Born in Egypt, educated in France and living in New York City, Ghada Amer’s international artistic trajectory is inspiring, fascinating and bold. Her extraordinary portfolio of work, that continually challenges convention and turns traditions on their head, placed Amer as one of the top female artists in the world.Painter, sculptor, garden designer, performer, installation artist, Ghada Amer’s body of work spans all media – although her abstract expressionist works, embroidered with erotic motifs constitute her most famous signature.
Born in Egypt, educated in France and living in New York City, Ghada Amer’s international artistic trajectory is inspiring, fascinating and bold. Her extraordinary portfolio of work, that continually challenges convention and turns traditions on their head, placed Amer as one of the top female artists in the world.Painter, sculptor, garden designer, performer, installation artist, […]
Keizer, a nickname, rose from a wave of daring street artists, who during the 2011 popular Egyptian uprising took Egypt by storm. With clean cut looking pieces used as a means to achieve social change, Keizer aimed at triggering passers-by and protesters to think for themselves and to free their mind by unlocking restricted paradigms […]
Mohamed Sharkawy was born in 1982 in Qena, Upper Egypt. He now lives and works in Bahrain. Using minimalist form, flat colors and clearly defined shapes, Sharkawy has a unique ability to render images that have a universal appeal. Each form and figure are so purposely deduced to the essentials that his work is reminiscent […]
Born in 1982, Maged Mekhail presents his first solo exhibition at ArtTalks proudly titled Egyptian, I am.
Long Live Free Art! is a long overdue Homage to the 1930’s Egyptian Art and Liberty Group (Art et Liberté) who fought unequivocally for freedom. Nine Egyptian Contemporary Artists showcase works that carry the torch of their freedom fighting predecessors.
Mohsen Abou El-Azm is one of Egypt’s best living satirical painters | social expressionists. Born in 1958 in Fayoum, Abou Al-Azm graduated from the Fine Arts University in Cairo, where he now lives and works. Abou El-Azm is an expressionist who uses his art as a vehicle of social criticism. His dynamic and colorful composition […]
Catalogue published with the Solo Exhibition of Egyptian Artist Guirguis Lotfy, at ArtTalks from April-May 2013.
Dr Sobhy Guirguis (1929-2013) was undoubtedly a lonesome Genius and one of Egypt’s top contemporary artists. Instantly recognizable, Guirguis’ works – both sculptures and paintings – consist of abstract geometric shapes based on figurative implications, combining outstanding technical skills and an unbeatable intimate appeal – all in an utterly childish, utopian, naïve manner. Living and […]
Sobhy Guirguis: The Self and The Other is a retrospective to commemorate the first anniversary of the passing of a remarkable Egyptian artist, Sobhy Guirguis. The show brings together over 60 of his most definitive paintings and sculptures, many previously unseen, spanning 60 years of artistic production. Through their child-like appearance and unusual geometric shapes, […]
Weaam el Masry’s work explores issues of her native society especially the position of women, relationships and religion, yet is timeless and universal.