Sam Shendi

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Sam Shendi
Born1975
NationalityEnglish
Education Helwan University
Known forSculpture

Sam Shendi is an Egyptian-born, British sculptor. He uses contemporary industrial material, steel, stainless steel, aluminium and fibreglass to create his figurative work. He lives and works in North Yorkshire.

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Early life

Sam Shendi was born in 1975 on the Nile Delta in a small town called Dekernes. He graduated from the Helwan University of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1997 with a first class honours degree in Sculpture and Architecture. In 1996 he won the Mahmoud Mokhtar Sculpture Award. [1] Shendi moved to Britain in 2000 and became a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2014. [2]

Work

Split Decision a sculpture created by Sam Shendi in Liverpool in February 2020. Split Decision by Sam Shendi.jpg
Split Decision a sculpture created by Sam Shendi in Liverpool in February 2020.

Shendi's early work in bronze and stainless steel often explored notions of balance, joy and contentment. [3] Shendi's recent semi-abstracted figures are made in rich curving colours with a wacky sense of fun. [4] Although they have the sleek precision of mechanical production, each is hand-made using industrial, contemporary materials like car filler and spray-paint, and hours of manual sanding. [5] Some figures are loosely human, others hybrid animal or bird, drawing on the art and architecture of his Egyptian background. [1] [6]

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Public art

Art market

Shendi is represented by Graham's Fine Art Gallery, Johannesburg. Shendi's work has been collected by art collectors and organisations in South Africa, Panama, Taiwan, Germany, United Kingdom and United States. [9] [10]

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References

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