
Cairo Biennale
Eyes East Bound
Eyes from every corner of the globe are currently directing their scrutinizing regards towards the East; an East with an ancient and deeply rooted cultural overload, in the core of which is our Middle East, that part of the planet that is immersed in –rather “overwhelmed by– an infinite number of social, political and economic issues, all aggravating and disseminating intricately to entangle –and concern– the whole world.
One is sometimes obliged to think and hypothesize that it is perhaps some stakeholders in the power game from “that” world that are actual players in the development of Middle East events, as we see them climaxing more and more every day, sometimes backfiring in the face of stakeholders and observers alike, and at other times offering more open and promising horizons.
GÉRARD GAROUSTE
Guest of honoor

Born in 1946 in Paris, Gérard Garouste lives and works in Paris and Normandy. He is one of the leading figures in French art. As both painter and sculptor, he is obsessed by the origins of our culture, myths and the legacy left us by the old masters. His own life is the springboard for his work on ‘dismantling images and words’ and his fascination with the questions of origins, time and transmission. His paintings are born of associations of ideas. Now unsettling, now joyful, they teem with animals, some of them fantastical, and a cast of different characters. His sources range from the Bible to popular culture and literary greats, from Cervantes to Rabelais
participanting artists
Ariel Hassan | Argentina |
Fani Zguro | Albania |
Amina Zoubir | Algeria |
Christian Lock | Australia |
Brigitte kowanz | Austria |
Joris Van de Moortel | Belgium |
Mladen Miljanovic | Bosnia |
Alexandre Murucci | Brazil |
Hyacinthe Ouattara | Burkina Faso |
Ajarb Bernard Ategwa | Cameroon |
Ljubodrag Andric | Canada |
José Abásolo & Félix Reigada | Chile |
Aaajiao | China |
Camilo Arias | Columbia |
Ngimbi Luve | Congo |
Ernest Duku | Cote d’Ivoire |
Josip Zanki | Croatia |
Melina Nicolaides | Cyprus |
Ahmed Badry | Egypt |
Ahmed Kassim | Egypt |
Essam Darwish | Egypt |
Hazem El Mestikawy | Egypt |
Marwa Adel | Egypt |
Reda Abdel Rahman | Egypt |
Youssef Nabil | Egypt |
Antoine Tempe | France |
Emmanuel Tussore | France |
Astrid Menze & Julia Neuenhausen | Germany |
Johannes Vogl | Germany |
Rina Banerjee | India |
Mahmoud obaidi | Iraq |
Sadik Kwaish Al Fraji | Iraq |
Serwan Baran | Iraq |
Maimouna Guerresi | Italy |
Paolo Dolzan | Italy |
Almagul Menlibayeva | Kazakhstan |
Ayman Yousri | Jordan |
Rashed Al Shashai | KSA |
Sarah Al-Abdali | KSA |
Farah Behbehani | Kuwait |
Ayman Baalbaki | Lebanon |
Zoran Poposki | Macedonia |
Oumar Ball | Mauritania |
José luis ramírez rodríguez | Mexico |
Mohamed Bourouissa | Algeria |
Emeka Okereke | Nigeria |
Hazem Harb | Palestine |
Nikki Luna | Philippines |
Aidan Salakhova | Russia |
Malick Welli | Senegal |
Sérigne Ibrahima Dieye | Senegal |
Eva Petric | Slovenia |
Tobias Putrih | Slovenia |
Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin | South Africa |
Kim Heecheon | South Korea |
Max De Esteban | Spain |
Daniel Frank | Switzerland |
Ursula Palla | Switzerland |
Victorine Müller | Switzerland |
Houssam Ballan | Syria |
Mohamad Hafez | Syria |
Mohammad Zaza | Syria |
Sutthirat Supaparinya | Thailand |
Thameur Mejri | Tunisia |
Ammar Al Attar | UAE |
Mattar Bin Lahej | UAE |
Sanaa Gateja | Uganda |
Natalia Mali | Uk |
Konantü | USA |
Robert Roesch | USA |
Sama Alshaibi | USA |
Suzanne Reese Horvitz | USA |
Jaime Castro Oroztegui | Venezuela |
Admire Kamudzengerere | Zimbabwe |