b. Cairo, Egypt, 1972
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
- Youssef Nabil: You Never Left, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
2010
- Youssef Nabil, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
- I Live Within You, Savannah College of Art and Design-SCAD, Savannah, GA
2009
- Youssef Nabil, GALERIST, Istanbul, Turkey
- I Live Within You, Savannah College of Art and Design-SCAD, Atlanta, GA
- I Won't Let you Die, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
- I Will Go to Paradise, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E
- Youssef Nabil, Volker Diehl Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008
- CINEMA, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2007
- Sleep in my arms, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- Portraits / Self portraits, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
2005
- Youssef Nabil Portraits, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.
- Realities to Dreams, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
2003
- Pour un Moment d'Éternité, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
2001
- Obsesiones, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
- Youssef Nabil, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
1999
- Premiere, Cairo-Berlin Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
- The Mask and The Mirror, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
- Images affranchise, Palace Es Saadi, Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech, Morocco
2010
- Told/Untold/Retold, Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
2009
- Unconditional Love, The Venice Biennale - 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy
- ARABESQUE, Arts of The Arab World, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
2008
- Far From Home, North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina
- Portraits II, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
- Last of the Dictionary Men, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, U.K.
- Disguise, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains, Musée National d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Alger, Algeria
- Perfect Lovers, Art Extra, Johannesburg, South Africa
2007
- Gegenwart aus Jahrtausenden, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Ägypten, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
- Dialogues Méditerranéens, Saint-Tropez, France
2006
- Arabiske Blikke, GL Strand Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Word into Art, The British Museum, London, U.K.
- Images of the Middle East, Danish Center for Culture and Development, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 19 miradas. Fotógrafos árabes contemporáneos, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
2005
- Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
- Nazar, Photographs from the Arab World, The Aperture Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
- L'Égypte, Saline Royale d'Arc et Senans, France
- Arab Eyes, FotoFest, Houston, TX
2004
- Nazar: Noorderlicht, The Fries Museum, Leeuwaarden, The Netherlands
- Rites sacrés, Rites profanes: Zeitgenossiche Afrikanische Fotographie, Kornhausforum, Bern, Switzerland
- Staged Realities: Exposing the Soul in African Photography 1870-2004, Michael Stevenson Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- Bamako 03: Contemporary African Photography, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
2003
- Rites Sacrés, Rites profanes, Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, Bamako, Mali
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2003
- The Seydou Keita Prize for Portraiture, Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, Bamako, Mali
- Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS
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- The British Museum, London, UK.
- Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
- The Farjam Collection, Dubai, UAE
- The Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris France
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris France
- Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
- The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
- Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
- Musée Réattu, Arles, France
- Centro De La Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
- Artforum. [Image]. December 2010.
- The New Yorker. [Image]. November 2010.
2009
- Visionaire, Visionaire No. 57. New York: Visionaire Publishing.
- Enwezor, Okwui and Okeke-Agulu, Chika. Contemporary African Art Since 1980. Italy: Damiani.
- Qu’est-ce que la Photographie Aujourd’hui?. France: Les Beaux–Arts Ếditions.
- La Biennale Di Venezia 53. Esposizione Internationale d’Arte. Making Worlds. Italy: Marsilio / Rizzoli.
- Amirsadeghi, Hossein, Mikdadi, Salwa, and Shabout , Nada M. New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century. England: Transglobe Publishing / Thames and Hudson.
- Cresci, Mario. Future Images. Italy: Motta.
- Monem, Nadine. Contemporary Art in the Middle East. London: Blag Dog Publishing.
- Aish. Italy: Skira.
2008/9
- Nabil, Youssef. I Won’t Let You Die. Germany: Hatje Cantz
- Stevenson, Michael. Summer 2008/9: Projects. Cape Town: Michael Stevenson.
2008
- In the Arab World…Now. France: Enrico Navarra.
- Bosland, Joost. Disguise: The art of attracting and deflecting attention. Cape Town: Michael Stevenson.
2007/8
- Bosland, Joost, Perryer, Sophie, and Stevenson, Michael. Summer 2007/8. Cape Town: Michael Stevenson.
2007
- Ronte, Dieter and Roques, K. A. Von. The Present out of the Past Millennia: Contemporary Art from Egypt. Kunstmuseum, Bonn: Wienand
- Dialogues Méditerranéens. France: Les Beaux Arts.
- Nabil, Youssef. Sleep in My Arms. Cape Town: Autograph-London & Michael Stevenson
- Nabil, Youssef. Portraits/Self Portraits. Dubai: The Third Line.
2006
- Créations Artistiques Contemporaines en Pays d’Islam. Paris: Édition Kimé.
- World into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East. London: The British Museum.
2005/6
- Regards des Photographes Arabes Contemporains. Paris: Institut du Monde Arabe.
2005
- Azimi, Negar, Brielmaier, Isolde, Krifa, Michket, and Lewis, Peter. Nazar: Photographs From The Arab World. New York: Aperture.
- Nabil, Youssef. Youssef Nabil: Portraits. Dubai: The Third Line.
