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Khaled Malas
Khaled Malas
خالد ملص
Born	1981; Damascus, Syria.
Nationality	Syrian

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Khaled Malas (in Arabic خالد ملص) (born in 1981 in Damascus) is a Syrian architect and an art historian. He is also a co-founder of the Sigil Collective alongside Salim al-Kadi, Alfred Tarazi and Jana Traboulsi.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

Khaled Malas was born in Damascus, Syria. ^[4] He studied architecture at the American University of Beirut ^[5] and at Cornell University.^[6] He is currently a PhD candidate in medieval Islamic art history at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. ^[7] ^[8] Prior to joining the Institute, he was an architect at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Herzog & de Meuron. His work has been published widely and was shown in Venice^[9], Oslo,^[3] Annandale-on-Hudson^[10], Beirut^[11], Dubai and Marrakech (during 6th edition of Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale. He is a member of the Arab Image Foundation's General Assembly.^[12] He has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) ^[1] and at Columbia University's Columbia Global Center/Studio-X in Amman where he led the second Janet Abu Lughod seminar which focused on Qusayr Amra^[13]

Works as Sigil

Excavating the Sky, The 14th International Architecture Exhibition: "Fundamentals". Directed by Rem Koolhaas, 2014 ^[9]^[14]^[15]
Current Power in Syria, The 6th Marrakech International Biennale: "Not New Now". Curated by Reem Fadda, 2016 ^[16]^[17]^[18] ^[19]
Monuments of the Everyday, Oslo arkitekturtriennale: "After Belonging". Curated by After Belonging, 2016 ^[3]
#therevolutionisamirror, Concrete (Alserkal Avenue), Dubai: "Syria: Into the Light". Curated by Mouna Atassi , 2017 ^[20]

Selected Awards and Honors

2015: 'The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Visual Arts Grant' ^[21]
2016: 'Distinguished Young Alumni Award of the Architecture & Design Department, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Awarded in recognition of interdisciplinary creativity and activism. ^[22]

Selected Writing

2016: "Monuments of the Everyday" ‘After Belonging: The Objects, Spaces, and Territories of the Ways We Stay in Transit’ by Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Ignacio G. Galán, Carlos Mínguez Carrasco, Alejandra Navarrete Llopis, and Marina Otero Verzier (eds.)(Zurich: Lars Muller, 2016)
2016: "Review: Pattern, Color, Light: Architectural Ornament in the Near East (500–1000)," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 75 No. 2 (2016): pp. 238-239
2017: "The body, writhing in pain, sits before an intoxicated audience" ‘No to the Invasion: Breakdown and Side-effects’ edited by Fawz Kabra (Annandale-on-Hudson: CCS Bard, 2017)

References

[gsaap-1] [1]

[2] Forbes Middle East: Battlefield Architecture

[archinect-3] Archinect.com: A well, a windmill, a mirror: Sigil's real and symbolic interventions in Syria

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[5] AUB Alumni News

[6] Jadaliyya.com: Exhibiting the War in Syria: Interview with Khaled Malas

[7] [3]

[speakers-8] Harvard Arab Weekend Speakers

[artribune-9] Artribune: La Siria in un pozzo. Alla Biennale di Architettura Template:It icon

[10] Bard.edu: Exhibitions - No to the invasion breakdowns and side effects

[11] Sursock Museum: Frut Sleep

[12] Arab Image Foundation website

[13] Columbia University Global Centers: Second Janet Abu Lughod seminar led Khaled Malas

[14] AlAkhbar Lebanon: البندقية: خالد ملص منقّباً عن سوريا في السماء Template:Ar icon

[15] Frieze.com: Productive Anguish - How to survive exile

[16] HyperAllergic.com: Tracing the contours of power at the Marrakech Biennale

[17] Independent Ireland: Marrakech - Art of the Red City

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[21] Arab Funds for Art and Culture - AFAC - Khaled Malas

[22] AUB - FEA Student and Alumni Conference - Program Book

[23] Al Araby Al Jadeed - خالد ملص: بحثاً عن عمارة الناس Template:Ar icon

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 == Biography ==
-Khaled Malas was born in Damascus, Syria. He studied architecture at the American University of Beirut <ref>[http://alumni.aub.edu.lb/s/1716/index.aspx?pgid=523&gid=2&cid=2247 AUB Alumni News]</ref> and at [[Cornell University]].<ref>[http://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/31473/Exhibiting-the-War-in-Syria-Interview-with-Khaled-Malas Jadaliyya.com: Exhibiting the War in Syria: Interview with Khaled Malas]</ref> He is currently a PhD candidate in medieval Islamic art history at the [[New York University Institute of Fine Arts|Institute of Fine Arts]] at [[New York University]]. <ref>[http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/events/archive.htm]</ref>
+Khaled Malas was born in Damascus, Syria. <ref>[http://www.eastjournal.net/archives/73256]</ref> He studied architecture at the American University of Beirut <ref>[http://alumni.aub.edu.lb/s/1716/index.aspx?pgid=523&gid=2&cid=2247 AUB Alumni News]</ref> and at [[Cornell University]].<ref>[http://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/31473/Exhibiting-the-War-in-Syria-Interview-with-Khaled-Malas Jadaliyya.com: Exhibiting the War in Syria: Interview with Khaled Malas]</ref> He is currently a PhD candidate in medieval Islamic art history at the [[New York University Institute of Fine Arts|Institute of Fine Arts]] at [[New York University]]. <ref>[http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/events/archive.htm]</ref>
 <ref name=speakers>[https://www.harvardarabweekend.com/speakers Harvard Arab Weekend Speakers]</ref> Prior to joining the Institute, he was an architect at the [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture]] and [[Herzog & de Meuron]]. His work has been published widely and was shown in Venice<ref name=artribune>[http://www.artribune.com/2014/09/la-siria-in-un-pozzo-alla-biennale-di-architettura/ Artribune: La Siria in un pozzo. Alla Biennale di Architettura]  {{it icon}}</ref>, Oslo,<ref name=archinect/> Annandale-on-Hudson<ref>[http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/no-to-the-invasion-breakdowns-and-side-effects/ Bard.edu: Exhibitions - No to the invasion breakdowns and side effects]</ref>, Beirut<ref>[https://sursock.museum/content/fruit-sleep Sursock Museum: Frut Sleep]</ref>, Dubai and Marrakech (during 6th edition of [[Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale#6th_Edition_2016|Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International Biennale]]. He is a member of the [[Arab Image Foundation]]'s General Assembly.<ref>[http://www.fai.org.lb/Template.aspx?id=4 Arab Image Foundation website]
 </ref> He has taught at Columbia University's [[Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation|Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation]] (GSAPP) <ref name=gsaap/> and at Columbia University's Columbia Global Center/Studio-X in Amman where he led the second [[Janet Abu Lughod]] seminar which focused on [[Qusayr Amra]]<ref> [https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/second-janet-abu-lughod-seminar-led-khaled-malas Columbia University Global Centers: Second Janet Abu Lughod seminar led Khaled Malas]</ref>
 == Works as Sigil ==