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, Diploma, Specific Education in Painting, Cairo University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019, Adrift in the Labyrinth of a Parallel Mind, Athr, Jeddah, KSA
2019, Taxidermy Dreams, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
2018, Taxidermy Dreams, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2015, Barzakh, Safarkhan Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2014, Muted, Safarkhan Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2013, Mohamed Monaiseer, Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024, Long Story Short, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Bridging Cairo & New York, Saphira & Ventura Gallery, NY, USA
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
Art D’Egypte: Reimagined Narratives, Al Mu’iz Street, Cairo, Egypt
Naphtha, Khuzam Palace, Jeddah, KSA
Out of Place, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, KSA
2018, Art D’Egypte: Nothing Vanishes Everything Transforms, Manial Palace, Cairo, Egypt
Something Else- Off Biennale, Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt
Nest, Al Riwak Art Space, Manama, Bahrain
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
Mass Alexandria: End of Year Exhibition, Alexandria, Egypt
2015, Roznama 4, Medrar, Cairo, Egypt
Group Show, Falak, Cairo, Egypt
The Bridge, Caravan Arts Europe, Chicago, USA
Back to the Origins, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt
Supermarket Art Fair, Artellewa Art Space, Stockholm, Sweden
2014, 25th Youth Salon, Palace of the Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2013, 24th Youth Salon, Palace of the Arts, Cairo, Egypt
Open Exhibition, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Open Exhibition, Sodic, Cairo, Egypt
Group Show, Cairo Atelier, Cairo Egypt
Group Show, Hotel Viennoise, Cairo, Egypt
2012, Smash, The Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
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
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