
Amani Moussa
Born in Cairo in 1991,
Her work is influenced by Cairo’s architecture and the stories behind its buildings. The seemingly chaotic black and white prints of tower blocks, their outer walls peeled away, revealing an urban dollhouse vision of the constant flux, noise and frenetic energy of Cairo.
Amani pairs her surrounding environment with her own perspective in a contemporary landscape through the use of printmaking, she narrates the story of one of the oldest, most cultured and overpopulated cities in the world, and the millions of families that call it home.
Her work is part of the Egyptian museum of modern art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts(NTMOFA) collections and private collections in Egypt, France, Qatar, Australia, Kuwait, China, the united states, and other countries.
EDUCATION:
- 2014/2015 game art graphics diploma from Information Technology Institute (ITI),
- 2008/2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major: printmaking), Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Helwan. Cairo, Egypt.
GRANTS/AWARDS:
- 2017/2019/2020: Production grant from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for Artists.
- 2017: The salon prize at the upper Egypt international salon.
- 2015: The Special Prize of the 25th Youth Salon, Cairo Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2015: The commercial international bank prize at upper Egypt international salon.
COLLECTIBLES:
- 2019: The Egyptian ministry of culture collectibles
- 2018: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.
- 2017: The museum of modern art collectibles, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2017: Guanlan printmaking base collectibles, Shenzhen, China.
- 2017: YAC(young artists community) collectibles, Tianjin, China.
Residencies:
- YAC(young artist community) printmaking residency, Tianjin, China 2017.
- Guanlan printmaking base residency, Shenzhen, China 2017.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- The third Binhai international printmaking camp exhibition at Tianjin Art Museum, NOV. 2019, china.
- CAIRO’s art fair at arts mart gallery 2016/2017/2018/2019..
- Haugesund Internasjonale Tresnitt festival (HIT) -Exhibition at Haugesund Museum of Fine Art/Haugesund Billedgalleri, Norway, May 2019.
- Win-win Cooperation/Belt and Road International Printmaking exchange project achievement exhibition at The Forbidden Palace Museum, Beijing, China,2019.
- ”A place to belong” group exhibition at Motion art gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
- ”The Starting” group exhibition at samah art gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
- Times and echoes group exhibition at marakez by Motion art gallery 2019, Cairo, Egypt.
- CAIRO’s art fair at the arts mart gallery 2016/2017/2018 Cairo, Egypt.
- Continuum group exhibition at Al Mashrabia art gallery,2018 Cairo, Egypt.
- Win-win Cooperation/Belt and Road International Printmaking Invitational Exhibition, at Dunhuang International Convention Center,2018, china.
- International biennial print (ROC)exhibition at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts(NTMOFA) 2018.
- (le Printemps des artistes) at Darb 1718 in collaboration with the french embassy in Egypt, 2018 Cairo, Egypt.
- Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan 2018.
- (Artists of tomorrow)at artsmart Gallery 2018.Cairo, Egypt.
- Agenda exhibition, bibliotheca alexandrina conference center 2016/2018.Alexandria, Egypt.
- Tron, group,exhibition of international printmaking works from residential artist camp in Binhai (Tianjin) 2017.
- Garage sale group exhibition at Arcade art gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
- New wave Exhibition, picasso gallery ,June 2017. Cairo, Egypt.
- Garage sale group exihibtion at Arcade art gallery,2017, Cairo, Egypt.
- Black and white group exhibition , gezira art centre ,may 2017.
- upper Egypt international salon fifth round 2017 (the salon prize).
- Clyde & Co art award exhibition in the gallery of light , DUCTAC, Emirates 2017.
- Cairo’s art fair at artsmart gallery , Egypt 2016.
- Post contemporary wave 5 , narrative movement, India 2016.
- First time exhibition, bibliotheca alexandrina.2016.
- Clyde&co annual contest ,dubai 2016.
- Small artwork exhibition at greek campus AUC (American University in Cairo) 2015.
- Upper Egypt international salon third round 2015(commercial international bank prize)
- Youth salon 25 th 2014/26th 2015/28th 2017/29th 2018, the palace of arts, cairo opera house.
- L’Atelier D’Alexandrie exhibition 2015.
- Action painting: Hakawy international festival at Cairo opera house,2013.
- Emerging artists (talaa) exhibition at ( L’association Des Amis Des Arts, Cairo )2014/2015.