About
Biography
Najla Said (b. 1999, Cairo) is an Egyptian visual artist working with photography, text, video, food, and editorial design. Having lived in Cairo, Paris, Boston, and Berlin, her work explores identity, femininity, urban transformation, and the interplay between personal and collective memory. Through re-contextualized imagery, her work draws from the everyday, public spaces, bodily autonomy, and the politics of desire, while engaging with archival strategies and participatory elements. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in London, Cape Town, Washington, Melbourne, Paris, Arnhem, and Cairo.
Najla Said (b. 1999, Cairo) is an Egyptian visual artist working with photography, text, video, food, and editorial design. Having lived in Cairo, Paris, Boston, and Berlin, her work explores identity, femininity, urban transformation, and the interplay between personal and collective memory. Through re-contextualized imagery, her work draws from the everyday, public spaces, bodily autonomy, and the politics of desire, while engaging with archival strategies and participatory elements. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in London, Cape Town, Washington, Melbourne, Paris, Arnhem, and Cairo.
Features
Tate
Yung MEA
The Other Art Girl
Musée Magazine
NATAAL 2022
Everpress
NATAAL 2021
Elephant Magazine
1-54 Studio Visit
Artsy
THIIIRD Magazine
i-D November 2021
i-D June 2021
Fashion Trust Arabia
The Independent Arabia
Egyptian Streets Podcast Azeema Magazine
New York Times
Financial Times
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia
Christian Louboutin
Kaltblut Magazine
Vice Arabia
PhotoVogue
This Orient
Cairo Scene
Scoop Empire
Ahram Newspaper
Scoop Empire
Scene Arabia
Tate
Yung MEA
The Other Art Girl
Musée Magazine
NATAAL 2022
Everpress
NATAAL 2021
Elephant Magazine
1-54 Studio Visit
Artsy
THIIIRD Magazine
i-D November 2021
i-D June 2021
Fashion Trust Arabia
The Independent Arabia
Egyptian Streets Podcast Azeema Magazine
New York Times
Financial Times
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia
Christian Louboutin
Kaltblut Magazine
Vice Arabia
PhotoVogue
This Orient
Cairo Scene
Scoop Empire
Ahram Newspaper
Scoop Empire
Scene Arabia
Exhibitions
11/2022 —Beyn Collective
06/2022 — State of Fashion Biennale, Arnhem
06/2022 — Middle East Institute, Washington
05/2022 — Hair_Folder: Salon #1, Cairo
02/2021 — Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
10/2021 — 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London
02/2021 — Egypt Internation Art Fair, Cairo
03/2021 — Cairo Photo Week, Cairo
03/2021 — Conversations with Cairo, Cairo
06/2021 — Bedoun Neqat , Cairo
11/2022 —Beyn Collective
06/2022 — State of Fashion Biennale, Arnhem
06/2022 — Middle East Institute, Washington
05/2022 — Hair_Folder: Salon #1, Cairo
02/2021 — Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
10/2021 — 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London
02/2021 — Egypt Internation Art Fair, Cairo
03/2021 — Cairo Photo Week, Cairo
03/2021 — Conversations with Cairo, Cairo
06/2021 — Bedoun Neqat , Cairo