SWANA Chronicles

Category: Multidisciplinary
  • Houria Mosbah

    Houria Mosbah is an Algerian artist whose multidisciplinary work spans music, photography, art direction, and design. Her artistic journey is rooted in Algiers, grounding her work in personal narratives that explore broader themes such as cultural identity, nostalgia, and the everyday paradoxes of Algerian life. Her projects, including the photography series Dolce Wa Banana and her clothing…

  • Soukaina Joual

    Soukaina Joual is a Moroccan multi-disciplinary artist born in 1990, graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan, Morocco in 2011. Her various works showcase an interest in how one’s body can translate and reflect various tensions, dynamics and differences. She usually focuses on the body from different perspectives: how it changes, its’…

  • 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…

  • Malak Elghuel

    Malak Elghuel is a Libyan artist based between Dubai and London, whose multidisciplinary practice centers around the examination of social changes in the Mena region, particularly her home country. Using time as a measure of change, an invisible vessel for documentation, and a medium, Malak’s research-intensive process explores culture and human behavior during periods of…

  • Diana Habashneh

    Diana Habashneh is a versatile visual artist whose journey spans multiple disciplines. Transitioning from advertising and graphic design to the tech sector, Diana eventually pursued her passion for fine art, culminating in the completion of her MFA degree. This diverse background has equipped her with both technical expertise and theoretical understanding, enabling her to convey…

  • Yara Said

    Yara Said is an Amsterdam-based multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into the profound connections between sound, emotions, and visual aesthetics. With a keen focus on daily encounters, identity politics, and the representation of experiences, Yara’s artistic practice intertwines feminist theories with the exploration of sonic flows.Central to Yara’s work is the creation of a political…

  • Nasrin Abu Baker

    Nasrin Abu Baker is a multifaceted artist who works with various media, such as installations, paintings, and video art. Her artistic expression is influenced by her use of diverse materials, such as ready-made objects, industrial materials, textiles, tar, threads, wood, photographs, lighting, and more. Her works invite the viewers to enter a unique world that…

  • Joyce Dallal

    Joyce Dallal is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Her work encompasses a variety of media from small prints and paintings to large installations and public art. The themes that surface in her work are those of collective and personal history, migration, memory, and the evolution of contemporary cultural identity. A first-generation American born…

  • Wasma Al Agha

    (1954 – 2015) Born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1954, the esteemed artist Wasma Al-Agha graced the world with her creative spirit. As the wife of fellow artist Mahoud Ahmed, she embarked on a lifelong journey that left an indelible mark on the realm of Iraqi art. Her early years were devoted to education; in Baghdad,…

  • Leila Bakouche

    Leila Bakouche, born in Algiers in 1992, is a multidisciplinary artist with a deep passion for cities, architecture, and the intricate details that define spaces and identities. Growing up near the Mediterranean, she was influenced by the Ottoman and Haussmannian architectural styles. Her love for cities was cultivated throughout her life, leading her to specialize…

  • Leïla Menchari

    ( 1927 – 2020)A Tunisian designer and decorator. Menchari was born in Tunis in 1927. Her father was a lawyer and her mother, Habiba Menchari, was known for her lectures on female empowerment. As a teenager, she met Jean and Violet Henson, who introduced Menchari to horticulture and helped her meet artists such as Man…

  • Rania Atef

    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…

  • Lara Baladi

    Lara Baladi is an Egyptian-Lebanese artist, archivist and educator recognized internationally for her multidisciplinary works. Her artistic practice spans from photography, video, sculpture to architecture and multi-media installations. Informed by critical investigations into historical archives and the study of popular visual culture, Baladi’s work questions the theoretical divide between myth, memory, socio-political narratives and the…

  • Lina Osama

    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…

  • Yasmine El Meleegy

    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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