Biography

Magdi Mostafa

Born in Tanta, Egypt 1982.
Works & lives in Cairo-Egypt.
Involved in the field of multimedia (Sound & Video) arts since 2000.
Graduated, Helwan University – Faculty Of Art Education (Excellent – Honor Grade) 2004.
On a post-graduation studies in digital arts – Faculty Of Art Education 2006-2010.

 

Shows & Exhibitions:

  • Old Pages, Performance video 2002. Metamorphosis (Animation Video), Co-operating Georges Fikry 2003.
  • First Sound Installation Project, (walls talk). Youth Salon 2003. Sound Installation 2, Form through light 2005. Sound Installation 3, Alexandria Library 2006.
  • Soundtrack -Dark wind blows- The workshop exhibition, AUC 2007.
  • Multimedia Installation (Madena), Youth Salon 2007, [winner of the grand award of youth salon - media art] Live sound performance (Stammer), [cooperative project, directed by Shady El-Noshokaty. Occidentalism 2007.
  • 100.67 a self made radio broadcasting.
  • 100mm. Exhibition – Artellewa gallery. Giza- Egypt.
  • 100 Live electronic music festival 2008-2009. Cairo / Alexandria Flatmate, Animation video & soundtrack, Youth Salon 2008.
  • 100WORX electronic sound sessions 2008.
  • sound installation no 4. [sound cells] interactive analog sound project. Egypt's youth salon – Cairo opera house 2009.


Awards & Appreciations

  • The Grand award of creativity festival march - 2007 (madena project)
  • The 20th. Youth Salon award May – 2009 (sound cells project)
  • An invitation to Laboral's Summer LAB, Spain July 2009.
  • AIM program membership by The Bronx Museum, New York, 2010
  • Two Awards from the local art center of Tanta city, Drawing Exhibition 2004 – 2005.

 

Workshops & experience

  • Technical assistant for Jennifer Steinkamp's project [Dervish Trees] The 20th.International Cairo biennial - Cairo opera house 2009.
  • Contemporary art & creativity workshop, since 2000 to 2008, faculty of art education.
  • Member of the student council of the town house gallery – Cairo 2004.
  • Pure Data programing & Analog Sound Cells workshop by HANGER art & technology center of Spain.
  • Museum of modern art – Cairo 2009.
  • Beyond Identity International workshop (Bremen University – Helwan University) Germany - Egypt 2008.
  • Sampling animation workshop [Jan Van Nuenen - Netherlands] ACAF art center – Alexandria 2008. 
  • Lectures in new media & history of multimedia arts, Cairo – Tanta 2007. 
  • Sawa Workshop, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, 2007.
  • Art supervisor for local children, Artellewa art center, Giza, since November 2006. 
  • Artist assistant, Biennially of imagining the book – Alexandria library 2005.
  • Member of Student Council, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, 2004.
  • Drawing and animation workshop for children, cooperating George Fikry, 2003.