Biography Nadim Sabella
Nadim Sabella was born in Geilenkirchen, Germany, in 1977. He attended the
archaeology program at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster,
Germany, in 1997. The following year he moved to San Francisco, California
to pursue his degree in fine arts. Sabella joined the photography department
at the City College of San Francisco in 1999. Two years later he was awarded
first prize in the College's annual photography contest. He joined the San
Francisco Art Institute's photography department in 2001 and graduated with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2003. Upon graduation he received the SFAI Spring
Show 2003 Photography Award. His work has been exhibited at the Michaelis
Gallery in Capetown South Africa, Provo Art Center Gallery in Provo, Utah,
at the San Francisco City Hall and numerous galleries in San Francisco and
the Bay Area. As part of the SFAI Photo Exchange, his works are in the
permanent collection of the San Francisco Art Institute and the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
His photographs in the deserts of Nevada, Utah and Arizona are an
investigation of the physical effects that forces of nature have on people's
abandoned cars and homes. They tell stories as much as they raise questions.

Received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and is the recipient of the SFAI Spring Show 2003 Photography Award.
His photographs are in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Art Institute as well
as in several private collections including those of Linda Connor and David Hasselhoff.
His work has been exhibited throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area and has been published in several SF based magazines.
Aside from frequently guest lecturing at the City College of San Francisco, he curates art shows and photographs for Lurker Art and Literature Magazine.

Education
September 2001 - May 2003, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
September 2001 - BFA Photography
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
May 1998 - May 2001, Emphasis Photography

Professional Experience
2003-- Art Editor San Francisco, CA
Lurker Magazine, Art & Literature
2003 Photographer/Designer Cologne, Germany
my buddy chris (band)
2002 Photographer San Francisco, CA
SAM Magazine
2002 Guest Lecturer San Francisco, CA
City College
2002-- Gallery Representative San Francisco, CA
City Art Gallery
2002 Photographer San Francisco, CA
Mud (band)


Collections
SF MOMA - Photo Exchange
San Francisco Art Institute
David Hasselhoff
Linda Connor

Upcoming Exhibitions
Nov 30 - Dec 07 Fragments of Contemporary Urban Life, Diego Rivera Gallery San Francisco, CA
Dec 10 - Feb 14 Fragments of Contemporary Urban Life, City Hall San Francisco, CA
Apr 19 - May 08 Fragments of Contemporary Urban Life, Michaelis Gallery Cape Town, South Africa

Solo Exhibitions
2003 Dinosaurs of the Desert, Provo Art Center Gallery Provo, UT

Group Exhibitions
2003 City Art Gallery San Francisco, CA
2003 Sacred Profanities Gallery Berkeley, CA
2003 Daily Operation, Build gallery 483 Guerrero st. San Francisco, CA
2003 Spring Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI San Francisco, CA
2003 Senior Show, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
2003 Assorted Flavours, Sacred Profanities Gallery Berkeley, CA
2003 Melt, Art Explosion San Francisco, CA
2003 Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI San Francisco, CA
2002 Manifold, Spanganga Gallery San Francisco, CA
2002 Original Art, City Art Gallery San Francisco, CA
2002 Big Deal, SOMArts Gallery San Francisco, CA
2002 Open Studio, City Art Gallery San Francisco, CA
2002 Naked in August, City Art Gallery San Francisco, CA
2002 the Axe that breaks the frozen seas, ATA San Francisco, CA
2002 Spring Show, SFAI San Francisco, CA
2001 Student & Faculty Show, CCSF City Art San Francisco, CA

Published
2003 Lurker Magazine, Art & Literature San Francisco, CA
2001 Etc. Magazine, San Francisco, CA

Awards recieved
2003 San Francisco Art Institute, Spring Show, Photography
2001,2002,2003 Awarded the San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scholarship