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SALAH EL MUR SALAH EL MUR

SALAH EL MUR, Sudan (1966)

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Born in Khartoum in 1966, Salah El Mur is an artist who touches on various disciplines: photography, film making, illustrations, painting and sculpture. The richness of El Mur production reflects...

Born in Khartoum in 1966, Salah El Mur is an artist who touches on various disciplines: photography, film making, illustrations, painting and sculpture. The richness of El Mur production reflects the inspiration, that he took from the many years of travelling throughout East Africa as well as the Middle East. Having gained a local and international exposure, his oeuvre though stayed related to his homeland: Sudan. Using a palette of warm colors and a slightly abstract style, the painting of El Mur is characterized by his appeal for the Sudanese people and their traditions. Yet, the artist does not give a specific narrative behind the scenes that he depicts, as he prefers to organize the elements with fantasy – revealing his talent of illustrator for children’s books. Salah El Mur lives and works in Cairo.

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022

Forthcoming, Water and Electricity, Vigo Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2020

Pink Circles, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa

2019

Photos of a cotton Company’s Workers, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo
The International Fine Art Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
River Ceremony, Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha, Qatar
STUDIO KAMAL, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya

2018

Fragrances of the Forest and Photos, Shajrah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2015

The last of Domestic Rituals, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2013

Eyes Stream, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
Gazzambo Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2012

Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
African Cultural Center, Washington D.C, United States of America

2011

Still there, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2009

Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2007

Modern Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2006

Sudanese National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan

2004

Tulifanya Art Gallery, Kampala, Uganda

2002

French Cultural Centre, Khartoum, Sudan

2000

Juiana Art Gallery, Kampala, Uganda

1998

College of Fine & Applied Arts, Khartoum, Sudan
Baladna Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan
Tulifanya Gallery, Kampala, Uganda

1997

One off Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya

1995

Ashtar Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria

1994

Goethe Institute, Khartoum, Sudan
French Cultural Centre, Khartoum, Sudan

1991

Aram Gallery in Collaboration with Ashtar Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria

1984

Meridian Hotel, Khartoum, Sudan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022

The Storytellers, Gallery 1957, London, United Kingdom
Fictions, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya

2021

East African Encounters, Circle Art Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, United Kingdom

2019

Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha Fire Station, Doha, Qatar
Summer Show, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa
The Foundation Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2017

Circle Art Agency, Nairobi, Kenya

2004

British National Museum, London, United Kingdom
Children Book Illustration, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France

2001

The German Cultural Center, Khartoum, Sudan

2000

Tulifanya Gallery, Kampala, Uganda

1999

Sudanese & Canadian Artists, Moose Jaw, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Canada
French Cultural Center, Stone Town, Zanzibar

1997

Contemporary Artist from Sudan, Masai Camp, Arusha, Tanzania
Sharjah Contemporary Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

1996

City Theatre Hall, Beirut, Lebanon
Shibrain Art Center, Khartoum, Sudan

1994

Goethe Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

1991

Five Sudanese Contemporary Artists, Damascus, Syria

1989

Two man show, C.I.D.A.F, Madrid, Spain

Publications

2018

Salah Elmur, Salah Elmur: Fragrances of the Forest and Photos

Awards and Honors

2010

Awarded the Jury Prize in the International Short Film Festival in Ethiopia

Collections

Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Sharjah Art Museum Collection, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Museum of African Contemporary Art, Al Maaden Collection, Marrakesh, Morocco
Le Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Minneapolis Institute of Art Collection, Minneapolis, United States of America
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum Collection, Minneapolis, United States of America
CCH Pounder Collection, New Orleans, United States of America

        

SALAH EL MUR Artwork

Scattered Thoughts

SALAH EL MUR, 2017
178.5 x 179 cm

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