Shada Safadi
Visual artist
Safadi was born in Majdal Shams (The Occupied Golan Heights) in 1982, and is based in Ramallah. She is a visual artist, a tutor and a founding member of Fateh Mudarris Center for Arts and Culture in Majdal Shams.
Education:
2001-2005 BA in Fine Arts (Painting section), from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus, Syria.
2002-2004 Studied Graphic (Engraving section), at Adham Ismail Institute, Damascus, Syria.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Fateh Mudarris Center for Arts and Culture, Majdal Shams, Golan Heights.
Selected Group Exhibitions / Two-person Exhibitions:
2022 “Mist”, Shada Safadi and Akram Al Halabi, Zawyeh Gallery, Ramallah.
Palestine.
2021 “Under the Church Tower” Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah.
2021 “And We Still Follow its Path”, Al Hoash, Jerusalem (name of project:
Going by intuition).
2020 “Weed Control”, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine.
2020 “The Water of Nine Thirty”, Fatoush Gallery, Haifa (Participation and
curation)
2018 “The Fourth Line”, Goethe Institute, Ramallah, Palestine (as part of
Qalandiya International collateral events).
2017 Summer Collective Exhibition, Zawyeh Gallery, Ramallah, Palestine.
2016 “Caravane Culturelle Syrienne”, touring group exhibition, from France
(Paris) to several countries including: Germany, Spain, Norway, Belgium
2015 “Still Breathing”, Sarha Collective, Gallery P21, London.
2013 Golamea project, Gallery Konsthögskolan , Academy of Fine Art, Umea,
Sweden.
2013 ”Promises”- Mosaic Rooms, A.M.Qattan Foundation, London. UK
2012 “Golan Spring” – French Culture Center, Jerusalem.
2012 The Young Artist of the Year Award exhibition, A.M.Qattan Foundation, Ramallah.
2010 The Second Sculpture Festival in the Golan, Ein Qinya, Golan.
2009 Open Studio, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah.
2009 “In the Presence of the Crow”, Mosaic Rooms, A.M.Qattan Foundation,
London. UK.
2008 The Young Artist of the Year Award exhibition, A.M.Qattan Foundation, Ramallah.
2007 From Golan, Al Hallaj Gallery, Ramallah.
From Golan, The Virtual Gallery, Birzeit University, Birzeit.
From Golan, Bethlehem Peace Center, Bethlehem.
2007 The First Sculpture Festival in the Golan, Majdal Shams.
2006 Youth Exhibition, Al Riwaq Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria.
2006 Aleppo the Capital of Islamic Culture, Khangs Gallery, Aleppo, Syria.
2006 Exhibition for Graduates of the Fine Arts Faculty, French Culture Center,
Damascus, Syria.
Residences:
2014 Three-month-residency in "Cité internationale des arts" , Paris / France.
Awards:
2008 Third prize, Young Artist of the Year Award, A.M.Qattan Foundation,
Ramallah (In the Presence of the Crow project).
2006 Third prize, the Youth Exhibition, Alrywak’s Gallery, Damascus,
Syria.
2005 Award of “Colors of Damascus” workshop, Damascus, Syria.
Workshops:
2017-2018 Series of children drawing, sculptor and hand-printing workshops ,
in cooperation with the African Community Society and Al Ma’mal
Foundation in the old city of Jerusalem.
2018 Series of printing workshops, do it بالعربيproject, Riwaq Center,
Ramallah and adjacent villages
Other:
2020 Design and illustration of two children board games, “Weed
Control” exhibition, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine.
2020 Design and illustration, Gaza mobile children Library, A.M. Qattan
Foundation, Gaza, Palestine
2021 Teaching Printing, Engraving and other techniques, Art Faculty,
Birzeit University, Palestine.
Curation:
2020 “The Waters of Nine Thirty” group exhibition, Fattoush Gallery, Haifa.
2018 “The Fourth Line” group exhibition, Goethe Institute, Ramallah,
Palestine