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Born#in#1978#in#Cairo,#Egypt,# Riham#El#Sadany#works#and# lives#between##Egypt#and#the# USA.## # With#a#PhD#from#Helwan#Fine# Arts#university#on#Performance# Arts,#El#Sadany#draws#upon#a# diverse#range#of#influences,# including#surrealism,#Picasso’s# childlike#spontaneity,#and#Frida# Kahlo’s#transforming#of#pain# and#struggle#into#stunning# canvasses.## # A#mixed#media#ar<st,#El#Sadany# indulges#into#a#world#of# drama<c#fantasy,#masterly# vacilla<ng#between#the#visible# and#the#invisible#of#the# complex#human#psyche.#When# looking#at#El#Sadany’s#en<re# body#of#work,#one#wonders# whether#she#is#a#surrealist# ar<st#pain<ng#her#dreams#and# fears,#or#whether#she#is#simply# pain<ng#our#own#reality#as#it# really#is#and#as#she#sees#it.## The#women#in#El#Sadany’s# repertoire#are#the#focal#point.# Though#mostly#bulky#and# muscular,#they#are#tender,# roman<c#and#sensual.#It#is#
however#the#set#up,#rich#in# op<cal#illusions#and# superimposed#elements,#that# embark#us#on#a#medley#of#the# real#and#the#imagined;#the# disturbing#and#the#comfor<ng;# the#known#that#we#recognize# and#the#unconscious#that#we# try#to#escape#from.## #
Phantasmagoria#or#fantasmagoria# is#Riham#El#Sadany’s#world,#your# world,#my#world,#where#she# defines#and#finds#herself#as#a# human#being,#a#universal#woman,# in#an#imaginary#real#world.##
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