Category: Sculpture
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Esraa Elfeky (born. 1989) is an Egyptian multimedia artist working with video, sculpture, drawing, sound, and installation. Her work unearths the complex relationships that exist between the natural world, the body, time, and the urban environment. For the past five years, Elfeky has navigated themes such as the apocalypse, decay, and resurrection as an ongoing…
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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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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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Born in 1984 in Iran, Sara Rahanjam is a distinguished sculptor who has carved her path through the world of contemporary Iranian art. In 2007, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Sculpture from the Fine Art department at Tehran University, establishing a solid foundation for her artistic journey. Sara’s artistic endeavors have been marked by…
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Born in 1991, Aya Abu Ghazaleh is a Visual Artist and Art Therapist, with a BA in Visual Arts and a Professional Diploma in Art Therapy from The University of Jordan, erasmus+ programme. Her work interest explores the intersection of nature and memory, family archives, sustainability, and the use of digital tools. She believes that…
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Aseel AlYaqoub is an artist, researcher and writer based in Kuwait. Her artistic practice revolves around the intricate interplay of geographic identities, collective memories, and socio-political hierarchies. She draws from an ever-expanding repertoire of references to meticulously investigate the diverse perspectives on identity, culture and nation that arise from forgotten narratives, colonial documents and alternative…
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Born and raised in Australia, Andrea Nassar moved to Beirut to pursue a degree in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut. After over 15 years of working in corporate and print design, and with numerous works recognized in various international design publications, she returned to her initial love for creating objects and working…
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Manar Ali Hassan is a multidisciplinary artist and curator who blurs artistic boundaries by merging diverse mediums such as painting, sculpture, digital art, and immersive installations. With a Master of Visual Arts from ALBA, she explores social and philosophical related themes and their intersection with art and technology. As a curator, she bridges contemporary and…
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Born in 1973 in Meknes (Morocco). Lives and works in Marrakech. Ghizlane Sahli embroiders, sculpts and draws. She tells of an interior and organic journey, carried by a universal dimension. With the help of ancestral techniques and the know-how of the women artisans who surround her, she develops her contemporary ideas. Together, they create three-dimensional…
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Artist statement: The history of my practice is overwhelmingly informed by my status as a hybrid migrant, a condition associated with second generation migrants. My father is Syrian, my mother Swiss and I was born in Morocco. I am therefore African .The transient nature of my evolution as a person and as an artist opened…
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Khadija El Abyad is multidisciplinary visual artist, born in 1991 in Agadir. She is a graduate of the Institut National des Beaux Arts, (Tétouan 2017) and holder of a Master’s degree in Cultural and Artistic Engineering at FLSH Ben M’Sik (Casablanca 2019). Her plastic practice is essentially built around BODY SCREENS in various dimensions: the…
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Faten Nastas Mitwasi was born in 1975 in Bethlehem. She was inspired by her father, Fawzy Nastas, a prolific sculptor. She received an MFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 2011. She started working at Dar Annadwa Cultural Center in 1998 as the art coordinator, curating exhibitions and organizing courses. She…
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Engy Omara, born in Alexandria 1993, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sculpture Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University 2017, she was registered as a master’s researcher at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University. Omara is passionate about primitive art in general, considering it one of the most significant cultural heritages. This belief is…
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Few artists understand metamorphosis as keenly as Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan. Long invested in interrogating the gender-biased customs that impact the condition of women in Saudi Arabia, Al Dowayan is a sensitive yet critical witness to the cultural metamorphosis engulfing the Kingdom. Her practice, formally speaking, regularly shifts and evolves—from the assertive black and…