Doaa Fakher is a contemporary Egyptian artist born in Cairo in 1992. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Art Education from Cairo University (2012) and a Master’s degree in African Arts from Helwan University (2020), where she researched major challenges facing Africa. Her work explores human and societal issues, often depicting anonymous, distorted figures that reflect emotional and psychological states shaped by social injustice. Using thick layers of acrylic and oil paint, silkscreen, and occasional sculpture, Fakher expresses internal emotions through the human body as a symbol of vulnerability and resilience.
Her artistic practice was shaped by studying African artists who critically addressed their continent and diaspora experiences, merging these perspectives with her own context in North Africa. Fakher has participated in many national and international exhibitions, including the Youth Salon at Cairo Opera House (2016–2017), the Luxor International Painting Symposium, the AKAA Art Fair in Paris (2021), and the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London and Marrakech (2020). She has held solo shows at Townhouse Gallery (2018) and Ubuntu Art Gallery (2023, 2025). Her work has earned multiple awards and is part of the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art collection. She is represented by Ubuntu Art Gallery in Cairo.
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Doaa Fakher is a contemporary Egyptian artist born in Cairo in 1992. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Art Education from Cairo University (2012) and a Master’s degree in African Arts from Helwan University (2020), where she researched major challenges facing Africa. Her work explores human and societal issues, often depicting anonymous, distorted figures that reflect emotional and psychological states shaped by social injustice. Using thick layers of acrylic and oil paint, silkscreen, and occasional sculpture, Fakher expresses internal emotions through the human body as a symbol of vulnerability and resilience.
Her artistic practice was shaped by studying African artists who critically addressed their continent and diaspora experiences, merging these perspectives with her own context in North Africa. Fakher has participated in many national and international exhibitions, including the Youth Salon at Cairo Opera House (2016–2017), the Luxor International Painting Symposium, the AKAA Art Fair in Paris (2021), and the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London and Marrakech (2020). She has held solo shows at Townhouse Gallery (2018) and Ubuntu Art Gallery (2023, 2025). Her work has earned multiple awards and is part of the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art collection. She is represented by Ubuntu Art Gallery in Cairo.
