Fazal Sheikh

Fazal Sheikh (* 1965 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Fotograf.

Leben

Sheikh schloss 1987 an der Princeton University ab. Seine Fotografien wurden unter anderem im International Center of Photography, im Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in der Tate Modern, London; der Stiftung Henri-Cartier-Bresson, Paris, oder dem Museum of Contemporary Art, Moskau, ausgestellt.

Fazal Sheikh lebt in Zürich, New York City und Kenia.

Veröffentlichungen

• A Sense of Common Ground (Scalo Publishers), ISBN 978-1-881616-5-11
• The Victor Weeps (Scalo, 1998), ISBN 978-3-931141-95-0
• A Camel for the Son (IHRS and Steidl, 2001), ISBN 978-0-9707613-0-9
• Ramadan Moon (IHRS and Steidl, 2001), ISBN 978-0-9707613-1-6
• Moksha (IHRS and Steidl, 2005), ISBN 978-3-86521-125-5
• Un Chameau Pour Le Fils (Photo Poche Societé, Actes SUD, 2005), ISBN 978-2-7427-5811-1
• Ladli, Steidl, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86521-381-5
• The Circle, Steidl, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86521-599-4
• Fazal Sheikh (Mapfre Foundation, 2009), ISBN 978-84-9844-177-2
• Portraits (Steidl, 2011), ISBN 978-3-86521-819-3
• Ether (Steidl, 2013), ISBN 978-3-86930-653-7
• The transformation of the world depends upon you (with W. Ewald, T. Keenan, and M. Saxton; Steidl, 2013), ISBN 978-3-86930-741-1
• The Erasure Trilogy (Steidl, 2015), ISBN 978-3-86930-805-0
• The Conflict Shoreline (with Eyal Weizman, Steidl, 2015), ISBN 978-3-95829-035-8
• Human Archipelago. mit Teju Cole. Steidl, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95829-568-1

Ausstellungen (Auswahl)

• 1996 Fazal Sheikh: A Sense of Common Ground, International Center of Photography, New York City
• 1998 Fazal Sheikh: A Sense of Common Ground, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
• 1999 Fazal Sheikh: The Victor Weeps, Fotomuseum Winterthur
• 2000 Fazal Sheikh – The Victor Weeps, The Art Institute of Chicago
• 2002 Fazal Sheikh: The Victor Weeps – Afghanistan, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey
• 2003 Cruel and Tender, The Real in the Twentieth-Century Photograph, Tate Modern, London
• 2003 Fazal Sheikh: A Camel for the Son – Ramadan Moon – The Victor Weeps, Davis Museum and Cultural Center
• 2004 Fazal Sheikh, The United Nations, New York City
• 2005 After the Fact, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
• 2007 Fazal Sheikh – Moksha and Ladli – HCB Award Winner 2005, Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris
• 2008 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, Photographer’s Gallery, London
• 2008 Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art International Center of Photography
• 2009 Fazal Sheikh, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Spain
• 2009 Fazal Sheikh, Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam
• 2009 Beloved Daughters – Photographs by Fazal Sheikh, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
• 2010 Fazal Sheikh Museo de Arte de Banco de la República, Bogotá
• 2010 The Image in Question: War – Media – Art, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University
• 2012 Fazal Sheikh – Ether, PaceMacGill Gallery, New York City
• 2014 Now You See It: Photography and Concealment, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
• 2016 Fazal Sheikh, - Independence | Nakba, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York City
• 2016 This Place, Brooklyn Museum of Art

Auszeichnungen und Stipendien

• J. William Fulbright Foundation Fellowship to Kenya, 1992
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1994
• New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, 1994
• Infinity Award, International Center of Photography, 1995
• Leica Medal of Excellence, 1995
• Ruttenberg Award, 1995
• Ferguson Award, 1995
• Le Prix d’Arles, Dialogue de l’Humanité, 2003
• MacArthur Fellows Program, 2005
• International Henri Cartier-Bresson Grand Prize, 2005
• Soros Foundation / Open Society Institute Distribution Award, 2007
• Prix Nadar (Ladli, special mention), 2007
• Deutscher Fotobuchpreis (shortlist, Ladli), 2007
• Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (Finalist), 2008
• Lucie Foundation Humanitarian Award, 2009
• Deutscher Fotobuchpreis (The Circle), 2009
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2012

Weblinks

• Steidl Verlag: https://steidl.de/Artists/Fazal-Sheikh-0518284350.html
• Pace/MacGill Gallery: http://www.pacemacgill.com/selected_works/artist_page.php?artist=Fazal%20Sheikh
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/fazal-sheikh/
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: https://www.macfound.org/fellows/770/
• Tate Modern: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/cruel-tender/artists/fazal-sheikh
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/Exhibitions.cfm?id=77
• Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation: http://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/expositions/fazal-sheikh-winner-2005-hcb-award/
• Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008: http://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg/dispatch/en/listcontent/gdb_navigation/about_us/30_Art_Collection/25_photography_prize/Content_Files/DB_SP_Photography_Prize_2008.htm
• This Place: http://www.this-place.org/photographers/fazal-sheikh/
• Lucie Foundation: http://www.lucies.org/honorees/fazal-sheikh/
• Zochrot Truth Commission: http://zochrot.org/en/keyword/45328