- Biography
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Lina Osama
(Egyptian, b. 1986) is an internationally acclaimed painter and multidisciplinary artist born in Cairo. Her figurative artwork is both poetically expressive and compelling. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo (2005 - 2009) and Salzburg International Art Academy in Austria (2006 – 2009). She won the first painting prize from Zamalek Art Gallery at Young Artists Saloon in Fine Art Lovers Assoc. (2014), drawing prize from the annual Cairo Youth Saloon (2007) in addition to artist residencies to Siwa Oasis from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture 2009/2018, ALDAU International Artist Residency 2021. She is the founder and curator of Living Units Visual Art Initiative 2016-2019. After studying Egyptology for two years at the Higher Authorities of Antiquity, filmmaking for a year at Jesuit Cairo Culture Center and contemporary art curating as well as experimenting with illustration, animation, artistic field work, video art and art installations, today Osama’s art has been exhibited worldwide in more than 100 exhibitions, art fairs and biennials as she has been represented by prestigious galleries/associations including Gmundten 422 Gallery in Austria, Made In., Gallery in Venice, Go Art Projects in Bucharest, SoHo Gallery in Sweden, Sharjah Gallery in AUC, Picasso East Art Gallery, T.A.M., Picasso Gallery, Azad, Nile Art Gallery, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Mahmoud Said Museum complex and most recently World Art Dubai 2020, EMAAR Art Town Art Fair 2020/2021, Egypt International Art Fair 2020/2021, Venezuela Biennial 2021-2022 and most recently a solo exhibition at Al-Bab Selim Gallery in the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art, The 43rd annual General Exhibition and Art D’Egypte 2022. Lina Osama’s paintings are included in prominent official and private collections worldwide.
Lina Osama
(Egyptian, b. 1986) is an internationally acclaimed painter and multidisciplinary artist born in Cairo. Her figurative artwork is both poetically expressive and compelling. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo (2005 - 2009) and Salzburg International Art Academy in Austria (2006 – 2009). She won the first painting prize from Zamalek Art Gallery at Young Artists Saloon in Fine Art Lovers Assoc. (2014), drawing prize from the annual Cairo Youth Saloon (2007) in addition to artist residencies to Siwa Oasis from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture 2009/2018, ALDAU International Artist Residency 2021. She is the founder and curator of Living Units Visual Art Initiative 2016-2019. After studying Egyptology for two years at the Higher Authorities of Antiquity, filmmaking for a year at Jesuit Cairo Culture Center and contemporary art curating as well as experimenting with illustration, animation, artistic field work, video art and art installations, today Osama’s art has been exhibited worldwide in more than 100 exhibitions, art fairs and biennials as she has been represented by prestigious galleries/associations including Gmundten 422 Gallery in Austria, Made In., Gallery in Venice, Go Art Projects in Bucharest, SoHo Gallery in Sweden, Sharjah Gallery in AUC, Picasso East Art Gallery, T.A.M., Picasso Gallery, Azad, Nile Art Gallery, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Mahmoud Said Museum complex and most recently World Art Dubai 2020, EMAAR Art Town Art Fair 2020/2021, Egypt International Art Fair 2020/2021, Venezuela Biennial 2021-2022 and most recently a solo exhibition at Al-Bab Selim Gallery in the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art, The 43rd annual General Exhibition and Art D’Egypte 2022. Lina Osama’s paintings are included in prominent official and private collections worldwide.
