Egyptian visual artist Mahmoud Fathy was born in Kuwait to Egyptian parents, later on settling in his city of origin; Cairo. Fathy studied visual arts, interior design, scenography for Theatre and Cinema at the historical Fine Arts Faculty of Helwan University in Egypt.
Fathy creates contemporary works that linger seductively in a classical visual canon, to allow access to the designs created. “I use a lot of iconic images from childhood memories, cultural motifs, not to create exotic fetishes, but to remind people how seeing itself can always be reinvented anew”
Currently based in Berlin, Mahmoud Fathy’s latest works have been published in art books in Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Egypt