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 exhibitions include Running in a Skewed Daydream, Real Pain (2021), The Chocolate Bar of the Future, Medrar (2015), and Hula Hoop Labyrinth, Gallery Misr (2018). Group exhibitions include the 7th Cairo Video Festival at Medrar Gallery (2017), Photo Cairo 6 at CIC (2016) and Log-In at Darb 1718 (2016). Internationally, her work was featured in exhibitions in the US, Sweden, France, Spain and Belgium. Samir is an Artist-in-Residence at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
Exhibitions
Running in a Skewed Daydream
Jan 30 - Mar 6, 2021
Selected Works
Hend Samir
Protective
2018
Acrylic on canvas
19.5” H x 23.5” W
Protective
2018
Acrylic on canvas
19.5” H x 23.5” W
Hend Samir
Life Like in a Doll House
2018
Acrylic on canvas
15” H x 46.5” W
Life Like in a Doll House
2018
Acrylic on canvas
15” H x 46.5” W
Hend Samir
A Turbulent Building
2020
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
A Turbulent Building
2020
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
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Running in a Skewed Daydream
2020
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
Running in a Skewed Daydream
2020
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
Hend Samir
Oneness and Unanimity
2020
Acrylic on canvas
81.5” H x 260” W
Oneness and Unanimity
2020
Acrylic on canvas
81.5” H x 260” W
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Young Love Story
2020
Acrylic on canvas
17” H x 21” W
Young Love Story
2020
Acrylic on canvas
17” H x 21” W
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New Arrival
2017
Acrylic on canvas
15” H x 15” W
New Arrival
2017
Acrylic on canvas
15” H x 15” W
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Rhythm of a Little Piano Player
2016
Acrylic on canvas
21” H x 17” W
Rhythm of a Little Piano Player
2016
Acrylic on canvas
21” H x 17” W
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Last Supper
2018
Oil on canvas
18” H x 22” W
Last Supper
2018
Oil on canvas
18” H x 22” W
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Dream Home with Cable Car
2021
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
Dream Home with Cable Car
2021
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
Hend Samir
The Playground
2021
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
The Playground
2021
Acrylic on canvas
55” H x 67” W
Hend Samir
A Play at the Edge of Danger
2018
Oil on canvas
18” H x 22” W
A Play at the Edge of Danger
2018
Oil on canvas
18” H x 22” W
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Family Fest
2021
Oil on canvas
18” H x 22” W
Family Fest
2021
Oil on canvas
18” H x 22” W
Education
2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Helwan University Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt
Solo
2021
Running in a Skewed Daydream
Real Pain, 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
2021
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
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, Pittsburg, PA
2010
Saturated Souls
Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt
Press
2021
Arts Tribune, Feburary 27, 2021
LA Weekly, February 26, 2021
Art Viewer, February 23, 2021
2016
