Huda Lutfi
Huda Lutfi (Arabic: هدى لطفي) is a visual artist and cultural historian from Cairo, Egypt.[1][2] Lutfi's works include paintings, collages, and installations that reflect a diverse style including pharaonic, Coptic, Western, Islamic, and contemporary international.[2][3]
Early life and education[edit]
Lutfi was born in Cairo in 1948.[2][3] She earned a Ph.D. in Islamic Culture and History from McGill University.[1]
Career[edit]
Lutfi joined the facility of the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilization at The American University in Cairo.[1][2]
Work & Exhibitions[edit]
Lutfi is a self-taught artist whose works are inspired by Cairo and reflect elements of popular culture and political symbols. She lists Effat Nagy, Mona Hatoum, Hieronymus Bosch, Amal Kenawy, Richard Tuttle, and Ghada Amer as influences, among others.[4]
Selected solo exhibitions include Healing Devices, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas (2021); Our Black Thread, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo (2021); When Dreams Call for Silence, Tahrir Cultural Center, Cairo (2019); Still, The Third Line, Dubai (2018); Magnetic Bodies: Imagining the Urban, The Third Line, Dubai (2016); and Cut and Paste, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo (2013).[5]
Lutfi has also participated in various group exhibitions, including Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (2023); History Leads to Twisted Mountains, ARDforart, Cairo (2022); Reflections contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa, The British Museum, London (2021); There is Fiction in The Space Between, The Third Line, Dubai (2020); Occupational Hazards, Apexarts, New York (2019); Tell me the Story of all These Things, Villa Vassilieff, Paris (2017); The Turn: Art Practices in Post-Spring Societies, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna (2016); La Bienal del Sur, Caracas (2015); Terms & Conditions, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2013); and My World Images, Festival For Contemporary Art, Copenhagen (2010).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Serhan, Mai (October 18, 2012). "Huda Lutfi: The Artist and the Historical Moment". Jadaliyya. Arab Studies Institute. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ a b c d Dietrich, Linnea S. (2000-01-01). "Huda Lutfi: A Contemporary Artist in Egypt". Woman's Art Journal. 21 (2): 12–15. doi:10.2307/1358745. JSTOR 1358745.
- ^ a b "Huda Lutfi | Barjeel Art Foundation". Barjeel Art Foundation. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Suleman, Fahmida; Royal Ontario Museum, eds. (2023). Being and belonging: contemporary women artists from the Islamic world and beyond. Ontario, Canada: ROM. ISBN 978-0-300-27509-4. OCLC 1382626057.
- ^ a b "Huda Lutfi". The Third Line. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
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