Wasim Ghrioui, 1981 Damascus, Syria
wasim.ghrioui@gmail.com
Wasim Ghrioui (1981 Damascus, Syria) is a multidisciplinary artist working within visual art, writing, music, directing and filmmaking. Between 1998 - 2011 he worked full-time with mosaic art and participated in group and solo exhibitions in Syria, the Arab world and internationally. As from 2020 he is studying conceptual art and photography at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) . His current artistic emphasis lies on autobiographical writing, embodied through experimental theater and filmmaking. Ghrioui lives, studies and works in Berlin since 2013.
2017 - 2020
- Workshop leader for “Artist training, refugee class for professionals” at UdK, Berlin
- Workshop and training for artist with forced migration background, in professional artistic practice
2015 - 2018
- Workshop teacher at “Trickmich”, Berlin
- Animation film and german language workshop for kids and teenagers, age 6-17
2016
- Workshop teacher at Tempelhof Refugee Centre, Berlin
- Printmaking workshops for children and teenagers, age 6-17
2015 - 2016
- Artistic supervisor at Schlesische 27, Berlin
- Arts and crafts workshops for teenagers with forced migration background, age 16-18
2015
- Project manager, workshop leader at Gyalpa, ZKU, Center for Arts and Urbanistics, Berlin
- Mosaic workshop for adults
2013-2014
- Mixed arts workshop at United Lebanon Youth Beirut, Lebanon
- Sculptures, mosaic, drawing, painting for refugee children living in Lebanon. The project resulted in one combined piece of art that was exhibited in Beirut.
2018
“Tin Pit”
Theater piece, 90 min, Arabic and German, 2018.
Based on short stories from Damaskus and Syria, written by Wasim Ghrioui.
Performed at:
2018
Ballhoff 2, Hannover
Kulturfabrik Löseke, Hildesheim
Junges Theater, Göttingen
Haus der Kulturen, Braunschweig
Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Sponsors:
Lower Saxony Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony Foundation, Lower Saxony Lower Saxony, Lower Saxony Sparkasse Foundation, Sparkasse Hannover, Braunschweigische Sparkassenstiftung, Sparkasse Hildesheim Goslar Peine, City of Hannover, Brunswick Cultural Heritage Foundation, Rotary Hannover.
Artistic Team:
Writing/directing: Wasim Ghrioui (SY)
Composer/singer: Dima Orsho (Sy)
Trompet: Milad khawam (SY)
Violin: Lenka Zupková (CZ)
Dramaturgy: Rolf C. Hemke
Actor TIN PIT I: Paul Wollin (DE)
Actor TIN PIT II: Tayfun Bademsoy (DE)
Multimedia art: Matze Görig (DE)
German subtitles: Raman Khalaf (SY)
Assistant manager: Brahim Akef (DE)
2015
“Adapter”
Theater piece, 90 min, Arabic and German
Performed at:
2017
Residenz theater, München
2016
Heimathafen, Berlin
Tak Theater Aufbau-Haus, Berlin
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2015
W3 Hamburg
Sponsors: Interkulturelle Projektförderung des Landes Berlin. TAK Theater im Aufbau Haus, TAK e.V.,Spring Lessons, Goethe Institute and Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte.
Actors: Paul Wollin, Marina Frenk, Toks Körner
Co-director/scriptwriting: Wasim Ghrioui
Director/Dramaturgy: Nora Haakh
Stage Costume: Noemi Baumblatt
Assistant Dramaturgy: Theo Plakoudakis and Merle Heinrich
German subtitles: Raman Khalaf
Technical management: Robert Lange
Production management and assistant director: Merle Heinrich
Intern: Isabel Lückerath
Translated from Arabic by: Sandra Hetzl and Carolin Kabra
“Prayer Cover”, short film, 6:47 min, 2022
“Homeland is no series”, short film, 7:00 min, 2015, (script, voiceover)
“Military Blanket”, short film, 3:45 min 2013
2013 German Federal Presidential Palace, Berlin
Solo exhibition in the presence of the German Federal President and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2012 The Sunflower theatre, Beirut, Lebanon
2005 Qanat Al Qasbaa, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2022 GALERIE PAUL SCHERZER, “FIRN”, Halle
2021 UdK Berlin, Rundgang 2021, Berlin
2020 Galerie Azimut, “Die Eröffnung”, Berlin
2015 Fondazione Cini, “Imago Mundi”, Venice Biennale, Venice
2014 Radialsystem Kulturzentrum, “Übermorgen”, Berlin
2017 “Of Fathers and Sons” by Talal Derki, feature film (rolling titles-singing)
2016 “Berlin Bagdad Bahn”(singing)
The musical ensemble “Berlin Bagdad Bahn” performs music with a political and a humanitarian message across Germany. The repertoire consists of a group of songs in nine different languages and comes from different cultures. There are passages of storytelling between each song, that tell the story of a refugee walking from the Middle East to northern Europe - almost on the same railroad formerly known as: Berlin Bagdad Bahn.
The last performance with the Berlin Baghdad Bahn took place at ‘Werkstatt der Kulturen’ in 2016
2015 - 2016 “Rasif” sufi-oriental jazz band (singing)
2006 - 2011 “Less Ajanib” Syrian folk music (singing)
2004 - 2007 “Rainbow Choir” classical western and oriental music (singing)
2018
Makroscope, Mulheim
2017
B.L.O. Ateliers, Berlin
Residenz theater, München
2016
W3 Hamburg
2015
Tak Theater Aufbau-Haus, Berlin
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2014
Heimathafen, Berlin
2006 Installation for Limassol Old City, Limassol, Cyprus
Public installation of mosaic fountain
2003 - 2004 Al-Zaytoon Church & Naun’s monastery, Damascus, Syria
Design, handcraft and installation of mosaic of St. Joseph’s icon
Urbane Künste Ruhr // a guest of Ringlokschuppen Ruhr 1 year residency July 2018 - 2019
B.L.O. Ateliers 2017 3 months residency
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, 2022-ongoing