Adham Faramawy

Born in Dubai, based in London, artist Adham Faramawy's practice centres around the distortion and emphasis of how commercial forms are marketed.

A graduate from The Royal Academy Schools, in 2013 Adham Faramawy exhibited in ‘Abstract Cabinet’, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, ‘Diamond Dust- A shifting grammar of originality’, Circa Projects at Edinburgh Arts Festival and ‘Open Heart Surgery’ at The Moving Museum, London. He was selected for this year’s ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’ exhibiting in Spike Island Bristol and ICA, London and had work screened as part of ‘Flatness: Cinema After the Internet’, Oberhausen Film Festival, curated by Shama Khanna and Anthea Hamilton. In 2012 he was commissioned by Legion TV to produce ‘Total Flex 2’, an online video work with downloadable desktop program and he last exhibited at Cell Project Space in ‘Chimera QTE’, curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini. In 2014 his work will be included in ‘Pre-pop to Post-human: Collage in the Digital Age’, Hayward Touring, UK.

Adham Faramawy, Violet Likes Psychic Honey 2, 2012, Looped video + sculpture, 164 x 31 x 31 cm and 130 x 43 x 43 cm, Cell Project Space — Adham Faramawy, Violet Likes Psychic Honey 2, 2012

Adham Faramawy, HYDRA installation view, Cell Project Space, 2014

Adham Faramawy, Hydra, 2014 MDF, spray paint, (l. 237 cm x w. 232 cm x h. 188 cm), Vichy Shower, 2014, two channel video, duration: 9 minutes, 47 seconds, HYDRA, 2014, Cell Project Space — Adham Faramawy, HYDRA, 2014

Adham Faramawy, left: Spa Day, 2013, video, duration: 9 minutes, right: Hi! I’m happy you’re here 1, 2014, plaster, jesmonite, spray paint, led light, (l. 100 cm x w. 80 cm), Cell Project Space, HYDRA, 2014

Adham Faramawy, Hi! I’m happy you’re here 2, 2014, plaster, jesmonite, spray paint, led light, (l. 100 cm x w. 80 cm), Cell Project Space, 2014, HYDRA

Adham Faramawy, HYDRA, Cell Project Space, 2014, left:Full Body Facial, 2014, video, duration: 5 minutes, 18 seconds

Adham Faramawy, Full Body Facial, 2014 video, duration: 5 minutes, 18 seconds, Cell Project Space, Hydra, 2014

Adham Faramawy, Neverwet (dreama), 2013, video, duration: 9 minutes, 34 seconds, video still, Cell Project Space, HYDRA, 2014

Adham Faramawy, Hi! I’m happy you’re here 1, 2014, plaster, jesmonite, spray paint, led light, (l. 100 cm x w. 80 cm), Cell Project Space, HYDRA, 2014

Adham Faramawy, Hydra, 2014 MDF, spray paint, (l. 237 cm x w. 232 cm x h. 188 cm), Vichy Shower, 2014, two channel video, duration: 9 minutes, 47 seconds, right: Hi! I’m happy you’re here 2, 2014, plaster, jesmonite, spray paint, led light, (l. 100 cm x w

Adham Faramawy

Chimera Q.T.E.

HYDRA