Shezad Dawood (born 1974) is an artist born and based in London.
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Shezad Dawood works across the disciplines of painting, film, neon, sculpture, performance, virtual reality and other digital media to ask key questions of narrative, history and embodiment.[1] His works reflect his varied cultural heritage, having a Pakistani mother, an Indian father and an Irish stepmother.[2]
He trained at Central Saint Martin's and received his MA from the Royal College of Art in 2000 before undertaking a PhD from the School of Arts at Leeds Metropolitan University (now Leeds Beckett University) in 2008 (Fine Art), titled 'The killing of Chief Crazy Horse: a metaphorical allegory in 3 parts'. Dawood is a Research Fellow in Experimental Media at the University of Westminster.
Publications
edit- Making New Time: Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber, Omar Kholeif (ed.), Prestel, Munich, Germany, 2019. ISBN 978-3791358499
- Artists' Moving Image in Britain since 1989, Erika Balsam, Lucy Reynolds and Sarah Perks (eds.), Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; London, 2019. ISBN 978-1-913107-01-7
- Shezad Dawood: Kalimpong, Camilla Palestra (ed.), Sternberg Press and Timothy Taylor, London, 2016. ISBN 978-3-95679-276-2
- It was a time that was a time, Gabriel Florenz and David Everitt Howe (eds.). Pioneer Works, New York, 2015. ISBN 978-0-9905935-6-0
- The Great Acceleration – Taipei Biennial 2014, Jo Hsiao (ed.), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014. ISBN 978-9860444438
- Shezad Dawood: Towards the Possible Film, Ziba Ardalan (ed.), Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, 2014. ISBN 9780957351820
- Black Sun, Gerrie van Noord (ed.). Ridinghouse in association with Devi Art Foundation and Arnolfini, 2013. ISBN 978-1-905464-845
- Piercing Brightness, Gerrie van Noord (ed.), Koenig Books, London, 2012. ISBN 978-3-86335-146-5
References
edit- ^ "Shezad Dawood". Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Channel4.com