Category: Countries
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(b.1967, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain) Ghada Khunji is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design and the International Center of Photography’s Documentary Program, both in New York. She started her career in the early nineties as a freelance photographer in the fashion industry in New York City, and spent two years as a research…
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Huda Lutf (b. Cairo, 1947) is a cultural, gender historian by professional training whose work in the field of the visual arts translates these affiliations in multiple complex ways. In 1983, she received her PhD in Arab Muslim Cultural History from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. A self-trained artist, Lutfi, began her practice during the mid-1990s,…
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Lina Osama (b. 1986, Cairo) is a figurative painter based in Cairo. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek and studied at the Salzburg Academy of Fine Arts in Austria from 2006-2009. She has shown her work in many solo shows in Cairo as well as participated in many international…
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Egyptian artist Mai Refky holds a Bachelor degree in painting from Helwan University’s Fine Arts in Cairo (1998), as well as her studies of Islamic art and architecture at the American University in Cairo (1999-2000). She also holds a Traditional Islamic Arts and Crafts Diploma from Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo (2013 –…
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Mariem Abutaleb is a lettering artist and graphic designer who is based in Cairo, Egypt. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from AUC, the American University in Cairo. Mariem believes in the power of writing as a visual language in delivering messages. Therefore, her work crystallizes the Arabic lettering as a strong expressive…
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Marianne Fahmy (b. 1992) is an Egyptian artist living and working in Alexandria, Egypt, whose works span film and installation. She earned her BA in Painting from Alexandria’s Fine Arts University, before joining the MASS Alexandria independent art program in 2016. Fahmy’s work has previously been shown at the Sharjah Bienniale (2023), the 7th Yokohama…
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Mona Marzouk was born in Alexandria (Egypt), and recently moved to Helsinki, Finland. She graduated in 1996 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany. A painter and sculptor, her work has often taken the form of large site-specific murals sometimes incorporating animations. Marzouk has shown her work in solo exhibitions at Villa Romana,…
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Nada Elkalaawy (b.1995, Alexandria) is an Egyptian artist living and working in London. She holds an MFA in Painting from the Slade School of Fine Art (2018) and BA in Fine Art from Kingston University (2016). She is predominantly a painter, but also works with drawing, animation, and tapestry. Elkalaawy recently had solo shows at…
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Nadia Mounier (b.1988, Cairo) is a visual artist working with photography and video. Her work is interested in representations of the self by exploring aspects of privacy, censorship, digital stagings, and body performance within the public and private spheres. As a cultural practitioner for the last 10 years, she is passionate about modes of collaboration,…
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Born in Alexandria (Egypt). An Abstract artist with a bachelor’s degree of Fine Arts (Interior Design), Alexandria University in 2005. She has exhibited her art works in Alexandria, Abu Dhabi, Ajman & Dubai in multiple group exhibitions, such as ‘In Resident’ Exhibition after 3 months of art residency in Manarat Al Saadiyat January 2020, “Maheera”…
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Weaam El Masry is an Egyptian, Cairo-Dubai based, multi-award winning visual artist. She holds a PH.D. in media art from the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University. She is currently working as a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts & Design, MSA University. She is a curator and co-founder of Easel and Camera contemporary art…
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Yasmine El Meleegy (*1991) lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. She studied at the University of Helwan in Cairo from 2008 to 2013, where she graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts in 2013. In 2014, she received her diploma in MultiMedia from Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Nîmes, France. In 2016, she participated…
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Yasmine El Hazek (b. 1989) based in Egypt, she attended many art programs around the world and received her masters in visual arts in Florence, Italy. Starting her career from a young age, El Hazek has developed a keen interest in people, and devoted her continuous artistic experimentations to portraying them. Stimulated by all the…
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Dina Fahmy El Rouby is an Egyptian-Spanish conceptual artist, art writer, entrepreneur, and cultural ambassador. Her work transcends borders, capturing the essence of her Egyptian heritage and Spanish influence while engaging with modern digital art trends. Dina’s diverse portfolio spans multiple mediums, including watercolor, mixed media, Arabic calligraphy, and digital art. She has gained international…
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Golrokh Nafisi (b. 1981, Isfahan, Iran) is a visual artist based between Amsterdam and Tehran. Graduate of Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam 2010-2014, from 2000-2005, she studied design at Art University of Tehran. Her main artistic practice is to imagine alternative ways of both counting time and locating ourselves; shaping a new imagination for calendars as…