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About 2011 Abraaj Capital Winners
Hamra Abbas was born in Kuwait in 1976 and lives and works in Islamabad and Boston. She was awarded the Jury Prize at the 9th Sharjah Biennial and was shortlisted for the inaugural Jameel Prize at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Abbas is represented by Green Cardamom, London and OUTLET Independent Art Space, Istanbul.
Jananne Al-Ani was born in Kirkuk, Iraq in 1966 and lives and works in London. Her work is in collections such as Tate, London; Pompidou, Paris and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Al-Ani's photographic work is represented by Rose Issa Projects, London.
Shezad Dawood was born in London in 1974. He received an MPhil in Fine Art Photography from the Royal College of Art (2000-03) and a PhD from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2008. He is represented by The Third Line, Dubai; Paradise Row, London; Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai; Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan; and Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam.
Nadia Kaabi-Linke was born in 1978 in Tunis to a Russian mother and Tunisian father. She studied at the University of Fine Arts in Tunis (1999) before receiving a PhD from the Sorbonne University in Paris (2008). Kaabi-Linke is represented by Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin.
Timo Nasseri was born in Berlin in 1972 to a German mother and an Iranian father, and continues to live and work in Berlin. Nasseri is represented by galerie schleicher+lange, Paris and Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg and Beirut.
Sharmini Pereira is director and founder of Raking Leaves, a not-for-profit independent publisher of artists’ book projects and special editions. She lives and works in London and Colombo.
Hamra Abbas was born in Kuwait in 1976 and lives and works in Islamabad and Boston. She was awarded the Jury Prize at the 9th Sharjah Biennial and was shortlisted for the inaugural Jameel Prize at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Abbas is represented by Green Cardamom, London and OUTLET Independent Art Space, Istanbul.
Jananne Al-Ani was born in Kirkuk, Iraq in 1966 and lives and works in London. Her work is in collections such as Tate, London; Pompidou, Paris and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Al-Ani's photographic work is represented by Rose Issa Projects, London.
Shezad Dawood was born in London in 1974. He received an MPhil in Fine Art Photography from the Royal College of Art (2000-03) and a PhD from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2008. He is represented by The Third Line, Dubai; Paradise Row, London; Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai; Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan; and Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam.
Nadia Kaabi-Linke was born in 1978 in Tunis to a Russian mother and Tunisian father. She studied at the University of Fine Arts in Tunis (1999) before receiving a PhD from the Sorbonne University in Paris (2008). Kaabi-Linke is represented by Galerie Christian Hosp, Berlin.
Timo Nasseri was born in Berlin in 1972 to a German mother and an Iranian father, and continues to live and work in Berlin. Nasseri is represented by galerie schleicher+lange, Paris and Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg and Beirut.
Sharmini Pereira is director and founder of Raking Leaves, a not-for-profit independent publisher of artists’ book projects and special editions. She lives and works in London and Colombo.
About Abraaj Capital
Art Prize
Art Prize
The third edition of the prestigious
Abraaj Capital Art Prize
Abraaj Capital Art Prize
DUBAI. The highly anticipated and ambitious artworks of the 2011 Abraaj Capital Art Prize, the world’s only art prize to focus on the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region were unveiled last month in Art Dubai 2011. Since being granted the prize last October on the basis of their proposals, the artist recipients - Hamra Abbas, Jananne Al-Ani, Shezad Dawood, Nadia Kaabi-Linke and Timo Nasseri - and their guest curator Sharmini Pereira have worked tirelessly to turn their ambitious proposals into reality.
The Abraaj Capital Art Prize, which is globally unique in that its awards are given on the basis of proposals rather than completed works, is now in its third year. Since its inception at Art Dubai 2009, it has quickly gained widespread recognition given its purpose and focus on the Middle East, North African and South Asian (MENASA) region.
Frederic Sicre, Partner, Abraaj Capital when considering the prize in relation to the company’s business philosophy comments: “The prize is part of our dedication to empowering potential in everything we do, even in our core business. Abraaj supports entrepreneurs in the MENASA region of all spheres, including talented, entrepreneurial artists who have this opportunity to break new ground, experiment and showcase the rich artistic and cultural heritage of this extraordinarily diverse part of the world. These young artists must be heard and their respective messages understood and debated...its part of the answer to the social expectations that citizens throughout the region are currently voicing”. Savita Apte, Chair of the Selection Committee adds: “the way these dedicated artists drive their vision from the initial idea to the completed works unveiled here at Art Dubai is inspiring for us all.”
In each of their projects, the five artists from India, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Tunisia have developed their practice in new directions, be it working in a different medium, scale or methodology. All works respond to a particular theme that is specific to their personal experiences rooted in the MENASA region but that also has universal application. The completed artworks join the growing Abraaj Capital Art Collection.
In her work Woman in Black, Pakistani born Hamra Abbas depicts the iconic image of a fictional super-heroine in the traditional medium of stained glass. The film Shadow Sites II by Iraqi Jananne Al-Ani is made up of images displaying an aerial landscape that bears traces of natural and man-made activity, but becomes abstracted as features turn invisible to the human eye. Shezad Dawood’s New Dream Machine Project makes manifest a complex series of cultural connections between: a three-meter high kinetic light sculpture that emits kaleidoscopic light pulses first experimented with by painter Brion Gysin in the 1960s upon his return to the UK from Morocco, Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones and the Master Musicians of Jajouka. Tunisian artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke has created a breath-taking installation Flying Carpets, made of shinning metal and rubber threads. The work hovers in space above the viewer’s heads, in the form of a bridge and highlights the plight of hawkers who sell counterfeit goods on the streets of Venice. Gon by Timo Nasseri is his largest and most complex work to date, formed of metal pipes which give expression to the quantitative logic of systems that exist across cultures and history and the inherent beauty that results from their intersection.
The Abraaj Capital Art Prize, which is globally unique in that its awards are given on the basis of proposals rather than completed works, is now in its third year. Since its inception at Art Dubai 2009, it has quickly gained widespread recognition given its purpose and focus on the Middle East, North African and South Asian (MENASA) region.
Frederic Sicre, Partner, Abraaj Capital when considering the prize in relation to the company’s business philosophy comments: “The prize is part of our dedication to empowering potential in everything we do, even in our core business. Abraaj supports entrepreneurs in the MENASA region of all spheres, including talented, entrepreneurial artists who have this opportunity to break new ground, experiment and showcase the rich artistic and cultural heritage of this extraordinarily diverse part of the world. These young artists must be heard and their respective messages understood and debated...its part of the answer to the social expectations that citizens throughout the region are currently voicing”. Savita Apte, Chair of the Selection Committee adds: “the way these dedicated artists drive their vision from the initial idea to the completed works unveiled here at Art Dubai is inspiring for us all.”
In each of their projects, the five artists from India, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Tunisia have developed their practice in new directions, be it working in a different medium, scale or methodology. All works respond to a particular theme that is specific to their personal experiences rooted in the MENASA region but that also has universal application. The completed artworks join the growing Abraaj Capital Art Collection.
In her work Woman in Black, Pakistani born Hamra Abbas depicts the iconic image of a fictional super-heroine in the traditional medium of stained glass. The film Shadow Sites II by Iraqi Jananne Al-Ani is made up of images displaying an aerial landscape that bears traces of natural and man-made activity, but becomes abstracted as features turn invisible to the human eye. Shezad Dawood’s New Dream Machine Project makes manifest a complex series of cultural connections between: a three-meter high kinetic light sculpture that emits kaleidoscopic light pulses first experimented with by painter Brion Gysin in the 1960s upon his return to the UK from Morocco, Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones and the Master Musicians of Jajouka. Tunisian artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke has created a breath-taking installation Flying Carpets, made of shinning metal and rubber threads. The work hovers in space above the viewer’s heads, in the form of a bridge and highlights the plight of hawkers who sell counterfeit goods on the streets of Venice. Gon by Timo Nasseri is his largest and most complex work to date, formed of metal pipes which give expression to the quantitative logic of systems that exist across cultures and history and the inherent beauty that results from their intersection.
Winners of Abraaj Capital Prize 2011
Hamra Abbas, Woman in Black, 2011
Stained Glass
Nadia Kaabi-Linke, design of Flying Carpets, 2011
Shezad Dawood, New Dream Machine Project, 2011
Shezad Dawood, The New Dream Machine Project, with Master Musicians of Jajouka,
Tangiers, February 2011, ACAP
Timo Nassseri, Gon, 2011
Stainless steel sculpture
Five winning artists, one guest curator and a book project all unveiled at Art Dubai 2011
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April 2011
