Born in Aden in 1952, Verdi Yahooda is an artist, living and working in London, whose photographic works over the years have addressed issues of cultural history, identity and family rituals.
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1978 |
Chapter Gallery, Cardiff |
1986 |
The Hidden and To Reveal , Impressions Gallery, York |
1988 |
Window Dressing, The Photographers Gallery, London |
1988 |
Uitstallen, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton & Ffotogallery, Cardiff |
1990
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Uitstallen - Window Dressing, Wrexham Arts Centre |
1990 |
Pathways/Landmarks, Installation at Princelet Street, London |
1990 |
Lost Thread, Metro Cinema London |
1999 |
Principle of Uncertainty, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff; Oriel 31, Wales; Wrexham Art Centre, Wrexham |
1999 |
The Broken Trough, Gorky State Library, Perm, Russia (with financial assistance from The British council) |
2003 |
"...the rest is shifting sands."; Kibbutz Gallery, Tel-Aviv; and at The Ein Harod Museum;(with financial assistance from The British council) |
1978 |
3 Artists; Kettles Yard Cambridge |
1981 |
Tolly Cobbold Eastern Arts |
1983 |
Across the Frontier; Imperial College London |
1984 |
Dogworks; Interim Art London |
1984 |
New Directions; Rochdale Art Gallery |
1985 |
Ritual, Memory and Monument: Five Women; Howard Garden Gallery, Cardiff |
1985 |
A Sense of Place; Interim Art London |
1985 |
Food as Politics; Camerawork London |
1985 |
The Still Life Show; Untitled Gallery Sheffield, and Tour |
1985 |
Stairway Installation, Cambridge Darkroom |
1986 |
Whitechapel Open; London |
1986 |
Festivals: Domestic Stories; Camerawork London |
1986 |
Object as Art; Plymouth Arts Centre |
1986 |
No Place like Home; Cornerhouse Manchester |
1987 |
House of Collection; Fotogalerie 2 1/2x4 1/2 Amsterdam (with financial assistance from The British council) |
1987 |
Foto Cliche; Victoria Miro Gallery London & Orchard Gallery Derry |
1987 |
Inscriptions and Inventions; British Council Touring Show |
1988 |
Subversive Stitch; Cornerhouse Manchester & Tour |
1988 |
Towards a Bigger Picture; Victoria & Albert Museum London and Tate Gallery Liverpool |
1989 |
Metamorphosis of the Image; 2nd Athens Photography Biennale, |
1989 |
Anima Mundi; Stills Gallery Edinburgh and Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography Touring exhibition |
1990 |
Journey of a Book; Bookworks at the British Library |
1991 |
Treading a Fine Line; Zelda Cheatle Gallery London |
1992 |
Power & Providence; Cambridge Darkroom |
1993 |
Minimal Relics; Natural History Museum Rotterdam |
1994 |
MultiexposurePhotographic Awards; The Artists House, Jerusalem and Akehurst Gallery London |
1995 |
41 Clues; Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London |
1996 |
Desert; John Hansard Gallery Southampton, The South London Gallery and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham |
1996 |
History, The Mag Collection; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and Tour |
1999 |
Textures of Memory; Angel Row Gallery and Tour in 2000 |
2000 |
Perm International 2000, Perm, Russia (with financial assistance from The British council) |
2003 |
Tirana Biennale, Albania |
2004 |
Trace exhibition, Hirschl Gallery, London |
2007 |
The Discerning Eye (selected by Charles Saumarez Smith), The Mall Galleries, London |
2008 |
Said (three person exhibition with Fran Cottell, Jefford Horrigan and Verdi Yahooda), Foyer Space, Camberwell College of Arts, London |
1983-84 |
The Dancer - Coracle Press |
1986 |
To Unfold and To Present - Coracle Press |
1989-90 |
Guidelines to the System - Bookworks |
1999 |
Creative Camera |
1982; 1985; 1988; 1994; 1996 |
Undercut |
September 1986 |
Artscribe |
Summer 1988; Jan/Feb 1991 |
Art Monthly |
March 1989; Feb 1991 |
Arts Review |
Feb 1990 |
Katalog |
June 1990 (Finland) |
Crafts Magazine |
March/April 1991 |
European Photography |
Issue 43, July-Sept 1990 |
The Print Collector |
Vol XXII July/August 1992 |
Porfolio |
December Issue 1999; |
Make |
September – November 1999 |
Source Magazine |
Issue 42, Spring 2005 |
n-paradoxa |
Volume 17 ‘Journeys’ Jan 2006 (Artists Pages) |
- New British Image - 1978
- British Journal of Photography - 1980
- Object as Art - Plymouth Arts Centre Catalogue 1986
- Foto Cliche - Victoria Miro Catalogue 1986
- Inscriptions and Inventions - British Council Cat. 1987
- Aperture Catalogue - 1988
- The Subversive Stitch - Cornerhouse Catalogue 1988
- International Month of Photography - Athens Biennale Catalogue 1989
- Anima Mundi - Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography Catalogue 1989
- Le Mois de La Photo a Montreal - Catalogue Sep. 1989
- The Compelling Eye - Royal College of Art Catalogue 1989
- Power & Providence - Cambridge Darkroom Catalogue 1992
- Minimal Relics - Zoological Museum of Amsterdam Catalogue 1992
- Work and Turn - Artists' Bookworks from the U.K. Catalogue 1992
- Anglo Israeli Photographic Awards Catalogue1994
- Rubies and Rebels Catalogue 1996
- Desert Catalogue 1996
- History, The Mag Collection Catalogue, 1996
- Discerning Eye Catalogue 1996
- Textures of Memory/ The Poetics of Cloth Catalogue 1999
- Tirana Biennale Catalogue 2003
MAKING ARRANGEMENTS - Catalogue of selected works, with an essay by Susan Butler;
Wrexham Arts Centre Catalogue 1991
AWARDS / COMMISSION / RESIDENCY
1986 |
Greater London Arts Award |
1989-90 |
Bookworks Commission to publish Artists Book: "Guidelines to the System" |
1992 |
Power & Providence; Cambridge Darkroom |
1993 |
Multiexposure Photographic Award |
1999 |
Invitation from Perm Photographers Association for one month residency in Perm, Russia. |
2001 |
Paul Hamlyn award nominee |
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- The British Council
- Leeds City Council
- Rijksmuseum Meermanno - The Hague
- The Royal College of Art
- Ferens Art Gallery
- Private Collections
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Derby University Library
- Leeds Metropolitan University
- Bibliothecha Rosenthalia – University of Amsterdam
- New York Public Library
- Chelsea College Library
- School of Art Institute of Chicago
- Tate Gallery
- Victoria and Albert Museum
LECTURING / PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1982 - 1987 |
ILEA Adult Education – Part-time teaching Photography |
1987 - 1988 |
Part time Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University |
1986 - 2005 |
Visiting Lecturer at: Cardiff University; Central/St. Martins London; Derby University; Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall; Goldsmiths College; Hull University; Middlesex Polytechnic; Royal College of Art; Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford; Northumbria University; Staffordshire Polytechnic; Winchester School of Art; University of Portsmouth |
1986 – 2001 |
Visiting Artist at: Impressions Gallery, York; Plymouth Arts Centre; Wrexham Arts Centre; |
1987 |
Residency at Exeter College of Art |
1993 |
External Assessor, Photography department at The Royal College of Art. |
1999 |
Participated in ‘50 years of Yemenite Jewry’ Symposium at the JOODS CULTUREEL CENTRUM/ Amsterdam, in affiliation with the University of Amsterdam. |
2000 |
Invited to Bezalel Academy of Arts at the Jerusalem University to give a two week workshop and semimars. (with financial assistance from The British Council) |
1995 - 2003 |
On the selection selection panel for the MULTIEXPOSURE Photographic Awards |
2004 |
Teaching for one month @ Limkokwing University College of Creative Technology, Malaysia |
1993 - present |
Part-time Associate Professor at The American Intercontinental University, London. |