Hanya Elghamry
Publications and Writing
Writer and Researcher - upcoming book documenting curation of contemporary SWANA art, fostering cross-cultural dialogue with Gillian McIver.
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Writer - “Order to Chaos”, a collaborative publication with artist Eleni Maragaki, showcased at Offprint, Tate Modern, 2025.
Contributing Writer - FAD Magazine, on contemporary art and curatorial practice.
Writer - Exhibition Catalogues, Interpretive Texts and Curatorial Essays, topics include contemporary art, heritage-based exhibition making and cross-cultural artistic dialogue.
Talks, Panels and Workshops
Deconstructing Homes Workshop
Hypha Studio, London, UK (2025).
Guest Lecturer - Curatorial Practices
Teaching Curatorial Practices and Exhibition Design at Working Men’s College, London (2025 and 2026).
Exhibition design Talk
Talk about exhibition design and curation for Final Years at London College of Contemporary Art, UCA in London, UK.
Tale Tonic Artist and Curator Talk
Panel Discussion with Artists and Curator, Part of AWAN Festival, at The Africa Centre, London, UK.
The Art of Disruption Exhibition Talk
Panel Discussion with Patrons, Artists and Creatives, as part of Culturvator | Art D’Egypte, at the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau, London, UK.
Networking Workshop
Did a workshop for Central Saint Martina BA Fine Arts 2D Pathway students, from stages 1 to 3 about Networking tools as an artist, a creative and practitioner and as a curator that will benefit them when they graduate, in their creative endeavors, and their careers.
Contemporary Visual Map Workshop
The workshop was a collaboration with Rania El Agami, a visual artist based in London, in the Egyptian Educational and Cultural Bureau in Mayfair. Open for the public, the workshop encouraged to map down memories through objects, visuals and text, and create a collaborative artwork between all participants.
Curating Workshop
Created a curating workshop for Central Saint Martins BA Fine Arts students, about how to start the curation process, from exhibition design, writing, PR and social media, logistics management, artists liaison to delivering quality controlled installations in different spaces.
Life After Graduation Discussion
Former CSM students came back to the campus in garnary square, to discuss the different paths that students could lead after graduation, giving some insight into how to navigate the art world.
Alchemy: The Ancient Art of Transformation
As part of the Curating/ Magic Conference held online by the British Art Network in October of 2022. A programme of talks and panel discussion investigating the curation of magical art, magic and esotericism. Co curators, Gilliam McIver and Hanya gave a talk about their most recent exhibition Alchemy!
Contemporary Egyptian Art Talk
As part of the program for the Alchemy! exhibition at the Steamship PS in London, Hanya gave a talk about the works and the creative practices of the Egyptian Contemporary Artists participating in the exhibition.