1982: Born in Alexandria, Lives and Works in Alexandria, Egypt.
Education: 1999/2004: B.A, Faculty of Arts, Painting Department, Alexandria University.
Residences:
2010: BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK. -AIM Program, Bronx Museum, New York, U.S.A.
2009: Hangar, Visual Arts Production Center, Barcelona, Spain.
2008: Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark. -Gasworks residency, London, England.
2006: Sally and Lucas Artists Residency Program, Montalvo Arts Center, California, U.S.A. -F+F School for Art and Media Design, Zurich, Switzerland.
2005: AIWA, International Artists Workshop, Aley, Lebanon. [Catalogue]
Solo Shows:
2010: I Never Wanted to Be Alone in a Room, BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art (project space), Gatshead, UK.
2008: Mkmael Stories – An Image passionate, Makan, Amman, Jordon.
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:
2010:Call for Job, “Overtime Work”, curated by Elmas Deniz, AAS/SM, Izmir, Turkey. - Safety Zoom, “Anew Formalism”, curated by Hassan Khan, Art Dubai 2010, Dubai. [Catalogue] - CAMARADERIE, “Invisible Presence” curated by Stefania Angarano, Samaaa Khana, Cairo, Egypt. [Catalogue]
2009: Indicated By Signs, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany. [Catalogue] - Safty Zoom, “Trapped in Amber”, curated by Bassam El Baroni & Helga-Marie Nordby, UKS, Oslo, Norway. [Catalogue]
2008: Thanks 4 the ad/d, “PhotoCairo 4 - The Long Shortcut”, curated by Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary art, Cairo, Egypt. [Catalogue] - Wikislamkitsch #2, “Biacs3”, curated by Peter Wible, CAAC, Seville, Spain. [Catalogue] - As if you weren’t in your won House, “TALES AROUND THE PAVEMENT – chapter two”, curated by Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt.
2007: “All clear” curated by Hemma Schmutz, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria. - Call for Job, “? No Condition is Permanent?”, curated by Rayelle Niemann, Amman, Jordan. - Re/Arranged Marriage # 1, California, “Out of Place”, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2006: Wikislamkitsch #1, “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. - 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.
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]
2001:“2nd NITAQ Festuval”, organized by galleries of contemporary art, Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt.
Prizes & Grants:
2010: Production Grant, Y.A.T.F.
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:
2009: “PhotoCairo 4 - The Long Shortcut”, Ed Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, catalog. - Trapped in Amber, Ed Bassam El Baroni, Catalog.
2008: Biacs3, catalog. -Salzburger Kunstverein magazine 12.
2006: 1st Canary Islands Biennale, catalog. - The Active Artist, FAHRT publication no 2, Ed Omar Alessandro, Switzerland. -"A:IWA-Artists International Workshop Aley 2005", catalog.
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, issue17.
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.
Selected Lectures / Talks / Presentations:
2009: “the camouflaged nature of art works in virtual and actual spaces”, Artist Talk, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon. -“Mobility and Stability, the dynamics of loosing and fining locations in an artist's career”, Cairo Residency Symposium, Rawabet theater, Cairo, EG. -“Artist Talk”, PhotoCairo 4, Rawabet theater, Cairo, EG.
2008: “Google Me”, Iniva, London, UK. - “Panel Discussion: Artistic Exchange, Can cultural distance and proximity both be advantages in the curatorial process?” The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK.
2006: ”Artist Talk”, American Cultural Center, Alexandria, Egypt. -“The Document as Image and Space”, Montalvo Arts Center, California, U.S.A. -“The Artist and The Image Between The Presentation and Re-Presentation” CIC/Contemporary Image Center, Cairo, Egypt. -“Artist Talk”, F+F School for Media Arts & Design, Zurich, Switzerland.
2005: “Autoportrait of three artists after talking until dawn” INSULARITIES, (curated by Elke Dem Moore), Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany. (In collaboration with Sylvia Winkler & Stefan Koperl).
