$15,400
France
Shadi Alzaqzouq is a Palestinian visual artist, born in 1981 in Benghazi, Libya. In 2007, he was awarded an artist residency at la Cité Internationale des arts in Paris where now he lives and works. His artworks reflects his dual identity and experience in exile, blending realism with symbolic satire to address contemporary issues of identity, religion, politics, and diaspora.Alzaqzouq has gained significant international recognition, with solo exhibitions held in France and abroad. He has also participated in group exhibitions, among his most prominent participations is the Dismaland exhibition in Weston-super-mare, UK in 2015, Where he was personally invited by Banksy to participate in it.
• (2000-2002)
Diploma in Classical Music from the Palestinian Technical College in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
• (2009)
Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, Paris VIII University, France.
• (2023-2024)
National Higher Diploma in Visual Expression, European School of Art in Bretagne, Lorient, France.
• INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
(2023) A.W.A, Galerie Talmart, Paris, France.
(2021) BIG DATA’S WATCHING YOU, OPAZ, Paris, France.
(2019) Muslim Punk, La LANDE Gallery, Lille, France.
(2012) National Clothesline, ARTSPACE Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
(2010) SHAZZ, TALMART Gallery, Paris, France.
(2009) Fragile, Talmart Gallery, Paris, France.
(2008) Red Line, Cité Internationale des Arts Gallery, Paris, France.
• GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(2025) Resistance, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme – 6 ESP, Dijon, France.
(2019) Urban Art Fair, presented by WALLWORKS, Paris.
(2015) Ara-B-Less, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.Dismaland, presented by Banksy, Weston-super-Mare,UK.
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