Category: Egypt
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Mai Koraiem was born in Alexandria on May 5, 1980. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, specializing in the Painting Department, in 2003, marking the start of her art journey. In 2013, Mai began her comics career and, in 2015, she published her first graphic novel, “When the Gods Gave Up on Kavafis.”…
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Azza Ezzat (B. 1980) is a Cairo based visual artist, with a background in architecture. She is interested in urban observations and detecting human traces in the built environment. Between the planning of the formal city and the reactions of informal communities, Ezzat searches for hidden cities that are built by impressions, memories and ever…
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(1919 – 2002) Zeinab Abd al-Hamid was an Egyptian artist known for her color saturated paintings of Egyptian cities.Abd al-Hamid used an array of media, from watercolors to oils. While art historians struggled to place her works in a single art movement, the general consensus is that her paintings are part of the Egyptian modernist…
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( 1919 – 2003) Tahia Halim was born in Cairo while her primary education took place inside the Royal Palace where she was raised, as her father was the chief laureate of King Fouad. In high school she took two years off to learn French, piano and painting under the stewardship of Youssef Taraboulsi, under…
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(1925 – 2004) Born in 1925 as the middle child in a family of seven sisters and two brothers, Menhat Allah Helmy stood out among her siblings through her artistic talent. She graduated with distinction from Cairo’s High Institute of Pedagogic Studies for Art in 1949 and earned her a government scholarship three years later—just…
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Nevine Farghaly is an Egyptian artist. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Applied Arts (1997) as well as both a master’s degree (2001) and a PhD (2007) from Helwan University where she is currently a professor. Farghaly produces work on various scales, small works that include tens of intricate pieces are not…
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(1930 – 2010) An Egyptian artist and art professor specializing in printed design. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo in 1954 and her Master of Fine Arts in graphic printing 1957 from the University of Southern California. Beginning in 1958, Aleem taught printmaking at the Faculty of Fine…
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(1908 – 1977) Nakhla, a pioneering Egyptian artist, faced gender-based barriers early in her education but persevered to make significant contributions to the art world. Born at a time when attending the Egyptian School of Fine Arts was restricted for her gender, she instead attended an all-girls school operated by nuns and taught in French.…
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(1924 – 1989) Inji was born into a wealthy family from Cairo’s francophone aristocracy on April 16, 1924. She received a strict Catholic education prior to studying at the Lycée Français in Cairo where she was first introduced to Marxism. Inji began painting from a young age and was a member of the influential Art…
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(1925 – 2021) Gazbia Sirry, born in Cairo in 1925, emerged as a prominent Egyptian artist, leaving an indelible mark on the art world over a career spanning six decades. Initially studying fine arts at the Higher Institute of Art Education for Women Teachers in 1950, she later became a professor at the institute and…
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Effat Naghi was born into an aristocratic family in Alexandria. Her brother was the great artist Mohamed Naghi, who was twenty years her senior. Naghi was tutored at home and in her early years traveled to Europe several times with her father. When Mohamed Naghi realised that his sister possessed artistic talents, he began to…
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(1913 – 1968) An Egyptian painter and designer who lived most of her adult life in Alexandria, Egypt. Early life and education Badaro was born in Cairo in 1913, on the island of Zamalek. After the death of her Greek mother, her father, who was a lawyer and businessman, took his two daughters, Jeanne and…
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(1947 – 2015) Asma el Bakry was born in Cairo to an aristocratic and community-oriented family. Her maternal grandfather, Sakakini Pasha, is known to have established the Sakakini quarter in El Zaher district in Cairo, the Roman Catholic Patriarchate in Faggala and the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Old Cairo. She moved to Alexandria, however, as…
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Malak Shenouda is a curator based in Egypt. Most recently, Shenouda joined ALDAU Development in 2022 as curator and head of arts and events for the establishment of their new subsidiary ADD Art. Before that she acted as executive director and cultural programs head at the art consultancy Art D’Egypte for five years. She’s had…
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Rania Atef is a visual artist and researcher living in Cairo, Egypt. She holds a BA degree in Applied Arts from Helwan University (Egypt), was enrolled in TASAWAR curatorial studies program (Tunis), and participated in MASS Alexandria’s independent studio and study program(Alexandria). She is a co-founder K-oh-llective, an online platform that provides resources and facilitates…