Mohamed Monaiseer Egypt, b. 1989

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B. 1989

 

Mohammed Monaiseer explores heritage craft and delves into mystical and transcendental concepts such as alchemy, metaphysics, and oral histories in his drawings and paintings. The obsessive repetition in his work comments on the potency of words or figures when multiplied and reproduced to the point of excess. The raw, shroud-like forms of fabric, canvas, and paper contribute to the ethereal notions of parapsychology, human consciousness, and spirit that Monaiseer explores. For him, this extensive handiwork is akin to ritual, with the repetitions transforming into meditations.

Monaiseer holds a BA in Educational Art and a Diploma from Cairo University. He has attended several artist residency programs, including Can Serrat, El Bruc (2023), La Place, Barcelona (2019), Delfina Foundation, London (2019), and MASS Alexandria, Alexandria (2016).

He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including TEFAF Maastricht in the Netherlands (2023), Silent Rhythm at Unit 7 in London (2022), Art d’Egypte: Reimagined Narratives on Moez Street in Cairo (2019), Naptha at Khuzam Palace in Jeddah (2019), Art d’Egypte: Nothing Vanishes, Everything Transforms at Manial Palace in Cairo (2018), Nest at Al-Riwaq Gallery in Bahrain (2017), and Blind Date at Sfeir-Semler Gallery in Beirut (2017).

Monaiseer has also held solo exhibitions, including Adrift in the Labyrinth of a Parallel Mind at Athr Gallery in Jeddah (2019), Taxidermy Dreams at Alserkal Avenue in Dubai (2019), and another version of this exhibition at Townhouse Gallery in Cairo (2018). His previous solo exhibitions also include Barzakh at Safarkhan Gallery in Cairo (2015) and Muted at Safarkhan Gallery in Cairo (2014).

EDUCATION

  • 2011, BA, Educational Art, Cairo University

  • 2015, Dipl, Specific Education in Painting, Cairo University

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024, Long Story Short, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2024, Bridging Cairo & New York, Saphira & Ventura Gallery, NY, USA

  • 2024, Art Cairo, Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2023, TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands

  • 2022, Silent Rhythm, Unit 7, London, UK

  • 2019, A Language of Form - Records of Time Tracing, Exhibit 320, New Delhi, India

  • 2019, Art D’Egypte: Reimagined Narratives, Al Mu’iz Street, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2019, Naphtha, Khuzam Palace, Jeddah, KSA

  • 2019, Out of Place, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA

  • 2018, Art D’Egypte: Nothing Vanishes Everything Transforms, Manial Palace, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2018, Something Else- Off Biennale, Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2018, Nest, Al Riwak Art Space, Manama, Bahrain

  • 2018, Refusing to be Still, “21,39”, Jeddah, KSA

  • 2017, The Clocks are Striking Thirteen, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA

  • 2016, Blind Date, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

  • 2016, Mass Alexandria: End of Year Exhibition, Alexandria, Egypt

  • 2015, Roznama 4, Medrar, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2015, Group show, Falak, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2015, The Bridge, Caravan Arts Europe, Chicago, USA

  • 2015, Back to the Origins, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2015, Supermarket Art Fair, Artellewa Art Space, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2014, 25th Youth Salon, Palace of the Arts, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2013, 24th Youth Salon, Palace of the Arts, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2013, Open Exhibition, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2013, Open Exhibition, Sodic, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2013, Group show, Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2013, Group show, Hotel Viennoise, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2012, Smash, The Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2012, Group show, Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2011, 22nd Youth Salon, Palace of the Arts, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2011, On the Edge, Mashrabiya Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2010, Group show, Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2010, 21st Youth Salon, Palace of the Arts, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2009, Group show, Biennale Port Said, Port Said, Egypt

 

RESIDENCIES

  • 2023, Can Serrat, El Bruc, Spain

  • 2019, La Place, Barcelona, Spain

  • 2019, Delfina Foundation, London, UK

  • 2018, Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama, Bahrain

  • 2016, Mass Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

AWARDS

  • 2015, Youth Salon Ministry of Culture Prize, Egypt

  • 2009, Siwa Prize Ministry of Culture, Egypt

PRESS
2025, "Innocuous Colonialism: I, Pet Lion" Mada Masr

2024, "Long Story Short, A Summer Group Show at Gypsum Gallery" The Arab Art Review

2024, "Exhibition: Bridging Cairo and New York" Egyptian Gazette

2014, "Art Agenda: 1-15 May" Ahram Online