Sam Shendi

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.

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 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

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.