Maha Maamoun

Maha Maamoun lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. As an artist she primarily works with photography and video. Most recently she co-edited, with Haytham el-Wardany, a book titled The Middle Ear, for Sharjah Biennial 10. Her recent exhibitions include: Second World, Steirischer Herbst (2011), Outres Mesures, La Galerie – Contemporary Art Centre in Noisy-le-Sec (2011), The End of Money, Witte de With –  Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (2011), Mapping Subjectivity, MoMA, New York (2010), and Live Cinema, Philadelphia Museum of Art (2010). She was co-curator of PhotoCairo3 (2005) and assistant curator for Meeting Points 5 (2007). Maamoun is a founding board member of the Contemporary Image Collective (CiC).