Basim Magdy
Basim Magdy is an artist and filmmaker born in Assiut, Egypt.
His work appeared recently in solo and group exhibitions at museums such as Frac Bretagne, Rennes; KM21 Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague; M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux; MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; MAXXI Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome; The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Centre Pompidou, Paris. His films are in museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France FRAC Ile-de-France (le Plateau), Paris; MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome; Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah; Arter, Istanbul and Mathaf: Museum of Modern Arab Art, Doha mong others.
His films were screened at Tate Modern, Locarno Film Festival, New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival among others.
Tourism, war, and sunsets – films in this programme capture flows of life, the imprints we leave as we move and the many selves we encounter when we arrive.