Serge Hamad is a visual artist based in New York, with French and Algerian roots. He began his journey in photography at a young age, using both video and photography to cover war zones and shed light on sociopolitical situations in places like Iraq and the Balkans during the mid-1980s.
Having been exposed to both Western and Eastern cultures in his youth, Serge Hamad believes that an artwork is successful when once injected into the communication channels it manages to awake a dialog.
In his Temporal Perception series, he transforms realistic images into abstract forms by blending colors and blurring the lines between photography and digital rendering. When viewed at first glance, the artworks appear to create a cohesive whole. The artist states, "It's only when our brain starts analyzing our vision that we realize how we've lost our childhood." In 2010, Serge Hamad shifted his focus mainly to Fine Art photography. His work has since been exhibited at various galleries in the US and internationally, and has been auctioned at prestigious venues like Artsy, Christie's London, Sotheby's House, and the Robert Wilson's Water Mill Foundation.
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Exhibitions:
2011 Solo exhibition at Seyhoun Gallery in Los Angeles
2011 Take a Stand event at SOMArts in SanFrancisco
2014 Solo exhibition at the “Waldorf Astoria” NY, NY for the “OIC”
2014 “Abcoude” (Netherland) for “Stichting White Cube”
2014 “Shirin Gallery” NY, NY for “Alwan for The Arts”
2014 “Landshut” (Germany) for “Stichting White Cube”
2014 “Brøndby Strand” (Denmark) for “Stichting White Cube”
2014 “Flickerlab Gallery” NY, NY
2015 Mirca Art Group Stockholm (Sweden)
2015 Kunst 10 Daagse Bergen (Netherlands)
2015 B&B Gallery LA, CA
2016 bG Gallery, Santa Monica
2019 Shock-Box - LA
2018 bG Gallery-LA
2020 Solo bG Gallery, Santa Monica
2021 Coastal Contemporary Gallery NY
2023 Solo exhibition at KW Contemporary Art gallery in Maine
Auctions:
2010 Christie’s London for Women for Women International Organization via the renowned artist “Shirin Neshat”
2014 Paddle 8 For Alwan for The Arts
2014 Artsy for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center annual gala
2015 Artsy for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center annual gala
2016 Artsy for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center annual gala
2017 Artsy for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center annual gala
2018 Artsy for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center annual gala
2019 Artsy for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center annual gala
2020 Artsy for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center annual gala
Art Fairs:
2017 Scope NYC
Art Fair
2018 Affordable Art Fair NYC
2018 Scope Miami
2019 Affordable Art Fair Milan
2022 Hamptons Art Fair NY
2023 Palm Beach Art Fair Florida
2023 LA Art Fair Los Angeles California
2023 Hamptons Art Fair NY
2024 Affordable Art Fair NYC
2024 Intersect Aspen Art + Design Fair