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 Artist residency with Galerie Doris Ghetta, in Ortisei in the Italian Alps.
2025 AIR Artist Residency program, Krems, Austria.
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 3-month 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.
2022 Open studio “When Worlds Evaporate” at The Other Room, Cairo, Egypt
Group exhibitions
2025
Video presentation curated by Racha Khemiri, basement space at Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunisia.
"It’s Not Easy to Dream" exhibition, Medrar for Contemporary Art, Egypt.
Duo with Nadia Kaabi-Linke at the Miart fair, Milan, represented by Galleria Doris Ghetta in Italy.
Duo exhibition with Nada Baraka at Tabari Art Space, Dubai.
2024
“Air in Zuidoost” Group exhibition at CBK, Netherlands.
“Thinking like a mountain” at the 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 O'Brien, Tahrir Culture Center.
"Recto & Verso" exhibition curated by Katherine Behar.
“Alternative skies” exhibition at the Institut français d'Égypte in Alexandria during Writing the Mediterranean and Narrative Festival, curated by Mohamed Dessoki, commissioned by "The Institut français d'Égypte in 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
2025 “ON FALLEN LANDS | FINISSAGE & TALK” Esraa Elfeky in conversation with rana elnemr, Gypsum gallery, Egypt
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, an 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 Acknowledgments
Online Periodicals
2025 A Journey to the World’s Smallest Butterfly (before it goes extinct), WOMENA, by Shahd Salaheldin, 2025. Link
2025 These Egyptian Artists Are Joining Forces for an Exhibition in Dubai, by Hafsa Lodi, VOGUE ARABIA, 2025. Link
2024 'Outside the Soup': An Exploration of Imagination, Solidarity, and Otherwise World-making at W139, Metropolis m, by Thierno Deme, 2024. Link
2024 "Animals in the clouds: exploring deep-time landscape & art of the Biennale Gherdëina" recessed.space, by Will Jennings, 2024. Link
2024 "The Parliament of Marmots" Les Nouveaux Riches, by Natassa Philimonos, 2024. Link
2024 "Biennale Gherdëina in South Tyrol,In the Kingdom of the marmots" Monopol | Magazin für Kunst und Leben, by Lisa-Marie Berndt, 2024. Link
2023 "Brève suisse," in Ce sont les regardeur-euses qui font la critique, by Camille Philippon, 2023. Link
2023 “I’ve Known Rivers”: A Re-imagination of Short Film, by Shahd, Now is culture, 2023. Link2021 "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