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Riham El Sadany was born in Cairo, Egypt 1978. For many years she lived in Saudi Arabia now she lives in Egypt. Riham grown up with passion for art since she was a little kid, She started encouraging herself by watching movies , reading books and listening to music that inspired her in every way to express what she felt through painting, ,Riham graduated from Faculty of art Education , Helwan University , Cairo , Egypt ,. And earned Master degree in 2006, currently she works as a lecturer at Misr University for Science and Technology and a director for MUST gallery which is the University gallery .

Her work aims to evoke a feeling and capture a sense of people, an atmosphere or an unexpected detail rather than reproduce a direct likeness. She had been always obsessed with the psychological human complex , through reading or meeting people she tried to understand them and observe their attitude and performance , Riham also studied and read a lot about body language , she painted over faces and formed new features to the face with her own vision giving them a new color and features in several body painting projects .
Riham’s paintings are a product of observation, interpretation and improvisation. Her love of figures moves her to work from an emotional response to show human experiences and emotional states and our response towards them. The subject matter of her work had always been the figure in the environment. The ideas behind them are as much a concept or a story as a composition. Esthetic competes with concept in a way that is extremely challenging and often very time consuming.

The Symbolic colors in her artwork are representing a personal experiences carried into her studio by memory to be transformed onto energetic expression, Riham believes as she makes her way down the path to define her style, she will continue to grow through the process.
Most of the portraits in Riham’s work have an intense and dramatic look on their faces ,this dramatic look that gives lots of meaning is part of what she believes in, she loves the art that makes her think and wonder, that moves her feelings and interact with the audience
Riham had been influenced by lots of artists for example the way Picasso created his art spontaneously just like a child , the mystery and creativity in Dali’s work , the transforming of pain , struggle into stunning artwork as Frida Khalo’s paintings
Riham has exhibited in solo, joint and mixed shows both local and international from 2003 till now.  Download my CV