Academic Profile
2003 - 2005
- MA Fine Art Media, Slade, University College London
   Received Prankard-Jones Memorial award in Fine Art

1999 - 2003
- BA (Hons) Fine Art in Context, University of the West of England, Bristol


Solo Shows
2009
- A Rather Trivial Pursuit, PROJECT ROOM, Calle Reina 39, Madrid

2008
- Yara El-Sherbini, La Caja Blanca, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2006
- Yara El-Sherbini, La Caja Blanca, Palma de Mallorca, Spain [view exhibition page]


Group Shows & Performances
2009
- Transmission Interrupted, Modern Art Oxford [modernartoxford.org.uk]
- At Your Service, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London [davidrobertsartfoundation.com]
- Vienna Art Fair, Vienna
- Tasty, a series of performances in informal spaces; London
- BAF Art Fair, Dubai

2008
- With a small p, The Delfina Foundation, London [delfinafoundation.com]
- BAC!, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain [bacfestival.com]
- A Pub Quiz, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Australia
- A Pub Quiz, IKON, Birmingham
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2006
East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Reino Unido (exposición comisariada por Jeremy Deller y Dirk Snauwaert)

Inbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol, Reino Unido

2005
Ephemeral Cities, Bearspace, Londres, Reino Unido (exposición colectiva: Alia Syed, Raqs Media Collective, Cordelia Swann y Yara El-Sherbini)

Loop Festival, Barcelona, España (participación en la primera edición)

Transart, Italia

Bienal de Jafre, Jafre, España

Slade Graduate Show, Slade School of Art, University College London, Londres, Reino Unido

Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art, Londres, Reino Unido

2004
PLUG 58, The Cube, Bristol, Reino Unido

Avoiding Dark Ali's, Arnolfini, Bristol, Reino Unido

Interim, Slade School of Fine Art, Londres, Reino Unido

2003
9th Cairo International Biennale, Cairo, Egipto

Touring Work, Arts Council, Reino Unido

Artist Survival Kit, Hotel Bellville, Londres, Reino Unido

Hom(e)age, Soho Theatre, Londres, Reino Unido

Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin, Irlanda

Aiding and Abetting, Londres, Reino Unido

Ex-Centris, (colaboradora) Tate Modern, Londres, Reino Unido

Traces, National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, Escocia

Inbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini, Bristol, Reino Unido

Emerging Young Artist 03, Birmingham, Reino Unido

>Wartime<, obra interactiva online

2002
Mutie-Dialogue Project, Watershed, Bristol, Reino Unido

Tonight Mathew I am..., Arnolfini, Bristol, Reino Unido

Vacant Lot, Spike Island, Bristol, Reino Unido


Awards and Grants
2006 - 2007
Breathing Space, Arnolfini, Bristol, Reino Unido

Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Finalista (Shortlisted)

Bienal de Singapur, Finalista (Shortlisted)

2005
Arts and Humanities Research Board, Reino Unido

2004
Prankerd-Jones Memorial Awards in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, Reino Unido

2003
Touring Work, Arts Council of England, Reino Unido

2002
Research and Development Fund, Arts Council of England


Residencies
2002
Mute-Dialogue, Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, Inglaterra


Conferences
2006
Conferencia: Performance Studies International #12, Reino Unido

Conferencia/Tertulia: Té con el artista, La Caja Blanca, Palma de Mallorca, España

2005
Conferencia: A quiet tradition, the Muslim Vernacular, Tate Britain, Londres, Reino Unido

2003
Conferencia: Media as a Political Tool, Bienal de Cairo, Egipto

Conferencia: Re-authoring Black Identity Within Mass Media, Afford/UEL, Reino Unido


Artist Books
Sheik'n'Vac, editado por Book Works, Reino Unido


Bibliography
2006
Artículo: Scape Specific, ArtMonthly, Febrero
Articulo: Los musulmanes somos demonizados en occidente, Diario de Mallorca, 04/02/2006
Catálogo: Yara El-Sherbini, Catálogo de exposición, La Caja Blanca, Palma de Mallorca, España

2005
Artículo: Have you heard the one about the veil?, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 18/11/2005
Catálogo: Transart, Catálogo de Transart, Italia
Artículo: Move over Brit Art, Here's Grit Art, The Times 09/07/2005
Catálogo: Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, (Catálogo de exposición) RCA
Artículo: Tate What's on Guide, Tate Britain, Londres, Reino Unido, junio/julio 2005

2004
Artículo: LIVE Art and Performance, Tate Publishing
Artículo: Flash Art, Flash Art, Abril 2004
Artículo: The Cairo Effect: during the 9th Cairo Biennale a striking contrast prevailed... texto de Lilly Wei, publicado en Art in America
Artículo: Creative Politics in  the White Cube?, texto de Power Ekroth, Site Magazine
Artículo: If the world gives you oranges... realtimearts.net

2003
Catálogo: 9th Cairo International Biennale Catalogue
Artículo: It makes Cents, A-N Magazine, noviembre
Artículo: The New York Times, 03/02/2003
Catálogo: New Territories, Catalogue
Artículo: Evning Post
Catálogo: CDA Fine Art Catalogue