Esraa Elfeky

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Esraa Elfeky (born in 1989) is an Egyptian multimedia artist who works with video, sculpture, drawing, sound, and installation. Her work unearths the complex relationships that exist between the natural world, the body, time, and the urban environment.

For the past six years, Elfeky has navigated themes such as the apocalypse, decay, and resurrection as an ongoing exploration of her native country. The often- overlooked landscape of the desert specifically, becomes a site for imagination, solitude, storytelling, and reflection on both historical and political events.

Elfeky is the recipient of grants and awards such as the special mention award of the 5th GABES CINEMA Festival, the Wijhat travel grant- El Mawred, Gypsum bursaries, Pro Helvetia artist residency, the Warehouse421 production grant, the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts grant in Salzburg 2020, and the 25th Youth Salon Prize for Installation Art at Cairo’s Opera House.

Her work has been exhibited worldwide at venues such as W139/Netherlands, 9th Biennale Gherdeina/Italy, Kunstverein Hamburg/Germany. GABES CINEMA FEN festival/Tunisia, Mena Film festival/Canada, MMAG Foundation/Jordan, Warehouse421/UAE, Townhouse Gallery/ Egypt.