Person

Aalam Wassef

Aalam Wassef, 38, is an Egyptian independent artist (installations, new media), blogger and internet activist.
He is based in Cairo in El Khalifa area.

As an artist he he has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in Europe, the USA and Egypt.

Recent award : Ars Electronica, 2008, Hybrid Art (Linz, Austria)

Recent shows and events (2007-2009) :
OK Museum for Contemporary Art (Linz, Austria). Parcours West II (La Générale en Manufacture group show, Paris) , Biennale d?Art Contemporain (residency, Dieppe), Galerie Marie Watteau (solo exhibition, Paris), 01SJ Festival ? ?Art on the edge? (opening performance, San José, USA), Festival Vidéoformes (video, Montpellier), L?Échangeur (solo exhibition, Paris), Parcours West III (La Générale en manufacture, group show, Paris), Pôle M (group show, Paris), Sabotage (group show, La Comète, Paris), We will be heroes (solo exhibition, Cairo, 000-001)