Artefact 2020

Artist Biography

Born in Cairo 1975, Ezzat receives a Fine Arts Diploma from Helwan university (1998), Cairo, Egypt, specialises in classical drawing and engraving. In 2002, she moves to Geneva, Switzerland with a desire to discover contemporary Art, she enters the Visual Art school, now ‘HEAD’ (Haute Ecole d’ Art et de Design, formally ‘ESBA’ ;Haute Ecole des Beaux-Arts). Her artistic career and approach changed form and concepts since her early classical works to evolve into more conceptual and contemporary creations that include video, performance and installations and she began exhibiting her work. Ezzat works simultaneously in contemporary Art institutions and in translation. In 2007 she receives her Visual Art diploma from Geneva, and moves to Dubai, UAE. Her artistic approach matured delivering messages of subtler yet direct social reflections brought about by her new surroundings in the UAE. She creates public installations and live performances and works in gallery management, mentoring and curating. She moves back to Egypt in 2012 and works in special educational/cultural engagement programs and events. Her work was exhibited in Egypt and internationally.