Kamel is an Egyptian painter who was born in 1980 and lives between Cairo and Beirut.
Shayma got her BA in Psychology from Ain Shams University in 2002. She started her carrier with a solo exhibition in Cairo Atelier in 2004. Since then, Shayma has participated in many exhibitions in Bahrain, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France, Netherlands and Lebanon.
Shayma’s work is centered around women and their challenges in the arab societies generally and in cairo in particular. She regularly uses different mediums and different techniques in her works, which is both the variable and the constant in her artistic products.
Shayma captures the essence of the Egyptian persona mostly through large paintings that simultaneously haunt and enchant at the same time. This contradiction is the central theme and conceptual backbone of Shayma Kamel’s work.
Solo exhibitions
2014 Cinderella’s tales, Mashrabia gallery, Cairo
2013 “DAS CHAOS DER MACH UND SALAD” villa Strauli, Wintertur, Switzerland
2011 A, B… Cartoons, Mashrabia gallery, Cairo
2011 “Bamako Video Festival”, French Cultural Center, Cairo
2011 “Kunsttransit”, Karlsruhe, Germany
2010 “Faces in Time”, Knauer Gallery, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, USA
2009 “Intimacy” KUNST gallery, Cairo
2008 ” Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo
2007 “Shababek” Community Services Association, Cairo
2006 “Hadouta”, Falaki Gallery, American University, Cairo
2004 “Cat-Mona-Night”, Cairo Atelier, Cairo.
Group exhibitions
2020 Egypt Art, Dusit THani Lake VIEW Cairo, Egypt
2020 Art Mazag Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2020 Easel&Camera Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2019 The Autumn Salon.33, SURSOCK Museum
2019 Easel&Camera Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2018 from Cairo to Beirut, Tout Gallery, Lebanon
2016 The Swiss Embassy in Cairo, organized by Mashrabia Gallery
2015 USA, Franklin Gallery, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2015 “NOTA”, Vinwaz Art Space, Cairo,Egypt
2014 “KEMET2, Nile Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2012 “Identity” Art Nah Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2012 “Soul” Tache Art Galery, Cairo, Egypt
2010 "Women" Hanfaninha Studio Gallery
2009 "The Beehive Experiment", Artists with Attitude, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009 "The Holy Family's Trip", Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo
2009 "Egyptian Female Artists", Lot17 Gallery, Cairo
2008 18th Youth Salon, Cairo Egypt.
2008 "Artist's View", Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo
2008 "Sawa", Gomhouria Theatre, Cairo
2007 "Dream", Ahmed Shawky Museum, Cairo
2007 Graffiti Exhibition, Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center, Cairo
2006 "Tetralogy", Gallery Grant. Cairo
2005 "Sawa", Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2005 "A Mediterranean Trilogy of Contemporary Art", Centre of Arts, Athens, Greece
2005 15th Youth Salon, Cairo, Egypt
2006 "Fresh Cream": An Exhibition of Recent Works by AUC Faculty, Falaki Gallery, Cairo
2006 "Under the Bridge", El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo
2005 "Window Women" (Shayma Kamel and Marisa di Paola), Ewart Gallery, AUC, Cairo
2005 "Works on Paper", Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
2004 "Abanous", El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo
2003 15th Youth Salon, Palace of Arts, Cairo
2002 3rd Annual Salon of Small Artworks, Gezira Center of Arts, Cairo
2002 2nd World Exhibition for Art on Porcelain, Horizon One Gallery, Cairo
2001 27th National Exhibition for Fine Arts, Palace of Arts, Cairo
2001 "Innocent Arts", Alexandria Atelier and Palace of Arts, Cairo