Fadi al-Hamwi (*Damascus, Syria, 1986) graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus in 2010, majoring in oil & mural paintings. Today al-Hamwi works in painting, video and installation with a focus on conceptual art. Al-Hamwi lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Workshops & Courses
2016-2015
22 workshops in Danish public schools under the topic “Syrian art in exile” in a collaboration with CKU, Denmark
2014
Performance art workshop with Martha Jovanovic at Art residence. Aley, Lebanon
2011
Studio 1 (In need), school of contemporary art at All Art Now gallery, Damascus, Syria
2010
workshop on contemporary Islamic art and heritage revive at the National Museum. Damascus, Syria
workshop on light art and control at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Damascus, Syria. In cooperation with the Dresden University of Fine Arts, Germany
2009
workshop on sculptures entitled Composition in Cement at the French Cultural Centre. Damascus, Syria
2008
workshop on plastic art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Damascus, Syria
Exhibitions
2020
48h Neukölln, Sugar Forever, Performance installation, at Alfred-Scholz-Platz (Public space), Berlin, Germany
2019
Lost in Translation, De Warande Expo, (Sugar forever, Performance installation), Turnhout, Belgium
Sugar Forever, Performance installation, at CAA Berlin, Germany
While You Were Sleeping II, Duo exhibition, at CAP Kuwait, Kuwait
Behind the Lines, Campbell River Art Gallery, BC, Canada
Ma3rad , at 33&5 gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
While You Were Sleeping, 2 person show, East of Elsewhere at Vardaxoglou, London, UK
Behind the lines, „The Reach Gallery Museum“, BC, Canada
2017
Mosaik Syrien, Gut Altenkamp Museum, Papenburg, Germany
L’Art en Mouvement, Video art screening as part of the Nice Solidaire du Monde, Nice, France
100 Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Arab Art at the Institut du monde arabe from the collection of Barjeel Art Foundation, Paris, France
2016
Vacancies, Galerie Wedding, Berlin, Germany
Behind the lines, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, British Colombia, Canada
2015
CPH:DOX, Video art screening „Artificial sugar“ as part of the Syria types project, Copenhagen, Denmark
Syria off frame, Venice Biennale, Italy
Nord Art, Hamburg, Germany
2014
Syrian crisis: The Art of Resilience, hosted by the world bank. Washington dc, USA
SYRIAN ART OF TODAY, with the collaboration of Oxfam, Mayfair, London, UK
(Society – 180 Degree), at ART HOUSE gallery. Damascus, Syria (solo exhibition)
2013
exhibition at Mark Hachem gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
exhibition, Jabal, Beirut, Lebanon
2012
True colors of Society – hope and survival, Jaouuana seikly gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
The Visual Scene For Young Syrian Artists, Samer Kozah gallery, Damascus, Syria
The Small Painting, Mustafa Ali gallery, Damascus, Syria.
2011
Studio 1 (In need), All Art Now gallery. Damascus, Syria
2010
In Silence, All Art Now gallery, Damascus, Syria
Vital Spaces festival for Contemporary Art, Damascus, Syria
2009
video art exhibition, All Art Now gallery, Damascus, Syria
exhibition at the National Museum in Damascus, of Contemporary Islamic Art competition by the Victoria and Albert Museum, UK
exhibition of Light art at the Goethe Institute, Damascus, Syria
2008
The Annual Spring Exhibition, Khan Asa’ad Pasha, Damascus, Syria
2007
Mediterranean Countries Exhibition, the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus, Syria