Abed Elmajid Shalabi (b. Iksal, Nazareth IL 1991) is a US-based Palestinian artist. In June and July 2024 he will be an artist in resident at ISCP in Brooklyn.
Education
2022 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
2019-2021 MFA Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA.
2015-2019 BFA Fine Arts, The multidisciplinary Art School at Shenkar College, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Exchange Program, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
2009-2012 Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Awards & Residencies
2024 ISCP (upcoming), Brooklyn. NY
2024-235 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship
2023 NARS Founndation International Residency. Brooklyn, NY
2023 Artis International Residency Grant 2023.
2023 VCCA 50th annniversery fellowship.
2023 Lighthouse Works Fishers Island, NY.
2023 The Foudation of Contemprary Arts Emergency Grant.
2022 Artis International Residency Grant 2022.
2020-2021 The studio Acsses Art Residency - Richmond Visual Arts Center.
2021 United States Artists - Artist Relief Cycle XIII
2021 The Robert Weil Family Foundation Scholarship.
2020-2021 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts graduate Fellowship
2020 The Paul F. Miller Graduate Scholarship in Sculpture.
2019-2021 The sculpture + Extended Media department full tuition award.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 When Tomorrow Arrives We Will Love Life, Hamiltonian Artist, Washington DC.
2021 A Man at Point Zero, The Anderson Gallery. Richmond VA.
2019 XXXL Shenkar college. Tel Aviv.
Group Exhibitions
2024 Can Thought Go On Without A Body?, StillShow (by) Stillife, Soho. NYC.
2024 Moved/Displaced, skowhegan alumnni show, OCCCA. Santa Ana, CA
2023 MICA Faculty Exhibition, Decker & Meyerhoff Galeries, Baltimore,ME.
2023 EI TOI, BENOIT? SARA'S Gallery. New York. NY.
2023 Conflicted. Gallery C24. New York. NY.
2023 Shadow-Work. NARS Foundation. Brooklyn. NY.
2023 Vox Populi XVIII: Oil of Milk. Vox Populi. Philadelphia PA.
2023 Open Studios Session 53. Lighthouse Work, Fishers Island. NY.
2023 You Can’t Find The Sun. “New. Now.” Hamiltonian Artist Washington DC.
2022 Kinetic Terzo Piano gallery Washington DC.
2022 Common Thread, visual arts center, RIchmond VA.
2022 A line is a Dot that went for a walk, Gallery 5, Richmond VA.
2021 ZONE X Eden Airlines Gallery. Richmond VA.
2021 The Language Of The Birds, Tuesday Tuesday Project space, Richmond VA.
2020 Fresh Paint 12, Fresh Paint Art Fair - The Artist Greenhouse. Tel Aviv.
2020 High Time for a Love Fool foXgardin, Richmond VA.
2018 Pilgrims and Flâneurs Shenkar College Gallery, Tel Aviv.
2018 Urban Entertainment Center, Kudamm Karree, Berlin.
Selected Press
2024 Washington Post In the galleries: Mixing the macabre with views on mortality
2024 NARS Founndation
2023 Washington Post. In the galleries: Four artists’ concepts of Black identity
2022 Burnaway Magazine
Education
2022 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
2019-2021 MFA Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA.
2015-2019 BFA Fine Arts, The multidisciplinary Art School at Shenkar College, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Exchange Program, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
2009-2012 Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem, Israel.
Awards & Residencies
2024 ISCP (upcoming), Brooklyn. NY
2024-235 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship
2023 NARS Founndation International Residency. Brooklyn, NY
2023 Artis International Residency Grant 2023.
2023 VCCA 50th annniversery fellowship.
2023 Lighthouse Works Fishers Island, NY.
2023 The Foudation of Contemprary Arts Emergency Grant.
2022 Artis International Residency Grant 2022.
2020-2021 The studio Acsses Art Residency - Richmond Visual Arts Center.
2021 United States Artists - Artist Relief Cycle XIII
2021 The Robert Weil Family Foundation Scholarship.
2020-2021 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts graduate Fellowship
2020 The Paul F. Miller Graduate Scholarship in Sculpture.
2019-2021 The sculpture + Extended Media department full tuition award.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 When Tomorrow Arrives We Will Love Life, Hamiltonian Artist, Washington DC.
2021 A Man at Point Zero, The Anderson Gallery. Richmond VA.
2019 XXXL Shenkar college. Tel Aviv.
Group Exhibitions
2024 Can Thought Go On Without A Body?, StillShow (by) Stillife, Soho. NYC.
2024 Moved/Displaced, skowhegan alumnni show, OCCCA. Santa Ana, CA
2023 MICA Faculty Exhibition, Decker & Meyerhoff Galeries, Baltimore,ME.
2023 EI TOI, BENOIT? SARA'S Gallery. New York. NY.
2023 Conflicted. Gallery C24. New York. NY.
2023 Shadow-Work. NARS Foundation. Brooklyn. NY.
2023 Vox Populi XVIII: Oil of Milk. Vox Populi. Philadelphia PA.
2023 Open Studios Session 53. Lighthouse Work, Fishers Island. NY.
2023 You Can’t Find The Sun. “New. Now.” Hamiltonian Artist Washington DC.
2022 Kinetic Terzo Piano gallery Washington DC.
2022 Common Thread, visual arts center, RIchmond VA.
2022 A line is a Dot that went for a walk, Gallery 5, Richmond VA.
2021 ZONE X Eden Airlines Gallery. Richmond VA.
2021 The Language Of The Birds, Tuesday Tuesday Project space, Richmond VA.
2020 Fresh Paint 12, Fresh Paint Art Fair - The Artist Greenhouse. Tel Aviv.
2020 High Time for a Love Fool foXgardin, Richmond VA.
2018 Pilgrims and Flâneurs Shenkar College Gallery, Tel Aviv.
2018 Urban Entertainment Center, Kudamm Karree, Berlin.
Selected Press
2024 Washington Post In the galleries: Mixing the macabre with views on mortality
2024 NARS Founndation
2023 Washington Post. In the galleries: Four artists’ concepts of Black identity
2022 Burnaway Magazine
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