Born 1979, Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Education
2020 MFA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2017 Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan, Lebanon
2003 BFA in Art Education, Helwan University, Egypt
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Les Abattoirs, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Toulouse, France
2021 Organic architecture, Osservatorio Futura, Turin, Italy
2018 Portmanteau, Letitia Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2016 Hungarian Electrographic Art Association, Budapest
2014 The Provisionary That Lasts, Medrar for Contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt
2014 AB Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
2011 Two Minutes Delay, AB Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2009 Made in China, Kasko, Basel, Switzerland (with Anastasia Katsidis)
2007 Al Qahira, Cairo Atelier, Downtown Cairo, Egypt
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Long Story Short, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2023 Whispers of Adaptation, THE UPSIDE SPACE, Singapore
2022 How to Build a City with Two Nails and a Wire, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2021 SOUTH SOUTH’s inaugural Curatorial Project I draw. Therefore I think
2021 Tangled Structures, The Factory Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2019 13th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
2018 Ashkal Alwan 25th anniversary exhibition, Beirut, Lebanon
2017 Open House, Delfina Foundation, London, U.K.
2017 Contemporary Artistic Revolutions, AUB Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2016 D-CAF Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, Cairo, Egypt
2015 HOME WORKS 7, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon
2015 What are you doing, object?, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2015 On Water, Rosemary and Mercury, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
2013 Egyptian Art Today, AB Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
2013 Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Algiers
2012 Regionale 13, Projektraum M54, Basel, Switzerland
2012 Cairo Documenta 2, Hotel Viennoise, Cairo, Egypt
2011 Beyond the Hyperreal, Articulate Baboon Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2010 Cairo Documenta 1, Hotel Viennoise, Cairo, Egypt
2010 Why Not? Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2010 Regionale 11, FABRIKculture, Hégenheim, France
2010 Regionale 11, Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg, Germany
2009 Darat al Funun, Jordan
2009 20th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2009 XIV Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Macedonia
2008 Basic Motion, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2008 100mm, Artspace Artellewa, Cairo, Egypt
2007 18th Youth Salon, Horizon One Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2007 Flaky Gallery, American University Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
2006 International Summer Academy for Fine Arts at Salzburg, Austria
2005 29th General Exhibition, Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2004 International Art Exhibition for Contemporary Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
2003 2nd Korea Biennial for Pottery, Korea
2002 14th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo
2001 13th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo
2000 2nd El Netaq, Italian Council, Cairo, Egypt
Awards
2019 13th International Cairo Biennale Prize, Cairo, Egypt
2009 Grand Prize, Youth Salon 20, Cairo, Egypt
2007 Formal Prize, Youth Salon 18 Cairo, Egypt
2007 Study Scholarship Prince Charles‘s School for Traditional Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2006 Study Scholarship, Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria
2003 Honored Prize, 2nd Korea Biennial for Pottery
Selected Art Residencies
2016 Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon
2014 ORYX Foundation, Luzern, Switzerland
2011 Rote Fabrik, Pro Helvetia, Zurich, Switzerland
2010 Delfina Foundation, London, U.K.
2010 Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland Residency, Rome, Italy
2009 Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France