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Photography |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 19 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| Germany | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland |
4 |
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Pace / Macgill Gallery, USA |
3 |
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Track 16 Gallery, USA |
2 |
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Wolverhampton Art Gallery, United Kingdom |
2 |
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ICP - International Center of Photography, USA |
2 |
Biography: 
1965 Born in New York City, NY (US)
Scholarship 1992 Fulbright Fellowship, USA
1994 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, USA
1994 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, USA
2003 Volkart Foundation Grant, Switzerland
2005 MacArthur Fellowship, USA
2007 Soros Foundation / Open Society Institute Fellowship, USA
2010 George Foundation Fellowship, Switzerland
Awards 1987 Francis LeMoyne Page Award, Princeton University, USA
1987 President’s Award, Princeton University, USA
1995 Ruttenberg Award, The Friends of Photography, USA
1995 Ferguson Award, The Friends of Photography, USA
1995 Mother Jones International Documentary Award, USA
1995 Leica Medal of Excellence, Germany
1995 Infinity Award, International Center of Photography, USA
1999 Photowork(s) in Progress III, Mondriaan Foundation/Nederlands
2003 Recontres d’Arles, Le Prix Dialogue de l'Humanité, France
2005 Henri Cartier-Bresson International Grand Prize, France
2008 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008 (Finalist), United Kingdom
2009 Lucie Foundation – Humanitarian Award, USA
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 44
Solo shows 21
2012
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| Ether - Pace / Macgill Gallery, New York City, NY |
2010
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| Fazal Sheikh - Sala Rekalde, Bilbao |
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| Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh - David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI |
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| Fazal Sheikh - Museo de Arte del Banco de la República - Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogota |
2009
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| Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh - The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA |
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| Fazal Sheikh - Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam |
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| Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh - The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO |
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| Fazal Sheikh - Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid |
2007
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| Fazal Sheikh: Portraits - Pace / Macgill Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh - Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ |
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| Fazal Sheikh - Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris |
2006
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| Fazal Sheikh - The Victor Weeps - Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (England) |
2005
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| The Victor Weeps – Afghanistan - CFF – Centrum för fotografi, Stockholm |
2004
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| A Camel For The Son - Moscow House of Photography, Moscow |
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| Fazal Sheikh - Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris |
2003
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| Fazal Sheikh: A Camel for the Son ·Ramadon Moon ·The Victor Weeps - Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
2002
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| Fazal Sheikh - PPOW, New York City, NY |
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| Fazal Sheikh - Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL |
2001
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| Fazal Sheikh - When two bulls fight, the leg of the calf is broken - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1999
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| Fazal Sheikh - Afghanistan – Die Tränen der Sieger - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur |
1996
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| Fazal Sheikh: A Sense of Common Ground - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
Group shows 23
2013
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| Light Sensitive - Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC |
2012
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| Gaze - The Changing Face of Portrait Photography - Istanbul Modern, Istanbul |
2011
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| Polaroid [Im]Possible - WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna |
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| SERIOUS GAMES - Krieg – Medien – Kunst - Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt |
2010
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| The Image In Question. War – Media – Art - Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA |
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| Afghanistan - Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (England) |
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| Where in the World? - Pace / Macgill Gallery, New York City, NY |
2009
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| DARKSIDE II - Fotografische Macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur |
2008
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| Lost Paradise – Der Blick des Engels - Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern |
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| Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008 - The Photographers' Gallery, London (England) |
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| Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Geschichten, Geschichten - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur |
2005
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| After the Fact - Berlin Photography Festival 2005 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| (my private) Heroes - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| Maktens Mening - studio44, Stockholm |
2004
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| Common Ground - Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| About Face - Photographic Portraits from the Collection - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2001
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| Transfer - Bildmuseet, Umeå |
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| A view with a grain of sand - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1999
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| Fotografie in una collezione privata - Museo Cantonale d´Arte Lugano, Lugano |
1996
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| Herkunft? - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur |
1995
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| A Some of Us - Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Dealer Directory 1 |
USA
| | Pace / Macgill Gallery, New York City, NY
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Collections 4
Switzerland
| | Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
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USA
| | The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| | MoCP - The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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