SWANA Chronicles

Category: Egypt
  • Caitlin Abadir-Mullally

    Caitlin Abadir-Mullally is a Coptic-American installation and social practice artist based in Philadelphia. As an artist and archivist who works in digital preservation, they are curious about the movement of information and how much or little control we have over what is remembered or forgotten. Through sculpture and relationship building, their work debates the fragileness…

  • Amany Adel

    Amany Adel, born in 1992, is an Egyptian documentary filmmaker, photographer, and podcast producer based in Amman, Jordan. She graduated from both the Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Jesuit Film School in Alexandria. Amany’s passion lies in the archive and Oral History, which she believes are vital sources for documenting heritage…

  • Nagat Farouk

    Nagat Farouk, is an Egyptian artist graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Helwan University in 1987 and subsequently earned both her Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Art Education from the same institution. She has showcased her work in various solo exhibitions, including those at the Gezira Arts Center, the Egyptian Opera House,…

  • Hanan Youssef

    Hanan Youssef is an artist who comes from an architectural background. She found herself immersed in drawing and painting at a young age, and as such decided to turn her passion into her career. As any experienced artist, Hanan has taken part in many workshops both in Egypt and abroad. Furthermore, she has held her…

  • Elham Khattab

    Elham Khattab is an arts manager, curator, and researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of art and technology, aiming to support and promote under-recognized artists in Egypt and North Africa. In her early career as a fine arts graduate, Khattab concentrated on contemporary art in her curatorial work. During this period, she founded Out…

  • Ruwan Hamdy

    Ruwan Hamdy (b. 1995) an architect and interdisciplinary artist based in Alexandria. She works primarily with photography , mixed media and space intervention. Broadly, she’s interested in the intersection of architecture, art and design. Her work tends to question the unwritten rules that shape our perceptions and inform our behavior in the spaces we navigate.…

  • Nahla Darwish

    Nahla Darwish, an Alexandrian artist born in 1995, obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in 2018. She has been an active participant in numerous art exhibitions and events, including Luxor Symposium 13, Agenda Exhibition, the 15th session of the Youth Salon, “Blue” at arcade gallery, “Poultry” at arcade gallery, Women in Khan Magrabe, and…

  • Fatma Fahmy

    Fatma Fahmy is an independent visual storyteller based in Cairo, Egypt. She earned her B.A. degree in Chemical Engineering from Cairo University in 2013. Her work focuses on environmental concerns and social issues influenced by factors such as the environment and migration. Her work has been showcased at festivals and venues worldwide, including the Photography…

  • Amina Kadous

    Amina Kadous (1991-) is a visual artist and an award winning photographer based in Cairo, Egypt. Her work tackles concepts of memory and identity. A linkage between the past and present. She believes a photograph is an object that holds memories and meanings, keepsakes that give life. Kadous’s work has been exhibited widely in many…

  • Ghida Ashraf

    Ghaida Ashraf was born in 1994 and lives and works in Alexandria. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts from Alexandria University in 2017. Ghaida’s graduation project was hosted by L’Atelier D’Alexandrie In 2016. She has also joined a year-long educational program at MASS Alexandria academy under the supervision of artist Wael Shawky, where…

  • Marian Beshara

    Marian Beshara is a fine artist born, raised, and based in Cairo, Egypt. Marian received her fine arts bachelor’s degree from Helwan University in Zamalek in 1993. She displayed her artworks in multiple local exhibitions. For instance, she participated in the 43rd General Exhibition, the Art Week 2022. Also, she participated in international symposiums and…

  • Aya Tarek

    Born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1989, Aya Tarek is a painter, and a multidisciplinary artist with an exciting portfolio of diverse art projects, feature films, and art collaborations that draw international acclaim in major cities from Sao Paulo to Frankfurt. Experimentation is at the forefront of Tarek’s current artistic endeavors. Through innovative mediums such as…

  • Nada Hafez

    Nada Hafez is an Egyptian artist working mainly in visual fine arts.  She holds a bachelors degree in fine arts from the American University in Cairo along with a semester in Parsons school of design Paris in painting and drawing. Art has always been a passion however, in 2019 after working in the IT industry for…

  • Mona Heikal

    Mona was born in Beheira Governorate (Egypt), and her childhood was simple, which crystallized with her going to the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek in Cairo and living alone during that period, where she began to see herself and the surrounding world in a different, confrontational way. After Mona finished her academic studies and…

  • Mona Kandeil

    Artistic inspiration began at an early age for Mona Kandeil. Throughout her life, Mona has always been fascinated by colors and painting. The interest developed when she studied art in addition to her main study in English literature. Mona found her passion rooted in art that consists of historical events twisted with modern based elements…

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