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Bio:
Born in Assiut, Egypt in 1977, Basim Magdy currently lives and works in Basel and Cairo. Magdy works with different media including drawing, painting, animation, installation, sculpture, film, video and sound. He is particularly interested in creating narrative structures that explore the space between reality and fiction and its influence on science, history, global culture and the dissemination of knowledge.
Selected solo exhibitions include ‘Pray For Me’, Fondazione Teseco per l’Arte, Pisa; ‘Last Good Deed’, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz, ‘1968: Memorial to a Rising Continent’, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York (2009); 'On a Better Day Than This', Townhouse Gallery, Cairo (2008); 'The Common Deceit of Reality', Okay Mountain, Austin (2007); 'In the Grave of Intergalactic Utopia', Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York (2006); 'Dream On', (w/ Marianne Rinderknecht), Neue Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland (2004) and 'Two Days to Apolcalypse', Falaki Gallery, Cairo (2003). His work was recently in group exhibitions at That Which Comes, Biennale d’art contemporain, Rennes, France; Al Riwaq Art Space, Bahrain; DEPO, Istanbul; Palace of Arts, Cairo; Antena, Chicago (2010); ADN Galeria, Barcelona; Suzie Q Projects, Zurich; Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York; MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León; Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin; TINA B - the Prague Contemporary Art Festival; MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Vigo, Spain (2008); Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla, Spain, Apexart, New York; Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City; Sfeir – Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon; Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France (2007); la Caixa Foundation - CaixaForum, Barcelona; Sala Rekalde, Bilbao; Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa (2006); The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo; Momenta Art, New York; Hiscox Art Projects, London (2005) and Art in General, New York (2004). In 2005, he curated 'Threat Zone' at TPS – Triangle Project Space in San Antonio.
In 2010 his work will appear in shows at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna and Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia.
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Affiliations/Residencies/Fellowships/Workshops:
2010 Platform Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey (residency – upcoming)
2009 Travel / Production Grant, Pro Helvetia (Swiss Art Council)
2004 Art Omi, New York, USA (residency)
2003 Residency/Travel grant, Ford Foundation
2003 Thupelo International Artists Workshop, Malmesbury, South Africa
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