Engy Mohsen Sarhan is an artist and curator who lives and works between Zürich and Cairo. In her work, she examines notions of ‘participation’ and ‘collectivity’ by creating frameworks that invite non-artists and artists to think about how spaces can be organized to include the ‘other’. While spatial thinking remains at the core of her interdisciplinary practice, she works—solo and collaboratively—with publishing as a central structure and conversation as a primary medium. Mohsen is one of the five founding members of K-oh-llective, an artist group that runs an online platform that provides resources and facilitates conversations between art practitioners in Arabic-speaking countries.
She was the artist-in-residence at Art Omi: Artists, New York, 2022, at Rote Fabrik, Zürich, 2021, and forthcoming at Singapore Art Museum, 2024. She is the recipient of many production grants; AFAC Visual Arts Grant, Mophradat Artists Grant, Visual Arts: A Flourishing Field Grant, Pro Helvetia’s Parallel Sphere, Warehouse421’s Project Revival Fund, Art Jameel Research and Practice Grant, among others. She was previously part of Artists for Artists (AfA) Masterclass: Radical Care, MASS Alexandria, Roznama Studio Program, and School of Commons. Currently, she is pursuing a master’s degree in Transdisciplinary Studies at Zürich University of the Arts. Her ongoing research centers around mapping the knowledge flows that shape independent art schools and pedagogical approaches, with a particular focus on language and individuals’ movements that shape knowledge within the realms of art education, practice, and research.
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