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Fatma Hendawy

Fatma Hendawy is an Egyptian Canadian curator, based in Toronto. She graduated in 2020 from the MVS Curatorial program, University of Toronto. Since 2008, she held different positions at Bibliotheca Alexandrina including Head of Permanent Exhibitions (2010-12). She was the Assistant Curator at AGYU,Toronto (2021-22). Fatma participated in curatorial workshops and residencies including Tate Intensive 2017, ProHelvetia and ZKU/Berlin. She curated Overt: Militarization as Ideology, 2020 at the Art Museum, Blind Ambition by Hassan Khan film screening at Images Festival 2022, Garden of Broken Shadows, 2023 at Critical Distance Center for Curators, Art Nest 2023 at TOAF 62, and As we move away from the sun, 2024 Apexart international exhibition at Allan Gardens, Toronto. She received the Canada Council professional development grant with the Art Museum at UofT. Currently she is working on curatorial research “Harvesting Roots, Cultivating Hope” funded by OAC to document conversations with immigrant artists from the SWANA and East Africa in Ontario. Fatma is currently the Visual Arts manager at Workman Arts.

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DIRECTORY SPOTLIGHT> Peer-to-Peer: The First Circle

October 18, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Critical Distance is thrilled to launch our latest initiative to support curatorial practices across Canada and beyond. Titled Peer-to-Peer, this Directory-based program shines a spotlight on emerging, midcareer, and established curators whose projects and practices have attracted the notice of colleagues in the field.

Please join us in congratulating the First Circle curators, namely:

Amin Alsaden
Fatma Hendawy Yehia
Genevieve Wallen
Kate Whiteway
Lillian O’Brien Davis
Liz Ikiriko
Noor Alé
Sean Lee
Swapnaa Tamhane
Zoë Chan

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EVENT: In Conversation: Ahmed Naji and Fatma Hendawy

August 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023

Critical Distance is pleased to present an engaging dialogue between acclaimed Egyptian author, Ahmed Naji, and renowned curator, Fatma Hendawy as part of our summer exhibition, Garden of Broken Shadows.

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EVENT: Afternoon with the Curator

July 29, 2023 - July 29, 2023

Drop by the gallery for casual conversation with exhibition curator of Garden of Broken Shadows, Fatma Hendawy Yehia. Registration is not required and admission is always free.

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EVENT: Concert: El Rass الراس | Toronto

June 24, 2023 - June 24, 2023

Critical Distance is thrilled to co-present El Rass in concert with MARSM Canada at Adelaide Hall on June 24, as part of the exhibition Garden of Broken Shadows, curated by Fatma Hendawy Yehia.  As part of his first tour in Canada, El Rass, known for his critical lyrics and performances, will engage with the exhibition’s topics around identity, immigration and adaptation through a vernacular yet deeply philosophical language. Tickets on sale through MARSM Canada.

 

 

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EXHIBITION: Garden of Broken Shadows

June 24, 2023 - August 5, 2023

Curated by Fatma Hendawy Yehia, Garden of Broken Shadows features works by Lamis Haggag, Katherine Melançon, Ahmed Naji, Anahita Norouzi, and El Rass. In a transglobal world, race and class are the basis of any immigration system. Through the use of organic material, text, sound, and technology, these artists manifest the ways in which one could survive and adapt within new environments. The exhibition interweaves these practices, producing a temporal space in which visitors can experience the possibilities of being both here and there — in both Canada and the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) — simultaneously. 

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