{{short description|Egyptian-born, British sculptor (born 1975)}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox artist | name = Sam Shendi | image = | imagesize = | caption = Sam Shendi | birth_name = | birth_date = 1975 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | field = Sculpture | training = Helwan University | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = }} '''Sam Shendi''' is an Egyptian-born, British sculptor. He uses contemporary industrial material, steel, stainless steel, aluminium and fibreglass to create his figurative work. He lives and works in North Yorkshire.
==Early life== Sam Shendi was born in 1975 on the Nile Delta in a small town called Dekernes. He graduated from the Helwan University of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1997 with a first class honours degree in Sculpture and Architecture. In 1996 he won the Mahmoud Mokhtar Sculpture Award.<ref name="FAD"/> Shendi moved to Britain in 2000 and became a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2014.<ref name="Artist_Talk"/>
==Work== thumb|left|Split Decision a sculpture created by Sam Shendi in Liverpool in February 2020. Shendi's early work in bronze and stainless steel often explored notions of balance, joy and contentment.<ref name="Candid"/> Shendi's recent semi-abstracted figures are made in rich curving colours with a wacky sense of fun.<ref name="Motherly_Love"/> Although they have the sleek precision of mechanical production, each is hand-made using industrial, contemporary materials like car filler and spray-paint, and hours of manual sanding.<ref name="Celebrate_5_artists"/> Some figures are loosely human, others hybrid animal or bird, drawing on the art and architecture of his Egyptian background.<ref name="FAD"/><ref name="Apollo_Magazine"/>
==Awards== *The First@108 Public Art Award by the Royal British Society of Sculptors (2013) *The Mahmoud Mokhtar Sculpture Award (1996) *Liverpool Plinth winner 2019<ref>livpc.co.uk</ref>
==Select exhibitions== *''Seasons'', Solo exhibition, Graham's Fine Art Gallery, Johannesburg (2017) *''Mother and Child'', Solo exhibition, The Civic, Barnsley (2016–2017) *''Body and Soul'', Solo exhibition, Munich, Germany (2015) *''FLUX'', Group Exhibition, The Rag Factory, London (2015) *''Only Human'', Solo exhibition, Cartwright Museum and Gallery, Bradford (2014–2015) *''First @108'', Solo exhibition, The Royal British Society of Sculptors, London (2014) *''International Exhibition of Contemporary Art'', De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam (2012) *''Art in Mind'', Group Show, Brick Lane Gallery, London (2011)
==Public art== *'''Art in the Park''', Lister Park, Bradford (2014–2015) *Public sculpture for the '''[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/bent-nail-323562 Bent Nail]''', Silsden, West Yorkshire (2011) *'''God's Eye''' in Craven Baptist Church for its 300-year celebration, Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire (2011) *'''Split Decisions''', the winner of the 2019 Liverpool Plinth<ref>livpc.co.uk</ref>
==Art market== Shendi is represented by Graham's Fine Art Gallery, Johannesburg. Shendi's work has been collected by art collectors and organisations in South Africa, Panama, Taiwan, Germany, United Kingdom and United States.<ref name="Saatchi"/><ref name="Perfecting_Appearances"/>
==Images== * [https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/296286/ 'Anvil' and 'Moving Forward', part of the "Only Human" collection.]
==References== <references>
<ref name="FAD"> {{cite journal | last = Westall | first = Mark | url = https://fadmagazine.com/2012/04/19/sam-shendi-answers-fads-questions-toaffad-six/ | date = 19 April 2012 | title = Sam Shendi Answers FADs Questions | journal = FAD Magazine | accessdate =17 April 2018}} </ref>
<ref name="Artist_Talk"> {{cite journal | last = Milne | first = Grant | date = 6 July 2017 | title = Sam Shendi | journal = Artist Talk Magazine }} </ref>
<ref name="Candid"> {{cite journal | last = Hadian | first = Sufiyeh | url = https://candidmagazine.com/interview-with-the-sculptor-sam-shendi/ | date = 15 April 2012 | title = Interview with the Sculptor Sam Shendi | journal = Candid Magazine | accessdate =17 April 2018}} </ref>
<ref name="Celebrate_5_artists"> {{cite journal | date = 26 November 2016 | title = Celebrate 5 artists who have lit up the genre: Barbara HepWorth, Henry Moore, Thomas Housesgo, Sam Shendi and Emma Stothard | journal = The Yorkshire Post }} </ref>
<ref name="Saatchi"> {{cite web | title = Sam Shendi at Saatchi Art | url = https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/296286/ | accessdate =17 April 2018}} </ref>
<ref name="Motherly_Love"> {{cite journal | date = 26 December 2016 | title = Sam Shendi | journal = The Yorkshire Post }} </ref>
<ref name="Apollo_Magazine"> {{cite journal | url = https://www.apollo-magazine.com/art-diary/sam-shendi/ | title = Sam Shendi', 'Mother and Child' | journal = Apollo | accessdate =17 April 2018}} </ref>
<ref name="Perfecting_Appearances"> {{cite journal | last = Corrigall | first = Mary | date = 26 September 2016 | title = Perfecting Appearances | journal = Art Africa Magazine }} </ref>
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==External links== * [http://samshendi.co.uk/ Sam Shendi]
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