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Though&I&achieved&the&highest&academic&degrees,&I&found&out&that&the&only&way&I&can&express&and&communicate&with&what&I&sense&and&see&is&when&I&paint.&&&&Riham&El&Sadany&

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RIHAM#EL#SADANY#

Born#in#1978#in#Cairo,#Egypt,#

Riham#El#Sadany#works#and#

lives#between##Egypt#and#the#

USA.##

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With#a#PhD#from#Helwan#Fine#Arts#university#on#Performance#

Arts,#El#Sadany#draws#upon#a#

diverse#range#of#influences,#

including#surrealism,#Picasso’s#

childlike#spontaneity,#and#Frida#

Kahlo’s#transforming#of#pain#

and#struggle#into#stunning#

canvasses.##

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A#mixed#media#ar<st,#El#Sadany#

indulges#into#a#world#of#

drama<c#fantasy,#masterly#

vacilla<ng#between#the#visible#

and#the#invisible#of#the#

complex#human#psyche.#When#

looking#at#El#Sadany’s#en<re#

body#of#work,#one#wonders#

whether#she#is#a#surrealist#

ar<st#pain<ng#her#dreams#and#

fears,#or#whether#she#is#simply#

pain<ng#our#own#reality#as#it#

really#is#and#as#she#sees#it.##

The#women#in#El#Sadany’s#repertoire#are#the#focal#point.#

Though#mostly#bulky#and#

muscular,#they#are#tender,#

roman<c#and#sensual.#It#is#

however#the#set#up,#rich#in#

op<cal#illusions#and#

superimposed#elements,#that#

embark#us#on#a#medley#of#the#

real#and#the#imagined;#the#

disturbing#and#the#comfor<ng;#

the#known#that#we#recognize#

and#the#unconscious#that#we#

try#to#escape#from.###

Phantasmagoria#or#fantasmagoria#

is#Riham#El#Sadany’s#world,#your#

world,#my#world,#where#she#

defines#and#finds#herself#as#a#

human#being,#a#universal#woman,#

in#an#imaginary#real#world.##

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The&Big&Room&Pulse#Acrylic!on!wood!


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Filles&de&Joie#Oil!on!Wood!!

Dimensions:!120x100cm!

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Nostalgia#Oil!on!Wood!!


Flying&Virgin Oil!on!wood!!Dimensions:!40!x!90cm!!

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Down&Town#Oil!on!wood!!

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