HADY BORAEY

TOWARDS THE

Opening ReceptiOn 10 May 2016

6 to 9 pm

exhibitiOn 10 May - 29 May 2016

The Unknown – a word, a notion, a mental picture that has captured the human thought over the centuries.

And yet, as a new era dawns on us, the Unknown becomes overwhelmingly mean-ingful / profound / and wanting. It takes over. It exhilarates. And yet it also disturbs.We cannot approach the new Unknown unless we have fully absorbed the past and understood what could have possibly gone wrong – again.

Thus far, there is silence. An uneasy / restless silence because the very recent past stands there, unkind and teasing. Where once there was a dream, all that is left is the Unknown.

Hady Boraey lives in that vertigo. Unafraid of the blank page, he stands steadfast against a facile happiness and a deceiving illusion. His imaginary journey of what could lie beyond persists and wins. He seems to want to conquer the world and fill that void, by testing the limits of his mind. Torn between the Wilderness and the Shadow, you find him Waiting at the Gate or at the Border; under the Grey Cloud or a Summer Rain. The Silence of the City awakens the Migrant. As he carries the weight of the Unknown, he madly wanders. And far away from home, he navigated. He has a story to tell. Once upon a time, he got lost and got back.

ArtTalks is proud to present Towards The [Un]Known, the second solo exhibition at the gallery by Alexandria-based visual artist Hady Boraey (b. 1984). After his highly acclaimed first solo exhibition in 2014, Beyond Borders, Boraey went on to earn his PhD in 2015. He received a BFA (2005) and MFA (2011) from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Alexandria, with highest honors and participated in over forty group exhibitions in Egypt and abroad. Hady Boraey received the medal of appreciation from the Bibliotheca Alexandria and various other awards from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria.

By Fatenn Mostafa

TOWARDS THE

HADY BORAEY

S e l e c t e d e x i B i t i o n S

2016 Seventh International Biennale for the artist’s book

2016 Baltic art institution residency program – POLAND

2016 Group exhibition (AJENDA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2015 Group exhibition, 25th Youth Salon, Opera House, Cairo

2015 Small Artworks Group exhibition, Falak Institute, Cairo

2015 Jury member. Annual art contest, ENSAN ART, Alexandrina

2015 Group exhibition, ELTHAGHR annual event. Elhorya Centre for creative arts – Alexandrina

2015 Group exhibition, Mahmoud Saïd Museum, Alexandria

2015 International workshop MCPA USA, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Biblioteca Alexandrina

2015 North & South Project, Biblioteca Alexandrina, Alexandria

2015 Group exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria

2015 Workshop Experimenting Media, Alexandria workshop center

2015 Group exhibition General Disorder, Janakles studio, Alexandria

2014 Group exhibition, 24th Youth Salon, Opera House, Cairo

2014 1st Alexandria Symposiums for Mediterranean arts.

2014 Beyond Borders, solo exhibition, ArtTalks | Egypt Gallery, Cairo

2014 International workshop (Image of the world) Atelier Alexandria

2014 published at (Kaleidoscopes) foundation, Paris France.

2014 Group exhibition (AJENDA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2014 International group exhibition (points 2) Goethe institute, Alexandria

2013 Group exhibition (peace day festival) Darb 1718, Cairo

2013 Group exhibition PRO ART institute Dubai- United Arab Emirates

2013 BEIRUT ART FAIR, Lebanon

2013 Solo exhibition Abu Dhabi Art Hub, Abu Dhabi- United Arab Emirates

2013 Abu Dhabi Art Hub institute residency program, United Arab Emirates

2013 2013 New Collectors ArtWeek, Group exhibition, ArtTalks | Egypt, Cairo

HADY BORAEY

BIO

Born 1st of January, 1984

Behira, Egypt

e d U c At i o n

2015 Ph.D. degree in Fine Arts, Faculty of fine Arts,

Alexandria University, Egypt.

2011 Master degree in Fine Arts,

Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt.

2005 BFA, Graphic Department, Faculty of Fine Arts,

Alexandria University, Egypt

the Grey cloud

2015

Oil on pressed wood 122 x 122 cm

driving in the Wilderness

2015

Oil on pressed wood 114 x 114 cm

Walkers in the Shadow

2015

Oil on pressed wood 122 x 100 cm

i Stand Waiting At the Red earth

2015

Oil on pressed wood 122 x 100 cm

love Rings i

2015

Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm

love Rings ii

2015

Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm

At the Gate of the Village i

2015

Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm

At the Gate of the Village ii

2015

Oil on pressed wood 80 x 60 cm

dusty White Boxes iV

2015

Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm

dusty White Boxes ii

2015

Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm

dusty White Boxes iii

2015

Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm

dusty White Boxes i

2015

Oil on pressed wood 60 x 40 cm

love Rings iii

2015

Oil on pressed wood 60 x 60 cm

love Rings Vi

2015

oil on pressed wood 60 x 60 cm

Migrating Birds

2016

Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm

the Green cat

2016

Oil on pressed wood 80 x 80 cm

the Girl in the Violet earth

2015

Oil on pressed wood 122 x 60 cm

living on the Border

2015

Oil on pressed wood 122 x 60 cm

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PrintingConcorde Press

coordinatorsCherine ChafikLisa LounisAynour ZeitounSuzan Rashed

Graphic concept& Realization

Omar Mobarek

textFatenn Mostafa

PhotographsLisa Lounis

Hady Boraey

catalogue Publishedon the occasion of the showHady BoraeyTowards the [UN] Known10 May - 29 May 2016ArtTalks | Egypt

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