BIO
Egyptian-Canadian born in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Currently residing in Tkaronto, Ontario
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo,
Bachelor of Arts in Honours Fine Arts & Business
Studio Specialization with Distinction
AWARDS
2020 Barbara Roberts Memorial Fund
2020 Designlines Love Tag Award
2018 Nancy-Lou Patterson Award
2017 McGallarian Excellence Award
2017 University of Waterloo Fine Arts Sculpture Award
2017 University of Waterloo Fine Arts Distinguished Student Award
2017 University of Waterloo Most Versatile Student Award
UPCOMING SHOWS
2021, Not Traumatic Enough for a Shock Blanket, Grebel Gallery, Waterloo ON
2021, Untitled, Xpace, Toronto ON
2021, Sensitivity Training, Livings Arts Centre, Mississauga ON
SOLO SHOWS
2019, Aphasia, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON
2018, Colour Me Ungrateful, S.A.I.L. Waterloo, ON
ALTERNATIVE SPACES
2020, Recipes of Care, Instagram Posts and Collectable Postcards in Collaboration with Abedar Kamgari for Hearth Garage
2020, Colour Me Shocked, Incoming! A Pandemic Colouring Book for Hamilton Artists INC
2017, The Pain Never Ends for the Leg Gallery
SELECT GROUP SHOWS
2020, Fibreworks, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON
2020, to say to you, Art Incubate, Waterloo ON
2020, The Spaces that Hold Us, ACRE Projects, Chicago IL
2020, Friends & Lovers, Button Factory, Waterloo ON
2020, Emotional Objects, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto ON
2020, Come Up to My Room, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON
2019, Introspection, Scarborough Arts Centre, Scarborough ON
2019, Hard Twist 14: Entwined, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2019, Through the Body / With the Body, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal QC
2019, Stubiennial, ACRE Residency, Steuben WI
2019, Brush with Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2019, What We Know To Be True, Hamilton Artists Inc.'s James Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2019, What We Take, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019, Brush with Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2019, I Blink My Eyes to Keep the Time, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto ON
2018, The Next Big Thing, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga ON
2018, 26 Days, Project Space, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff AB
2018, Brush with Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2018, Future Shapers, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2018, An Evening of Interactive Art & Performance University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2017, Unsettling, The Guild, Toronto ON
2017, Defying Conventions, TEDx UW, Waterloo ON
2017, Fresh Paint/New Construction, Art Mur, Montreal QC
2017, Embracing Refugees to Celebrate our Humanity, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener ON
2017, Ignite, The University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo ON
2017, Unsettling Canada, The Artery Gallery, Waterloo ON
2016, Con-Textual, The Artery Gallery, Waterloo ON
2016, Techsthetic, Clinical Media Lab, Kitchener ON
2016, Welcoming Refugees, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener ON
2016, Transition I, The Artery Gallery, Waterloo ON
2016, Time Sensitive, The Artery Gallery, Waterloo ON
2016, Brush with Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2016, Bridges Lecture, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo ON
2015, Space, The Artery Gallery, Waterloo ON
2014, Stephan, The Artery Gallery, Waterloo ON
CURITORIAL
2020, Sensitivity Training, Livings Arts Centre, Mississauga ON
2019, Stubiennial, ACRE Residency, Steuben WI
2018, 26 Days, Project Space, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff AB
ARTIST TALKS
2019, What We Take Artist Panel, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018, Women in Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON
2018, Running with Connections: Empathetic Edition, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON
2017, Art and Self Care: How to take Solace in your Art, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo ON
WRITING
2020, All This Want, Living Hyphen Issue II
2020, We Do Not Gather, Article Club in Collaboration with Textile Magazine
2020, I Care, I Swear, Please don't tell Volume I
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020, Migration, UKAI Projects, Online Residency
2019, Through the Body / With the Body, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal QC
2019, ACRE Residency, ACRE Projects, Steuben WI
2018, BAiR Emerging Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff AB
PUBLICATIONS
2020, These Spaces Hold Us, Accompanying Essay by Rohan Ayinde
2020, Emotional Objects, Accompanyigng Essay written by Emily Gove
2020, Come Up to My Room, Curated by Astrid Ho, Megan Feheley & Lee Petrie
2019, Hard Twist 14: Entwined, Curated by Helena Frei and Chris Mitchell
2019, Fluencies, Accompanying Essay to What We Know To Be True, Written by Joy Xiang
2019, I Blink My Eyes to Keep the Time Journal, Curated by Rebecca Proppe & Brittany Myburgh
2017, Fresh Paint / New Construction, Exhibition Catalogue, Published by Deschamps, Designed by Mike Patten
2017, Ignite Exhibition Catalogue, Published by Minute Man Press
WORKSHOP FACILITATION
2020, Caring for yourself: Writing for Your Mental Health, Virtual Workshop Series organized by Sarah Moreau
2020, Art as Political Action, Virtual Workshop organized by Tamil Archive Project
2020, Writing When You Have Nothing to Say, Virtual Workshop organized by Reception House
2020, Spoken Word As an Act of Care, Workshop organized by St. Jeromes University
WORK EXPERIENCE
2020 - Present, Communications Manager, AKIMBO
2020, Digital Communications Assistant, Vector Festival/InterAccess
2018, Communications Coordinator, THEMUSEUM
2018, Interpreter, This Could Be the Place, University of Waterloo Art Gallery & UW Fine Arts