Education and Academic Career

• BA in Fine Arts, Painting Department, Alexandria University (1993)

• MA in Fine Arts – Totemism and Its Effect on Modern Painting (2000)

• PhD in Fine Arts – Analytical Overview of Earth Art Movement in Contemporary Arts (2006)

• Promoted to Assistant Professor (2014)

• Promoted to Professor of Fine Arts (2020)

1992–2000

• Entered the Egyptian art scene in 1992.

• Participated in the Vanguards Exhibition (1992).

• Won the Painting Prize in Egypt’s Visual Arts Competition (1992).

• Participated in Port Said National Biennale (1996).

• First solo exhibition at Al-Anfoushy Cultural Palace, Alexandria (1997).

• Participated in Small Artworks Salon (1997).

• Joined the Swedish Institute celebration of the European Year of Languages with an installation work (2001).

• Received a scholarship at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, with several exhibitions and workshops in Sweden (2001).

Exhibitions, Art Projects & Achievements

2001–2010

• Exhibited in Sweden at MellanRummet Hall and in the Desert (Parts 1 & 2) exhibitions.

• Collaborative performance Switching Languages presented in Sweden and later at the Goethe Institute in Alexandria (2003).

• Participated in international workshops: Townhouse Gallery (Cairo), Urban Residency Program, and the 9th Wexford Artists Book Exhibition (Ireland).

• Engaged in multiple printmaking and book-binding workshops with international artists (2002–2004).

• Received the Culture Resource Award for Youth Art Projects (2005).

• Solo exhibition New Paintings, Mashrabia Gallery (2005).

• Installation exhibition Two Versions of Holes, Cairo & Alexandria Goethe Institutes (2006 & 2007).

• Participated in Fayoum Winter Academy (2007).

• Represented Egypt in the 52nd Venice International Biennale (2007).

• Worked in film and video art as art director and assistant director (2008–2009).

• Won 4th prize in scriptwriting at Zagora Film Festival, Morocco (2010).

2021–2025

• Individual ateliers at L’Atelier d’Alexandrie and Alex Workshop Center (2021, 2023).

• Coordinated the Guess Exhibition (2021).

• Jury member of the 31st Youth Salon (2021).

• Exhibited in the 42nd, 43rd, and 44th General Exhibitions at the Opera Art Center (2021–2024).

• Participated in Bourolls Boats Exhibition (2022).

• Exhibited in Mare Nostrum at the French Cultural Institute (2023).

• Exhibited in Alexandria School (2) at Mahmoud Said Museum (2023).

• Participated in International Women’s Day – NOT YET! Exhibition, Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum (2024).

• Showcased in the 100th Anniversary of Schutz American School (2024).

• Solo exhibition On The Edge, Mashrabia Gallery (2024).

• Participated in Art Cairo – 6th Edition, Grand Egyptian Museum (2025).

2011–2020

• Residency at La Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseille (2011).

• Participated in Sarajevo International Biennale (2012).

• Exhibitions: Marseille Manifesto, Celebrating an Aberrant City (2012–2013).

• Joined exhibitions in Moscow, Assiut, and Alexandria (2015–2017).

• Supervised and organized workshops at Liberty Center for Creativity and Alexandria Heritage Week (2017).

• Participated in Agenda Exhibition – Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2017).

• Solo exhibitions: The Code Woman (2018) and The Code Zero (2019).

• Co-founded the Green Hall Podcast and launched the “Popular Stories and Tales” program (2020).

• Promoted to Full Professor (2020).

Areas of Expertise & Artistic Contributions

• Contemporary painting & mixed media

• Installation art and site-specific works

• Video performance & experimental film

• Printmaking and book art

• Cross-cultural artistic collaborations

• Academic teaching, workshops, and art direction

• Storytelling and digital cultural content

Charcoal on Kraft Paper, 2023.