
Shayma Kamel (+2) 01095895850
Born 1980, Giza, Egypt komthra@yahoo.com
Solo exhibitions
Oct, 2011 Bamako Binal , the French cultural center.
Sapt, 2011 Kunsit Transit artist Gallery, Germany
Jan 2010 Knauer Gallery, West Chester University,
Pennsylvania: Faces in Time
May 2009 KUNST Gallery, Cairo: Intimacy
Nov 2008 Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, Cairo: Shayma Kamel
Nov 2007 Cairo Atelier, Cairo: Chairs
Nov 2007 Community Services Association, Cairo: Shababek
Oct 2006 Falaki Gallery, American University in Cairo: Hadouta
Feb 2004 Cairo Atelier, Cairo: Cat-Mona-Night
Group exhibitions
Jan 2010 Qasr El Nil Street, Hanfaninha studio Gallery
Sept 2009 Artists with Attitude, Amsterdam: The Beehive
Experiment
June 2009 Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, Cairo: The Holy
Family’s Trip
May 2009 Gallery Lot17, Cairo: Egyptian Female Artists
2008 Palace of Art, Cairo: 18th Youth Salon
June 2008 Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, Cairo: Artist’s View
Feb 2008 Gomhouria Theatre, Cairo: Sawa
Feb 2008 Ahmad Shawky Museum, Cairo: Dream
Sept 2007 Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center: Graffiti Exhibition
June 2007 Gallery Grant, Cairo: Tetra logy
2007 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo: Sawa
2007 Centre of Arts, Athens: A Mediterranean Trilogy of
Contemporary Art
March 2007 Palace of Art, Cairo: 18th Youth Salon
Feb 2007 Falaki Gallery, American University in Cairo: Fresh
Cream- An Exhibition of Recent works by AUC Faculty
Sept 2006 El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo: Under the Bridge
March 2006 Ewart Gallery, American University in Cairo: Window
Women (Shayma Kamel and Marisa diPaola)
April 2005 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo: Works on Paper
2004 El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo: Abanous
Sept 2003 Palace of Art, Cairo: 15th Youth Salon
2003 El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo: The Women
2003 Gezira Center of Arts, Cairo: third Annual Salon of
Small Artworks
2003 One Horizon Gallery, Cairo: second World Exhibition for
Art on Porcelain
2001 Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House: 27th National
Exhibition for Fine Arts
2001 Alexandria Atelier, Alexandria, and Palace of Arts,
Cairo Opera House: Innocent Arts
Residencies and projects
April 2010 Artist Talk At the University of the Virgin Islan.
Jan 2010 Knauer Gallery,west chester uni,USA,Pennsylvania
Jan 2008 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo: SAWA project inside
Outside on the Walls of Townhouse
June 2007 Atelier of Alexandria: RAMI workshop in Body,
Movement and Multimedia, in cooperation with
SHAMS (Beirut), ZINC/ECM (Marseille) and ASTAR
(Milan) *participant
May 2007 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo: collaborative project Souk
El Goma’a
April 2007 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo: Save the Children
(Sweden) animation training workshop *participant
April 2007 Jesuits’ & Brothers’ Association for Development,
Training of teachers; dolls and recycle workshop
*director
March 2007 Atlantis Books, Santorini: artists residency
April 2005 Goethe Institute, Cairo: toy-making workshop with
Mark Schlittger *participant
June 2004 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo: experimental drawing
Workshop *participant
2003 Elfostat Ceramic Center, Cairo: Paint on Porcelain,
Four-month workshop with Dr. Samia Zada
Workshops for children
April 2010 St Croix,Pint Workshop ,Auther Richard Middle School, Virgin Island.
2009 Sri Lanka, Paint yourself Workshop With Orphans Children-Colompo.
June 2009 Catholic Relief Services and Club K, Cairo: Art
Workshops for refugee children *director
Aug 2008 Rawabet Theatre, Cairo: painting, puppet making
And theatre workshop with the Al-Shehab institution for Comprehensive Development *organizer and director
July 2008
Saida Zeinab Cultural Garden, Cairo: painting workshop for the annual Street Children Day organized by the Development Support Centre and UNICEF *director
June 2008 Rawabet Theatre, Cairo: UNICEF interactive
Workshop for street children *director
2007 IMPAPA in cooperation with UNICEF: art teacher with
Street children in Cairo
2007 Cairo to Camps project, Jordan: Palestinian children
Mixed media and recycling workshop *director
July 2007 VSA arts and Townhouse Gallery: workshop for kids with disabilities *director
2006 Somali children’s book-making workshop *director
2005 & 2006 Children’s art workshops for World Refugee Day in
Association with the AUC Student Action for Refugees and Townhouse Gallery, Cairo *organizer and director
2005 Art classes for Sudanese Development Initiative
Summer camp *director
2005 SODO Organization: art teacher for Somali children
2004 Art classes for Sudanese Development Initiative
Summer camp *director
Funding
July 2007 Roberto Cimetta Fund: individual travel grant for
Residency at Atlantis Books, Santorini
Bibliography
May 21 2009 The Egyptian Gazette, page 8: Life is Good at the
Kunst, review and interview by Youssra El-Sharkawy
June 24 2008 Daily News Egypt: Snapshots of a Different
Childhood, article on UNICEF workshop at
Townhouse Gallery by Marie-Helene Rousseau
May 2004 Memory Book, paintings in book for children affected
By HIV, SUDIA Organization and Egyptian Hope
Village, Cairo
Education
2002 BA Psychology, Ain Shams University, Cairo
Related experience
2006 – 2009 Gallery assistant and coordinator at Falaki Gallery
And Sharjah Art Gallery, American University in Cairo
2006 Organizer of exhibition by refugee artists for World
Refugee Day at the American University in Cairo
2005 Psycho-social consultant and trainer in HIV/AIDS
Prevention and Impact Mitigation among refugees in Greater Cairo for the Sudanese Development Initiative
2003 – 2005 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo: Outreach Workshop
Program organizer
2003 Gezira Art Centre, Cairo: assistant for artist Jamal Ezz
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