Shadwa Ali is an independent Egyptian Audio & visual artist, Graduated from faculty of fine arts, Alexandria University, Graphic department (Print making) 2012.
Started her career 2010 in Print making (lino-cut), digital print. In 2012 developed her vision and perspective trying to express it visually in different categories of art, It's unlimited and also linked to each other. She's started to merge between traditional, manual techniques and contemporary, digital methods such as sound.
Shadwa’s artistic practice is based on searching and exploring society problems and human psychological issues, their behavior through the daily chaotic routine in capital cities (Cairo-Alexandria), and how when certain events occur, it affects the social and collective memory and their way of interacting with this society. Since she's interested in the chaotic daily routine, noise is one of the most major subjects for her artworks.
Her practice revolves around noticing the mostly unnoticed details in the surrounding environment, investigating , digging, then manipulating that reality which reflects the nonsense and absurdity in that reality.
Shadwa participated in many Exhibitions and workshops of audio & visual arts locally and internationally.
Education
Studied film-making at Jesuit film school at Alexandria, (2016-2017)
Post-graduate in printmaking at faculty of fine arts, Alexandria University, (2012-2013)
Grade: Very good.
Graduated of the Faculty of Fine Arts Alexandria University- Egypt, Graphics dept, Printmaking, 2012
Grade: Very good with Honors.
Exhibitions
2024
Sonica festival at Tramway, Glasgow, September.
(Re)cognizable at Bsarya Arts, Alexandria, September.
2021
Alternative Skies at French Institute in Alexandria, June.
Technocrats by Art d'Egypt, Cairo, January.
2020
Quarantined online exhibition by Goethe-Institute, Alexandria, July.
2019
"AləgZANdreeə" Art Exhibition at Shelter art space, Alexandria, June.
"Roznama 7" exhibition at Medrar for contemporary art, Cairo, April.
2018
"Cairotronica" Cairo electronic & New media arts festival at Cairo opera house, May.
2017
"Recycle and Play" exhibition at atelier Alexandria, April.
2016
"Roznama 5" exhibition at Medrar for contemporary art, Cairo, September.
"Open bridge" Performance in collaboration with WOOSHING MACHINE and El Madina studio, at the Bibliotheca Alexandria, February.
2015
10th International youth saloun at atelier Alexandria, March.
2014
Imago Mundi: The Art of Humanity at Rome, November.
25th Saloun of Egyptian youth artists at Cairo Opera house, November.
"Interruption" group exhibition at townhouse, Cairo, September.
Unqualified exhibition at Janaklees studio, Alexandria, March.
2013
Middle east salon for small art works, Cairo, January.
Nahr Al Bahr competition at El Sawy Culture wheel, Cairo, February.
Egypt photo marathon at Darb1718 , Cairo, February.
2012
Agenda exhibition at the Bibliotheca Alexandria, February.
Stop motion movies workshop exhibition at the Bibliotheca Alexandria, December.
23th Saloun of Egyptian youth artists at Cairo Opera house, October.
First time exhibition At the Bibliotheca Alexandria, August.
Graduation Projects exhibition of Graphics department, June.
2011
Agenda exhibition at the Bibliotheca Alexandria, March.
International exhibition of small Printing for Students at Minia, November.
2010
"The last days of earth movie" workshop exhibition, March.
2008
Digital Print exhibition at atelier Alexandria, July.
Student exhibition in faculty of Fine arts Alexandria, July.
Talks & interviews
Future of listening: Listening to others, Sonica festival at tramway, Glasgow, september, 2024.
Sonic spaces, Cairo, 2022.
Quarantined online exhibition by Goethe-Institute, Alexandria, July 2020.
Roznama Studio program in collaboration between Medrar for contemporary art and D-caf festival, Cairo, 2018.
Publications
Grapefruites fanzine, issue 4, 2021.
Roznama 6, Cairo, 2018.
"Egypt, the cradle of art" contemporary artists from Egypt, "Imago Mundi" Image of the world collection, 2014.
Zambalita online art magazine issue 5, 2013.
Awards
Nahr Al Bahr first prize at Printmaking, 2013.
Special mention in Egypt photo marathon exhibition, 2013.
Acquisition of Commercial International Bank CIB, 2012.
Workshops
2019
Transmedia and New Contexts with Tom Brennan and Kersti Grunditz Brennan from the Stockholm University of the Arts, Film and Media department at Museum of fine arts, Alexandria, April.
2018
The live audio in VVVV workshop at Goethe institut Cairo, May.
2017
"Recycle and Play", Noisy Mechatronic objects workshop at faculty of fine arts Alexandria in collaboration with 6 French artists from L'École Supérieure d'art Aix-en-provence, Alexandria, April.
2016
Training of trainers in the field of sound and music at "ADEF" Arab Digital Expression Foundation, Cairo, April.
"Open bridge" workshop with WOOSHING MACHINE at "El Madina" studio, Alexandria, February.
"Cinema workshop" of Zoom - International Festival short film - Clermont-Ferrand at French Institute of Egypt, Alexandria, February.
2014
"Imago Mundi" Image of the world workshop at atelier Alexandria, March.
2011
Stop Motion movies workshop at faculty of fine arts, Alexandria, September.
"The last days of earth movie" workshop at faculty of fine arts, Alexandria, March.
Printmaking with Photo-polymer at atelier Alexandria, January.
2010
Digital Print workshop at atelier Alexandria, May.
Studio program
ART X AI residency at Bsarya Arts, Alexandria, May, 2024.
Sonic Spaces virtual programe, Cairo, 2022-2023.
Roznama 6 Studio programe, Cairo, 2018.
Fellowship
"We Are Data" fellowship, Cairo, 2019-2020.
Music events/ Performance
Live performance in Sonica festival at The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, September, 2024.
Healing. Listening to a Brave New World by Medisoup, Cyprus, Spain and Turkey, April, 2022.
All systems go at Centrala art gallery, Birmingham, Uk, June, 2021.
Alternate African Reality – Electronic, electroacoustic and experimental music from Africa and the diaspora - among 32 artists and bands by Syrphe, 2020.
Shubbak El Fann at Goethe-Institute, Alexandria, October, 2019.
The Swiss radio programme «airtime!», episode 8, produced by Radio RaBe, and broadcasted by Radio RaBe, radiox basel, Radio 3FACH, Kanal radio and Radio Gwen, 2022.
Experimental Venues Worldwide, episode 5 by ACUD MACHT NEU, Germany, September, 2020.
Amateur gardener tales, episode 4 by Mada Masr, Cairo, 2020.
Sonic Darts, Resonance FM in London and Norwich, UK, February, 2019.
