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Iman Issa

Biography

Iman Issa (born 1979) is an Egyptian multi-disciplinary artist whose work looks at the power of display in relation to academic and cultural institutions at large. Issa has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her most notable shows include the solo exhibition, Iman Issa: Heritage Studies at MACBA, Barcelona, Iman Issa: Heritage Studiesat the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), and Material at Rodeo, Istanbul. Her videography has been featured at the Transmediale, Berlin, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, Tate Modern, London, Spacex, Exeter, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, and Bidoun Artists’ Cinema. She lectures at the New School and is currently a part-time professor at the Cooper Union’s School of Arts. Issa lives and works between Cairo and New York City.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

Belvedere 21er Haus Artist in Residence (2015); Abraaj Group Art Prize (2013); Han Nefkens Foundation-MACBA Contemporary Art Award (2012); Young Arab Theatre Fund Production Grant (2010) The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Grant (2009)

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