Based in Egypt, Nada Baraka (1990- ) is a visual artist with a bachelor in Visual Art from the American University in Cairo and an MA from Central Saint Martins in London. Baraka held several solo shows in Cairo and exhibited in numerous group shows in Egypt and internationally. In 2023 Baraka received the Anna Award from Latitudes Online, and initiated the group project 'Valley of Walls' which got selected to become an Apex Art exhibition. Baraka recently participated in a dual show at Tabari Artspace Dubai, 2025.

Nada Baraka’s work maintains a state of flux, swaying between abstract and surreal in her paintings and installations.
The core of her work is a process that seeks to narrate an experience through expressionist and surrealist methodology. Visceral forms are given ever changing contexts as a means to challenge and deconstruct the obvious and tease meaning out of absurdity.

Currently, her ideas surround the diverse and extensive personal archive of her late grandfather, former Minister of Irrigation in Egypt. In this line of work she is concerned with more site specific presentations, as she considers context more deeply and explores decontextualizing archival material and spaces that are very particular. Connecting past with present, reflecting on social environments of then and now, and the fine lines between private and public material are some of the underlying themes she is unboxing.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
RMB Latitudes Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa

2021
‘Land of Sequels’, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2019
‘Cosmic Truths and Tales to be Told’, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2015
‘Fractals’, Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
'Evidence of Things Not Seen', EBONY/CURATED, HEAT Winter Arts Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
'Mount Analogue', Vela projects, Cape Town, South Africa
‘Across A Velvet Horizon’, Tabari Art Space, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, WHAT IF THE WORLD Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2024
‘Long story short’, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
‘The Light between’, WHAT IF THE WORLD Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2023
‘The Valley of Walls’, Ahmed Ali Kamal Residence, Apex art exhibition, Cairo, Egypt
Le lab x Gypsum gallery, The Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

2022
‘Fission’, Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt

2019
‘Tea Time with my lungs’, Soma Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2017
‘Paper Trail’, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Cairo Art fair, Arts-mart, Cairo, Egypt

2016
‘A season in Hell’, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
‘Les Négligences volontaires’, Shanaynay, Paris, France
Mohamed Abla’s Painting Exhibition, Greek Campus, Cairo, Egypt

2015
‘Roznama’, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
‘Naema’s office is bleeding’, Medrar, Cairo, Egypt
Art Fair, Arts-mart, Cairo, Egypt

2014
Mohamed Abla painting competition, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt
Opera youth salon 25th, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt
'Roznama', Medrar for Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
Mostra, Lisbon, Portugal
‘Stop it’ Postgraduate Degree show, Lethaby, London, United Kingdom

2013
CSM Auction Exhibition, Lethaby, London, United Kingdom
‘First come first served’, Lion x Lamb, London, United Kingdom
‘Intransit’, V22, London, United Kingdom

2012
FA VIP, ARTFAIR, New York, United States of America
'Parallel Visions', Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt
'470 Parallel', Sharjah, Cairo, Egypt

2011
Annual Youth Salon, Opera house, Cairo, Egypt


BIENNALES

2016
Something Else, off biennale at Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt

AUCTIONS

2024
Curatorial Voices: African Landscapes, Past and Present, Strauss and Co, Cape Town, South Africa

RESIDENCIES

2017
Do-itبالعربي ”Dwell Workshop with architect Ahmed Zazaa at Townhouse