Abed Al Kadiri
ARTIST BIO
Born in Beirut, Lebanese multidisciplinary artist and Curator Abed Al Kadiri double majored in Arabic Literature and Fine Arts.
His work focuses on the deprivation of freedom in society by analyzing contemporary issues of violence, cultural heritage, migration and belonging.
Al Kadiri’s solo exhibitions include Abu Ghraib (2006); In the Corner (2008); Identity Turbulences (2011); Al Maqama 2014 (2014); Ashes to the Sea (2016); Arcadia (2016), Al Maqama Al Mosuliya (2017); The Story of the Rubber Tree (2017-2018).
Al Kadiri has also participated in several group exhibitions regionally and internationally including Istanbul, Paris, Basel, Cambridge, Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Qatar, and Beirut.
His work can be found in private and public collections in the Middle East. In 2017 he was awarded the Sursock Museum’s Jury Award at the 32nd Salon d’Automne.
In 2006 Al Kadiri moved to Kuwait and worked as an art critic, before establishing the FA Gallery in 2010. He was appointed as the Director of Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) Kuwait from 2012-2015, a leading non-profit arts institution in the Middle East.
Al Kadiri curated numerous exhibitions and developed an extensive exchange programs with regional and international institutions and museums.
In 2015, Al Kadiri left his position at CAP and is currently residing in Beirut. In 2017, he co-founded Dongola Limited Editions, a leading publishing house that offers unconventional perspectives on artist’s books.
His most prominent exhibitions include:
“Remains of the Last Red Rose”, Galerie Tanit – Beirut, Lebanon, 2020
Collective Exhibition – Towards the Sublime, Galerie Tanit – Beirut, 2019
“The Story of the Rubber Tree”, Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon, 2018
“Arcadia”, Albareh Art Gallery, Adliyat, Bahrain, 2017
Artists of the Gallery
Youssef Abdelke
Adel Abidin
Shirin Abu Shaqra
Abed Al Kadiri
Mojé Assefjah
Martin Assig
Michael Biberstein
Sonja Braas
Ricardo Brey
Franck Christen
Roy Dib
FOUAD ELKOURY
Elger Esser
Simone Fattal
Chafa Ghaddar
Gilbert Hage
Herbert Hamak
Joumana Jamhouri
David Kramer
SADIK KWAISH AL FRAJI
Urs Lüthi
Rania Matar
Randa Mirza
Charlotte Mumm
Serge Najjar
Samia Osseiran Jumblatt
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Giulio Rimondi
Walid Sadek
Charles Sandison
Nada Sehnaoui
Bongchull Shin
Catharina van Eetvelde
Stephen Waddell
Fadi Yazigi
Kimiko Yoshida
Ghassan Zard
Cynthia Zaven