TOWA R D S T H E
HADY BORAEY
Opening Reception 10 May 2016 6 to 9 pm Exhibition 10 May - 29 May 2016
By Fatenn Mostafa
TOWA R D S T H E
The Unknown – a word, a notion, a mental picture that has captured the human thought over the centuries. And yet, as a new era dawns on us, the Unknown becomes overwhelmingly meaningful / profound / and wanting. It takes over. It exhilarates. And yet it also disturbs. We cannot approach the new Unknown unless we have fully absorbed the past and understood what could have possibly gone wrong – again. Thus far, there is silence. An uneasy / restless silence because the very recent past stands there, unkind and teasing. Where once there was a dream, all that is left is the Unknown. Hady Boraey lives in that vertigo. Unafraid of the blank page, he stands steadfast against a facile happiness and a deceiving illusion. His imaginary journey of what could lie beyond persists and wins. He seems to want to conquer the world and fill that void, by testing the limits of his mind. Torn between the Wilderness and the Shadow, you find him Waiting at the Gate or at the Border; under the Grey Cloud or a Summer Rain. The Silence of the City awakens the Migrant. As he carries the weight of the Unknown, he madly wanders. And far away from home, he navigated. He has a story to tell. Once upon a time, he got lost and got back.
HADY BORAEY
ArtTalks is proud to present Towards The [Un]Known, the second solo exhibition at the gallery by Alexandria-based visual artist Hady Boraey (b. 1984). After his highly acclaimed first solo exhibition in 2014, Beyond Borders, Boraey went on to earn his PhD in 2015. He received a BFA (2005) and MFA (2011) from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Alexandria, with highest honors and participated in over forty group exhibitions in Egypt and abroad. Hady Boraey received the medal of appreciation from the Bibliotheca Alexandria and various other awards from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria.
HADY BORAEY
Selected Exibitions
BIO
2015 Small Artworks Group exhibition, Falak Institute, Cairo
2016 Seventh International Biennale for the artist’s book 2016 Baltic art institution residency program – POLAND 2016 Group exhibition (AJENDA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina 2015 Group exhibition, 25th Youth Salon, Opera House, Cairo 2015 Jury member. Annual art contest, ENSAN ART, Alexandrina 2015 Group exhibition, ELTHAGHR annual event. Elhorya Centre for creative arts – Alexandrina 2015 Group exhibition, Mahmoud Saïd Museum, Alexandria 2015 International workshop MCPA USA, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Biblioteca Alexandrina 2015 North & South Project, Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria 2015 Group exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria 2015 Workshop Experimenting Media, Alexandria workshop center 2015 Group exhibition General Disorder, Janakles studio, Alexandria 2014 Group exhibition, 24th Youth Salon, Opera House, Cairo
Born 1st of January, 1984
2014 1st Alexandria Symposiums for Mediterranean arts.
Behira, Egypt
2014 Beyond Borders, solo exhibition, ArtTalks | Egypt Gallery, Cairo
ED U C A TION
2014 International workshop (Image of the world) Atelier Alexandria 2014 published at (Kaleidoscopes) foundation, Paris France. 2014 Group exhibition (AJENDA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina
2015 Ph.D. degree in Fine Arts, Faculty of fine Arts,
2014 International group exhibition (points 2) Goethe institute, Alexandria
Alexandria University, Egypt. 2013 Group exhibition (peace day festival) Darb 1718, Cairo 2011 Master degree in Fine Arts,
2013 Group exhibition PRO ART institute Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt.
2013 BEIRUT ART FAIR, Lebanon 2013 Solo exhibition Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi- United Arab Emirates
2005 BFA, Graphic Department, Faculty of Fine Arts,
2013 Abu Dhabi Art Hub institute residency program, United Arab Emirates
Alexandria University, Egypt
2013 2013 New Collectors ArtWeek, Group exhibition, ArtTalks | Egypt, Cairo
The Grey Cloud 2015 Oil on pressed wood 122 x 122 cm
Driving In The Wilderness 2015 Oil on pressed wood 114 x 114 cm
Walkers In The Shadow 2015 Oil on pressed wood 122 x 100 cm
I Stand Waiting At The Red Earth 2015 Oil on pressed wood 122 x 100 cm
Love Rings I 2015 Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm
Love Rings II 2015 Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm
At The Gate of The Village I
Dusty White Boxes I
2015
2015
Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm
Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm
Dusty White Boxes III 2015 Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm
Dusty White Boxes II 2015 Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm
At The Gate of The Village II 2015 Oil on pressed wood 80 x 60 cm
Dusty White Boxes IV 2015 Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm
Love Rings III 2015 Oil on pressed wood 60 x 60 cm
Love Rings VI 2015 Oil on pressed wood 60 x 60 cm
Migrating Birds 2016 Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm
The Green Cat 2016 Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm
The Girl in The Violet Earth 2015 Oil on pressed wood 122 x 60 cm
Living On the Border 2015 Oil on pressed wood 122 x 60 cm
TOWA R D S T H E
HADY BORAEY Catalogue Published on the occasion of the show Hady Boraey Towards the [UN] Known 10 May - 29 May 2016 ArtTalks | Egypt Coordinators Cherine Chafik Lisa Lounis Aynour Zeitoun Suzan Rashed
Graphic Concept & Realization Omar Mobarek Text Fatenn Mostafa Photographs Lisa Lounis Hady Boraey Printing Concorde Press
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