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


<education>

2023  Ceramics
      Gerrit Rietveld Academie
      Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2022  Master of Arts (Interior Architecture) cum laude
      Zuyd Hogeschool
      Maastricht, The Netherlands


<exhibitions and residencies> selected

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.


‍<grants & scholarships>

2019  Zuyd Excellence Scholarship
2018  The NL Scholarship (formerly known as Holland Scholarship)
2018  Zuyd Excellence Scholarship