Hamdi Attia

Hamdi Attia was born and raised in Assiut, Egypt. He currently lives and works between Cairo and Chicago. His work examines the relationship between cartography, geography, the body, and power — using video, mapping, painting, and sculpture. In his early career, he represented Egypt at the Venice Biennial, where he received the top pavilion prize with architect Akram Al-Magdoub.

His work was also exhibited in several biennials and has been featured in private and group exhibitions at Al Masar Gallery in Cairo, also in Amman, Doha, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Paris, Rome, Oslo, Bergen, Copenhagen, Basel, Marrakesh and São Paulo. Attia has also been commissioned for a number of public works in Egypt, Italy, and the U.S. He studied at the College of Arts in Cairo and the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Rome, and received his MFA at the University of Pennsylvania.

Al Masar Gallery is the representing Gallery and Agent of the Artist.

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