Islam Abdelkader
<b. 1989, Alexandria, Egypt>
<based in Maastricht, The Netherlands>


<exhibitions and residencies> selected

2025  30x30x30, Maastricht Gallery Weekend, Marieke Severens Gallery, Maastricht, NL
2024  De Vergeten Bank, short film, DU'24, Heerlen, NL
2024  Artist-in-Residence, Destination Unknown, Heerlen, NL
2024  Co-Creating on Responsibility, group exhibition, SEA Foundation, Tilburg, NL
2024  Frame2Fame, group audio-visual screening, Worm, Rotterdam, NL
2024  Sub-merged, duo exhibition, De Nijverheid, Utrecht, NL
2024  Artist-in-Residence, De Nijverheid, Utrecht, NL
2023  12/the twelve, group exhibition, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2023  Uncut, group exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2022  In Respect of Having a Meal, solo exhibition, Bureua Europa, Maastricht, NL


<education>

Ceramics, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
MA Arts Interior Architecture, cum laude, Zuyd Hogeschool, Maastricht, NL
BA Architecture, Fine Arts University, Alexandria, Egypt


<grants & recognition>

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science recognition for contributions to the arts and culture sector  
Zuyd Excellence Scholarship, The NL Scholarship