
Frédérique Cifuentes
I am an award-winning multimedia producer, curator and educator leader. I am based in London, UK.
I have more than fifteen years of experience in the Arts, Media & Creative Industries in the MENA Region, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe with a strong interest in post-conflict recovery, geopolitics, cultural heritage and for countries in crisis and transition.
I have implemented many creative, media and educationalprojects, and produced quality documentary films and multimedia products for major cultural organisations and international institutions, NGOs, festivals, museums, galleries, broadcasters, online platforms and academics.
My work has been broadcasted by BBC Arabic, Al Arabia TV, Universal TV; exhibited and published worldwide by The Independent, Middle East business news, African Arts, Armanco, among others.
My list of clients includes UNESCO, The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Arab British Center, the British Council, Institut français Londres, Action Contre la Faim, UNHCR, the French Embassy in Khartoum, the Rift Valley Institute.
I hold a master degree in Anthropology from Paris-X Nanterre; a postgraduate degree in Photojournalism from London School of Communications; and a Documentary Filmmaking Certificate, DFG’s DOCLAB, UK.
Tel: 0044 77177 55533
E-mail: fred.cifuentes@yahoo.com
Portfolio / PDF file (3Mo)
Frederique Cifuentes Portfolio
Bursaries / Awards / Residencies
2020 Nuits des Idées Institut français du Royaume-Uni
2018 Arts Council England Artists’ International Development Fund
2018 British Council Art Connect Us Research Grants: Sub-Saharan Africa
2017-2013 Arab British Centre, UK
2017-2011 AFAC (Arabic Fund For Arts and Culture), Lebanon
2010 Art Grant Scheme, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, UK
2007 Merit photographer; The Fujifilm Distinctions Awards, UK
2007 – 2006 Artist in Residence, Leighton House Museum, UK
2006 Grants for the Arts, ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, UK
2006 Art Grant Scheme, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, UK
2005 Community Champions, The Scarman Trust, UK
2005 Award winner, Unltd, UK
2005 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, USA
2004 Grants for the Arts, ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, UK
2004 Prize-winner of the Humanity Photo Award, UNESCO
2003 CEDEJ, Centre Etudes et de Documentation Economiques, Juridiques et Sociales, France, Sudan
1995 Rebuilding Beirut, Land of Exclusion, first prize winner; Jussieu, Paris VII, France
Solo exhibitions
2013 Disappearing Heritage of Sudan 1820 – 1956, Mirghany Cultural Center, Sudan
2012 Disappearing Heritage of Sudan 1820 – 1956, Oriental Museum, UK
2012 Disappearing Heritage of Sudan 1820 – 1956, Brunei Gallery, London, UK
2010 Closer to Home, Leighton House Museum, UK
2007 Tableau Vivant and Evocative Orient, Leighton House Museum, UK
2003 Sufi Festivals in Sudan, Brunei Gallery, London, UK
2003 Sufi Festivals in Sudan, French Cultural Centre, Khartoum, Sudan
Group exhibitions
2018 Sudan South Sudan Literature Week, P21 Gallery, London, UK
2017 Mogadishu 2030, P21 Gallery, London, UK
2017 Sudan: Emergence of Singularities, P21 Gallery, London, UK
2016 World Press Freedom Day, UNESCO, Finland
2009 Cinema in Sudan, Format International Festival, UK
2005 Sufi Groups in Sudan, Khartoum 05, Sudan
2005 Kwoto Dance Company’s tour in Sudan, Royal Commonwealth Society, UK
2005 Sudanese Women Creators of Peace, British Museum, UK
2004 Sufi Festivals in Sudan, Assad Library, Syria
2004 Sufi Festivals in Sudan, Africa Days, UNESCO, France
2002 Sufi Festivals in Sudan, International Photographic Gathering of Aleppo, Syria
Publications
2018 Hyperallergic, The Expansive Literary Output of Sudan and South Sudan
2017 The Arab Weekly, Sudanese artists showcased for first time in London
2017 Aramco World, Sudan: Emergence of Singularities
2013 Africa InVisu, “Disparition du patrimoine colonial du Soudan”, 1820-1956, France
2012 Mashallah News, “Cinema in Sudan”, Lebanon
2008 African Arts Magazine, Summer 2008, vol.41, “Sufi Sheikhs, Sheikhas, and Saints of the Sudan”, UCLA, USA
2006 Qantara magazine, Institut du Monde Arabe, “Le Soudan mystique”, France
2006 Church Times, “Sudan’s man of courage”, UK
2005 Artfides, “24 Hours in The Life Of The Catholic Church”, Germany, Ethiopia
2005 Africultures, l’Harmattan, “Parfums de femmes / Sudanese Women”, France
2005 MEED, Middle East Economical Digest, “Dragon on the Nile / Merowe Dam Sudan”, DUBAI
2005 The Independent Magazine, “Islamic World & Sudan”, UK
2004 Kegan Paul publisher, Sudan Handbook, UK
2004 Polo Quarterly, “A tradition continues, Polo in Khartoum”, UK