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Mohammed Omar Khalil

 

Born in Burri, Republic of Sudan, January 8, 1936

EDUCATION

1966                       Academy of Fine Arts, Ravenna, Italy
1963-1966            Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
1956-1959            School of Fine and Applied Arts,
                                 Khartoum, Sudan

TEACHING POSTIOONS
   
2000-2002            Columbia University, New York, NY
1988-Present        Parsons School Of Design, New York, NY
1991                       New York University, New York, Ny
1983-Present        Cultural Museum, Summer Symposia and
                                 Workshops, Asilah, Morocco
1978-1980            Cultural Museum, Summer Symposia and
                                 Workshops, Asilah, Morocco
1971-Present        New School University, New York, NY
1971-1983            Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1967                       Khartoum Technical Institute,
                                Khartoum, Sudan
1959-1963            School Of Fine and Applied Arts,
                                Khartoum, Sudan

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

American Express Financial Advisors, Inc., New York, NY
Con Edison, New York, NY
The McArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL
Skadden, Arps, Meagher and Flom, New York, NY

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Bibliotheque National, Paris, France
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Chamaliers Museum, France
Grenoble Museum, France
Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Museum of Modern Art, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt
Museum of Modern Art. Osaka, Japan
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC       

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS

2003          National Academy – First Prize for Printmaking
2001          National Academy – First Prize for Printmaking
1997          New School University, New York, NY – Teaching 
                   Excellence Award
1993          International Biennial of Cairo, Egypt – First Prize
1991          Osaka Triennial, Osaka, Japan – Bronze Prize
1987         The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY – Counsel
                   on the Arts Grant
1980         Third World International Exhibition, London,      
                   England – Third Prize
1979          Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, NY –
                   Purchase Award
1978          Louise Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004          Hassan II Center for International Encounters,
                   Asilah, Morocco Hakim Gallery d Art, Asilah, Morocco
2002          Rochan Fine Arts, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Skoto
                   Gallery, New York, NY
2001          Hunderdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
1996          Asilah, Morocco
1992          Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
                   Gallery Teinturerie, Paris, France
                   Institute de Monde Arabe, Paris, France
                   El Wasiti Gallery, Amman, Jordan
1987         The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
                   Marlene Eleini Gallery, London, England
1986          Alif Gallery, Washington. DC
1984          Limited Art Editions, New York, NY
1981          New School University, New York, NY
                   Cinque Gallery, New York, NY
1979          Basamat Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco
                   B.S. Structure Gallery, Rabat, Morocco
                   Layla Farawi Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco

 SELECTED BiBLIOGRAPHY

2003          “Broken Letter: Contemporary Art from Arab
                    Lands,” The Art Newspaper; International Edition,
                   February 2003, No. 133.
2002          Hazelwood, Carl S; “ Review – Mohammed Omer
                   Khalil, NY: Skoto Gallery, NY, 2002,” Nka Journal of
                   Contemporary African Art, Fall/ Winter 2002,
                   No. 16/17
                   Hazelwood, Carl S; “ Review – Mohammed Omer
                   Khalil,” NY Arts Magazine, June, Vol. 7, No.6, New
                   York, NY, p.39.
2001          Hirsch, Faye. “ Working Proof – Adonis &
                   Mohammed O.Khalil” Art on paper, September-
                   October, Vol.6, No. 1, NewYork, NY,pp. 75-76.
1994          Reid, Calvin. “Skunder Boghassian and Mohammed
                   Omer Khalil at the Contemporary African Art
                   Gallery,” Art in America, March, pp.103-104.
                   Williams, Sylvia. Mohammed Omer Khalil: Etchings-
                   Amir I.M.Noour: Sculpture, (Exhibition
                   Catalog), Smithsonian Institution Press:
                   Washington, DC.
1993          Arabi,A. “Geology of a Painting in Black on Black,”                    Elaiat, Paris, September6.