Noureldin studied at the Zürcher Hochschule der KünsteZurich and at Hochschule für Design und Kunst Basel HGK/University of Art and Design Basel. From 1994 - 2000 he lived in New York, after 2001 in Rome and London. He lives and works currently in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2002 he was appointed Senior Professor at the University of Art and Design École cantonale d'art de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. Being member of various jury commission in art institutions, in 2017 he was appointed as supervisory board member of the Hermann and Margrit Rupf Foundation / Rupf Collection, Bern.
Work
Around 1994 Noureldin initiated a contemporary drawing technique based on an abstract artistic vocabulary. Since then he added interventions in the field of sculptures, photos, wall and floor paintings and large site-specificinstallations in a variety of corporate and public environments as well as international museums and contemporary art galleries. He collaborated on numerous artistic projects with a younger generation of Swiss architects as well as with corporate and cultural institutions and state agencies. Recently, collaborations with textile manufacturers from India were started, included into the artistic practice.
Projects
Recent projects included solo shows at Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, Centre d'Art Yverdon CACY, KunstZeugHaus, Zurich, Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders, Bergisch-Gladbach, Gisela Clement Gallery, Bonn von Bartha, Basel & S-chanf, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain MAMCO Geneva , Kunstmuseum Winterthur , Fri Art - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Lucas Schoormans New York, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunstmuseum Thun , The Swiss Institute New York, Holly Solomon Gallery New York, among others. He participated in numerous international group shows at Kunstmuseum Basel, Musée de Cambrai, Cambrai, MCBA Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Museum Oskar Reinhart, Winterthurc, Kunstmuseum Vaduz, Liechtenstein, waterside contemporary, London, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Gisela Clement Gallery, Bonn, Waterside Project space, London, Musée Rath, Geneva, l' Espace de l'art concret-Donation Albers-Honegger, Mouans-Sartoux, France , Forde - Espace d'art contemporain, Geneva, The Drawing Room, London, CAN - Centre d’Art, Neuchatel , Helmhaus, Zurich , Kunstmuseum Thun ,CAN - Centre d’Art, Neuchatel , Kunstmuseum Solothurn , Margaretha Roeder Gallery, New York, Fri-Art - Centre d'Art Contemporain Fribourg, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel,, The Swiss Institute New York Since 2004, he has collaborated with numerous international architect firms such as: Herzog&deMeuron architects, Basel, Müller Sigrist architects, Zurich, Make architects, London among others.
Literature
Monographic literature:
Wechsler, Max. AIRE - Zeichnung/Raum/Welt: zu den Arbeiten von Karim Noureldin - Kunstmuseum Winterthur - MAMCO Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
Koepplin, Dieter. Karim Noureldin - Die Frage nach dem denkbaren Ganzen - The Swiss Institute New York
