tammam azzam

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1980 Born in Syria, Lives and works in Berlin, Germany 

education  

2001 BA, Faculty of Fine Arts - University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria 

solo exhibitions 

  • 2023 Ernst Bloch Zentrum, Ludwigshafen, Germany

  • 2023 Fragile States (of being). Fahar Al-Salih and Tammam Azzam, Yvonne Hohner Contemporary, Karlsruhe, Germany (curated by Anabel Roque Rodríguez)

  • 2023 Museum Wismar, Wismar, Germany

  • 2022 Kunstverein Achim, Achim, Germany

  • 2022 Fragments, (duo exhibition with Jonas Englert), Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany

  • 2021 Bilder ohne Namen / Untitled Pictures, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany

  • 2020 Collagen, Kunstverein Biberach, Biberach, Germany

  • 2020 Dämmerung und Morgenlicht, Tammam Azzam, Rudolf Stolz Museum, Tyrol, Italy

  • 2020 Tammam Azzam and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, The Armory Show, New York, USA, two artists’ presentation with Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Group exhibitions

  • 2019 où est la maison de mon ami ?, Group exhibition of contemporary Syrian artists, maison des arts, centre d’art contemporain de malakoff, Malakoff, France

  • 2019 Art in spite of (t) exclusion, curated by Andreas Pitz, Diakonie Deutschland, Braunschweig, Germany

  • 2019 Farbenspiele, Ministry of Finance Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

  • 2019 Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World, curated by Janet Bellotto and Dr. Woodman Taylor, American University, Washington, D.C., USA 

  • 2019 Uprooted, World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. USA 2017 Sanctuary, For-Site Foundation, San Francisco, USA 

  • 2018 Pueblos en Resistencia, Bienal Del Sur, Caracas, Valencia

  • 2018 Shelters of Babylon, KINLIX Festival 2017 Maribor, Slovenia

  • 2017 The Armory Show, with Haines Gallery, San Francisco, New York, USA 

  • 2017 Away from Home, Künstlerforum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

  • 2017 Sanctuary, For-Site Foundation, San Francisco, USA 

  • 2017 On Target, European Capital of Culture-Pafos 2017, Pafos, Cyprus

  • 2017 In the Footsteps of Cai Lun: Selected Works on Paper, Ayyam Gallery, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE 

  • 2016 Home Land Security, For-Site Foundation, San Francisco, USA (Curator: Cheryl Haines) 

  • 2016 Homeland – Identity in Transition, Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden, Germany. 

  • 2016 In the heart of the heart of another country, TwixtLab Tainiothiki, Athens, Greece 

  • 2016 Contemporary Ruins: Resistance to the Spectacular Image, Columbia University’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York, USA (Curator: Leah Hartman) 

  • 2016 Away From Home, Kunstverein Graftschaft Benheim, Neuenhaus, Germany

  • 2016 Peace from the street up!, Talking Peace Festival, London, UK

  • 2015 Dismaland, Weston-super-Mare, UK (Curator: Banksy)

  • 2015 FUU – Street Art Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 

  • 2015 View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art, Abu Dhabi Festival, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Curators: Wendy Watriss and Karin Adrian von Roques) 

  • 2014 Crisis of History Part 2: Fight History, Framer Framed in de Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • 2014 KunstStoff Syrien, Forum Factory, Berlin, Germany 

  • 2014 Outside In, Liquid Art House, Boston, USA

  • 2014 FotoFest Biennial , Houston

  • 2014 Two-Person Exhibition: Tammam Azzam & Roza El-Hassan: Syrian Voices in Budapest, Lena & Roselli Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

  • 2014 The Grand Cypher: Hip Hop, Iran & Syria, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, USA (Curator: Julie Ashcraft) 

  • 2014 Culture Under Attack, 60th anniversary of the UNESCO 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Event of an Armed Conflict, The Hague, Netherlands 

  • 2014 Contemporary Uprising: Art from the Middle East, Nest Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland 

  • 2014 Contemporary Arabia, Ayyam Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Fluid 

  • 2014 Forms II, Samsung Blue Square, Seoul, South Korea; Busan Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea 

  • 2014 Dak’Art: Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal 

  • 2014 1x1 Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 

  • 2014 Et pourtant ils créent ! (Syrie : la foi dans l‘art)/Despite it all they make art! (Syria: Having faith in the Arts), Institut des Cultures d’Islam, Paris, France 

  • 2014 View from Inside, FotoFest Biennial, Houston, Texas, USA (Curator: Karin Adrian von Roques)

  • 2014 Alexandria Biennale, Cairo, Egypt 

  • 2013 Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France

  • 2014 30th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia 

  • 2012 The Samawi Collection II, Ayyam Gallery, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE

  • 2010-11 Shabab Uprising, Platinum Tower, Beirut, Lebanon

  • 2010 Shabab Uprising, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE

  • 2009 Stories from the Levant, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE 

  • 2008 Contemporary Syria, Ayyam Gallery, Damascus, Syria 2007 Ayyam Summer Festival, Ayyam Gallery, Damascus, Syria 

art fairs

  • 2019 Art Dubai with Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany 

  • 2018 Art Dubai with Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE 

  • 2018 Untitled Miami with Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA

  • 2017 Untitled Miami with Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA

residency and workshop

  • 2016 Fellowship Placement, Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study, Delmonhost, Germany 

  • 2015 Residency, Vancouver Biennale - Quest University, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 2003 Residency and

    Workshop

  • Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan 2001 Residency and Workshop, with Marwan Kassab Bashi

collection  

  • Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE

  • The Salsali Collection, Dubai, UAE

  • The Samawi Collection, Dubai, UAE 

presentation  

  • 2015 Artist Talk, Freedom Graffiti: An evening with Syrian artist Tammam Azzam, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Ontario, Canada 

puplications 

  • 2011 Tammam Azzam, Edited by Maymanah Farhat, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, UAE (Authors: Safwan Dahoul and Maymanah Farhat) 

awards 

  • 2017 Nominated - European Young Leaders (EYL40), 20 Young Leaders representing the Middle East and North Africa.