Faisal Karadsheh is a Jordanian-Palestinian multidisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto. His artistic practice explores how a body - which consumes space and assumes time - adapts, reproduces and constructs itself. Through a process of collecting and preserving material remnants, such as waste, sound traces and digitized 3D scans, he ultimately works towards redefining sociocultural meanings around the intricate relationship within the body and its environment, seeking to conceive them as one.
Karadsheh's work spans across various media including painting, sound, video, installations, performance and extended reality, with his most recent presentations at Kingston School of Art, InterAccess and 401 Richmond.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2023 Vitrine, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON (curated by Karina Iskandarsjah)
2022 BeYonDerM, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 Vitrine, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON (curated by Karina Iskandarsjah)
2022 BeYonDerM, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS
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 School of Art, 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 x 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 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 School of Art, 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 x 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
PERFORMANCES
2018 Annual Eyeball Exhibition, South Borden Building, University of Toronto, ON
2018 Annual Eyeball Exhibition, South Borden Building, University of 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