Hend Samir

Born 1986

Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hend Samir is an Egyptian painter based in Amsterdam. Born in 1986, she graduated from the Helwan University of Fine Arts in 2008, and was the recipient of the Dutch Royal Award for Modern Painting, 2021. Recent solo presentations include Art Basel Statements, Basel, Switzerland (2023), Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles (2023) Hide and Seek, Harkawik New York (2022), Frieze London (2021), Running in a Skewed Daydream, Harkawik Los Angeles (2021), Hula Hoop Labyrinth, Gallery Misr (2018). Group exhibitions include Gladys Nilsson & Hend Samir, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles (2024), NADA Miami, Miami, FL (2023), Daydreaming pressed against a fence, Harkawik Los Angeles (2023), NADA Miami, Miami, FL (2021), the 7th Cairo Video Festival at Medrar Gallery (2017), Photo Cairo 6 at CIC (2016). Internationally, her work has been featured in exhibitions in the US, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands. Samir recently completed a residency at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Exhibitions

A broom will leap out of the forest

Dec 5 - Dec 9, 2023

Daydreaming pressed against a fence

July 14 - Sept 11, 2023

Water Gun Game

Feb 15 - Feb 19, 2023

Hide and Seek

Apr 9 - May 12, 2022

Running in a Skewed Daydream

Jan 30 - Mar 6, 2021

Selected Works

Education

2022
Diploma
Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Helwan University Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt

Solo

2023
Basel, Switzerland
Felix Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Harkawik, New York, NY
2021
London, UK
Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Hula Hoop Labyrinth
Gallery Misr, Cairo, Egypt
2015
The Chocolate Bar of The Future
Medrar for Contemporary Arts, Cairo, Egypt

Group

2024
Gladys Nilsson & Hend Samir
Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
2021
NADA Miami, Miami, FL
Trailblazers: Royal Award for Modern Painting
Royal Palace, Amsterdam, NL
2019
In Conversation: A Painting Show
Sharjah Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
2018
DelicARTessen17
Galería Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
2017
DelicARTessen16
Galería Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
Photo Cairo 6
Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
Photo Cairo 6
Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt
8th Cairo Video Festival
Institut Français d’Égypte, Mounira, Egypt
2016
DelicARTessen15
Galería Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, Spain
My Favorite Things
Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Log-In
Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt
2015
Roznama 4
Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
Supermarket Art Fair
Stockholm, Sweden
2014
Roznama 3
Medrar for Contemporary Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2012
Macaroni Harmony
Darb 1718, Abdin Square, Cairo, Egypt
Elections Exhibition
Darb 1718, Old Cairo, Egypt
2011
Sites of Passage
Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
Saturated Souls
Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt

Press

Public Collections

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Pond Society, Shanghai, China