Edward Salem // Work / Statement / CV / Contact
Born 1981 in Detroit, USA
Lives in Beirut, LEBANON
EDUCATION / RESIDENCIES
2011 Artist-in-Residence, Artellewa Space for Contemporary Art, Cairo
2010 Artists Workshop, Al-Mahatta Gallery, Birzeit
2010 Open Studio Residency, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah
2008 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 BA, Michigan State University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Affirmation of Otherwise Despised Identities, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Paris, FRANCE
2010 Atrocity Fatigue, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
First Mover, Arab Cultural Forum. Ramallah, PALESTINE
2009 Equanimity, Eel Space. Chicago, IL, USA
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2012 Our Streets (Shaware3na), Mahatat for Contemporary Art. Cairo, EGYPT
Keeping it Small, Gowanus Art Fair. Brooklyn, NY, USA
Solo screening, Homewood Friends Meeting House. Baltimore, MD, USA
2011 Solo screening, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León. León, SPAIN
PixelPops!, Gallery Nouvel Organon. Paris, FRANCE
Perspectives on Pain, work•detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
MADATAC03, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid, SPAIN
City of Pieces: Street Interventions, work•detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
folio, Banner Repeater. London, ENGLAND
Global Screen, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Barcelona, SPAIN
Force would vanish from the relations of men, Kodra 11 Contemporary Art Festival. Thessaloniki, GREECE
Muestra Internacional de Cine Arabe Amal, Biblioteca Nacional. Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Muestra de Cine Palestino, Museo de Bellas Artes. Caracas, VENEZUELA
Festival Miden, Amfias Square. Kalamata, GREECE
si:n/ Festival of Video Art and Performance. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Portes Ouvertes aux Nouveaux Talents, Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, FRANCE
Disruptive Stillness, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Lightworks, Grimsby Institute. Grimsby, ENGLAND
Young Artists, The Ethnographic & Art Museum at Birzeit University. Birzeit, PALESTINE
Muestra Amal en Palestina, Educational Bookshop. Jerusalem, PALESTINE
Muestra Amal en Palestina, Dar An-Nadwa. Bethlehem, PALESTINE
American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights Film Festival, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Solo screening, Detroit Socialist Party Film Screening, The Painted Lady. Detroit, MI, USA
Documenta Madrid 11 International Film Festival, el Taller de Matadero. Madrid, SPAIN
2010 Try, Retry, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Official Selection, International Euro Arab Film Festival. Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN
Muestra De Cine Palestino De Madrid, Pequeno Cine Estudio. Madrid, SPAIN
Gaza on Air, French Cultural Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Cairo On the Length, Spoke Gallery. Chicago, IL, USA
Open Day, Al-Mahatta Gallery. Birzeit, PALESTINE
Two-person touring exhibition, Saturday's Violence, French Cultural Center. Ramallah,
Jerusalem, Hebron, Nablus, Gaza City; Bethlehem Peace Center, Bethlehem, PALESTINE
Solo screening, The Friends' International Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Considering the City, work•detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
Snow Wall, Will You Show Us the Way to Restart It All?, TPTP Space. Paris, FRANCE
Humboldt Moving Picture Show, Sideyard at Richmond Manor, Chicago, IL, USA
Exhibition IV, 10/2/10, Berlin, GERMANY
Room of References, TPTP Space. Paris, FRANCE
Official Selection, Chicago Palestine Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center. Chicago, IL, USA
US Social Forum, International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
Providence Palestine Film Festival, Brown University. Providence, RI, USA
2009 Eyeless in Gaza, Elastic Arts Foundation. Chicago, IL, USA
SAIC Graduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries. Chicago, IL, USA
Ghazawi, First Unitarian. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Realcore, Bridge Art Fair. New York, NY, USA
2008 Performance Ventures, Links Hall. Chicago, IL, USA
Hannis Pannis & Friends, The Cinemat. Bloomington, IN, USA
Run-Ins, Prop Thtr. Chicago, IL, USA
This Is Only Temporary, Above Crater. Chicago, IL, USA
Sociometry Fair, Co-Prosperity Sphere. Chicago, IL, USA
Chicago Cinema Forum, The Nightingale. Chicago, IL, USA
Manifest Urban Arts Festival, Columbia College. Chicago, IL, USA
2007 Solo stage production, Semeneau, Rhinoceros, Prop Thtr. Chicago, IL, USA
Middle East by Middle East, Busker Space. Chicago, IL, USA
CURATORIAL
2011 Force would vanish from the relations of men, Kodra 11 Contemporary Art Festival. Curated by Edward Salem. Thessaloniki, GREECE
2010 It Has Happened, TPTP Space. Curatorial assistant to curator Philip Tonda. Paris, FRANCE
2008 This Is Only Temporary, Above Crater. Curated by Edward Salem and Yevgeniya Baras. Chicago, IL, USA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 Action Field Kodra, 11th Exhibition of Contemporary Art, "Force would vanish from the relations of men", Exhibition Catalogue. GREECE
2010 Mary Patten, "What Is To Be Undone: Notes on Teaching Terrorism", Radical Teacher. USA
Ali Sawafta, "Edward Salem, Palestinian American Artist Walking in the Footsteps of Naji Al-Ali", Reuters.
Ilaria Lupo, "Edward Salem, Stanchezza Dell 'Atrocita'", Nena News. ITALY
Jimmy Johnson, "Uncovering truth and humor in Edward Salem's 'Impunity'", Electronic Intifada. USA
Julio Chavezmontes, "The Kinetic Energy of Rigid Bodies", Catalogue essay, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. PALESTINE
2008 David Gargill, "Target Practice", The National. UAE
Jason Foumberg, "Tip of the Week: This Is Only Temporary", NewCity. Chicago, IL, USA
Laureen Haag, "Dead Sea", Chicago Cinema Forum Screening Pamphlet. Chicago, IL, USA
Lives in Beirut, LEBANON
EDUCATION / RESIDENCIES
2011 Artist-in-Residence, Artellewa Space for Contemporary Art, Cairo
2010 Artists Workshop, Al-Mahatta Gallery, Birzeit
2010 Open Studio Residency, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah
2008 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 BA, Michigan State University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Affirmation of Otherwise Despised Identities, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Paris, FRANCE
2010 Atrocity Fatigue, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
First Mover, Arab Cultural Forum. Ramallah, PALESTINE
2009 Equanimity, Eel Space. Chicago, IL, USA
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2012 Our Streets (Shaware3na), Mahatat for Contemporary Art. Cairo, EGYPT
Keeping it Small, Gowanus Art Fair. Brooklyn, NY, USA
Solo screening, Homewood Friends Meeting House. Baltimore, MD, USA
2011 Solo screening, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León. León, SPAIN
PixelPops!, Gallery Nouvel Organon. Paris, FRANCE
Perspectives on Pain, work•detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
MADATAC03, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid, SPAIN
City of Pieces: Street Interventions, work•detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
folio, Banner Repeater. London, ENGLAND
Global Screen, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Barcelona, SPAIN
Force would vanish from the relations of men, Kodra 11 Contemporary Art Festival. Thessaloniki, GREECE
Muestra Internacional de Cine Arabe Amal, Biblioteca Nacional. Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Muestra de Cine Palestino, Museo de Bellas Artes. Caracas, VENEZUELA
Festival Miden, Amfias Square. Kalamata, GREECE
si:n/ Festival of Video Art and Performance. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Portes Ouvertes aux Nouveaux Talents, Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, FRANCE
Disruptive Stillness, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery. Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Lightworks, Grimsby Institute. Grimsby, ENGLAND
Young Artists, The Ethnographic & Art Museum at Birzeit University. Birzeit, PALESTINE
Muestra Amal en Palestina, Educational Bookshop. Jerusalem, PALESTINE
Muestra Amal en Palestina, Dar An-Nadwa. Bethlehem, PALESTINE
American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights Film Festival, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Solo screening, Detroit Socialist Party Film Screening, The Painted Lady. Detroit, MI, USA
Documenta Madrid 11 International Film Festival, el Taller de Matadero. Madrid, SPAIN
2010 Try, Retry, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Official Selection, International Euro Arab Film Festival. Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN
Muestra De Cine Palestino De Madrid, Pequeno Cine Estudio. Madrid, SPAIN
Gaza on Air, French Cultural Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Cairo On the Length, Spoke Gallery. Chicago, IL, USA
Open Day, Al-Mahatta Gallery. Birzeit, PALESTINE
Two-person touring exhibition, Saturday's Violence, French Cultural Center. Ramallah,
Jerusalem, Hebron, Nablus, Gaza City; Bethlehem Peace Center, Bethlehem, PALESTINE
Solo screening, The Friends' International Center. Ramallah, PALESTINE
Considering the City, work•detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
Snow Wall, Will You Show Us the Way to Restart It All?, TPTP Space. Paris, FRANCE
Humboldt Moving Picture Show, Sideyard at Richmond Manor, Chicago, IL, USA
Exhibition IV, 10/2/10, Berlin, GERMANY
Room of References, TPTP Space. Paris, FRANCE
Official Selection, Chicago Palestine Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center. Chicago, IL, USA
US Social Forum, International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit. Detroit, MI, USA
Providence Palestine Film Festival, Brown University. Providence, RI, USA
2009 Eyeless in Gaza, Elastic Arts Foundation. Chicago, IL, USA
SAIC Graduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries. Chicago, IL, USA
Ghazawi, First Unitarian. Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Realcore, Bridge Art Fair. New York, NY, USA
2008 Performance Ventures, Links Hall. Chicago, IL, USA
Hannis Pannis & Friends, The Cinemat. Bloomington, IN, USA
Run-Ins, Prop Thtr. Chicago, IL, USA
This Is Only Temporary, Above Crater. Chicago, IL, USA
Sociometry Fair, Co-Prosperity Sphere. Chicago, IL, USA
Chicago Cinema Forum, The Nightingale. Chicago, IL, USA
Manifest Urban Arts Festival, Columbia College. Chicago, IL, USA
2007 Solo stage production, Semeneau, Rhinoceros, Prop Thtr. Chicago, IL, USA
Middle East by Middle East, Busker Space. Chicago, IL, USA
CURATORIAL
2011 Force would vanish from the relations of men, Kodra 11 Contemporary Art Festival. Curated by Edward Salem. Thessaloniki, GREECE
2010 It Has Happened, TPTP Space. Curatorial assistant to curator Philip Tonda. Paris, FRANCE
2008 This Is Only Temporary, Above Crater. Curated by Edward Salem and Yevgeniya Baras. Chicago, IL, USA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 Action Field Kodra, 11th Exhibition of Contemporary Art, "Force would vanish from the relations of men", Exhibition Catalogue. GREECE
2010 Mary Patten, "What Is To Be Undone: Notes on Teaching Terrorism", Radical Teacher. USA
Ali Sawafta, "Edward Salem, Palestinian American Artist Walking in the Footsteps of Naji Al-Ali", Reuters.
Ilaria Lupo, "Edward Salem, Stanchezza Dell 'Atrocita'", Nena News. ITALY
Jimmy Johnson, "Uncovering truth and humor in Edward Salem's 'Impunity'", Electronic Intifada. USA
Julio Chavezmontes, "The Kinetic Energy of Rigid Bodies", Catalogue essay, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. PALESTINE
2008 David Gargill, "Target Practice", The National. UAE
Jason Foumberg, "Tip of the Week: This Is Only Temporary", NewCity. Chicago, IL, USA
Laureen Haag, "Dead Sea", Chicago Cinema Forum Screening Pamphlet. Chicago, IL, USA
