Roznama 7
Visual Arts Competition & Exhibition from Egypt
Medrar, townhouse, Mashrabia
From 3 to 30 April, 2019
Opening Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 7 pm
Roznama is a periodical competition and exhibition for contemporary visual art by young Egyptians.
The competition’s objective is to encourage creative contemporary art works, which are different from the orthodox forms taught at art academies. This is achieved through providing a space for experimentation, research, and mixed media and multimedia production. Roznama also takes interest in traditional art forms, such as painting, sculpting, and avant-garde photography. Roznama aspires to become a platform that presents distinguished art works, introducing artists from Egypt and supporting them by all possible means.
This year, Roznama received over four hundred applications, the largest submission count to date. Out of the works, fifty six were selected to be exhibited across three primary art spaces across downtown Cairo: Medrar for Contemporary Art, To