Sam Shendi
Egyptian-born, British sculptor (born 1975)
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Sam Shendi is an Egyptian-born, British sculptor. He uses contemporary industrial material, steel, stainless steel, aluminium and fibreglass to create his figurative work. He lives and works in North Yorkshire.
Sam Shendi | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Education | Helwan University |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Early life
Sam Shendi was born in 1975 on the Nile Delta in a small town called Dekernes. He graduated from the Helwan University of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1997 with a first class honours degree in Sculpture and Architecture. In 1996 he won the Mahmoud Mokhtar Sculpture Award.[1] Shendi moved to Britain in 2000 and became a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2014.[2]
Work
Shendi's early work in bronze and stainless steel often explored notions of balance, joy and contentment.[3] Shendi's recent semi-abstracted figures are made in rich curving colours with a wacky sense of fun.[4] Although they have the sleek precision of mechanical production, each is hand-made using industrial, contemporary materials like car filler and spray-paint, and hours of manual sanding.[5] Some figures are loosely human, others hybrid animal or bird, drawing on the art and architecture of his Egyptian background.[1][6]
Awards
- The First@108 Public Art Award by the Royal British Society of Sculptors (2013)
- The Mahmoud Mokhtar Sculpture Award (1996)
- Liverpool Plinth winner 2019[7]
Select exhibitions
- Seasons, Solo exhibition, Graham's Fine Art Gallery, Johannesburg (2017)
- Mother and Child, Solo exhibition, The Civic, Barnsley (2016–2017)
- Body and Soul, Solo exhibition, Munich, Germany (2015)
- FLUX, Group Exhibition, The Rag Factory, London (2015)
- Only Human, Solo exhibition, Cartwright Museum and Gallery, Bradford (2014–2015)
- First @108, Solo exhibition, The Royal British Society of Sculptors, London (2014)
- International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam (2012)
- Art in Mind, Group Show, Brick Lane Gallery, London (2011)
Public art
- Art in the Park, Lister Park, Bradford (2014–2015)
- Public sculpture for the Bent Nail, Silsden, West Yorkshire (2011)
- God's Eye in Craven Baptist Church for its 300-year celebration, Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire (2011)
- Split Decisions, the winner of the 2019 Liverpool Plinth[8]