Farida El Gazzar
Farida El Gazzar (b. 1975, Alexandria, Egypt) is a Greek-Egyptian artist based in Athens. She studied in London at the Royal College of Art (1998-2000) and Kingston University (1996-1998), and is also a graduate of the Vakalo School of Art and Design in Athens, Greece (1993-1996).
From 2003 to 2007, she was co-founder of the creative team WARDA. Her ongoing relationship with the Middle East is a result of her early years in Alexandria and Kuwait and has been realized also through her residencies and research in Cairo and Manama.
Exhibitions include: Group Exhibition, ‘Not Third but Infinite’, (group exhibition), (curated by: ACG Art collection in collaboration with Díla), Athens (2026); Art Basel Qatar 2026, Kalfayan Galleries, solo show, (2026); Pontevedra Biennale, Spain (2025); ‘Stigma’ (group show) (curated by Alexandros Kassandrinos), Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital, Athens. ‘Don’t Wake The Turtles’ (2022); Solo Exhibition, Artissima, Kalfayan Galleries, 2022; ‘Both Sides Of The Moon’ (2021) (solo), Kalfayan Galleries, Athens; ‘Night Garden’ (2020) (solo), Kalfayan Galleries, Athens; Art d’Egypt 2019 and 2018, Cairo; ‘Opening Remarks’, Athr Gallery, Jeddah (2018); Art Basel Miami, solo show in Kabinett section with Kalfayan Galleries (2017) and ‘NP or the Possibilities of Life’ (locus Athens), Athens; ‘Dream City’, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo (2015); ‘Arabic Without A Teacher’, Kerameikos, Athens; ‘Rehang’, (curators: November Paynter and Sylvia Kouvali), parallel event to the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, Grand Hotal De Londres, Istanbul; ‘Thirty Posters on Migration’ IMEPO (Hellenic Migration Policy Institute), Syntagma Metro Station, Athens; ‘The Ultimate Experience’ Al Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain (all 2009).
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