Karim Noureldin

b. 1967 in Zürich, Switzerland / Lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland

Noureldin stud­ied 1988-90 at the Uni­ver­sity of Art and Design Zurich Hochschule der Kün­ste ZHdK and grad­u­ated 1994 in Fine Arts at the Uni­ver­sity of Art and Design Basel/Hochschule für Gestal­tung und Kunst HGK. In his career spanning over three decades, he participated in numerous exhibitions in institutions such as Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, Fri Art Centre d’art de Fribourg, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunstmuseum Thun, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain MAMCO in Geneva, Museum für Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt, and Swiss Institute in New York. He realized site-specific installations for various private and public collections, as well as residential areas, including Roche Bau 97 in Basel, Swiss National Bank in Zurich, and Auditoire Charles Pictet in Geneva. Since 2002, he has been a pro­fes­sor HES Fine Arts at ECAL/University of Art and Design, Lausanne.

*Brea*, 2025\
Colored pencil on paper\
55 x 42 cm (framed)

Brea, 2025
Colored pencil on paper
55 x 42 cm (framed)

*Naq*, 2024
Acrylic on glazed ceramic

Naq, 2024
Acrylic on glazed ceramic

*Brea*, 2024
Colored pencil on paper
203 x 161 cm

Brea, 2024
Colored pencil on paper
203 x 161 cm

*Diw*, 2023
Mixed media
94 x 94 x 84 cm

Diw, 2023
Mixed media
94 x 94 x 84 cm

Equinox

Installation view

von Bartha, Basel, 2019

Equinox

Installation view

von Bartha, Basel, 2019

Top: *Brea*, 2024, coloured pencil on paper\
Bottom: *Des*, 2019, woven cotton

Top: Brea, 2024, coloured pencil on paper
Bottom: Des, 2019, woven cotton

Installation view of ‘Pi’ Paintings
During the exhibition ‘A backward Glance can be a Glimpse into the future’
Basel, 2020

Installation view of ‘Pi’ Paintings
During the exhibition ‘A backward Glance can be a Glimpse into the future’
Basel, 2020

Equinox

Installation view

von Bartha, Basel, 2019

Equinox

Installation view

von Bartha, Basel, 2019

Karim Noureldin, Walk\
Installation view
von Bartha, S-chanf, 2016

Karim Noureldin, Walk
Installation view
von Bartha, S-chanf, 2016

Cache

Side Specific

von Bartha, Basel, 2017

Cache

Side Specific

von Bartha, Basel, 2017

Play, 2014
Color pencil on paper
204 x 164 cm

Play, 2014
Color pencil on paper
204 x 164 cm

Untitled, 1992
Oil & pigment on paper
29.7 x 21 cm (unframed)

Untitled, 1992
Oil & pigment on paper
29.7 x 21 cm (unframed)

*Evo*, 2012
Coloured pencil on paper
153 x 122 cm\
60 1/4 x 48 1/8 in

Evo, 2012
Coloured pencil on paper
153 x 122 cm
60 1/4 x 48 1/8 in

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