Sahar Dourgham
Sahar Dourgham is a visual artist and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University. She represented Egypt at the Venice Biennale (2007) and Sarajevo International Biennale (2012). Dourgham has received numerous awards, including the El Mawred Award (2005), the Best Scenario Writing Award at the Trans-Saharan Film Festival in Zagora, Morocco (2010), and the Alexandrian University Award for Scientific Excellence (2014).
She has held artistic residencies in Sweden (2001) and France (2011), and participated in the First and Fourth Bibliotheca Alexandrina Artist's Book Exhibitions and the Agenda Exhibitions. She has held solo exhibitions in Egypt, Sweden, and France, and has participated in group exhibitions in Egypt, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, and Ireland.
Dourgham has conducted several multi-disciplinary workshops focused on installation art and video art, and coordinated multiple exhibitions in Alexandria. Her works are held in collections in Sweden, Tunisia, and Egypt, including at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture (2009) and the Museum of Egyptian Modern Art (2023). Most recently, she participated in the 44th General Exhibition at the Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House (2024).
She has held artistic residencies in Sweden (2001) and France (2011), and participated in the First and Fourth Bibliotheca Alexandrina Artist's Book Exhibitions and the Agenda Exhibitions. She has held solo exhibitions in Egypt, Sweden, and France, and has participated in group exhibitions in Egypt, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, and Ireland.
Dourgham has conducted several multi-disciplinary workshops focused on installation art and video art, and coordinated multiple exhibitions in Alexandria. Her works are held in collections in Sweden, Tunisia, and Egypt, including at the Egyptian Ministry of Culture (2009) and the Museum of Egyptian Modern Art (2023). Most recently, she participated in the 44th General Exhibition at the Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House (2024).