Activities Update
ACQUISITION:
"Irhal (expel), hope and the sorrow of displacement" 2019
Credit:
AGNSW Contemporary Collection Benefactors 2019
Collection:
ART GALLERY OF NSW (AGNSW)
Art Gallery Rd, The Domain 2000
Sydney, Australia
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/
Book: 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow
Author: Kurt Beers is the director of BEERS London gallery
Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 1 edition (September 3, 2019)
100 SCULPTORS OF TOMORROW is an insightful, diverse, and inspiring survey of emerging and unknown talent working in the field of sculpture, selected by a distinguished and knowledgeable panel of international jurors, and is the culmination of a major undertaking to identify the 100 most exciting, up-and-coming sculptors presently at work. It is the follow-up to the groundbreaking and highly-regarded publication 100 PAINTERS OF TOMORROW, which went on to launch many artists’ careers and is still a leading resource on some of the most important emerging painters working today worldwide.
https://100sculptorsoftomorrow.com
https://www.edcrossfineart.com/news/
Book: 52 artists 52 actions: Small Acts of Disobedience
Author: Artspace Sydney
Publisher: co-published by Artspace Sydney and Thames & Hudson Australia, 2019
52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS surveys Artspace’s ambitious, year-long online project running from January 2018 – January 2019 highlighting artistic practice across Asia. The project commissioned 52 artists and collectives to stage actions in unique locations throughout the region and share them with global audiences online. Key to the project is an engagement with Asia and its diaspora as an endlessly evolving region with sub-cultures and subjectivities that defy traditional or rigid narratives.
With 52 artists and collectives from 31 countries.
https://thamesandhudson.com.au
https://www.artspace.org.au
https://52artists52actions.com/program/artist/rushdi-anwar
52 artists 52 actions
Exhibition Opening: Friday 17 May, 2019, 6–8pm
Exhibition dates: 18 May - 4 August, 2019
Symposium: 18 - 20 July, 2019
Artspace Sydney
43 - 51 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Sydney, Australia
18 May - 4 August, 2019
https://52artists52actions.com/program/artist/rushdi-anwar
https://www.artspace.org.au
1st International Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition
Da Nang Fine Arts Museum
78 Lê Du?n, H?i Châu 2, H?i Châu
Ðà N?ng 550000, Vietnam
28 July - 16 August, 2019
These Words
Curated by: Jessica Row and Georgia Mill
Artists: Moorina Bonini / Rushdi Anwar / Sha Sawari
Exhibition Writing accompanying By: Nadia Niaz, creator of The Australian Multilingual Writing Project
KINGS Artist Run
Lvl 1 / 171 King St
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia
1 - 22 Jun, 2019
http://www.kingsartistrun.org.au/program/these-words/
13th Havana Biennial 2019: "LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LO POSIBLE"
Project: Intercambio
Curator: Damian Smith
The Casa de Asia Museum
La Habana, Cuba
April 12 - May 12, 2019
The National 2019: New Australian Art
The National 2019: New Australian Art the second of three biennial surveys presents the latest ideas and forms in contemporary Australian art, curated across three of Sydney's premier cultural institutions: the Art Gallery of NSW, Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Curator : Isobel Parker Philip
ART GALLERY OF NSW
Art Gallery Rd, The Domain 2000
Sydney, Australia
29 March – 21 July 2019
https://www.the-national.com.au
SOLO EXHIBITION:
"We have found in the ashes what we have lost in the fire"
MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum
22, Moo 7 Tonpao Amphoe San Kamphaeng, Chang Wat Chiang Mai 50130
Chiang Mai, THAILAND
15 February - 5 March, 2019
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Also commissioned by 4A Centre for Contemporary
ARTBAR November 2018
Curatored By: Hoda Afshar
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
140 George St, The Rocks NSW 2000S
Sydney, Australia
November 2018
https://www.mca.com.au/whats-on/artbar
12th GWANGJU BIENNALE 2018: "Imagined Borders"
Curatored By : Gridthiya Gaweewong
Exhibition: Facing Phantom Borders
Rushdi Anwar:
Project: "ONE DAY WE WILL RETURN”, from “I AM NOT FROM EAST OR WEST… MY PLACE IS PLACELESS" Series.
GWANGJU BIENNALE Biennale Exhibition Hall
111 Biennale-ro, yongbong-dong, Buk-gu,Gwangju, 500-845
Republic of Korea
Sep. 7, 2018 - Nov. 11, 2018
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
http://www.gwangjubiennale.org/en/biennale
Image: Rushdi Anwar, "We have found in the ashes what we have lost in the fire", 2018, installation view (detail) at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
commissioned by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; courtesy the artist. Image: Kai Wasikowski
Temporary Certainty
Taking in geographies shaped by sudden shifts of historical change wrought by complex interventions and their subsequent social impact in the greater Asia region, Temporary Certainty presents works by artists that are indelibly marked by their emergence within conditions of uneasy reconciliation. With a focus on Bengal, Kurdistan and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Curated by: Pedro de Almeida
Artists: Rushdi Anwar / Alana Hunt / Sarker Protick
Exhibition opening: Thursday 30 August, 2018, 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Public program: Saturday 1 September 2018 2.00pm - 3.30pm
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
181 — 187 Hay Street
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
31 August – 14 October, 2018
http://www.4a.com.au/temporary-certainty
21st Biennale of Sydney
BROOK ANDREW: "What’s Left Behind"
Collaborating ATISTS: Rushdi Anwar / Shiraz Bayjoo / May Hachiya / Vered Snear
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia - MCA
140 George St, The Rocks NSW 2000S
Sydney, Australia
16 March - 11 June, 2018
52 artists 52 actions
Every week for a year a new artist will create an action about an urgent political issue
and share it with people around the world
Artspace Sydney
43 - 51 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Sydney, Australia
14 - 21 May, 2018
https://52artists52actions.com/program/artist/rushdi-anwar
https://www.artspace.org.au/program/52-artists-52-actions/
21st Biennale of Sydney:
Art & Artists: Public Galleries Summit 2018
Keynote Performance: "What’s Left Behind"
Artistic Director: Brook Andrew
Collaborating ATISTS: Rushdi Anwar / Shiraz Bayjoo / May Hachiya / Vered Snear
Narrator: MC Kronic
Curator: Anne Loxley
Dramaturg: Paschal Daantos Berry
Carriageworks Contemporary Multi-Arts Centre
245 Wilson St, Eveleigh NSW 2015
Sydney, Australia
20 March, 2018
PDF DOWNLOAD: Keynote Performance: "What's Left Behind"
Solo Exhibition: The Patterns of Displacement
Incinerator Gallery
Moonee Valley City Council
180 Holmes Rd, Aberfeldie VIC 3040
Melbourne, Australia
1 June - 29 July, 2018
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Hyphenated
Curated by: Phuong Ngo & Tammy Wong Hulbert
Exhibiting artists: RUSHDI ANWAR / SOFI BASSEGHI AND EHSAN KHOSHNAMI / ANDY BUTLER / RHETT D’COSTA / TAMMY WONG HULBERT / NIKKI LAM / EUGENIA LIM / HOANG TRAN NGUYEN / SLIPPAGE / VIPOO SRIVILASA
The substation Gallery
1 Market Street, Newport
Victoria 3015, Australia
22 March - 21 April, 2018
50 MINUTES ...Video Art:
A Group Show of 8 Kurdish Artists
Curator: Ahmad Nabaz
featuring Artists:
Azad Nanakeli / Avan Sdiq / Ahmad Nabaz / Hiwa K Hiwa / Hemn Hamed / Poshya Kakl / Rushdi Anwar / Walid Siti.
Citadel Cultural Centre
kurdistan /Erbil
4 - 10 April, 2018
in conTEXT
featuring artists: Avan ANWAR / Rushdi ANWAR / Junko AZUKAWA / Nadia FARAGAAB / Sha SARWARI
Hatch Contemporary Arts Space
14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe
Melbourne, Australia
22 March - 12 May, 2018
The Trace
Curated by: James Nguyen and Grace Partridge
Exhibiting artists: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah / Rushdi Anwar / Zanny Begg & Elise McLeod / Justin Dingwall / Lindy Lee
Wellington St Projects
19-25 Wellington St, Chippendale - 2008
Sydney, Australia
16 – 25 March, 2018
RMUTL International Art Workshop 2018
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Chiangmai
128 Huaykeaw Road ChangPuek, Mueang Chiang Mai District
Chiang Mai, Thailand
14– 17 February 2018
13th International Art Festival & Workshop In Thailand 2018
Poh-Chang Academy of Arts
Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin (RMUTR)
Bangkok, Thailand
7– 10 February 2018
Exhibition: The Invisible
CURATED BY Abdul Karim Hekmat
ATISTS: Khadim Ali / Elyas Alavi / Avan Anwar / Rushdi Anwar / Abdul Karim Hekmat
UTS Gallery
University of Technology
Level 4, Peter Johnson Building (Building 6)
702 Harris St, Ultimo
Sydney, Australia
3 October - 24 November 2017
http://art.uts.edu.au
MoreArt 2017: Where Have We Come To?
"Art Like Morality, Consists of Drawing a Line Somewhere…….is it?"
Brunswick Town HaLl
233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Melbourne, Australia
29 October - 15 December 2017
2017 Melbourne Festival
Exhibition: An unorthodox flow of images
CURATED BY: Naomi Cass & Pippa Milne
Centre for Contemporary Photography - ccp
404 George Street, Fitzroy
Melbourne, Australia
30 September - 12 November 2017
https://ccp.org.au/exhibitions
2017 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize
Monash Gallery of Art - MGA
860 Ferntree Gully Road
WHEELERS HILL VIC 3150
Melbourne, Australia
14 October – 26 November 2017
https://www.mga.org.au/bowness-prize
2017 Darebin Art Prize
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora
Melbourne, Australia
28 October, 2017 - 4 March, 2018
http://www.bundoorahomestead.com/exhibition/darebin-art-prize-2017
2017 SWELL Sculpture Festival
Currumbin Beach
Pacific Parade, Currumbin Beach
Queensland, Australia
8 - 18 September 2017
WRITING & CONCEPTS: Public Lecture Series
Produced by Jan van Schaik
Rushdi Anwar presents:
"The Notion of Place and Displacement: In the context of addressing experiences and the process of making in art"
Kings ARI
171 King Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Thu 14 September 2017, 6:00pm
http://writingandconcepts.com.au
Exhibition: OCTOPUS 17 'FOREVER TRANSFORMED'
CURATED BY GEORGIE MEAGHER
FEATURING ARTISTS: Tony Albert, Rushdi Anwar, Sophie Cassar, Tabita Rezaire and Liz Linden
Gertrude Contemporary
21-31 High Street, Preston South
Melbourne, Australia
28 July – 9 September 2017
http://gertrude.org.au
Solo Exhibition:
"THE NOTION OF PLACE AND DISPLACEMENT"
MARS Gallery
7 James Street, Windsor 3181
Melbourne, Australia
8 – 24 June 2017
http://marsgallery.com.au
ACKNOWLEGDGMENT:
1-This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
2-This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Emerge Yarra Festival 2017
Solo Exhibition: 'The Patterns of Displacement in Context of “Home” '
BlackCat Gallery
95 Johnston St
Collingwood , VIC 3066
Melbourne, Australia
22 June - 8 July 2017
ACKNOWLEGDGMENT:
1-This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
2-This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Artist in Residency:
Project Time- Artist in Residence, Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Yarra Sculpture Gallery
Melbourne, Australia
June - July 2017
2017 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF)
Solo Exhibition:
'Reframe “Home” with Patterns of Displacement'
No Vacancy Gallery
QV 34–40 Jane Bell Lane
Melbourne, Australia
9 May - 14 May 2017
http://2017.hraff.org.au/events/reframe-home/
ACKNOWLEGDGMENT:
1-This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
2-This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
PROJECT: "THE NOTION OF PLACE AND DISPLACEMENT"
This project explores and addresses issues of displacement due to socio-political persecution that aims to reveal the difficulties and suffering of individuals who have faced displacement and dislocation.
LOCATIONS:
Kurdistan, Iraq and Australia
October 2016 - July 2017
ACKNOWLEGDGMENT:
1-This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
2-This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Interview: Ali MC + Rushdi Anwar
SYN Nation Radio broadcasting, 90.7 (FM)
By: Christian Tsoutsouvas
Melbourne, Australia
May 5th 2017
http://syn.org.au/interview-ali-mc-rushdi/
Garland magazine: "Hanging issues"
Collaboration between photography and Lana paper making
Garland magazine
Issue 6: Village Nation - @Thailand, March 2017
https://garlandmag.com/article/hanging-issues/
Interview:
SBS Radio, Kurdish Program
By: Mayada Kordy Khalil
SBS - Australia
7 Apr 2017
http://www.sbs.com.au
MATERIAL AND FORM:
IN CONTEXT OF ADDRESSING EXPERIENCES AND PROCESS OF MAKING IN ART
Van Lang University
Faculty of Arts
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
March 2017
Artist in Residency & 12th Ineternational Arts Workshop Exhibition
Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT)
Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts
Pathum Thani, Thailand
15 January – 20 February 2017
12th International Art Festival & Workshop In Thailand 2017
Poh-Chang Academy of Arts
Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin (RMUTR)
Bangkok, Thailand
30 January – 12 February 2017
JAALA 2017
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Japan, ?110-0007 Tokyo, Taito, Uenokoen, 8-36
2017
Interview:
KNN TV, program: Xor Nshyn Art & Culture
Slemani - Kurdistan
09 January 2017
http://www.knnc.net/Programme
BUREAU FOR THE ORGANISATION OF ORIGINS (BOO)
Curator: Ben Sheppard
Artists: Rushdi Anwar, Linda Choi, Carly Fischer, Raafat Ishak + Tom Nicholson, Sean Lowrey, Mayatili + Wanjuk Marika, Ben Sheppard and Elmedin Zunic.
Blindside Gallery
Melbourne, Australia
25 JAN – 11 FEB 2017
http://www.blindside.org.au
Pinpoint - Banyule Contemporary Art Fair
Hatch Contemporary Arts Space
Melbourne, Australia
13 September - 12 November 2016
http://pinpointartists.com.au
journal: Anthropology of the Middle East:
Research Article:
'Hope and Sorrow of Displacement: Diasporic Art and Finding Home in Exile'
By Mediya Rangi
Vol. 10, No. 2, Winter 2016
http://www.berghahnjournals.com/abstract/journals
PDF Download
Solo Exhibition: "MATERIAL AND FORM"
School of Art Gallery
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
July 2016
http://www.rushdi.com.au/pages/solomaterial
Blindside Presents: Play2
Artists: Rushdi Anwar, Nicholas Chilvers + Hanna Chetwin, Matthew Harris, Norie Neumark + Maria Miranda, Nova Paul, Pip Ryan, Tromarama and Kawita Vatanajyankur.
Blindside Projects, Satellite Projects
Federation Square
Melbourne, Australia
July - September 2016
http://www.blindside.org.au
20th JAALA International Art Exhibition
Art Garden Gallery & Municipal Gallery
Kawasaki-Japan
July 2016
Grant Funding Award:
the Australia Council for the Arts
Australian Government
June 2016
Grant Funding Awarded:
VicArts Grants program
Creative Victoria
May 2016
The Artist Project 2016 : Contemporary Art Fair:
Awarded INSTALLATION ZONE
the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
18 - 21 February, 2016
Awarded INSTALLATION ZONE
the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
18 - 21 February, 2016
Darebin Art Prize 2015
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Melbourne, Australia
11 December, 2015 - 21 February, 2016
www.bundoorahomestead.com/exhibition/darebin-art-prize-2015
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Melbourne, Australia
11 December, 2015 - 21 February, 2016
www.bundoorahomestead.com/exhibition/darebin-art-prize-2015
In Space - The 2015 Banyule Award for Works on Paper
Hatch Contemporary Art Space
Melbourne, Australia
14 October - 12 December 2015
Hatch Contemporary Art Space
Melbourne, Australia
14 October - 12 December 2015
The Incinerator Art Award : Art For Social Change
Incinerator Gallery
Melbourne, Australia
9 October –29 November 2015
Incinerator Gallery
Melbourne, Australia
9 October –29 November 2015
Peril Magazine: "The Ashes of War"
Interview By Nikki Lam
Asian Australian arts and culture Magazine
Featured, Edition 21 – Marginasia 2015
http://peril.com.au
Interview By Nikki Lam
Asian Australian arts and culture Magazine
Featured, Edition 21 – Marginasia 2015
http://peril.com.au
Lost in Translocation
Curatored By: Adriane & Verity Hayward
Artists: Eva Heiky Olga Abbinga, Rushdi Anwar, Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, Megan Cope and Nikos
Project Space / Spare Room
School of Art, RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
10 July - 20 August 2015
https://www.intersect.rmit.edu.au
Solo Exhibition: "Irhal (Expel)"
Presented By:
2015 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival
No Vacancy Project Space, Federation Square
Melbourne, Australia
5 May - 22 May 2015
www.2015.hraff.org.au/event/rushdi-anwar-irhal-expel/
www.no-vacancy.com.au
Solo Exhibition: "Hanging Issues"
Presented By:
2015 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival
The Atrium, Federation Square
Melbourne, Australia
12 May - 22 May 2015
www.2015.hraff.org.au/event/rushdi-anwar-hanging-issues/
WRAPPED IN CULTURE PROJECT:
Collaboration With Melanie Jayne Taylor
Australia-Thailand Institute - Artist-in-Residency Program 2014-2015
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
Ne Na Contemporary Art Space/ Monfai Cultural Center
Chiang Mai - Thailand
January - March 2015
Artist in Residency:
Ne Na Contemporary Art Space
Australia-Thailand Institute - ATI
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
January - March 2015
Grant Award: Artist-in-Residency Program-2015
Australia-Thailand Institute - ATI
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
october 2014
Moreland Summer Show 2014
Counihan Gallery in Brunswick
Melbourne, Australia
november 2014
19th JAALA International Art Exhibition
Kawasaki City Museum
Kawasaki-Japan
June 2014
3rd International Emerging Artist Award
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
May 2014
http://www.emergingartistaward-gallery.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
May 2014
http://www.emergingartistaward-gallery.com
Artist Profile Magazine, issue 25, November 2013
Preview: Rushdi Anwar
WHITE NIGHT MELBOURNE FESTIVAL 2014
RMIT School of Art
RMIT University
Melbourne - Australia
22 February 2014
RMIT University
Melbourne - Australia
22 February 2014
Burapha Arts Exhibition Connect: Expand and “3 X 3” Project
Australian War Memorial Collection
Past in the present
Australian War Memorial, Contemporary Collection
Canberra - Australia
2013
www.awm.gov.au/collection
Australian War Memorial, Contemporary Collection
Canberra - Australia
2013
www.awm.gov.au/collection
SBS Radio; Interview
Canberra Times
Canberra Times, "Memorial collection takes a Kurdish turn"
by Sally Pryor
Canberra - Australia
August 23, 2013
www.canberratimes.com.au
by Sally Pryor
Canberra - Australia
August 23, 2013
www.canberratimes.com.au
City News
City News, "Chemical massacre transformed into art"
by Helen Musa
Canberra - Australia
August 22, 2013
citynews.com.au
by Helen Musa
Canberra - Australia
August 22, 2013
citynews.com.au
Landlock
Casula Powerhouse Art Centre - "Landlock" Exhibition
Sydney- Australia
30 March - 12 May 2013
Sydney- Australia
30 March - 12 May 2013
Radio 89.3FM 2GLF Broadcaster, Interview
Radio 89.3FM 2GLF Broadcaster, Interview 'Landlock Exhibition'
Sydney - Australia
April 3, 2013
www.893fm.com.au
Sydney - Australia
April 3, 2013
www.893fm.com.au
The Australian Thai Artist Interchange (ATAI) Presents
The Hua Krathi Project
7 - 23 March 2013
Curated by: Rushdi Anwar, Melanie Jayne Taylor, Shukit Panmongkol
Locations:
- RMIT University School of Art Gallery
- Screen Space
- A pop up Gallery, Federation Square
- Public Program, The Edge Federation Square
7 - 23 March 2013
Curated by: Rushdi Anwar, Melanie Jayne Taylor, Shukit Panmongkol
Locations:
- RMIT University School of Art Gallery
- Screen Space
- A pop up Gallery, Federation Square
- Public Program, The Edge Federation Square