Abdo Shanan
abdoshanan@gmail.com
Abdo Shanan was born in 1982 in Oran, Algeria to a Sudanese father and an Algerian mother. Abdo studied Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Sirte, Libya until 2006.
In 2012, he undertook an internship at Magnum Photos Paris, which gave him the opportunity to reflect on his photographic approach. In 2015, Abdo received a nomination for Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund, the Same year he co-founded collective220, a collective for Algerian photographers.
A year later in 2016 his series 'Diary:Exile' was selected by the Addis Fotofest.
Abdo in 2019 won The CAP Prize(Contemporary African Photography) for his project “Dry”, in the same year he is selected for Joop Swart Masterclass by World Press Photo.
In 2020,he is a winner of The Premi Mediterrani Albert Camus Incipiens, In the same year he co-curated “Narratives from Algeria” at Pasquar Photoforum in Bienne, Switzerland. In 2022, he is one of Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards for his project “A Little Louder”.
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● Bachelor‘s Degree in Telecom Engineering, 2006
● Workshop with Bruno BOUDJELAL, Algiers 2015
● Mentorship during ADPP program with Peter Van Agtmael 2018 / 2019
● Joop Swart Masterclass,Amsterdam 2019
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● Freelance photographer 2016-
● Co-editor for photography page on Jadaliyya.com 2020-2021
● Co-curator for «Narratives from Algerie» at Photo Forum Pasquart, Bienne-Switzerland
2020.
● Co-curator for «Rhymes from untold realms» at Parc des Bastions, Geneva, Switzerland,
2022.
● Co-mentor in ADPP (Arab Documentary Photography Program) 2022-
● Mentor at Crossroads program, Algeria, 2022-
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● Solo exhibition “Train of Thoughts” at Bibliotheque des Soeurs-Oran-Algeria Winter,
2013
● Group exhibition ‘Algérie… Regard architectural’, Institut Français de Tlemcen, Algérie,
2012
● Selected for 5th edition of Salon d'Automne Alger-Algeria, 2012
● Selected for 3rd edition of Mediterranean biennale of contemporary Art , Oran-Algeria,
2014
● “Train of Thoughts” in la Nuit Blanche at Institut Français, Oran- Algeria, 2013.
● Group exhibition for Collective 220 at Sylabs Algiers-Algeria, Spring, 2016
● Selected for Addis Fotofest Addis Ababa Autumn, 2016
● 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair , New York 2017
● Group exhibition “Iqbal” at Algerian Museum of Modern Art ( MAMA), Algiers Spring,
2017
● Group exhibition “Iqbal” at cite internationale des arts, Paris, Summer 2017.
● “Swab” Art Fair, Barcelona, October 2017
● Group exhibition in Festival Kerkennah, Tunisia, Summer 2018
● Group exhibition “The way we live now” at Aperture Foundation Gallery, New York,
Summer 2018
● “Festival international de photographie et d'arts visuels ” Kerkenah , Tunis June 2018
● Dzaïr f'Casa L’uzine Casa Blanca, October 2018
● Addis Fotofest, Addis Ababa, December 2018
● Joop Swart Masterclass exhibition , Amsterdam 2019
● Group exhibition “All What I Want is Life”, Dubia 2020.
● Group Exhibtion “Barzakh” at Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain 2021.
● Collective exhibition “Untold” at Rizhom, Algiers, Algeria 2021.
● Solo exhibition “Dry” at Centre Photographie Genève, Switzerland, 2022.
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● “Train of Thoughts” at Private Magazine 2014
● ‘Oran blessée’ , Sonia Terrab, Rukh, n° 1, Paris, June 2012
● “A Black Panther Guide to Algiers” at Roads & Kingdoms Magazine 2013
● “Diary: Exile” at Private Magazine 2016
● “Diary: Exile” In New York Times article “Looking at new generation of African
photographers” 2017
● “Diary: Exile” in Aperture Magazine #227 ‘African Platform’ 2017
● “Diary: Exile” in Something we African got Magazine, 2016.
● Esprit Bavard , 2017
● In VICE article “Instagram's Boundary-Pushing Documentary Photographers” 2018
● I n Aperture blog «12 Photographers on How to Survive the Lockdown» 2020 British
Journal of Photography « Ones to watch 2020»
● In After(care) by The Eyes publications, 2022.
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● Dry, self-published 2022.
● A Little Louder, published by: Trobades Camus, RM editorial, La Chambre Claire, 2022.
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● Nomination Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund 2015
● Winner MAP photo festival 2017
● Winner The CAP( Contemporary African Photography) Prize 2019
● ADPP Grant recipient from AFAC and Magnum Foundation 2018-2019.
● Winner of Premi Mediterrani Albert Camus Incipiens 2020.
● Counter Histories grant recipients by Magnum Foundation, New York,USA 2022.
● Winner of The Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award 2022.
