Abdul Sharif Oluwafemi Baruwa

works
biography
 

Born 1975 in London, lives and works in Vienna.

@sharifbaruwa
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EXILE solo exhibitions

VIENNA CONTEMPORARY (2023)
Jugendzimmer (2022)

EXILE group exhibitions

Cruel Summer Camp (2020)

Education

1999-2003
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Selected exhibitions

2023
I’m gone. Do you remember me?, Ar/Ge Kunst, Bolzano (IT)
Darker, Lighter, Puffy, Flat, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Kyiv Biennale 2023, Never at Home, Vienna
Not Either Or, But And, das weisse haus, Vienna
Giveaways/Hideaways, with and by Antoine Turillon and Seth Weiner, Festival der Regionen, Lungitz, (AT)
Semmering On stage, Semmering Kurort (AT)
. Curated Hedwig Saxenhuber
A hint of anästhesia, Colony Club, Vienna. Curated by Kerstin v. Gabain, Thea Möller, Edin Zenun
Solange der Wind weht, Sputnic, Vienna

2022
Performative Screening, Secession, Vienna
Black Pages 1-100, Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna
Hier und Jetzt, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna

2021
Acting blind, Ve.sch freie Sammlung Wien, Vienna
A temple most August, Clint Roenisch, Toronto
Land, property and commons, Semmering (AT). Curated by Hedwig Saxenhuber
Hello Austria/ Hello Vienna, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna. Curated by Francis Ruyter

2020
Cerbero con huevo, New Jörg at Biquini Wax, Mexico City. Curated by Maximilliano Leon

2019
Field within, Exhibit, Vienna. Curated by Mariel Rodriguez & Catalina Ravessoud
Scream, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
Über das Neue, Belvedere 21, Vienna
Wintershow, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)

2018
Wiping it out lovely, New Jörg, Vienna

2017
New acquisitions, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck (AT)
Art and therapy, Objectiv no.2, perfornativescreening/school, Vienna
Kunstsalon, Fluc, Vienna

2016
Private Zitate, Fluc, Vienna
To be, tobetoo, Proyecto Vitrina, Arredondo/Arozarena, Mexico City
Berliner Bahnhof, CC Andratz, Mallorca (ES)
Dienstag Abend, Heraklion (GR)
J’arrive, Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna
Drawing attributes,  CSA, Vancouver. Curated by Wolfgang Obermaier
Artifcial Cinema, Tranzit Display, Prague. Curated by Mohammend Salemy
Subjektive Wien, Contemporalley, Augsburg (DE). Curated by Roland Rauschmeier & Christoph Bruckner

2015
True Story, Proyecto Monclova, Mexico City. Curated by Michel Blancsube
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will, Parallel Vienna. Curated by Heinrich Dunst
Dienstag Abend, Baba Vasa’s, Shabla (BG)
Wir sind da, zumindest erinnern wir uns daran, Memphis Memphis, Linz

2014
Ohne titel, Ve.sch, Vienna (with Tilman Meyer-Faje)
Ohne Titel, vitrine, SputnicArchitects, Vienna

2013
Pass the toiletpaper, Hallway Gallery, Vienna. Curated by Victoria Dejaco
On things, on minds, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf (AT)

2012
Montag ist erst übermorgen, Kupferstichkabinet, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna

2011
Tropical hot shot, Galeria Carceri, Caldaro (ES). (with Carlos Vasconzelos)
Wallpaperism, Motel Campo, Geneva (CH). Curated by Nick Oberthaler

2010
Fahrenheit, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf (AT)

2009
Hidden Track 3, Meyer Kainer, Vienna. Curated by Li Tasser (with Michael Weidhofer)
Always Play with me, Fenster C, Vienna (with Luisa Kasalicky)

2008
Beauty Island, Fenster C, Vienna
Genuin happines, Kunstbüro, Vienna

2005
Lingua Franca, Austrian Cultural Institute, Rome
Butterflies, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna

2003
VV2, Venice Biennale. Curated by Angela Vettese
Welcome, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna

Residencies/Grants

2021
Österreichische Staatsstipendium

2019
Fogo Island Arts, New Foundland (CA)

2006 – 2012
Bmukk Studios

2005
Paul Flora Preis
Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
Egon Schiele Zentrum, Crumlov (CZ)

Selected public collections

Fedinandeum Innsbruck
Land Südtirol
Arthotek des Bundes
Stadt Wien
Centro Cultural Andratx