Shezad Dawood  (British, 1974) 

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Shezad Dawood Biography
1974   Born in Pakistan
1994 - 1997   Central St Martin's College of Art & Design, London, BA (Hons) Critical Fine Art Practice (First Class)
1998 - 2000   Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art (Photography)
2002 - 2003   Royal College of Art, MPhil Fine Art (Photography)
  Lives and works in London
 
  Contemporary Art Society, London
  Channel 4 Television, London
  Oldham Gallery, Manchester
  Saatchi Gallery, London
  University of the Arts, London
  Nigel Coates
  Harald Falckenberg
  And various other national and international collectors
Selected Exhibitions
2009   Tate Triennial, (curated by Nicolas Bourriaud), Tate Britain, London
2008   ‘ReAsia’ , HKW, Berlin
2008   ‘Journey to the End of the Night’, Riccardo Crespi gallery, Milan (solo)
2008   ‘Feature’, film project/touring exhibition, East Side Projects, Birmingham; Leeds Met Gallery; Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (solo)
2008   ‘Until the End of the World’, Third Line, Dubai (solo)
2007   ‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’, Paradise Row, London (solo)
2007   ‘The End of Civilisation’, Axel Lapp Projects, Berlin (solo)
2007   ‘Hobbyhorse’, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, October 2007 (curated by Elaine Ng)
2007   'Toffee Armistice’, Lemon Sky, Miami
2006   ‘Bubble & Squeak’ (curated by Shay Oahyon), PM Gallery, Toronto
2006   ‘East Wing Collection’, Courtauld Institute, London
2006   Lila/Play, Span Gallery, Melbourne
2006   Very Funny: Humour in Video Art, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2006   ‘Shezad Dawood & Friends’, Artists’ Studio, London (solo)
2005   ‘Paradise Row’, London (curated by Chris Hammond) (solo)
2005   'Yabba Dabba Do’, Cell Project Space, with Hilary Koob-Sassen
2005   ‘London in Six Easy Steps’, ICA, London (curated by B+B)
2005   ‘Go Between’, Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria (www.bregenzerkunstverein.at)
2005   Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg Switzerland
2005   ‘The Condition of England’, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2005   'We Have Met the Enemy & He Is Us’, Redux, 116 Commercial Street London E1 (conceived and curated by Shezad Dawood - go to www.reduxprojects.org.uk)
2005   ‘Gigolo’, Trailer, Trafalgar Hilton, London curated by Juan Bolivar
2005   ‘Showcase’, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
2005   ‘Sci-Fi’, MOT, Regent’s Studios, Andrews Rd, London
2004   ‘Showcase Preview’, South London Gallery London
2004   ‘Pilot:1’, Limehouse Town Hall, London
2004   ‘Vinyl#2 Taste’, Redux, 116 Commercial Street London (curated by Peter Lewis)
2004   ‘Plaza Suite’, Union, Ewer Street London
2004   ‘Homes With No Walls’, Mumbai, India, exhibited as part of the World Social Forum (curated by Open Circle)
2003   ‘Intervention’, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
2003   ‘Indians & Cowboys’, Gallery 4a, Sydney, Australia
2003   'Presence’, Leighton House Museum, London
2003   'Chockerfuckingblocked’, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
2003   ‘Shrine’, 1,000,000 mph, Old Bethnal Green Road, London (solo)
2002   ‘Multiplicity’, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg (solo)
2002   ‘Shez 360‘, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham (solo)
2002   ‘Message to India’, New Delhi, Mumbai and tour, organised by the British Council, India
2002   ‘More Loving’, 323 Old St, London
2002   Neon Gallery, Commercial St, London
2002   ‘Site + Sight’, Earl-Lu Gallery, Singapore
2002   'Ausgang’, Studio Voltaire, London
2002   ‘Location:UK’, Gimpel Fils, Davies Street, London
2002   'Fame & Promise’, 14 Wharf Road, London
2001   ‘Century City’, Tate Modern, London
2001   'The Tender Trap’, 15c St. Charles Sq., London
2001   ‘Camouflage’, Nehru Centre, Indian High Commission, London (curated by Arshiya Lokhandwala with talks by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Sarat Maharaj)
2001   ‘selbst | porträt’, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg, Germany
2001   ‘Karma Cola’, Osterwalder's Art Office, Hamburg and Tablet, Tabernacle, London (solo)
2000   ‘Crush’, Hoax, London
2000   ‘Loving’, London
2000   ‘Point of View’, Richard Salmon Gallery, London
2000   ‘HOAX @ Lux’, Lux Centre, London
2000   ‘Through A Glass Darkly’, Kunstlerhaus Mösentürm, Frankfurt
1999   ‘000zerozerozero’, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1999   ‘Crown Jewels’, Kampnagel (K3) Hamburg and NGBK (Neue Gesselschaft der Bildende Kunst) Berlin, with the support of the British Council
Literature
2008   Art in America, April 2008,p. 176 – 177, text by Matthias Harder
2008   Art Review, March 2008, Issue 20, p. 150, text by Richard
2008   Time Out Dubai, 21 – 28 February 2008, Volume 8, Issue 8, p. 54
2007   Metro, 29 November 2007, text by Fisun Gruner
2007   Cambridge News, 18 September 2007, p.1, 3, text by Katherine Paterman
2007   Arts Asia Pacific, August 2007, p.199, Volume 2
2007   Artist’s Studio, published by Culture Shock Media, 2007
2007   Miser & Now Eleven, p. 7 -11, text by Brook McGowan
2007   Art Asia Pacific, July/August 2007, No. 54, pp.58-59, text by Deeksha Nath
2007   Time Out London, May 9 – 15 2007, p.41, Text by Sandra Relme
2007   Art Review, April 2007, pp.139, text by Peter Suchin
2007   The Times, 13 March 2007, p. 14, 15, text by Joanna Pitman
2007   Dazed & Confused, January 2007, pp.44-48, text by Isabel Stevens
2006   Untitled, 39, Autumn 2006, pp.12-13, text by Vanessa Desclaux
2006   Art Monthly Australia, Number 187, p.46, March 2006 by Naomi Cass
2005   Interior Design, “Matters of Design”, pp.136-138, August 2005 by B. Sunshine
2005   Paradise Row, exhibition catalogue, 2005, texts by Lisa Le Feuvre and Chris Hammond
2005   Time Out, “Shezad Dawood”, p.59, June 29-July 6 2005 by Sarah Kent
2005   The Sunday Review, Independent on Sunday, “Welcome to Paradise”, 19 June 2005, pp.45-47, text by C. Grimshaw
2005   ABC, Independent on Sunday, “Who Lives in a House Like This?”, 22 May 2005, p.13, text by H. Eyre
2005   Art Newspaper (vol. 14), “Polish up your dancing shoes for Venice”, p. 42, 2005, text by Louisa Buck
2005   Dazed & Confused, Vol II, No 22, January 2005, “Show & tell: Shezad Dawood”, text by Nick Hackworth
2005   Wideshut, November 2005, pp.42-50, curated by Yuen Fong Ling
2005   Bidoun – Arts And Culture from The Middle East Winter 2005, p.20, text by Sara Raza
2005   Go Between, exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Bregenz, August 2005 (Revolver Books)
2005   Art Asia Pacific, Spring 2005, No 44, pp 54-61, text by Sara Raza
2005   Art Monthly, No 284, March 2005, pp.36-37, text by Richard Hylton
2005   Flux, Issue 46, January/February 2005, Flux Space Commission, with text by Jane Chavez-Dawson
2004   After Criticism – New Responses to Art and Performance, Ed. Gavin Butt, Blackwell Publishing, 2004
2004   Sleaze, February 2004, 6 page artist’s commission, plus text by Juliet Bingham
2003   Guide to Ecstacity – Nigel Coates, Lawrence King Publishing 2003, pp.88-9
2002   Site + Sight, exhibition catalogue, Earl–Lu Gallery, Singapore, 2002
2001   AA Files 44, Autumn 2001, pp.62-67, published by the Architectural Association, with text by Niru Ratnam