B. 1991, Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Manar Abdelmaaboud is an Interdisciplinary artist whose work addresses issues of power, control, and agency. Drawn to daily human interactions, her practice reflects on her own feelings of alienation, dissociation, and disembodiment. Each new project is an opportunity to push or blur the boundaries and explore different aspects of the human condition, from the joys and sorrows of love and loss to the complexities of identity and belonging.
Education
2018 MFA Fine Art, Parsons, The New School, New York
2011 BA Fine Art, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Group Shows
2024 Between Hercules and a Butterfly, 62 Pier Carousel, New York, USA
2023 Ancient Futures, The Opening Gallery, New York, USA
2022 New York Arab Festival, The Invisible Dog, New York, USA
2018 The Hybrid of Being, 25 East Gallery, New York, USA
2018 How an Artwork Should Speak, 25 East Gallery, New York, USA
2017 Politics and Lies, 25 East Gallery, New York, USA
2016 Naema’s Office is Bleeding Exhibition 2, Medrar Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2015 Mohamed Abla Painting Competition, AUC, Cairo, Egypt
2011 470 Parallel Visions, Sharjah Gallery, AUC, Cairo, Egypt
Performances
2018 To Catch a Terrorist, Am Ufer Theater, Berlin, Germany
2018 To Catch a Terrorist, La Mama Theater, New York, USA
Lectures
2021 Art and Humor as Mediums of Protest, Department of Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA