Marwa Adel
Cairo, Egypt
About the Artist
Marwa Adel is an Egyptian visual artist based in Cairo. She explores the human body, identity, cultural and social taboos. Her work focuses on the human body as an attempt to show the evolution and the infinite conflict between some fundamental forms of existence that live in a state of permanent contradiction and antagonism. It is the discovery and the revelation of the relationship between form and essence, spirit and materiality, image and ideas. Adel holds a Ph.D. in visual communication and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Advertising department, at Helwan University, Egypt. Adel has held various solo exhibitions, participated in group national and international exhibitions, and has won national and international awards for her bold and powerful work.
About “The Dark Forest”
This body of artwork explores the conflict between individual and social constructions of identity. With the pressure to be socially accepted, we attempt to uphold a certain image to validate ourselves and to hide our truth. We allow falsely the power, privilege, representation and hybridization of society to influence and determine the conceptions of our identity and who truly we are. We live in a dark forest of a complete constructed illusion.
