Madhat Kakei b. 1954
Biography
"Madhat Kakei, Tomas Tranströmer suggests, paints what the eye cannot see: 'Consciousness has its spaces / to which we are taken blindfolded'." – Daniel Birnbaum
Madhat Kakei (b. 1954 in Kirkuk, Kurdistan) is educated at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid (1976-80) and the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad (1971-76) and moved to Sweden in the mid-1980s. Kakei is based in Stockholm but splits his time between his four different studios in Sweden, France and Japan. Previous solo exhibitions include Akutsu Gallery, Maibashi (2019, 2017), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2015), Gallery Aro, Sulaymaniyya (2015), Alisara, Kirkuk (2013), Gallery Mutsu, Japan (2012), Konstnärshuset, Stockholm (2011), Formes Gallery, Tokyo (2010), Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm (2006), Galerie Maria Lund, Paris (2005), The Kurdish Library and Museum, New York (2005) and Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm (2001).
Selected works
Exhibitions
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Market Art Fair | Sara Möller & Madhat Kakei
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm 17 - 19 May 2024Sara Möller’s organic sculptures delve into the interplay between fragility and strength, movement and permanence, while at the same time contemplating the very boundaries of the ceramic material. Her process...Read more -
Madhat Kakei | Heliga stenar
18 Aug - 24 Sep 2022Madhat Kakei is an internationally renowned artist who, in spite of his long career, has maintained a relatively low profile in Sweden. Previous solo exhibitions include Moderna Museet (2015), Kungliga...Read more
News
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Madhat Kakei at Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Group exhibition | 24 feb 2024 - 12 jan 2025The Third Hand: Maurizio Cattelan and the Moderna Museet Collection 24.2 2024 – 12.1 2025 Moderna Museet, Stockholm 'Who has the power over art, society,...Read more -
Madhat Kakei at Niigata Eya, Niigata, Japan
Solo exhibition | 16 - 29 sep 2023For more information: niigata-eya.jpRead more -
Madhat Kakei at Sakyukan, Niigata, Japan
Solo exhibition | 5 sep - 9 oct 2023For more information: sakyukan.jpRead more -
Madhat Kakei at Galleria Rankka, Helsinki
Group exhibition | 20 Jan - 19 Feb 2023For more information: galleriarankka.comRead more -
Madhat Kakei, Pauline Fransson & Alice Máselníková at Molekyl Gallery, Malmö
Group exhibition | 18 Nov - 11 Dec 2022The Painters’ Salon 2022 presents 74 Sweden-based painters to offer a selection of contemporary painting across a range of expressions. Arranged by Alice Máselníková/Flat Octopus...Read more
Press
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Madhat Kakei | Review in Sydsvenskan
Carolina Söderholm, "Här är konsten du inte får missa", December 3, 2022 -
Madhat Kakei | Review in Dagens Nyheter
Birgitta Rubin, "Stark säsongsstart på Stockholms gallerier", September 24, 2022 -
Madhat Kakei | Review in Konsten
Magnus Bons, "Madhat Kakei & Ayan Farah", September 3, 2022 -
Madhat Kakei | Review in Omkonst
Lotta Ekfeldt, "Nonfigurativ bredd och variation", Omkonst, March 8, 2022