Najla Said
Selected Projects
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.
SELECTED PRESS
Tate
British Journal of Photography: Female in Focus 2024 Winner
The Guardian
Yung MEA
Musée Magazine
Everpress
NATAAL 2021
Elephant Magazine
1-54 Studio Visit
Artsy
i-D November 2021
i-D June 2021
Fashion Trust Arabia
The Independent Arabia
Azeema Magazine
Vice Arabia
This Orient
Tate
British Journal of Photography: Female in Focus 2024 Winner
The Guardian
Yung MEA
Musée Magazine
Everpress
NATAAL 2021
Elephant Magazine
1-54 Studio Visit
Artsy
i-D November 2021
i-D June 2021
Fashion Trust Arabia
The Independent Arabia
Azeema Magazine
Vice Arabia
This Orient
EXHIBITIONS
06/2025 — BJP, Glasgow Gallery of Photography
05/2025 - Cartophonia, Poland
05/2025 - Kalam Aflam, Point Ephemere, Paris
04/2025 — BJP, 10-14 Gallery, London
02/2025 — Gaze Magazine x Nikon Plaza, Paris
04/2024 — MIA Photo Fair, Milan
11/2023 — Tate (public display), London
07/2023 — Kalam Aflam, Point Ephemere, Paris
01/2023 — Wyndham Gallery, Melbourne
11/2022 — Beyn Collective, Cairo
06/2022 — State of Fashion Biennale, Arnhem
06/2022 — Middle East Institute, Washington
05/2022 — Hair_Folder, Goethe Institut, Cairo
02/2021 — Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
10/2021 — 1-54, 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
06/2025 — BJP, Glasgow Gallery of Photography
05/2025 - Cartophonia, Poland
05/2025 - Kalam Aflam, Point Ephemere, Paris
04/2025 — BJP, 10-14 Gallery, London
02/2025 — Gaze Magazine x Nikon Plaza, Paris
04/2024 — MIA Photo Fair, Milan
11/2023 — Tate (public display), London
07/2023 — Kalam Aflam, Point Ephemere, Paris
01/2023 — Wyndham Gallery, Melbourne
11/2022 — Beyn Collective, Cairo
06/2022 — State of Fashion Biennale, Arnhem
06/2022 — Middle East Institute, Washington
05/2022 — Hair_Folder, Goethe Institut, Cairo
02/2021 — Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
10/2021 — 1-54, 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