Faisal Karadsheh is a Jordanian-Palestinian multidisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto. His work spans across various media including painting, sound, video, installations, performance and extended reality.
Through a process of collecting and preserving material remnants, he ultimately works towards redefining sociocultural meanings around the intricate relationship within the body and its environment, seeking to conceive them as one.
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2024 a blissful scabbing, Faisal Karadsheh & Jes Bonnie, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 Vitrine Installation, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON (curated by Karina Iskandarsjah)
2022 BeYonDerM, solo exhibition, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
2024 a blissful scabbing, Faisal Karadsheh & Jes Bonnie, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 Vitrine Installation, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON (curated by Karina Iskandarsjah)
2022 BeYonDerM, solo exhibition, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS
2024 New Vistas: Echoes of Home, Etobicoke Civic Center Art Gallery (ECCAG), Toronto, ON
2024 Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
2024 Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film + Music Festival (KLEX), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2024 DIFFUSION, re:assemblage, 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON (programming by Faraz Anoushahpour, Daphne Xu & Scott Miller Berry)
2024 too fragile to hold, Vector Festival, InterAccess, Toronto, ON (curated by Miriam Arbus)
2024 Close to Home: BIPOC Experiences of Family, Window Art Gallery, Kingston, ON (co-curators Sarah Jihae Kaye & Meenakashi)
2023 Metamorphosis, Damma Launch, Kunn Collective, Toronto, ON
2023 Toronto Arab Film Festival , Toronto, ON
2023 Deep Wireless Festival, New Adventures in Sound Art, South River Ontario, ON
2023 ArtForArt Festival, presented by STYLY, Toronto, ON
2022 Alley Art Show, Kensington Market, Toronto, ON
2021 Concept Box, Pop-up Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2019 Exhibition of Hope, Festival of Arabic Music and Art, Toronto, ON
2019 Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
2024 New Vistas: Echoes of Home, Etobicoke Civic Center Art Gallery (ECCAG), Toronto, ON
2024 Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bangalore, India
2024 Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film + Music Festival (KLEX), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2024 DIFFUSION, re:assemblage, 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON (programming by Faraz Anoushahpour, Daphne Xu & Scott Miller Berry)
2024 too fragile to hold, Vector Festival, InterAccess, Toronto, ON (curated by Miriam Arbus)
2024 Close to Home: BIPOC Experiences of Family, Window Art Gallery, Kingston, ON (co-curators Sarah Jihae Kaye & Meenakashi)
2023 Metamorphosis, Damma Launch, Kunn Collective, Toronto, ON
2023 Toronto Arab Film Festival , Toronto, ON
2023 Deep Wireless Festival, New Adventures in Sound Art, South River Ontario, ON
2023 ArtForArt Festival, presented by STYLY, Toronto, ON
2022 Alley Art Show, Kensington Market, Toronto, ON
2021 Concept Box, Pop-up Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2019 Exhibition of Hope, Festival of Arabic Music and Art, Toronto, ON
2019 Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
ARTIST AS CURATOR PROJECTS
2023 Sleep/Work/Leisure/Live/Dine/Cook, Unit 3112, Toronto, ON
2023 Sleep/Work/Leisure/Live/Dine/Cook, Unit 3112, Toronto, ON
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Locals Only Magazine, Issue 04, Toronto, ON
2022 Art in the Gulf, Richard Mille Art Book, Dubai, UAE
2022 SUKO Art Magazine, Vol. 01, Montreal, QB
2023 Locals Only Magazine, Issue 04, Toronto, ON
2022 Art in the Gulf, Richard Mille Art Book, Dubai, UAE
2022 SUKO Art Magazine, Vol. 01, Montreal, QB
AWARDS
2023 Royal Bank of Canada Newcomer Arts Award
2023 Royal Bank of Canada Newcomer Arts Award
RESIDENCIES
2024 Artist in Residence, South Asian Visual Arts Center (SAVAC), Toronto, ON
2023 Living Intuition: A Residency of Practice & Process, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
2024 Artist in Residence, South Asian Visual Arts Center (SAVAC), Toronto, ON
2023 Living Intuition: A Residency of Practice & Process, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
EDUCATION
2024 Guided Distractions 5.0, SHEEP.school, Toronto
2022 NEWVIEW School, Toronto
2021 Specialist in Architectural Studies, Major in Visual Studies and Minor in Psychology, University of Toronto
2024 Guided Distractions 5.0, SHEEP.school, Toronto
2022 NEWVIEW School, Toronto
2021 Specialist in Architectural Studies, Major in Visual Studies and Minor in Psychology, University of Toronto