Born in 1982 in Alexandria, Egypt. Lives and works between Cairo and Berlin, Germany.

 Education:

2014/2017: MFA, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Trondheim, Norway.

2011/2012: HWP/Home Workspace, Independent Study Program, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon.

1999/2004: BFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Alexandria University, Egypt.

 Solo Shows:

2023: The Beautiful Captive, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2022: Fantasies on a Found Phone, Dedicated to the Man Who Lost it, The Mosaic Rooms, London, UK.  

2018: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York. The USA.

2018: A New Commission for an Old State, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2016: A New Commission for an Old State, Edith-Ruth-Haus, Oldenburg, Germ. any.

2016: Proposal for a Porn Company, Galpão VB | Associação Cultural Videobrasil São Paulo, Brazil.

2014: Painter on a Study Trip, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2013: It’s Never Too Late to Talk About Love, Nile Sunset Annex, Cairo, Egypt.

2010: When Meanings Face Glossy Surfaces, Curated by Aleya Hamza, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt.

2010: I Never Wanted to Be Alone in a Room, BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK.

2008: MKMAEL Stories – An Image Passionate, Makan, Amman, Jordan.

2007: 15 Minutes of Acting as if I’m in my House, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2006: 15 Minutes of Acting as if I‘m in my House, Oberwellt, Stuttgart, Germany.

2002: Mashrabia Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt.

 Selected Group Exhibitions & Projects:

2023: Alexandria: Past Futures, MUCEM, Marseille, France.

2022: Modern Love, curated by Katerina Gregos, EMST/National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.

2022: Frieze, London, UK.

2022: Alexandria: Past Futures, BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

2022: In The House of My Love, Brent Biennale, Curated by Eliel Jones, Metroland, London, UK.

2021: Modern Love, curated by Katerina Gregos, Tallinn Kunsthall, Tallinn, Estonia.

2021: Modern Love, curated by Katerina Gregos, IMPAKT, Utrecht, Netherlands.

2021: Out of Joint, Curated by Arkadiusz Półtorak, Warsaw, Polannd.

2020: Modern Love, curated by Katerina Gregos, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany.

2019: They are Impersonal, yet Habitation is Augmented by the Pressures of Their Indifference*, curated by Sara El Adl, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt. 

2019: Maskulinitäten, curated by Michelle Cotton, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.

2019: Digitalia, curated by Noor Banghu, GAMU, Prague, Czech Republic.

2018:  A group exhibition with work by Dora García, Sharon Hayes, Emily Jacir, Mahmoud Khaled, Carlos Motta, Wu Tsang, and Akram Zaatari, as well as a letter by Quinn Latimer, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, Netherland.  

2017: A GOOD NEIGHBOUR, Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Germany.

2017: 15th Istanbul Biennale, curated by Elmgreen & Dragset, Istanbul, Turkey. [Catalogue]

2017: 13th Sharjah Biennale, curated by Christine Tohmé, U.A.E. [Catalogue]

2017: Terra Mediterranea - in Action, curated by Yiannis Toumazis, NiMAC Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus. 

2016: Terra Mediterranea - in Action, curated by Yiannis Toumazis and Michael Arzt, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany. 

2016: Frieze Live, curated by Fabian Schöneich, Frieze London, UK.

2016: Hips Don't Lie, curated by Charlene Dinhut, Centre Pompidou, Malaga, Spain.

2016: Liste Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland.

2016: Syntax and Society, Curated by Nav Haq, Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Dubai, U.A.E. [Catalogue]

2016: Electronic Superhighway, Curated by Omar Kholeif, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK. [Catalogue]

2016: Complicity, curated by Aleya Hamza, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait. 

2015: Art Dubai, UAE.  

2013: 18th Videobrasil Festival for Contemporary Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [Catalogue]

2013: Lofoten International Art Festival, curated by Bassam El Baroni, Lofoten, Norway.

2013: Occupied. ORTung 2012, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria.

2013: Art in Labor, curated by Octavian Esanu AUB Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon. [Catalogue]

2013: Homeworks 6, Shorts #2 - Film Program, curated by Christine Tohmé, Beirut, Lebanon.

2012: 9th Shanghai Biennale, Intercity Pavilions Project, China.

2012: Le Corps Découvert, Institute Du Monde Arab, Paris, France. [Catalogue]

2011: Collected Currents, CULTOG Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France.

2011: Identity Bluffs, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA), Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2010: Manifesta 8, European Biennale for Contemporary Art, curated by Bassam El Baroni, Murcia, Spain. [Catalogue]

2010: The One and The Multiple, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain. 

2010: Overtime Work, curated by Elmas Deniz, AAS/SM, Izmir, Turkey.

2010: A New Formalism, curated by Hassan Khan-Bidoun magazine, Art Dubai, U.A.E.

2010: Invisible Presence, Samaaa Khana, Cairo, Egypt. 

2009: Indicated By Signs, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany. [Catalogue]

2009: Trapped in Amber, curated by Bassam El Baroni & Helga-Marie Nordby, UKS, Oslo, Norway. [Catalogue]

2008: PhotoCairo 4 - The Long Shortcut, curated by Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, Townhouse, Cairo, Egypt. [Catalogue]

2008: Biacs3, CAAC, curated by Peter Weibel, Seville, Spain. [Catalogue]

2008: Tales around the Pavement– chapter two”, curated by Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt. 

2007: All Clear, Salzburger Kunstverein, curated by Hemma Schmutz, Salzburg, Austria. [Catalogue]

2007: ?No Condition is Permanent? Amman, Jordan.

2007: Out of Place, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, curated by William Welles, Beirut, Lebanon

2006: 1st Biennial of the Canaries, curated by Antonio Zaya, Canary Islands, Spain. [Catalogue]

2006: Actual Position-2, curated by Helen Hirsch, Kulturzentrum NAIRS, Switzerland.

2006: San Simon re-construction, 5th artistic bridge, Hermitage Park, la Source du lion, Casablanca, Morocco.

2006: PRASENTATIONEN DER PROGR_AIR", PROGR-zentrum fur kulturproduktion, Bern, Switzerland.

2005: Actual Position, curated by Helen Hirsch, Townhouse, Cairo, Egypt.

2004: Dar Al Hewar/3, Goethe Institute Cairo/Alexandria, Egypt. (In collaboration with Sylvia Winkler & Stefan Koperl). [Catalogue]

2004: NOUBAR/2 project, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt. (With Pascal Favre). [Catalogue]

2003: 15th Salon Of Young Artists, Palace Of Arts Gallery, Cairo, Egypt. 

2001: 2nd NITAQ Festival, Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt.

 Residences:

2020: DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Fellowship Program, Berlin, Germany.  

2015: Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, U.S.A.

2012: Delfina Foundation, London, UK.

2012: Casa Tomada, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2012: ORTung symposium, Strobl, Austria.

2010: BALTIC - Center for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK.

2010: Bronx Museum, New York, U.S.A.

2009: Hangar - Visual Arts Production Center, Barcelona, Spain.

2008: Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark.

2008: Gasworks residency, London, England.

2006: Sally and Lucas Artists Residency Program, Montalvo Arts Center, California, U.S.A.

2006: F+F School for Art and Media Design, Zurich, Switzerland.

2005: AIWA, International Artists Workshop, Aley, Lebanon. [Catalog]

 Prizes & Grants:

2022: Stand Prize, Fcuse section, Frieze, London, United Kingdom.

2019: The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC production grant, Visual Arts.

2018: Diverse­stipend for newly graduated artists, Norwegian Arts Council, Norway.

2017: Project grant, Norwegian Arts Council, Norway.

2017: BILDENDE KUNSTNERES HJELPEFOND (BKH) Art Student Stipends award, Norway

2016: Shortlisted for Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Dubai, UAE.

2015: 6 Months production grant, Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany

2014: Production grant, YATF.

2012: Videobrasil in context prize.

2010: Production grant, YATF.

2006: Residency grant, Pro Helvetia, (Swiss Arts Council).

2004: Project grant, Pro Helvetia, (Swiss Arts Council).

2003: Honorary Prize for the project, She Likes Cairo And Cairo..."15th Salon of Young Artists”, Palace of Arts Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

 Selected Bibliography:

- Articles & Interviews:
2024: Yasmine El Rashidi, "Mahmoud Khaled Takes Aim at Egyptian Vanity Projects", https://t.ly/A4LEP
2022: Omar Kholeif, "Mahmoud Khaled Queers the House Museum", Ocula, https://ln.run/Yxx85 
2022: Vidur Sethi, "Mahmoud Khaled's solo show exhibits his interest in historic house museums", STIR World, https://ln.run/rmTZ8 
2022: Momtaza Mehri, "Boundaries between sleeplessness and surveillance are blurred in an artist’s constructed bedroom scenes", 4columns, https://ln.run/6nHVM 
2022: Stephanie Bailey, "Artists Complicate the Mapping of an Ancient City in ‘Alexandria: Past Futures’", Ocula Magazine, https://ln.run/u3sWv 
2022: Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, "Mahmoud Khaled: Fantasies on a Found Phone", Dedicated to the Man Who Lost It, https://t.ly/jIW6D 
2022: STIR E World, "The Brent Biennial in London shines a light on the LBGTQIA+ community", STIR World, https://ln.run/WsZxK 
2022: Something Curated, "Interview: Mahmoud Khaled On House Museums, Insomnia & His New Show At The Mosaic Rooms, Something Curated", https://ln.run/ZS7no 
2022: Dina Ramada, “A new kind of archive”, e-flux Criticism, https://ln.run/BNGd6 
2022: Elizabeth Fullerton, "‘He’s elegant, troubled, and very sexual’: Mahmoud Khaled’s museum to an imaginary man", The Guardian, https://ln.run/j9vyk 
2022: Joe Lloyd, "Mahmoud Khaled – interview: ‘It’s a memorial dedicated to the people who cannot sleep’", Studio International, https://ln.run/VhyvY 
2022: Toby Upson, "MAHMOUD KHALED, FANTASIES ON A FOUND PHONE, DEDICATED TO THE MAN WHO LOST IT", Fad Magazine, https://ln.run/xbry7 
2021: Julia Bryan-Wilson, "IMPERMANENT COLLECTIONS", Art Forum, SEPTEMBER 2021, VOL. 60, NO. 1, https://t.ly/xDrAo 
2021: Alison Hugill, "Cold Intimacies: ‘Modern Love’ at Tallinn Art Hall", Berlin Art Link, https://ln.run/lxb6i 
2019: Brendan Embser, "The Pain and Pleasure of Queer Life in Egypt", Aperture, https://ln.run/i8DBD 
2018: Shehab Awad, "Mahmoud Khaled: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you", Brooklyn Rail, https://ln.run/J9_j_ 
2018:  KAITLYN A. KRAMER, "I want you to know that I am hiding something from you", BOMB Magazine, https://ln.run/a1pj8 
2018: Jahd Khalil, "Mahmoud Khaled exhibition tackles the 'burden of nostalgia’", The National News, https://ln.run/Eur2_ 
2017: ANNA SEAMAN, “WITHOUT PREJUDICE", Selections Magazine, issue 43, https://ln.run/f6kV4 
2017: Jörg Heiser, "15th Istanbul Biennial, “a good neighbour”", https://ln.run/qowsD 
2017:  Matthew Mclean, "15th Istanbul Biennial", Frieze Magazine, issue 192, https://ln.run/3wdwC 
2017: Will Furtado, "Why You Shouldn't Miss the 15th Istanbul Biennial", Sleek Magazine, https://shorturl.at/entEJ 
2017: Nat Muller, "A good neighbour? The 15th Istanbul Biennial", Ocula Magazine, https://rb.gy/jxazx2 
2017: Federico Florian, "Wanna Netflix ‘n’ Chill?”, Elephant Magazine, Issue 30, https://rb.gy/0zxg9j 
2017: Amro Ali, "On Nation Building: Alexandria, Egypt", IBRAZ, https://ln.run/cCdsa 
2016: "Frieze London: Flying The Flag", Elephant Magazine, https://rb.gy/j99czk 
2016: João Laia, “Electronic Superhighway”, Mousse magazine,  https://rb.gy/qovop2
2016:  Elizabeth Fullerton, "Winding Back in Time”, Art News, https://rb.gy/hfkq1o 
2016: Clare Davies, “Painter on a Study Trip”,  “Syntax and Society” Ed Nav Haq, Sternberg Press. https://ln.run/7YI2M 
2014: Angela Harutyunyan, ”Forms that Matter: Six Exercises in Art Making”,https://t.ly/_zfTb 
2012: 100 ARTISTS TO WATCH, MODERN PAINTERS, Nov/Dec, page 68.
2012:Omar Kholeif, "The Non-Located Space", IBRAZ, https://ln.run/X-qje
2012: Louis Doulas, "Artist Profile: Mahmoud Khaled", RHIZOME, https://ln.run/0eVUl 
2010: Folio. Identity Bazaar By Mahmoud Khaled as Told to Hassan Khan, BIDOUN, Issue 20, page 79. https://t.ly/_muyW 
2010: Susanne Boecker, "Biennale: Manifesta 8 - ACAF: OVERSCORE/TACHADURA", KUNSTFORUM, Bd 205 Nov-Dec, page 260-261.
2007: Wolfgang Richter, “Bilder statt Politik”, Drehpunktkultur, Jul 19.
2007: “Unter der Verfuhrungsschicht”, SVZ Salzburger Volkszeitung, Jul 19.
2007: Sabine B. Vogel, «Alles klar?» im Kunstverein, Kunstbulletin, Sep.
2007: Kira Shewfelt, “Public, private and all the spaces in between”, The Daily Star Egypt, Feb 28.
2007:  Nevine Lamei, “Territoires reconquis”, Al Ahram Hebdo, no 650.
2007: Anjali Gupta, “A Tale of Two Cities…or How I Learned To Love West Nile Virus”, Glasstire, Jan. https://t.ly/gA82v
2006: Bassam El Baroni,” MKMAEL has just joined the room”, Bidoun, issue 9.
2006: Alfred Borter, "Zurich als Quelle der Inspiration", Zurcher Unterlander,18. Feb, ++ Mitelland Zeitung, 27. Feb, ++ Zurichsee-Zeitungen, 3.March.
2005: Dina Kabil, "Brassage d'identite", Al Ahram Hebdo, no 584.
2005 Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, "Aiwa! Artists head for higher ground", THE DAILY STAR, no 11,814.
2004: Dina Kabil, "Chambres avec veues", Al Ahram Hebdo, no 526.
2004: Aida Nasr, "On the Move", Egypt Today, Volume 6, no 10.
2003: Richard Woffenden, "Best of Arts" Cairo Times, volume 7, issue 17.
2002: Francesca Sullivan, "Mahmoud Khaled", Egypt's Insight, volume 6, no 10.
2002: Nevine Lamei, "Changements de Lieu", Al Ahram hebdo,no 422.
2002: Richard Woffenden, "Landscape with the Difference", Cairo Times, volume 6, issue 29.
2001: Fatma Aly, "Artists in nitaq", Al kahira, no 52.

- Catalogues & Books:
2024: Flora Dunster and Theo Gordon, "Photography – A Queer History", Octopus Books
2022: Mahmoud Khaled, "Fantasies on a Found Phone, Dedicated to the Man Who Lost It", published by Book Works. 
2022: “A Book on a Proposed House Museum for an Unknown Crying Man” Ed Mahmoud Khaled and Sara El Adl, Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD.
2020: “HEALTH” Ed Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz, Whitechapel Documents of Contemporary Art, MIT Press.
2017: “ Narrative Unfolding - National Art Histories in an Unfinished World”, Ed Martha Langford, McGill-Queen's University Press.
2016: “QUEER” Ed David Getsy, Whitechapel Documents of Contemporary Art, MIT Press.
2016: “Syntax and Society” Ed Nav Haq, SternbergPress.
2016: “Electronic Superhighway - From Experiments in Art and Technology to Art After the Internet",  Ed Omar Kholeif, Whitechapel, London. 
2014: “Uncommon Grounds: New Media and Critical Practice in the Middle East and North Africa”, Ed Anthony Downey, Book.
2013: “It’s Never Too Late to Talk About Love”, Nile Sunset Annex, Cairo, Egypt.
2011: “When Meanings Face Glossy Surfaces” Ed, Aleya Hamza & Mahmoud Khaled.
2011: “Art & Agenda: Political Art and Activism” Ed, R. Klanten, M. Hübner, A. Bieber, P. Alonzo, G. Jansen, book.
2010: “INDICATED BY SIGNS “ Ed HAMZAMOLNAR, Book.
2009: “PhotoCairo 4 - The Long Shortcut”, Ed Aleya Hamza & Edit Molnar, Catalogue.
2009: Trapped in Amber, Ed Bassam El Baroni, Catalogue
2008: Biacs3, catalog.
2008: Salzburger Kunstverein magazine 12.
2006: 1st Canary Islands Biennale, Catalogue.
2006: The Active Artist, FAHRT publication no 2, Ed Omar Alessandro, Switzerland.
2006: "A: IWA-Artists International Workshop Aley 2005", Catalogue.
2005: "NOUBAR-projects 2004", Ed Stefania Angarano, Catalogue, Mashrabia gallery editions.
2004: "Autoportrait of three artists after talking until dawn”.