend,
Hassan Sharif
Hassan Sharif (1 January 1951 – 18 September 2016) was an Emirati artist and prolific writer. He lived and worked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is widely regarded as a central figure in contemporary and conceptual art in the region, often ...
, founder of Dubai Art Atelier; the first dedicated centre for young artists, and a pioneer of conceptual art scene in the early 70s in the United Arab Emirates.
In 1987, Kazem obtained a degree in painting from Emirates Fine Arts Society, and later joined the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where he got his Masters in Fine Arts in 2012.
Kazem is best recognized for his conceptual work Directions (2005-2013) and Autobiography (1997–present).
Selected exhibitions
* 1997 Autobiography 1, UAE
* 2000
Havana Biennial
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– Havana, Cuba
* 2002 the Dhaka Biennial (2002), Dhaka,
Bangladesh
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* 2003 Art Cologne, n 37, cologne, Germany
* 2003
Sharjah Biennial
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Venice Biennial
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, Italy
* 2013 Emirati Expressions,
Saadiyat Island
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, Abu Dhabi, UAE
* 2015
Sharjah Biennial
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12, Sharjah, UAE
* 2017
Abu Dhabi
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Barjeel Art Foundation
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Deutsche Bank Collection
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, Germany.
See also
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Hassan Sharif
Hassan Sharif (1 January 1951 – 18 September 2016) was an Emirati artist and prolific writer. He lived and worked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is widely regarded as a central figure in contemporary and conceptual art in the region, often ...
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Emirates Fine Arts Society Emirates Fine Arts Society is a non-profit association of art professionals in the United Arab Emirates, established in 1980. The Head Office is located in Sharjah, and there are branches in Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah and Khor Fakkan.
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Sharjah Biennial
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Emirati contemporary artists Emirati may refer to:
*pertaining to the country of United Arab Emirates
*the people of the United Arab Emirates, see Emiratis
*Emirati culture
The Culture of the United Arab Emirates is part of the culture of Eastern Arabia.Emirati male artists
Emirati conceptual artists