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Our curatorial program fosters a rigorous dialogue between artists of international standing, navigating the complexities of historical presence and aesthetic permanence.
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February 18, 2024 — June 7, 2026
Oud's Rhythmics
Elena Vance explores the intersection of architectural memory and contemporary sculptural form through minimalist interventions.
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OPENING Jan 2, 2027
Lunar Echoes
To the Moon… A Journey into the Imagination of Zeinab Salem In Zeinab Salem’s world, nothing stops at the limits of the Earth. The artist, who has loved ceramics since her earliest days—and who once made plates the heroines of her imagined realms—returns this time carrying the memory of childhood and an old fascination with the moon… that distant yet intimate being who used to gaze back at her on childhood nights, stirring questions and opening the gates of imagination. Since she was a child, she looked at the moon as if it were a personal friend—speaking to it, waiting for its answer, connecting it to the Earth through threads of light and symbol. She saw in it a mirror of the soul, a symbol of first wonder. She would follow how it hid and reappeared, how it waxed and waned, how it danced with the sea and commanded the tides, and how it whispered its secrets to those who dared to gaze at it long enough. For Zeinab, the moon was never just a celestial body, but an open gateway to imagination. That’s where her journey began. She didn’t travel there by rocket, but through the alchemy of clay and fire—by lines and colors shaped by her own hands. She says, “People went to the moon; I went there with my imagination—and came back bringing things from its surface… forms and colors I envisioned, reflecting like sunlight, like the blue of a dream.” Those visions became ceramic vessels and plates pulsating with life—their textures rough like the moon’s face, their colors shifting between silver, gray, blue, and red, as if they had absorbed the breath of its light. In her new exhibition, Zeinab Salem offers not just artworks, but a map of dreams—a visual journey through parallel worlds where Earth meets sky, and matter meets imagination. Yet the journey wasn’t one-way. Just as her imagination ascended to the moon, she also descended from it—bringing back creatures to the Earth. They don’t resemble humans, yet resemble them somehow. They have no clear features or defined limbs, yet radiate an inner energy—containing within them the male, the female, and the child—as if they represent the essence of creation before form took shape. “They are friends of the Earth,” says Zeinab, “They descended lightly, like dreams, to dwell in the clay—to become part of this world.” Thus the vision unfolds: a reciprocal relationship between heaven and earth, dream and matter, childhood wonder and the mature artist who molds the soil to create new worlds. It is not merely a ceramic experience—it is an existential one, redefining the relationship between art and emotion, between the eye and memory. Each plate and vessel is not a decorative surface but a cosmic one—a small map of a vast journey, from longing to discovery, from dust to light. In this exhibition, we see how Zeinab restores to ceramics their ancient magical vitality—as if summoning the spirit of first creation, when clay itself was the substance of dreams before it became art or form. She handles clay as a child handles a toy—with complete faith and wonder. From this comes the authenticity of her work: it is not made merely to be displayed, but to be told, to be touched, to awaken within us the first memory of light. Perhaps that is why, when we contemplate her works, we feel as if we truly travel toward the moon. For a moment, we leave Earth behind, carrying with us our childhood and our questions, crossing into a world of forms suspended between dream and reality. There, in the silence of space, we meet the young Zeinab Salem, gazing at the moon with wide eyes—seeing within it all of life. And she returns to us, carrying from there the secrets of light and clay, gifting them to us as timeless art—simple, profound, and pure as the first dream. Sylvia El Nakkady
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abdallah shaarawi
abdel aziz saab
abdel badi abdel hai
abdel hadi al wishahi
abdel magid al fiki
abdelrahman samy
abdel wahab abdel mohsen
adel moustafa
adel tharwat
ahmed abdel wahab
ahmed abdul karim
abdelrahman el nachar
Stainless Steel
ahmed askalani
ahmed farid
ahmed hafez
ahmed karaly
ahmed nawar
ahmed nosseir
aida abdel karim
aisha nour
alia eissa
al sayed abdo sleem
mohamed radwan
amina el demirdash
amr zanaty
amy abdel baky
anas alousi
antoinette henein
ashraf abbas
ashraf reda
effat naghi
ehab el labban
asma hamdy
aya al fallah
aya mohamed
aya salah
ayman el-samery
ayman lotfy
fatma abodoma
ayman saadawy
bana abdel rahman
bergo el naggar
camilo arias
carelle homsy
dahlia samir
dina rihan
djihan raouf
ayman taher
elim dutra
emad ibrahim
eman osama
engy omara
enji afflatoun
eslam abd el salam
hazem taha hessien
heyam abdel baky
hisham abdallah
hisham el zieny
h.r.i.h. prince joao de orieans e bragance
eslam saif el-nasr
essam darwish
fadwa ramadan
fares zaitoon
farghali abdel hafiz
farouk hosny
farouk shehate
farouk waheba
hussein el gebali
hussien bikar
kamal ebeed
gamal abdel naser
gamal el sagini
gamal lamie
gazbia sirry
george fadel
george fikry
ghaidaa ashraf
mohamed riad saied
hala elhaddad
hamed owais
hani faisal
hani mandour
hani rashad
hany el ashkar
hany el sayed
hassan kamel
hayam abdelbaky
haytham abdel hafiz
kamal el fiky
kamel mostafa
karim el hayawan
karim helmi
khaled el-abaseery
khaled hafeez
khaled sourour
khloud helal
mohamed el fayoumi
mohamed ghanme
khoshoua elgohary
lilwa ali
maher diab
mahmoud mokhtar
mahmoud shukri
mai refky
maja soric
mansoora hassan
mohamed mandour
mariam abdel aleem
marwa zaki
meram adly
mohamed abla
mohamed al alawy
mohamed elbehairy
mohamed sabry bastawy
mohamed shaker
mohie eldin hussein
mostafa abdel moity
mostafa rabie
mutaz el emam
nada el shorbagy
nagui farid tadros
natasha younan
nathan doss
nazli madkour
neamat el diwany
nelly el sharkawy
noha deyab
passant fathi
nour kamel
ola mousa
omar badran
omar el nagdi
omar sanada
omar toussoun
pancé ahmed
tarek el komi
tarek mosaad
passant kordi
paul geday
pigi sypratou
rabab nemr
randa fakhry
raouf salman
reda abdel rahman
reem hassan
rowan bakr
sabry mansour
salah el meligie
salah hammad
salah jahin
salah taher
saleh abdel sabour
saleh reda
sameh ismail
sam shendi
sarah abdelmaksoud
shaaban el-hussieny
shadi el noushokati
shadi farghali
shams el kronfoly
shrouk tarek
sobhi guergues
sohir el adawi
soraya fahmy
souad mardam bey
taha nasr
tahia halim
tamer assem
toka ibrahiem
vessela farid
wael abdel sabour
wael darwish
walaa abu el enien
waleed kanoush
waleed matar
walid jahin
wissam fahmy
yasmina heidar
yasmine el hazek
youssef montasser
zakaria el konani
zeinab al sageny
zeinab salem
zeinab sobhy
hana el-sagini
mehri khalil
armen agop
klay kassem
adam henein
hossam dirar
ahmed abdel tawwab
mostafa el razzaz
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abdallah shaarawi
abdel aziz saab
abdel badi abdel hai
abdel hadi al wishahi
abdel magid al fiki
abdelrahman samy
abdel wahab abdel mohsen
adel moustafa
adel tharwat
ahmed abdel wahab
ahmed abdul karim
abdelrahman el nachar
Stainless Steel
ahmed askalani
ahmed farid
ahmed hafez
ahmed karaly
ahmed nawar
ahmed nosseir
aida abdel karim
aisha nour
alia eissa
al sayed abdo sleem
mohamed radwan
amina el demirdash
amr zanaty
amy abdel baky
anas alousi
antoinette henein
ashraf abbas
ashraf reda
effat naghi
ehab el labban
asma hamdy
aya al fallah
aya mohamed
aya salah
ayman el-samery
ayman lotfy
fatma abodoma
ayman saadawy
bana abdel rahman
bergo el naggar
camilo arias
carelle homsy
dahlia samir
dina rihan
djihan raouf
ayman taher
elim dutra
emad ibrahim
eman osama
engy omara
enji afflatoun
eslam abd el salam
hazem taha hessien
heyam abdel baky
hisham abdallah
hisham el zieny
h.r.i.h. prince joao de orieans e bragance
eslam saif el-nasr
essam darwish
fadwa ramadan
fares zaitoon
farghali abdel hafiz
farouk hosny
farouk shehate
farouk waheba
hussein el gebali
hussien bikar
kamal ebeed
gamal abdel naser
gamal el sagini
gamal lamie
gazbia sirry
george fadel
george fikry
ghaidaa ashraf
mohamed riad saied
hala elhaddad
hamed owais
hani faisal
hani mandour
hani rashad
hany el ashkar
hany el sayed
hassan kamel
hayam abdelbaky
haytham abdel hafiz
kamal el fiky
kamel mostafa
karim el hayawan
karim helmi
khaled el-abaseery
khaled hafeez
khaled sourour
khloud helal
mohamed el fayoumi
mohamed ghanme
khoshoua elgohary
lilwa ali
maher diab
mahmoud mokhtar
mahmoud shukri
mai refky
maja soric
mansoora hassan
mohamed mandour
mariam abdel aleem
marwa zaki
meram adly
mohamed abla
mohamed al alawy
mohamed elbehairy
mohamed sabry bastawy
mohamed shaker
mohie eldin hussein
mostafa abdel moity
mostafa rabie
mutaz el emam
nada el shorbagy
nagui farid tadros
natasha younan
nathan doss
nazli madkour
neamat el diwany
nelly el sharkawy
noha deyab
passant fathi
nour kamel
ola mousa
omar badran
omar el nagdi
omar sanada
omar toussoun
pancé ahmed
tarek el komi
tarek mosaad
passant kordi
paul geday
pigi sypratou
rabab nemr
randa fakhry
raouf salman
reda abdel rahman
reem hassan
rowan bakr
sabry mansour
salah el meligie
salah hammad
salah jahin
salah taher
saleh abdel sabour
saleh reda
sameh ismail
sam shendi
sarah abdelmaksoud
shaaban el-hussieny
shadi el noushokati
shadi farghali
shams el kronfoly
shrouk tarek
sobhi guergues
sohir el adawi
soraya fahmy
souad mardam bey
taha nasr
tahia halim
tamer assem
toka ibrahiem
vessela farid
wael abdel sabour
wael darwish
walaa abu el enien
waleed kanoush
waleed matar
walid jahin
wissam fahmy
yasmina heidar
yasmine el hazek
youssef montasser
zakaria el konani
zeinab al sageny
zeinab salem
zeinab sobhy
hana el-sagini
mehri khalil
armen agop
klay kassem
adam henein
hossam dirar
ahmed abdel tawwab
mostafa el razzaz
Colored Resin
abdallah shaarawi
abdel aziz saab
abdel badi abdel hai
abdel hadi al wishahi
abdel magid al fiki
abdelrahman samy
abdel wahab abdel mohsen
adel moustafa
adel tharwat
ahmed abdel wahab
ahmed abdul karim
abdelrahman el nachar
Stainless Steel
ahmed askalani
ahmed farid
ahmed hafez
ahmed karaly
ahmed nawar
ahmed nosseir
aida abdel karim
aisha nour
alia eissa
al sayed abdo sleem
mohamed radwan
amina el demirdash
amr zanaty
amy abdel baky
anas alousi
antoinette henein
ashraf abbas
ashraf reda
effat naghi
ehab el labban
asma hamdy
aya al fallah
aya mohamed
aya salah
ayman el-samery
ayman lotfy
fatma abodoma
ayman saadawy
bana abdel rahman
bergo el naggar
camilo arias
carelle homsy
dahlia samir
dina rihan
djihan raouf
ayman taher
elim dutra
emad ibrahim
eman osama
engy omara
enji afflatoun
eslam abd el salam
hazem taha hessien
heyam abdel baky
hisham abdallah
hisham el zieny
h.r.i.h. prince joao de orieans e bragance
eslam saif el-nasr
essam darwish
fadwa ramadan
fares zaitoon
farghali abdel hafiz
farouk hosny
farouk shehate
farouk waheba
hussein el gebali
hussien bikar
kamal ebeed
gamal abdel naser
gamal el sagini
gamal lamie
gazbia sirry
george fadel
george fikry
ghaidaa ashraf
mohamed riad saied
hala elhaddad
hamed owais
hani faisal
hani mandour
hani rashad
hany el ashkar
hany el sayed
hassan kamel
hayam abdelbaky
haytham abdel hafiz
kamal el fiky
kamel mostafa
karim el hayawan
karim helmi
khaled el-abaseery
khaled hafeez
khaled sourour
khloud helal
mohamed el fayoumi
mohamed ghanme
khoshoua elgohary
lilwa ali
maher diab
mahmoud mokhtar
mahmoud shukri
mai refky
maja soric
mansoora hassan
mohamed mandour
mariam abdel aleem
marwa zaki
meram adly
mohamed abla
mohamed al alawy
mohamed elbehairy
mohamed sabry bastawy
mohamed shaker
mohie eldin hussein
mostafa abdel moity
mostafa rabie
mutaz el emam
nada el shorbagy
nagui farid tadros
natasha younan
nathan doss
nazli madkour
neamat el diwany
nelly el sharkawy
noha deyab
passant fathi
nour kamel
ola mousa
omar badran
omar el nagdi
omar sanada
omar toussoun
pancé ahmed
tarek el komi
tarek mosaad
passant kordi
paul geday
pigi sypratou
rabab nemr
randa fakhry
raouf salman
reda abdel rahman
reem hassan
rowan bakr
sabry mansour
salah el meligie
salah hammad
salah jahin
salah taher
saleh abdel sabour
saleh reda
sameh ismail
sam shendi
sarah abdelmaksoud
shaaban el-hussieny
shadi el noushokati
shadi farghali
shams el kronfoly
shrouk tarek
sobhi guergues
sohir el adawi
soraya fahmy
souad mardam bey
taha nasr
tahia halim
tamer assem
toka ibrahiem
vessela farid
wael abdel sabour
wael darwish
walaa abu el enien
waleed kanoush
waleed matar
walid jahin
wissam fahmy
yasmina heidar
yasmine el hazek
youssef montasser
zakaria el konani
zeinab al sageny
zeinab salem
zeinab sobhy
hana el-sagini
mehri khalil
armen agop
klay kassem
adam henein
hossam dirar
ahmed abdel tawwab
mostafa el razzaz
Colored Resin
abdallah shaarawi
abdel aziz saab
abdel badi abdel hai
abdel hadi al wishahi
abdel magid al fiki
abdelrahman samy
abdel wahab abdel mohsen
adel moustafa
adel tharwat
ahmed abdel wahab
ahmed abdul karim
abdelrahman el nachar
Stainless Steel
ahmed askalani
ahmed farid
ahmed hafez
ahmed karaly
ahmed nawar
ahmed nosseir
aida abdel karim
aisha nour
alia eissa
al sayed abdo sleem
mohamed radwan
amina el demirdash
amr zanaty
amy abdel baky
anas alousi
antoinette henein
ashraf abbas
ashraf reda
effat naghi
ehab el labban
asma hamdy
aya al fallah
aya mohamed
aya salah
ayman el-samery
ayman lotfy
fatma abodoma
ayman saadawy
bana abdel rahman
bergo el naggar
camilo arias
carelle homsy
dahlia samir
dina rihan
djihan raouf
ayman taher
elim dutra
emad ibrahim
eman osama
engy omara
enji afflatoun
eslam abd el salam
hazem taha hessien
heyam abdel baky
hisham abdallah
hisham el zieny
h.r.i.h. prince joao de orieans e bragance
eslam saif el-nasr
essam darwish
fadwa ramadan
fares zaitoon
farghali abdel hafiz
farouk hosny
farouk shehate
farouk waheba
hussein el gebali
hussien bikar
kamal ebeed
gamal abdel naser
gamal el sagini
gamal lamie
gazbia sirry
george fadel
george fikry
ghaidaa ashraf
mohamed riad saied
hala elhaddad
hamed owais
hani faisal
hani mandour
hani rashad
hany el ashkar
hany el sayed
hassan kamel
hayam abdelbaky
haytham abdel hafiz
kamal el fiky
kamel mostafa
karim el hayawan
karim helmi
khaled el-abaseery
khaled hafeez
khaled sourour
khloud helal
mohamed el fayoumi
mohamed ghanme
khoshoua elgohary
lilwa ali
maher diab
mahmoud mokhtar
mahmoud shukri
mai refky
maja soric
mansoora hassan
mohamed mandour
mariam abdel aleem
marwa zaki
meram adly
mohamed abla
mohamed al alawy
mohamed elbehairy
mohamed sabry bastawy
mohamed shaker
mohie eldin hussein
mostafa abdel moity
mostafa rabie
mutaz el emam
nada el shorbagy
nagui farid tadros
natasha younan
nathan doss
nazli madkour
neamat el diwany
nelly el sharkawy
noha deyab
passant fathi
nour kamel
ola mousa
omar badran
omar el nagdi
omar sanada
omar toussoun
pancé ahmed
tarek el komi
tarek mosaad
passant kordi
paul geday
pigi sypratou
rabab nemr
randa fakhry
raouf salman
reda abdel rahman
reem hassan
rowan bakr
sabry mansour
salah el meligie
salah hammad
salah jahin
salah taher
saleh abdel sabour
saleh reda
sameh ismail
sam shendi
sarah abdelmaksoud
shaaban el-hussieny
shadi el noushokati
shadi farghali
shams el kronfoly
shrouk tarek
sobhi guergues
sohir el adawi
soraya fahmy
souad mardam bey
taha nasr
tahia halim
tamer assem
toka ibrahiem
vessela farid
wael abdel sabour
wael darwish
walaa abu el enien
waleed kanoush
waleed matar
walid jahin
wissam fahmy
yasmina heidar
yasmine el hazek
youssef montasser
zakaria el konani
zeinab al sageny
zeinab salem
zeinab sobhy
hana el-sagini
mehri khalil
armen agop
klay kassem
adam henein
hossam dirar
ahmed abdel tawwab
mostafa el razzaz
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