EDUCATION
2020-21 TASAWAR curatorial studies, Tunisia.
2018-19 MASS Alexandria program in contemporary arts, Alexandria, Egypt.
2011 Bachelor Degree in product design - faculty of Applied Arts.
GRANTS/ AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2023 Building Beyond Mentorship Award | Prince Claus | The Netherlands.
2023 Gypsum Bursaries - pilot program | Gypsum gallery | Cairo (EG).
2022 100 Artists Grant |
Artlink in partnership with the Sudkulturfonds| Swizterland
2021 SEED Award | Prince Clause Awards.
2021 Pro Helvetia | Research residency | Switzerland.
2021 Roznama 8 | British Council prize | Egypt.
2020 Mophradat self-organization.
2020 AFAC - Arab fund for arts and culture | support artist fund.
2020 BOZAR | Beethoven: A World Theatre production grant, Brussels, Belgium.
2020 Warehouse421 | project revival fund, UAE.
2020 Artist At Work | Production grant, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine.
2020 Mother Art Prize | Shortlist, London, UK.
2019 Gender Bender Grant | Goethe-Institute / Max Mueller Bhavan and Sandbox Collective, Bangalore, India.
2019 Culture Resource | Wijhat International mobility fund for artists and cultural actors.
2019 Roberto Cimetta fund | Biennale Warszawa.
2019 Dutch Embassy in Cairo | Travel Grant.
2017 ARIM residency (Online residency) | Amsterdam.
ART EVENTS/ TALKS
2022 Particpated (as Kohllective) in Rehearsing Hospitalities 4, Helsinki (Finland).
2019 Artist Talk at The Jordan national gallery of fine arts, Amman, Jordan.
2019 Participating in Biennale Warsaw - Public Program, Poland.
2019 Participating as an artist correspondent for QAYYEM - Program in curatorial research, by MASS Alexandria ,MMAG Foundation and Atelier Kissaria, in collaboration with the Allianz Cultural Foundation and the Goethe-Institut Alexandria, Amman, Jordan.
2019 Artist Talk at AdelheidZina Artspace in Collaboration with Dutch Culture in Amsterdam, NL.
2019 Artist talk at Upominki in collaboration with M/OTHER VOICES, Rotterdam, NL.
2018 Participated in Tashweesh Festival funded by Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
GROUP EXHIBITiONS
2023 The Educational Web | Kunstverein in Hamburg| Germany. (Upcoming)
2023 Bienalsur 2023 | (Upcoming ).
2022 Hijra screening program by Shasha, curated by Roisin Tapponi.
2022 Hijra screening program at
Musée De La Fondation Slaoui, Morocco.
2021 AL-BASIR film festival at Le 18 Marrakech Art Center, Marrakech, Morocco.
2021 About Us Festival ( collaboration with Engy Mohsen), Zurich, Switzerland.
2021 AL-BASIR film festival, at Centre d’art Vevey, Switzerland.
2021 Remote closeness at the Jordan national gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan.
2021 Alternative skies curated by Mohamed Adel Dessouki, French Institute, Alexandria, Egypt.
2021 Archive of Forgetfulness curated by
Huda Tayob, Bongani Kona and Zakiyyah Haffejee, SA.
2021 Roznama 8th edition curated by Narimane Abou Elseoud, Cairo, Egypt.
2021 Live praxes 2 on Duuu Radio, Zurich, Switzerland.
2020 Beethoven: A world Theatre by BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium.
2020 Video screening at Tetuhi Art Space, Auckland, New Zealand.
2020 LICHTBLICK video exhibition at Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany.
2020 Artist At Work group exhibition curated by Noor Abed, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine.
2019 End Of Year group exhibition curated by Wael Shawky and Berit Schuck, Alexandria, Egypt.
2019 In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts film, represented by MASS Alexandria in the public program of Les Rencontres Des Bamako, Biennale Africaine de la Photographies.
2019 Switch Contemporary video project by Triona Ryan and Harald Turek, Nenagh, Co.Tipperary, Ireland.
2019 IN/OUT Festival at the Jordan National Gallery, curated by Rocío Villalonga, Amman, Jordan.
2019 Under the Raintree Festival, Bangalore, India.
2019 Gender Bender group exhibition by Goethe-Institute / Max Mueller Bhavan and Sandbox Collective, Bangalore, India.
2019 Roznama 7th edition by Medrar, Cairo, Egypt.
2019 The wrecking and healing of postnatal body exhibition as part of "Too much here and barely-there" project by Annabel Kanaar, funded by Mondrian Fonds, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2018 My favorite things 3 group exhibition at Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2018 Petites Urbanités Libres public art exhibition, funded by the French Institute in Egypt, the French Institute in Paris, Mitchell Jr. Shipping Co., Alliance Francaise de Portsaid, and Egypt Public library, Portsaid, Egypt.
2017 Group exhibition at Yellow Umbrella for ink illustrations, Cairo, Egypt.
2017 From Rags To Riches (FRTR) Group exhibition of FRTR project, the Corner Shop in Kodak Passageway, Cairo, Egypt.
2016 From Rags To Riches (FRTR) exhibition, curated by Mashrabia Gallery, organized by Baad Elbahr, funded by the Swiss embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
2016 Log in Exhibition, Darb 1718, curated by Moataz Nasreldin, Cairo, Egypt.
WRITINGS
2022 | Squatting the Internet (as K-oh-llective) | Rehearsing Hospitalities 4 publication.
2022 |
How Do You Tell a Story That Doesn’t Even Exist? | TASAWORAT.
2021 | Is there a bird that stops flying? | Archive of Forgetfulness | curated by
Huda Tayob, Bongani Kona and Zakiyyah Haffejee | South Africa.
2020 | What If Someone Makes Boats Out Of Paper Instead Of Writing On It? | Chatrooms: On Curating Spaces | ed. Engy Mohsen, Sarah Maher, Nour El Safoury, Cairo 2020. ISBN 978-977-90-7752-9.
WORKSHOPS
2021 “How to Love Many in Many Ways” - Open studio by Engy Mohsen including Bad Mother game, Rote Fabrik, Zürich.
2020 Live praxes, 2nd Edition, Cairo, Egypt
2018 Ping Pong workshops, by Azza Ezzat and Ahmed Borham- ADEF , Cairo, Egypt.
2018 Petites Urbanites Libres – by Ktha Cie (Paris), Portsaid, Egypt.
TEXT
Art
Asia pacific Almanac 2021 – Ramallah City
report written by Lara Khaldi and Amani Yacob.