Education

2018/19  MASS Alexandria independent study program for contemporary arts, Alexandria, Egypt.

2011      Bachelor of Arts with high honors, Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Cairo.

Residencies, Grants, and Prizes

2025 AIR Artist Residency program, Austria. (upcoming in April).

2024 Artist residency in CARAVANE OUADANE, Mauritania. 

2024 Received the second round of Wijhat travel grant, El Mawred.

2024 Artist residency program of CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2023 Received the special mention award for the short films in the 5th edition of Gabes Cinema Fen in Gabes, Tunisia.

2023 Gypsum Bursaries - pilot program, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo.

2023      Artists in Residency grant, Pro Helvetia, (Swiss Arts Council).​

2021      Artists Fellowships with Rana Elnemr funded by Mophradat (3 months paid assistantship program for young artists to work with more experienced professionals).

2020      Warehouse421 Project Revival Fund, UAE.

2020      Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, received a grant to attend the course for "Randa Mirza and Lara Tabet".

2020      The Lab at Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan. (postponed)

2016      The 25th Youth Salon Prize for Installation Art, Cairo’s Opera House

2016      Artist Residency in Poland, The Centre for Creative Activities in Ustka

2016      The Egyptian Ministry of Culture’s Travel Grant

2015      North and South Grant and Residency, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Solo exhibitions

2025 Solo exhibition with Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt. (Upcoming in April)

2022      Open studio “When Worlds Evaporate” at The Other Room, Cairo, Egypt

Group exhibitions

2025

Group exhibition with Galleria Doris Ghetta in Italy. (Upcoming in September)

Duo with Nadia Kaabi-Linke at Miart fair, Milan, represented by Galleria Doris Ghetta in Italy. (Upcoming in April)

Duo exhibition with Nada Baraka at Tabari art space, Dubai.

2024

“Air in Zuidoost” Group exhibition at CBK, Netherlands. 

“Thinking like a mountain” at GAMEC museum, Bergamo, Italy

“The parliament of marmots” the 9th biennale Gherdeina, Italy.

“Outside the soup” at W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

“ARQUIVO & PESQUISA: Relatos Sagrados" Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, Portugal.

Film screening at MENA Film Festival, in Vancouver, Canada.

2023

Film screening at Zawya Cinema Shorts, Cairo, Egypt.

Film screening at GABES CINEMA FEN festival 2023, Gabes, Tunisia

Film screening Arab Media Lab Film Premier, Arab media lab, Marrakesh, Morocco.

Film screening, switchboard project, Cairo, Egypt.

2022

“Where do we go from here? Possible Futures” exhibition, curated by Marwa Benhalim as part of the TASAWAR curatorial studies program, Bir Lahjar, Tunis.

“Dy-Sync 17” screening, Curated by Ahmed Refaat at CIC, Cairo, Egypt.

2021     

10th CVF “Cairo video festival”, a program selected by Ruairi Obrien, Tahrir Culture Center.

"Recto & Verso" exhibition curated by Katherine Behar.

“Alternative skies” exhibition at the Institut français d'Égypte an Alexandria during Writing the Mediterranean and Narrative Festival, curated by Mohamed Dessoki, commissioned by "The Institut français d'Égypte an Alexandria"

Roznama 8 exhibition curated by Narimane Abou Elseoud, CIC, Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt International Art Fair, Dusit Thani Lakeview Cairo, presented by Medrar for contemporary art.

2020

Film Screening in Papatunga Gallery for Contemporary Art, curated by James Tapsell-Kururangi Auckland, New Zealand.

"Quarantined" virtual exhibition organized by Lila Arman and Yosra El-Mallah, supported by Goethe – Institut Alexandria, Egypt.

“No ISBN” - a project by Bernhard Cella, MMAG Foundation, Amman, Jordan.

2019     

End-of-year MASS exhibition curated by Wael Shawky and Berit Schuck, Alexandria, Egypt.

The 12th edition of the Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography with the participation of a group project from MASS students, curated by Aziza Harmel, Bamako, Mali.

No ISBN, a project by Bernhard Cella, part of the exhibition "How to Maneuver: Shape-Shifting Texts and Other Publishing Tactics" curated by Kayfa Ta, Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 

The 29th Letter of the Alphabet exhibition was organized by Art D’Égypte, Tamara building, Cairo, Egypt. 

No ISBN, a project by Bernhard Cella, part of the exhibition "How to Reappear: Through the Quivering Leaves of Independent Publishing" curated by Kayfa Ta, Beirut Art Centre, Beirut, Lebanon.    

Roznama 7 exhibition, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2018     

Cairo art fair, Art Smart Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

Roznama open studio, closing event, studio program with D-CAF, Cairo, Egypt.

2017     

Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm, Sweden

2016     

The 27th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts at Cairo’s Opera House, Egypt

Roznama 5 Competition, Mashrabia Gallery, Egypt

Shifting Borders, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Poland

The 25th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts at Cairo Opera House, Egypt

 2014     

The 25th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts at Cairo Opera House, Egypt

Mohamed Abla Painting Award, Cairo Opera House, Egypt

2013     

The 23rd Youth Salon, Palace of Arts at Cairo Opera House, Egypt

Bearing Witness, Medrar for Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

2010     

The Solous Irish / Arabian Avant-Garde film, Mermaid Arts Centre, Ireland

2009     

Pick 4, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

Talks

2024  ”Paper and Performance” Talk at CIC, Cairo, Egypt. 

2023  Moderate a talk titled “Art and the Anthropocene”, as part of the Rozanama 9 parallel program, at Tahrir Culture Center, AUC, Cairo, Egypt. 

2023  "Alternative art education programs: MASS ALEX - STUDIO KHANA - ROZNAMA STUDIO" Talk moderated by Hana El-Beblawy, Ard institution.

2020  "Quarantined” Talk moderated by Nour El Safoury, Guest Esraa Elfeky, Mina Yousry, and Saad Denwer.

2016  “Roznama 5” Talk, Cairo, Egypt.

 Workshops

2024     Guest lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna for running a workshop.

2023     Extended Ecologies, the program between Medrar (Cairo) and Critical Media Lab (Basel).

2021      BEYOND THE “NEW-NORM” online program masterclass in filmmaking and media arts, organized by Arab Media Lab, Morocco. 

2021      Creative Impact Lab Cairo, online creative exchange by Zero1 Lab supported by the US Embassy, Cairo, the workshop is led by interdisciplinary artist Katherine Behar. 

2019      Politics of listening, sound workshop by Joe Namy, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2017      Embroidery In Colors by Julie De Pierrepont, Soma Art, Cairo, Egypt.

2012      Bearing Witness, Medrar for Contemporary Art, Egypt.

2010      Open Lab Egypt (an interactive art workshop), Rooftop Studio (now, Medrar).

2007/8/9   Media art Workshop-video art, Faculty of Art Education at Helwan University.

Media and Press Acknowledgements

Online Periodicals

2021      "The 3-day effect": Rana Elnemr in conversation with Esraa Elfeky” Sumac space. Link

2021      “Roznama 8: Art at the end of the world” by Ismail Fayed, Mada Masr. Link

2016 “Young Egyptian artists display creative versatility in expanded Roznama” by Soha Elsirgany, Ahram Online. Link

2014      “The Youth Salon: Bold, ambitious, too big” by Sama Waly, Taha Belal, and Jenifer Evans, Mada Masr.

Print Media

2020      The Arabic edition book of "NO-ISBN- On self-publishing” co-published by Salon fur Kunstbuch & Kayfa ta.

2010      “Thawret EL LooooL” (pages 42, 64, 71, 79). Link