MARIANNE FAHMY (b. 1992) is an Egyptian artist living and working in Alexandria, Egypt, whose works span film and installation. Her work delves into how memory and the anticipation of a possible future may fold into one another, bridging myth, prophecy, and political reality to offer a speculative vision of a new city. Her approach to the narratives are born from marginalized stories that are not part of the official history and that reflect current political and social circumstances. Marianne’s work is deeply connected to a delicate balance between fiction and reality, her mixed media works seamlessly blend archival materials with her own fabricated imagery. 

Education:

1997-2010 German School, Alexandria

2010-2015 Faculty of fine art, Alexandria University

2016 Pre Master studies, Faculty of fine arts, Alexandria University

2016 Mass Alexandria independent art program

Exhibitions:

2026

“As Stones on Their Palms, Embers and Fire”, La Fabra Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona

2025

“Something very dear”, Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Giorgia

“Louder than Voice”, film screening at Eye Museum, Amsterdam

“Communities Between Islands “ Goethe Institut, Athens

“Remenants from a distant storm” Solo show at Pedro Cera Gallery, Portugal

Frieze London, UK

2024

Art Basel Statements section, Switzerland

Artist talk at PerForm Open Academy, Singapore

Art Explora Festival, The museum boat, Venice, Italy

"A Yellow Sun, A Green Sun, A Yellow Sun, A Red Sun, A Blue Sun" curated by Chiara Laneselli, Rome, Italy

“ The Parliament of Marmots” 9th edition of Biennale Gherdëina, curated by Lorenzo Giusti, Italy

Travels next to GAMeC museum in Bergamo, Italy

Panel discussion “Imagining the Ecologies of Tomorrow”, Framer Framed, Amsterdam

“Songs from the Shore”, curated by Martina Sabbadini at Image Fares Gallery, Paris

“Tale Tonic”, The Africa center, curated by Hanya el Ghamry, London, UK

2023

Sharjah Biennale 15, curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, UAE

"The educational web", Hamburg Kunstverein, Germany

Guest Speaker at Majlis Talks, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

"Perceptible Rhythms", curated by Maya ElKhalil, Middle East Institute, Washington DC

" Life Death, Love and Justice", curated by Didem Yazici, Yapı Kredi Culture Centre, Istanbul

"Breaking Water" curated by Amara Antilla and Clelia Coussonnet, Contemporary Arts Center, Ohio, USA

”Alexandria”, curated by Sarah Rifky and Edwin Nasr, Bozar-Center for Fine Arts, Brussels

Travels next to - Museum of the Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean, Marseille

"Prophecy", curated by Thomas Ellmar, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, UK

"Monuments and Flowers", curated by Regine Basha, ArteEast, Casa Arabe Madrid/ Cordoba, Spain2021

Sharjah Film Festival, Sharjah, UAE

Artist Talk and special screening, Hamburg Kunstverein, Germany

MAGA Museum of Contemporary art of Gallarate, School of Water film program, Italy

Palazzo di Città, Minimum standard curated by VOGA, Italy

Earlier exhibitions:

Yokohama Tiennale 7th edition, artistic director Raqs media Collective, Museum of Yokohama,Japan

Manifesta 13, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Inga Lāce and Clelia Coussonnet, Marseille, France.

Dak'Art Biennale, Senegal

Havana Biennale 13th edition, curated by Nelson Herrera, Cuba

Mediterranea 19 Young Artists Biennale, "School of Waters", curated by A Natural Oasis, San Marino,Italy

Screening and talk Ocean Archive platform, TBA-21 Academy

Artist talk at Aalto University, Helsinki

Towner International, Towner gallery Eastbourne, curated by Noelle Collins, Uk

Artist presentation at Prince Claus 25th anniversary festival, Royal Palace, Amsterdam

Ashkal Alwan online video platform Aashra, curated by Maha Maamoun, Beirut

After The Canal there was only “Our” World, curated by Raluca Voinea, Museum City Art Gallery of Ljubljan, Slovenia

Reimagined Narratives, Art D’Egypte, Cairo

Artist talk at La Nuit de L'eau, as part of the night of Ideas, Institut Francais, Cairo

Alegzandree, curated by Soma art Gallery at Shelter Gallery, Alexandria

Artist talk Farocki Now a Temporary Academy, Berlin, Germany

Monuments & Flowers, ArteEast's benefit,curated by Regina Basha, Postmasters Gallery, New York

Havana Biennale 13th edition, curated by Nelson Herrera, Cuba

Roznama,Townhouse Gallery curated by Mariam Al-Nozahi, Cairo

"Submerged – on rivers and their interrupted flow" at Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt

"Kino der Kunst", HFF, Munich, Germany

Neues Museum Nürnberg, International Competition, Kino der Kunst, Germany

Manifesta12 5x5x5 program "the garden of forking paths" project, Palermo, Italy

Darb 1718 "The cachette", Cairo, Egypt

Alexandria Atelier of Arts, Alexandria, Egypt

"A Republic Of Unconquered Spirit" Video Programme, curated by Didem Yazici at Schau_Raum Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg,Germany

“Farocki Now a Temporary Academy”, Harun Farocki Institute, Berlin