MOHAMED SOMANI

Born in Halmstad, Sweden; lives and works in Vancouver

EDUCATION

The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

1998-2000 Masters of Fine Arts (Studio)
1993-1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Studio)

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

April 2011
Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver

May 2010
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver

May 2009
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver

November-December 2008
The Most Violent Thing
Republic Gallery, Vancouver

May 2007
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver

October 2004
At Play
Liu Haisu Museum, Shanghai, China

November 2002
Binocular Parallax
Consolidated Works, Seattle

April 2002
1000 Titles (I & II)
The Western Front Gallery, Vancouver

September 2000
Masters
Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver

February 2000
Convergence
Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver

November 1997
Sight Lines – New Artists, New Work
Atelier Gallery, Vancouver

May 1997
Vancouver Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver

April 1997
Frank Tam Gallery, Vancouver

February 1997
Printed Aberrations
Art and Design Gallery, Vancouver

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

September 2009
New Drawings
CSA Space, Vancouver

February 2002
27 Sketches For Mixing All The Materials In The World: Propositions for a Public Monument
The Vancouver Centre For Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver

September 1999
Six Instances of One Drawing
Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver

CURATORIAL & PUBLISHED WORK/WRITINGS/REVIEWS

May 2008
Hidden Rivers
The Kay Meek Centre, West Vancouver

November 2002
Artweek Magazine

September 2002
The Stranger.Com
Review of Binocular Parallax by Emily Hall

Summer 2001
1000 Titles
Mix Independent Art & Culture Magazine

March 2001
Let Them Eat Cake
Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

September 2000,
Masters
Review by Rosalind Rorke, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver

February 2000
The Gospel of Pictures
Or Gallery, Vancouver

September 1999
Six Instances of One Drawing
Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1999 BC Binning Drawing Scholarship
1996 The University of British Columbia Scholarship