Education
1999/2004 B.A. from Faculty of Arts, Painting Department, Alexandria University.
Workshops & residences
2006
Sally and Lucas Artists Residency Program, Montalvo Arts Center, California, USA
Artist in residence, F+F School for Art and Media Design, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
AIWA, International Artists Workshop, Aley, Lebanon [Catalogue]
Solo Shows
2007
15 Minutes of Acting as if I'm in My House, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2006
15 Minutes of Acting as if I'm in My House, Oberwellt, Stuttgart, Germany
2002
Mashrabia Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cairo
Selected group exhibitions & projects
2007
"All clear" curated by Hemma Schmutz, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Call for Job, "? No Condition is Permanent?", curated by Rayelle Niemann, Makan, Amman, Jordan
Re/Arranged Marriage # 1, California, "Out of Place", Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2006
Wikislamkitsch, "1st Biennial of the Canaries", curated by Antonio Zaya, Canary Islands, Spain [Catalogue]
My House is my studio and my studio is my house, "Actual Position-2", curated by Helen Hirsch, Kulturzentrum NAIRS, Switzerland
San Simon re-construction, 5th artistic bridge, Hermitage Park, la source du lion, Casablanca, Morocco [Catalogue]
I Love my Pillow, "PRASENTATIONEN DER PROGR_AIR", PROGR-zentrum fur kulturproduktion, Bern, Switzerland
2005
I am not here, here I am, "Actual Position", curated by Helen Hirsch, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt
Autoportrait of three artists after talking until dawn, "INSULARITIES", (curated by Elke Dem Moore), Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany. (In collaboration with Sylvia Winkler & Stefan Koperl)
2004
Autoportrait of three artists after talking until dawn, "Dar Al Hewar/3", Goethe institute Cairo/Alexandria, Egypt. (In collaboration with Sylvia Winkler & Stefan Koperl) [Catalogue]
Two Single Rooms,"NOUBAR/2 project", (curated by Stefania Angarano), Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt. (With Pascal Favre) [Catalogue]
2003
She Likes Cairo and Cairo..."15th Salon Of Young Artists", Palace Of Arts Gallery, Cairo, Egypt [Catalogue]
Little Boy's Gift," The Group Exhibition", Mashrabia Gallery Of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
"Black And White", Goethe Institute, Alexandria, Egypt
2001
"2nd NITAQ", organised by galleries of contemporary art, Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt
Prizes & grants
2006
Residency grant, Pro Helvitia, (Swiss Arts Council)
2004
Project grant, Pro Helvitia, (Swiss Arts Council)
2003
The Honorary Prize for the project, She Likes Cairo, And Cairo..."15th Salon of Young Artists", Palace of Arts Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Catalogues & books
2006
1st Canary Islands Biennale, catalogue
The Active Artist, FAHRT publication no 2, Ed Omar Alessandro, Switzerland
"A:IWA-Artists International Workshop Aley 2005"
2005
"NOUBAR-projects 2004", Ed Stefania Angarano, Mashrabia gallery editions
2004
"Autoportrait of three artists after talking until dawn" catalogue
Selected bibliography
2007
Wolfgang Richter, "Bilder statt Politik", Drehpunktkultur, Jul 19
"Unter der Verfuhrungsschicht", SVZ Salzburger Volkszeitung, Jul 19
Sabine B. Vogel, «Alles klar?» im Kunstverein, Kunstbulletin, Sep
Kira Shewfelt, "Public, private and all the spaces in between", The Dailey Star Egypt, Feb 28
Nevine Lamei, "Territoires reconquis", Al Ahram Hebdo, no 650
Anjali Gupta, "A Tale of Two Cities...or How I Learned To Love West Nile Virus", Glasstire, Jan
2006
Bassam El Baroni," MKMAEL has just joined the room", Bidoun, issue 9
Alfred Borter, "Zurich als Quelle der Inspiration", Zurcher Unterlander,18. Feb, ++ Mitelland Zeitung, 27. Feb, ++ Zurichsee-Zeitungen, 3 March
2005
Dina Kabil, "Brassage d'identite", Al Ahram Hebdo, no 584
kaelen Wilson-Goldie, "Aiwa! Artists head for higher ground", THE DAILY STAR, no 11,814
2004
Dina Kabil, "Chambres avec veues", Al Ahram Hebdo, no 526
Aida Nasr, "On the Move", Egypt Today, VOLUM 6, no 10
2003
Richard Woffenden, "Best of Arts" Cairo times, volum 7, issue 17
2002
Francesca Sullivan, "Mahmoud Khaled", Egypt's Insight, volum 6, no 10
Nevine Lamei, "Changements de Lieu", Al Ahram hebdo, no 422
Richard Woffenden, "Landscape with the Difference", Cairo Times, volum 6, issue 29
2001 Fatma Aly, "Artists in nitaq", Al kahira, no 52
Lectures / talks / presentations
2006
"Artist Talk", American Cultural Center, Alexandria, Egypt, December
"The Document as Image and Space", Montalvo Arts Center, California, USA, September
"The Artist and The Image Between The Presentation and Re-Presentation" CIC/Contemporary Image Center, Cairo, Egypt, May
"Artist Talk", F+F School for Media Arts & Design, Zurich, Switzerland, February