Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2024Yellow Tropics, Tabari Artspace, Dubai, UAE
• 2024Charisma, Errm Gallery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• 2017In the Presence of the Animal, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
• 2017The Face and Beyond, Artspace Gallery, Dubai, UAE
• 2015Artspace Gallery, Dubai, UAE
• 2013Inception Gallery, Paris, France; Artspace Gallery, London, UK
• 2012Artspace Gallery, Dubai, UAE
• 2010The Fables, Horizon One Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
• 2009Contemporary Icons, Artspace Gallery, Dubai, UAE
• 2008Au delà du visage, Le Violon Bleu, Tunisia
• 2007Siwi Faces, Artspace, Dubai, UAE
• 2006My Stars, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art and Espace Karim Francis, Cairo, Egypt
• 2005French Cultural Center, Alexandria, Egypt
• 2004Illusion Art Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Atassi Gallery, Damascus, Syria; Agial Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
• 2003Ammar Farhat Gallery, Tunisia; Al Riwaq Gallery, Manama, Bahrain
• 1999Akhnaton Gallery, Center of Arts, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt; Vision Égyptienne d’Éternité, Ville d’Agde, France
• 1996Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy
• 1995Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
• 1993Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt; Épreuve d’Artiste, Beirut, Lebanon
• 1992Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
• 1990Papiry Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
• 1989Koreuber Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• 1988Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
• 1987Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt
• 1985Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt
• 1980Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

Selected group exhibitions

• 2019–20Prête-moi ton rêve, contemporary African art, touring (Casablanca, Dakar, Abidjan and others)
• 2016Debunking Orientalism (Syra Arts), The Untitled Space, New York, USA
• 2014Contemporary Egyptian Art, Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy
• 201225 ans de créativité arabe, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
• 2011Window on Contemporary Egyptian Art, London, UK
• 2009Egyptian Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy; Invisible Presence: Looking at the Body in Contemporary Egyptian Art (curated by Stefania Angarano), Samaakhana, Cairo; The Face, Horizon One Gallery, Cairo; Helga Hoffman Gallery, Amsterdam
• 2008The Other, 11th Cairo International Biennale, Egypt (Gold Prize)
• 2008Arabia Italia, Chelsea Art Museum, New York; Word into Art: Artists of the Middle East (curated by Venetia Porter), The British Museum, Dubai; Mediterranean Trilogy, Palais des Arts, Marseille; Arab Artists between Italian and Mediterranean Tradition (curated by Martina Corgnati), Damascus, Beirut, Cairo
• 2007Occidentalism (curated by Karim Francis), Cairo, Egypt
• 2005Al Azhar Park meets Contemporary Art, Cairo; Mashrabia Gallery, Fonoon Gallery and Espace Karim Francis, Cairo
• 2003Arab Canvas (curated by Saleh Barakat), Dubai; Arab Paintings for Children (curated by Mohieddine Ellabbad), Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; Répliques (Philippe Mouillon), Algiers; The Human Face in Contemporary Egyptian Art, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
• 2002Contemporary Egyptian Art, Beijing, China; Ateliers Arabes, UNESCO Hall, Beirut; 18 International Artists: Homage to King Henry IV (Philippe Mouillon), Lyon, France
• 2001Contemporary Art in Egypt, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2000Italian–Egyptian Contemporary Art Confrontation, Gezira Art Center, Cairo; Trans African Art, Orlando Museum of Art, Florida, USA
• 1999À la nuit tombée (Philippe Mouillon), Grenoble, France; 12 Contemporary Egyptian Artists, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
• 1998Bellektin – Moderling, Dolmabahçe Cultural Center, Istanbul; Days of Kom Ghorab, Hanager Art Center, Cairo Opera House
• 1997Modernities and Memories: Recent Works from the Islamic World, 47th Venice Biennale; Sharjah Biennial, UAE; Alexandria Biennale, Egypt; Sans Frontières, Galerie Micheline Fallet, Geneva; Contemporary Egyptian Art, Lebanese University, Beirut
• 199623rd São Paulo Biennial, Brazil, with parallel works in Rio de Janeiro; Cairo Biennale, Egypt
• 1995Modern Egyptian Art, Marseille, France; Lexus Hall, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; International Institute for Commerce, Mexico City
• 1994Rencontres Africaines, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, touring to the National Gallery, Johannesburg and Cape Town, and Lisbon; British Council, Cairo
• 1993Modern Art Museum, New Delhi, India
• 1989Ghoury Palace, Cairo, Egypt
• 1986Foreign Artists in Italy, Palazzo degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy