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 Ibrahim Said

Phone: 336 404 2203

ibrahim.said010@gmail.com
www.ibrahimsaidceramic.com

Born: 1976 Cairo, Egypt


Solo Exhibitions


2019 Pillars of Light, Cary Arts Center, NC
2018 Claymaker's Gallery, Durham, NC
2017 Shababik, STARworks Enterprises, Star, NC, USA 

2016 Shababik, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG , Greensboro, NC, USA
2013 Convergence, Steele Hall Gallery, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC, USA
2009 Cairo Atelier Gallery of Contemporary Art,Cairo, Egypt
2005 Sawy Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt


Group Exhibitions


2020  Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts,  American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY, USA
2019  The 10th Korean 
International Ceramic Biennale, South Korea
               
The 43rd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art,  Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
              1st International Ceramic Biennale, Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia
              The Plate, Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt
               In Place, Anderson Center, MN, USA
               Korean International Ceramic Biennale (KICB2019), Online Platform Exhibition 
2018  The Burke Prize 2018: The Future of Craft Part 2, Museum of Art and Design, NYC,  NY
​              Garden (Feast) of Paradise, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA
              Garden (Feast) of Paradise, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2017 The Last Drop, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC, USA
             Zanesville Prize Finalist Show, Zanesville, OH
             6th Annual Juried 
International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, Irving Art Center, Irving, Texas, USA

             Shaping The New South, Hudgens Center for Arts, Duluth, GA, USA
             Conference: a Woodfire  International, STARworks Enterprises, Star, NC, USA
             Masterworks of Ceramics, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
             Contemporary Ceramics Forum, El-Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt

2016 Themes of Egypt, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG , Greensboro, NC, USA
              
Art + Dialogue: Responding to Racial Tension in America, Sechrest Art Gallery, High Point University, NC, USA
2015 Annual Gathering Exhibition, STARworks, Star, NC,USA
             Prized Pieces, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC, USA
             Ashes to Ashes: Religion in Contemporary Ceramic Art, 
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA
             Light for the Dark Months: Pendant Lighting , The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2014 COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
             The Clay Studio National,
 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2013 35th Annual General Exhibition of Fine Art in Egypt
2012 Winter Show Green Hill Gallery, Greensbor, NC, USA

             Give Me Wings, FRANK Gallery,Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2011 Masqat Festival, Masqat, Oman.
2010 International Competition and Exhibition of Islamic Arts, Qatar 
            Ceramica Della Rambla, Cordoba, Spain
            33rd Annual General Exhibition of Fine Art in Egypt
            International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Teapot Art, Shanghai, China
            International Exhibition of Ceramics and Pottery, Kuwait.
            Ramadan Exhibit, Sawy Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
2008 Ceramica Della Rambla, Cordoba, Spain
2007 4th World Ceramic Exposition Korea (CEBIKO)
2005 Exhibition of Asala Association, Sawy Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
2003 QatarSummer Festival, Doha, Qatar

2002 Exhibition of Asala Association, Gent, Belgium

Collections

Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, USA
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Fidelity Investments Corporate Collection, Boston, MA, USA

V&A Museum, London, England
CEBIKO  Museum, Korea
Bait al-Baranda Museum, Muscat, Oman
Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt
Center of Islamic Art, Kuwait
Fustat Ceramics Center, Cairo, Egypt


Awards- Recognitions


2020 Metcalf Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters
2019 Viewers Choice Award,The 10th Korean 
International Ceramic Biennale
2018 Delham Service League Purchase Award, Mint Museum Permanent Collection
             Daisy Wade Bridges Memorial Award, Mint Museum Permanent Collection
             Finalist Burke Prize, Museum of Art and Design, NY, NYC
2017 People's Choice Award, Zanesville Prize

2011 First Prize in Innovation and Creativity, Masqat Festival, Oman
2010 Prize in Innovation and Creativity (one of three), Doha, Qatar
             Jury Prize for Art Festival and the masses Street Muizz Fatimid Cairo  Historical, Cairo, Egypt
2007 Honorary Award from 4th World Ceramic Exposition Korea


Bibliography

Said, Ibrahim: Potters on Pots , Ceramic Review, Issue 299 Sep-Oct 2019
Hunter, Robert, Editor: Ceramics in America 2018 : The Last Drop : Intoxicating Pottery, Past and Present, Published by Chipstone Foundation.
Ceramics Monthly, Cover, April 2018
Cabe, Jessica: “A Life of Making”, Ceramics Monthly, April 2018, pp 51-57
Said, Ibrahim: "Statement of Practice, Searching for Forms That Smell of Egypt", The Journal of Modern Craft, vol. 7 Issue 3, November 2014, pp. 297-310
The Journal of Modern Craft, Cover, vol.7 issue 3, November 2014

Symposiums, Workshops and Artist Talks


2020 NCECA Maker's Space Presenter, Richmond, VA, USA
2019 The 9th ​International Ceramic Symposium, Tunis, Tunisia
             Workshop, Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY, USA
2017 Panel Discussion on Contemporary Diaspora Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, USA
             International Woodfire NC Conference, STARworks Enterprises, Star, NC, USA
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, USA
             Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Islamic Design in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA

             Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA
2015 Ceramic Artist in Residence (September-December), STARworks, Star, NC, USA
             Ceramic Artist in Residence (June-July), The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2013 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, USA

2011 11th Annual Pottery Symposium, Fayum Oasis, Egypt
2009 10th Annual Pottery Symposium, El Kherga Oasis, Egypt
             9th Annual Pottery Symposium, Ashmon Greis, Monofia, Egypt
2008 Participant in the International Congress on Employment of Handicrafts within
             Architectural Projects, Tunisia   
2002 Workshop with Hella Berent in Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt


Teaching

2014- present Adjunct Faculty, Wheel Throwing and Hand Building, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Memberships

International Academy of Ceramics IAC
Art Axis
Access Ceramics
Syndicate of Plastic Arts Egyptian National Committee of International Association of Art.
















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