Areej Kaoud is a Palestinian visual artist raised in Sharjah and Montreal. Her art practice draws on her interest in narratives and disastrous scenarios. Emergency provisions are a common subject in her practice using writing, recording, performance art, data accumulation and installation. Kaoud’s art practice is concerned with diaspora psychology and emergency behaviour. Most of her concepts use language to articulate the distance between anxiety, preparedness and the humour which takes place in preparing for anticipated threats.
CONTACT
Email: Info@areejkaoud.com
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Palestine on the Pier, Big Yin Gallery, London UK
Fruits of Belonging, PalArt Amnesty International, London UK
2021
Intimate Distance, Queen's Park Public Space, London UK
Intimate Distance, Museum of London Archaeological Archive, London UK
2020
Mish Mish London, indigo + madder, London UK
Ya Balah Zaghlool, AWAN, London UK
2019
Speculative Landscapes, New York University Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi UAE
2018
Sawt: Flag Continent, Tate Modern Tate Exchange, London, UK
The March Exhibition, Satellite Gallery - Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
2017
May God Teach You English, MMCA, Seoul - Changdong, South Korea
Wailing Bodies [Performance], ISCP, New York, USA
The New Normal, curated by Hiba Farhat & Murat Adash, The Hangar, Beirut, LB
The New Normal, curated by Hiba Farhat & Murat Adash, Supa Salon, Istanbul, TR
2016
Performance As Process [Performance], Delfina Foundation, London, UK
The Blue Hour, Bolivia Biennale, Santa Cruz, BO
Brigade D'Urgence [Performance], Art Dubai, UAE
The Artist Hard At Work [Performance], Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE
2015
FamaFame, ASC Gallery, London, UK
2014
Culture Shock, Naila Art Gallery, Riyadh, KSA
Culture Shock, Desert Design Gallery, Khobar, KSA
2013
Art Laboratory, ART LAB Gallery, Berne, Switzerland
AB, Nomas Foundation, curated by Gabriel De Santis, Rome, Italy
THE POOL, Goldsmiths College, London, UK (MFA Thesis)
2010
Portrait Of A Generation, Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE
2009
Racing Thoughts, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, CA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023
Masaha Art Residency, Misk Art Institute, Riyadh, KSA
2021-22
Walk Residency, AWAN & Glasgow University Commission, London UK
2018
Residency, SAMT, London, UK
2017
Fellowship, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Changdong, Korea [Nominated]
2017
Residency, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
2016
Residency, A.i.R Dubai, Dubai, UAE
SELECTED PRESS
2016 ArtAsiaPacific Suzy Sikorsky – ‘New Currents’
2016 Time Out Art Season – ‘A.i.R Dubai’
2015 AD Architectural Digest Charlotte Butterfield – ‘Artistic Alchemy’
EDUCATION
2013
Curating MFA, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2011
MFA Studio Practice, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
2009
Bach. Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, CA
