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I am easily contactable via my Gmail account: ismail.farouk@gmail.com.
Exhibitions
- 2008-2009 Solo Show: Canceled Without Prejudice, Mak Center for Art & Architecture, Hollywood California.
- 2009 Heart of the African City – University of Pretoria
- 2009 TrolleyWorks multi-disciplinary exhibition, Goethe on Main – Johannesburg
- 2009 Test Patterns, Recent Video from South Africa, SF Camerawork – San Francisco
- 2008 FLEFF Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival – New York
- 2008 Pushplay Video Art Exhibition, Bagfactory Studios – Johannesburg
- 2008 Urban Concerns, Johannesburg Art Gallery – Johannesburg
- 2008 .ZA Young Art from South Africa – Siena, Italy
- 2007 Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa – Tshwane Art Museum
- 2007 Unfair Trade, Graz – Austria
- 2007 Apartheid The South African Mirror, CCCB – Barcelona
- 2007 Positive – Sun City, South Africa
- 2007 Johannesburg Diverging Metropolis – Mendrisio, Switzerland
- 2007 World Social Forum: Moving People, Video Contributor – Nairobi, Kenya
- 2006 Joburg 120 years, Museum Afrika – Newtown
- 2006 SaArtsEmerging, Group Show, Bag Factory Artists Studios – Fordsburg
- 2006 Transcape Biennale, Parking Gallery Group Show – Cape Town
- 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale Video Contributor, Venice – Italy
- 2006 Parking Gallery, Solo Show – Johannesburg
- 2006 Sasol New Signatures Finalist, Pretoria Art Gallery – Tshwane
- 2005 Etester DVD magazine Featured Artist,
- 2005 Sasol New Signatures Finalist and Merit Award Winner, Pretoria Art Gallery
- 2003 Makeshift multimedia exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- 2002 Room32: Installation/live performance in elevator shaft – Wits University
- 2002 Digital011 Multimedia exhibition – Spark Gallery
- 2002 Info Gap: Solo multimedia exhibition – Horror Cafe, Newtown
- 2002 Martienssen Prize exhibition – Johannesburg Art Gallery
- 2001 Martienssen Prize exhibition – Gertrude Possel Gallery – Wits
Awards and Fellowships:
- 2008 Sylt Quelle Cultural Award for Southern Africa
- 2008 Urban Futures Initiative (UFI) Fellow, Mak Institute for Art and Architecture, Hollywood Los Angeles.
- 2007 Photomarathon Pretoria 1st place winner
- 2007 SABC Highway Africa New Media Award Winner (Individual category)
- 2006 Sasol New Signatures Certificate of Acknowledgement Winner, Pretoria
- 2005 Sasol New Signatures Merit Award Winner, Pretoria Art Gallery
- 2001 Martienssen Prize Runner up competition winner – Gertrude Possel Gallery
Publications
- Farouk, I 2008: Urban Regeneration and Evictions in Bertrams, Johannesburg. Case Study prepared for the Migrants Rights Monitoring Project, special report No.2: Migrant Access to Housing in South African Cities. Report by Jennifer Greenburg and Tara Polzer, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Farouk, I 2008: Bad Buildings, Urban Management and Crime Control: The Case of the Fashion District, prepared for the Migrants Rights Monitoring Project, special report No.2: Migrant Access to Housing in South African Cities. Report by Jennifer Greenburg and Tara Polzer, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Farouk, I 2007: The Hector Pieterson Research Project, Report Prepared for the City of Johannesburg
- Farouk, I. 2007: Sedibeng District Municipality Pro-Poor Policy Review, Chapter Prepared for the Sedibeng District Municipality.
- Farouk, I 2006: The Hector Pieterson Research Project, Mapping the School Routes 30 Years Later, Report Prepared for the City of Johannesburg
- Farouk, I, 2006: The Network Approach to Urban Regeneration, The Case of Yeoville, Research report submitted for the completion of Masters Degree in Geography
- ASM Architects and Urban Designers 2004: Greater Ellis Park Development, Urban Design Framework.
- ASM Architects and Urban Designers 2004: Braamfontein Regeneration Programme, Urban Design Framework.
- Farouk, I. and Sajin, M. 2004: Ekurhuleni Street Trading Facilities Project Report prepared for the Ekurhuleni Municipality.
- Farouk, I. and Sajin, M. 2004: A Preliminary Report on the Pink Dollar Industry in Braamfontein, Report prepared for the Johannesburg Development Agency
- Farouk, I. and Sajin, M. 2004: A report on the Alleyways of Braamfontein, Report prepared for the Johannesburg Development Agency
Presentations
- October 2005: What’s On in Yeoville? Friday Sessions Lecture Series, 26′10 Architects, Vrededorp
- May 2006: The Network Approach: The case of Bertrams, Professional development lecture series, Shift, The Social Housing Foundation.
- June 2006: Kinshasa The Imaginary City, panel discussion, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- August 2006: Bertrams Challenges for Development, Wits University Centre for Urban and Built Environment, Symposium on the 2010 World Cup Soccer, Wiser.
- October 2006: The Hector Pieterson Research Project, Conference Paper presented to inHeritage Conference, University of Cape Town.
- March 2007: Soweto Uprisings. Com: Mapping and the Digital Revolution, Wits Digital Soiree, Wits University.
- July 2007: Soweto Uprisings.com: Digital Mapping applications in Africa, Africa Remix, Digital Africa Panel Discussion #2, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- May 2008: Sidewalk Reservation: Live Performance, Wits Digital Soiree, Wits University.
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