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Artist

Mariam El Nozahy – Ausstellungsraum Klingental

Egypt, Switzerland

5 months

Mariam Elnozahy is a curator and writer based in Cairo. Previously, she curated eight exhibitions at the Townhouse Gallery as well as an exhibition in Jeddah at the Athr Gallery and in London at the Mosaic Rooms. Her project titled ‘Whose Open Society? Understanding Neoliberalism and the Economics of Artistic Production in the Middle East and former Eastern bloc’ was presented at the Warsaw Biennale and the Matter of Art Biennale in Prague. She has been published in Hyperallergic and MadaMasr. 

Mariam is selected for the curator in residence exchange program established by Atelier Mondial – International Arts Exchange Program and Pro Helvetia the Swiss Arts Council, in collaboration with independent art space Ausstellungsraum Klingental in Basel.

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