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Hagar Masoud

Education

• 2025 — Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Studio Art (Terminal Degree), Stony Brook University, NY
• 2025 — Advanced Graduate Certificate, Media, Arts, Culture, and Technology (MACT), Stony Brook University, NY
• 2011 — Bachelor of Art Education (Art Culture), Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Cairo

Professional Experience

• 2022–2025 — Instructor of Record, Stony Brook University, NY
• 2022–2025 — Graduate Assistant, Future Histories Studio, Stony Brook University, NY
  Founded by Stephanie Dinkins, inaugural LG–Guggenheim Award recipient (2023) and Berggruen Institute Fellow
• 2018–2019 — Teaching Assistant, German University in Cairo, Egypt

Fellowships

• 2023 — Graduate Scholar, DISCO (Digital Inquiry, Speculation, Collaboration, Optimism) Network, University of Michigan
  
• 2022 — Art Omi Fellow, New York
• 2019–2020 — Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow (Nominee), Italy

Study Programs & Professional Development

• 2025 — School of Artivism: Feed Your Future, BJCEM – Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée 
• 2025 — Pollinator Peer Circle Pilot Program, Fall 2025 Cohort. International peer study and exchange program — Pollinator Coop
• 2021 — Ashkal Alwan Home Workspace Program (Sound Art Workshop), Remote
  
• 2014 — Diploma in Graphic Design, Russian Cultural Center, Cairo
  
• 2013 — Site-Specific Dance and Performance (MOOC), CalArts via Coursera
  
• 2012 — MASS Alexandria, independent study program by Wael Shawky & Sara Refky 

Memberships

• 2024 — Member, Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP)

Conferences

• 2025 — Sound Studies and Experimental Practices, Stony Brook University, NY
• 2024 — ASAP/15: Not a Luxury, Pratt Institute, NY
• 2024 — DISCO Summit, University of Michigan
• 2024 — Digital IDEAS: Digital X Climate!, Institute of Digital Studies, University of Michigan

Artist Collectives

• 2014–Present — Member, Cairo Bats
• 2012–2018 — Member, Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session

Prizes & Grants

• 2024 — Digital IDEAS: Digital X Climate! Scholarship, University of Michigan
• 2024 — Sunwood Estate Award, New York
• 2023 — Sunwood Estate Award, New York
• 2022–2025 — MFA Full Scholarship + Teaching Assistantship, Stony Brook University, NY
• 2020 — Salomon Foundation Residency Award (Shortlisted), ISCP, New York
• 2020 — Mahy Khalifa Art Scholarship (Shortlisted)
• 2019 — Glasgow School of Art, Governor’s International Postgraduate Scholarship (Partial, declined), UK
• 2019 — Sawiris Arts & Culture Scholarship (Shortlisted), Cairo
• 2019 — Invited Guest Artist, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria
• 2016 — Institut Français d’Égypte Residency Award, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
• 2015 — STEP Beyond Grant, European Cultural Foundation, Netherlands
• 2013 — Pro Helvetia Studio Residency (Shortlisted), Cairo

Solo Exhibitions

• 2024 — Consolation Prize, Lawrence Alloway Memorial Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
• 2024 — Wooden Room / Wedding Room, Lawrence Alloway Memorial Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
• 2016 — Cairo Bats: Act 1 — The Roof, Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), Cairo

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

• 2025 — TRACES, Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University
• 2023 — Lawrence Alloway Memorial Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
• 2022 — Art Omi, New York
• 2021 — City Volume, American University in Cairo
• 2018 — Chairs, Speakers, Sparse Light, Sic! Raum für Kunst, Lucerne, Switzerland
• 2018 — Cairo Bats Performance, PALA LAB, SomoS Art Space, Berlin
• 2018 — Cairo Bats: Act 1 — The Roof, Musée des Cultures du Monde, Netherlands
• 2018 — Cairo Bats: Act 1 — The Roof, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, USA
• 2017 — Cairo Bats: Act 1 — The Roof, Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, National Museum of Mali
• 2016 — Slice – On Time, Villa Romana, Florence
• 2016 — EmpArtolution, Künstlerforum Bonn, Germany
• 2016 — Meeting Points 8: Studio Cairo, curated by Giovanni Carmine, Raimundas Malasauskas, Christophe Wavelet
• 2015 — Laundry II, Belgian Embassy, Giza
• 2015 — Kevät Egyptistä, Äkkigalleria 32, Jyväskylä, Finland
• 2015 — Off Biennale: Something Else, Darb 1718, Cairo

Artist Residencies

• 2023 — Montalvo Arts Center, California
• 2022 — Art Omi, New York
• 2020 — Window Winnipeg, Digital Residency, Canada
• 2019 — Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria
• 2018 — PALA LAB (Cairo Bats Collective), Berlin, Germany
• 2016 — Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
• 2016 — EmpArtolution, Bonn, Germany
• 2016 — Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
• 2012 — dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany

Live Sound Performances & Festivals

• 2022 — Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University, NY
• 2017 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, HKW Berlin, Germany
• 2017 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, OOR, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2017 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, Reithalle, Bern, Switzerland
• 2017 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, Bad Bonne, Düdingen, Switzerland
• 2017 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, The Palace, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2017 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, Spor Festival, Aarhus, Denmark
• 2017 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, Mimi Festival, Marseille, France
• 2016 — Dying and Vanishing, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
• 2016 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, Borealis Contemporary Music Festival, Bergen, Norway
• 2016 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
• 2015 — Hour and Two Years, Äkkigalleria 32, Jyväskylä, Finland
• 2014 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, Musique Action Festival, Nancy, France
• 2014 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
• 2013 — Isthmus, Casablanca, Morocco
• 2013 — Things That Exist Through Absence, 100 Copies Music Space, Cairo
• 2012 — Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), Nassibyan Orchestra, Cairo
• 2012 — Egyptian Female Experimental Music Session, 100 Copies Music Space, Cairo
• 2011 — Nassibyan Orchestra, Jesuit Cultural Center, Cairo

Audio Releases

• 2018 — Chairs, Speakers, Sparse Light (Collective online album)
• 2011 — Nassibyan Orchestra (CD), Cairo

Artist Talks & Lectures (Selection)

• 2022 — Art Omi, New York
• 2019 — Lecture Performance, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria
• 2016 — EmArtolution, Bonn, Germany
• 2013 — It Will Be Wonderful, Casablanca, Morocco

Collective Talks

• 2018 — Cairo Bats Collective Talk, SomoS Art Space, Berlin
• 2017 — Cairo Bats Collective Talk, Darb 1718, Cairo
• 2017 — Cairo Bats Collective Talk, Photopia, Cairo

Press Reviews

• Aperture — "Dispatches: Cairo" by Ismail Fayed (Issue 224, Fall 2016)
• Al-Ahram — "Cairo Bats – Photography group turns rooftops into a playful stage", interview with Soha Elsirgany (April 2016)
• Girls Like Us — "Cairo Bats", Vol. 2, No. 8, 2016

Featured Media Links

• DISCO Network | DISCO Summit 2024
• Montalvo Arts Center, California (2023)
• Sunwood Estate Award, New York (2023)
• Art Omi, New York (2022)
• Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz (2019)
• Villa Romana, Florence (2016)
• EmpArtolution, Bonn (2016)
• "Cell 115", audio release