Yasmine El Meleegy

Solo Shows


FORTHCOMING: The Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2023 "The Six Hundred Seventy Four Forms And A Dragon", FOR Space, Basel, Switzerland.

2023 "To Mend Is to Shatter", Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2021 "Scaffolding a Familiar Epoch," Performative intervention at Stephenson pharmacy, Cairo, Egypt.

2018 ''Rites of Passage'' at Townhouse Factory, Cairo, Egypt.

2013 ''Without Oxygen'' at ESBAN Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Nimes, France.
 

Grants and Awards



2023-24: Shortlisted for The 7th Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Center, Kyiv.

2023: Nominated for Follow Fluxus – After Fluxus grant, Wiesbaden, Germany.

2022 Lieux publics - Centre National et pôle européen de création pour l’espace public - Production grant for artists.

2020 Culture Resource Al-Mawred Al- Thaqafy Exceptional Grants for artists & writers.

2019 AFAC Visual Arts Grant.

2019 Art Omi-American Dream Fellowship.

2018 Production grant, Pro Helvetia, (Swiss Arts Council).

2017/2018 Production grant from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for Artists.

2016/2017 Mophradat Grants for Artists.

2014 The Prize of the 25th Youth Salon, Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.

2013 The Prize of Egyptian Academy in Rome, The 24th Youth Salon, Cairo, Egypt.

2013 Artist Salah Taher's Award from Societe des Amis de L’art, Cairo, Egypt.

2009 The Painting Encouragement Award, University of Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.


Book Presentations


" A Cup Of Tea With Fathy Mahmoud book"

2023 Focal Point, Sharjah, November I Cairo art book fair.
2023 Sprint, Milan, November I Esmat publishing list.
2023 Dream City, Tunis I Bao books.
2023 I never read, Switzerland.
2023 Athens art book fair I Bao books.
2023 Miss read, Berlin.
2023 Bao books pop-up store, Tunis.
2023 Giselle Salon, readers and publishers meeting
,Giselle’s Books, Marseille.


Selected Group Exhibitions


2024 The 7th Future Generation Art Prize Exhibition, Pinchuk Art Center, Kyiv.

2024 Durational Memories: An Anti-Archive organized by Medrar at Gallery Takhshina Goethe-Institut, Cairo,
Egypt.

2024 Long Story Short, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2024 Basel Social Club third edition on farmland fields of Bruderholz, Basel, Switzerland.

2024 Does a River Shape a Table? at the Grand Egyptian Muesum as part of Cairo Food Week, Egypt. Curated by Marwa Benhalim.

2022 The Good Kind, Founders space, Cairo, Egypt.

2022 The Nutshell, Access gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2022 Screening at NAJM – New Artistic Journeys around the Mediterranean sea curated by Lieux publics in collaboration with Medrar, in Marseille, France.

2021 Tangled Structures, The factory space, Cairo. organized by Art d'Egypte.

2021 Screening at Neumeraki’s Art Off-Screen Exhibition, NYC.

2021 Extraction, Soma Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2021 REDZONE- Inner Spaces festival organized by Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy in partnership with KKV curated by Rasha Salah.

2020 Art Off Screen, Curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch.

2019 Where Is The Fun In Contemporary Art? At Cairo Gas.  Curated by 28 Curatorial Collective.

2019 Reimagined Narratives: From Spatial Memory to Mapping the Future, AlMu'iz st., Cairo, Egypt.

2019 Meetings festival, Thorsminde, Denmark.

2019 Art Omi, Open studios event. NY.

2019 Roznama 7, Medrar Art Center, Cairo, Egypt.

2018 ‘'Nothing Vanishes, Everything Transforms’' at the Manial Palace. Cairo, Egypt.

2018 Regionale 19 at Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal, Switzerland. Curated by Kitty Schaertlin and Urs Aeschbach.

2018 International season exhibition, Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland.

2018 Unframed Festival, Berlin, Germany.

2017 The Nest Festival at Al Riwaq Art Space, Bahrain.

2017 “Very Sustainable-Environmental Revelation” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, China. Curated by Suchen Hsieh.

2017 “Topophilia exhibition” curated by Amanda KM and Eto Otitigbe as part of MEETINGS festival. Nees, Denmark.

2017 ‘’Urban Implosion’’Acc Arts Space, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea. Curated by Gimo Yi.

2017 Do-it بالعربي, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt. Curated by the Townhouse Gallery as an iteration of the ongoing “do it” publication   and exhibition project originally conceived and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.

2016 MASS Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. Curated by Wael Shawky and Berit Schuck.  

2016 ‘’Something to Generate From’’ curated by Madrassa Collective at Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark

2016 12th Dak’Art Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar, Senegal.  

2016 Breakfast in Beirut curated by Daniel Buso and Enas El Korashy. Villorba, Italy.

2015 The inauguration exhibition" at Made in., in Venice,Italy.

2015 Cairo off Biennale: Something Else, Darb 1718 for the Contemporary Culture & Arts, Cairo, Egypt. Curated by Simon Njami.

2015 Bjcem Mediterranea 17 Young Artists Biennale, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy. Curated by Andrea Bruciati.

2015 Roznama, Medrar art center, Cairo, Egypt.

2015 Kunstwerk Carlshütte. Nordart, Büdelsdorf, Germany.

2015 Kevät Egyptistä, Exhibition in Äkkigalleria, Jyväskylä, Finland.

2015 Africa is now, Art Fair Cape Town, South Africa.

2015 Detour Exhibition, Videonale v.o Festival, Egypt/ Germany/ Italy.

2014 25th Youth Salon, Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.

2014 Cactus borders, Solo performance At ElFan Midan, organized by Darb 1718 for the Contemporary Culture & Arts, Cairo, Egypt.

2014 Have A Peaceful Day, Saad Zaghlool Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt.

2014 Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Nordart, Büdelsdorf, Germany.

2014 MASPERO II, Darb 1718 For Contemporary Culture & Arts, Cairo, Egypt.

2013 The 24th Youth Salon, Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.

2013 Disconnected, Societe Des Amis de L’art, Cairo, Egypt.

2013 l’historie Photography Exhibition, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Nimes, France.

2013 HIC  Exhibition, Ecole  Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Nimes. Mende, France.

2012 International Land Art, Curated by Stuart Frost, Sang, Ghana.

2011 International Art Meet (ICCR), Kolkata, India.

2011 The 22nd Youth Salon, Cairo, Egypt.


Talks and presentations



2023 Visiting artist, B’sarya art space/studios (residency program in partnership with Misk Art Institute), Alexandria, Egypt.

2023 Panel discussion, Roznama9 Parallel program, Tahrir Cultural Center at AUC.

2023 Discussion - Culturescapes festival 2023 talks series at University of Basel with Henri-Michel Yéré.

2022 Discussion with Nour El Safoury "Esmat publishing list" Cairo Art Book Fair at Startup Haus, Cairo,Egypt.

2021 On Healing and Repair, " Scaffolding A Familiar Epoch'' project at Rawabet Art Space, Cairo, Egypt.

2021 On Healing and Repair, " Scaffolding A Familiar Epoch'' project at Consoleya, Cairo, Egypt. Organized by Faculty Of Pharmacy Cairo University.

2021 Discussion with Artist Khaled Hourani organized by Culture Resource Al-Mawred Al- Thaqafy. (online)

2020 Artist talk, Art Off Screen project. (Online)

2020 Artist talk, Art World Escape moderated by Mariam ElNozahy (Online)

2019: Mass Alexandria, 2019

2018 AIR Talks #2 Pro Helvetia-Swiss Council at Egyptian Center For Culture & Arts-Makan.

2018 Artist Talk, Townhouse factory ''Rites Of Passage'' Exhibition,Cairo,Egypt.

2016 Mass Alexandria  program, Alexandria, Egypt.

2015 Artist Talk, Äkkigalleria ''Kevät Egyptistä'' Exhibition, Jyväskylä, Finland.

2014 Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt.

2014  24th Youth Salon, Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.

2013 ESBAN école supérieure des beaux arts de Nimes, France.



Residencies and workshops



2022 NAJM Seminar – New Artistic Journeys around the Mediterranean sea curated by Lieux publics in collaboration with Medrar, in Marseille, France.

2019 Art Omi Residency, NY, USA.

2018 Residency grant, Pro Helvetia, Atelier Mondial, Basel
(Swiss Arts Council).

2017 Do-it بالعربي ''Dwell Workshop with architect Ahmed Zazaa at Townhouse Factory,Cairo,Egypt.

2015 Indisciplinarte Residency program by CAOS Museum in Terni, Italy in collaboration with BJCEM Mediterranea biennale.

2015 North and South Residency, Coordinated by the Alexandria Bibliotheca, funded by European Union.  

2015 Residency in the Egyptian Academy in Rome through The prize of 24th Youth Salon, Rome, Italy.

2015 Detour workshop, Coordinated by Videonale v.o Festival and Nabta Art Center, Egypt/Germany/Italy.

2013 L’historie Photography workshop with Artist Arno Gisinger in Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Nimes, France.

2013 Paysage workshop with Artist Jiango Ann in Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Nimes, France.

2013 HIC workshop with Professor Brigitte bauer and Professor Jean Marc Cerino. Mende, France.

2012 International Land Art Residency program, Curated by Stuart Frost, Sang, Ghana. (funded by The Ministry of Culture of Egypt ).


Education


2022
ACF Summer ACADEMY African Cultural Fund and 32bis - Bootcamp 2022,Tunis.


2016/7
MASS ALEXANDRIA Independent Study Program, Alexandria, Egypt.


2013/4
Diploma in Multi Media, ESBAN Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Nimes, France.  (funded by the Institut français and the Ministry of Culture and Communication and under the supervision of the Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. CAMPUS FRANCE.)


2008/2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts Major: Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Helwan. Cairo, Egypt.


Collection


Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Yinchuan, China.
and in several private collections.