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RIHAM EL SADANY RIHAM EL SADANY

RIHAM EL SADANY, Egypt (1978)

Bio

Riham El Sadany was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1978. She graduated from the Helwan Univesity with a Bachelor in Fine Arts, an MFA, and a Ph.D. in Performance Arts. In 2007 she founded the MUST...

Riham El Sadany was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1978. She graduated from the Helwan Univesity with a Bachelor in Fine Arts, an MFA, and a Ph.D. in Performance Arts. In 2007 she founded the MUST gallery at Misr University for Science & Technology Cairo and began teaching art there as well as at the American University in Cairo. A multimedia artist, El Sadany’s artworks are characterized by Surrealism, using intense colors and inspired by Picasso’s childlike impulsiveness and Frida Kahlo’s expression of agony; her portrayals are always distorted and detached from reality. She transports the viewer into her world of dramatic fantasy, conveying men and women who are robust but soft and sensual at the same time. Inspired by Egyptian mythology, the artist sometimes adds horns to her portraits of women as a sign of strength and power. El Sadany still lives and works between Egypt and the US.  

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CV

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016

The Scent of Egypt, Gallery Misr, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

2015

Lust in Wonderland, ArtTalks Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2013

Fantasmagoria, ArtTalks Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2011

Dawn, Waco Gallery, Texas, United States of America

2009

Echo, Gezira Fine Arts Center, Cairo, Egypt
Secret, Philosophy Signature Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2007

Exhale, Gezira Fine Arts Center, Cairo, Egypt

2006

Faintly, The World of Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2005

Losing Connection, Extra Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2004

Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

2002

Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Future Moon of Nothingness, Spring Break Art Show, New York, USA
Roots of Radiance, The Space, New Jersey, USA

2023

Corpus Nexus, Dacia Gallery, New York, USA

2018

Cultural Narratives, CAP Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Cultural Narratives, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2015

The 36thNational Exhibition, Opera House Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Agenda Exhibition, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

2010

Why not, Opera House Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Experimental Photography, Triereneberg, Austria
Grid 2010 – Photography Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2009

Journey Into Art, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The 32ndNational Exhibition of the Third Festival of Fine Art, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt
Agenda Exhibition, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

2008

The Media Exhibition, Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt
The Youth Salon, Opera House Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Art and Music, Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt
The 56thSalon d’Automne, Paris, France 

2007

El Sawy Culture Wheel Center, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

2006

El Sawy Culture Wheel Center, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
The Town House Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2004

Isis and Osiris – Feminine Masculine Forces, Falaki Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

Collections

Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Egyptian Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt
Bibliotheca Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Cairo International Airport, Arrival Hall, Cairo, Egypt
The Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy

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Press
Ahram Online - _The purely physical does not interest me_ Egyptian painter Riham El-Sadany on her new exhibition.pdf
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مصرس _ 21 لوحة للفنانة ريهام السعدني تتناول التحرر من القيود.pdf
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Freesia - ريهام السعدني_ بطلات لوحاتي جميلات ناعمات لكنهن مفترسات عند اللزوم .. ولوحاتي تحمل المعنى ونقيضه .pdf
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APNews.pdf
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ريهام السعدني تفتح “عين على المدينة” في جاليري مصر  حياتي اليوم.pdf
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Speakers.pdf
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“عين على المدينة ” معرض بريشة الفنانة ريهام السعدني – وطنى.pdf
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PICTURED_ Egyptian fishing town hosts wall art festival  Daily Mail Online.pdf
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RIHAM EL SADANY Artwork

There is a Place like no place on earth

RIHAM EL SADANY, Egypt, 2014
133.5 x 203.5 cm

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