Education
2021 BEYOND THE “NEW-NORM” online program masterclass in filmmaking and media arts, organized by Arab Media Lab, Morocco.
2018/19 MASS Alexandria independent study program for contemporary arts, Alexandria, Egypt.
2018 Roznama Studio Program, Organized by Medrar for contemporary art in collaboration with D-CAF.
2011 Bachelor of Arts with high honors, Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Cairo.
Residencies, Grants, and Prizes
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
2022 “When Worlds Evaporate” at The Other Room, Cairo, Egypt
Group exhibitions
2023 Film screening at Zawya Cinema Shorts, Cairo, Egypt.
2023 Film screening at GABES CINEMA FEN festival 2023, Gabes, Tunisia
2023 Film screening Arab media lab film premier, Arab media lab, Marrakesh, Morocco.
2023 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.
2022 “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.
2021 "Recto & Verso" exhibition curated by Katherine Behar.
2021 “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"
2021 Roznama 8 exhibition curated by Narimane Abou Elseoud, CIC, Cairo, Egypt.
2021 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.
2020 "Quarantined" virtual exhibition organized by Lila Arman and Yosra El-Mallah, supported by Goethe – Institut Alexandria, Egypt.
2020 “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.
2019 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.
2019 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.
2019 The 29th letter of the Alphabet exhibition organized by Art D’Égypte, Tamara building, Cairo, Egypt.
2019 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.
2019 Roznama 7 exhibition, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2018 Cairo art fair, Art smart gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2018 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
2016 Roznama 5 Competition, Mashrabia Gallery, Egypt
2016 Shifting borders, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Poland
2016 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
2014 Mohamed Abla Painting Award, Cairo Opera House, Egypt
2013 The 23rd Youth Salon, Palace of Arts at Cairo Opera House, Egypt
2013 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.
Workshops
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).
2009 Media art workshop-machinima, Faculty of Art Education at Helwan University.
2007/8 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