Current – MA in Digital Media Design -University of the Arts – Bremen, Germany
2014 – Jesuit Animation School – Cairo, Egypt
2008 – BA in Mass Communication, 2008 – University of Modern Sciences and Arts -Giza, Egypt
2004 – College de La Mère De Dieu – Cairo, Egypt
// Unreal Engine Generalist-Technical Artist:
- Blueprint Scripting
- Environment Design – Procedural Content Generation system
- Physics rigging and simulations
- Audio generation and design
- Procedural Animation
- VR development
- Advanced materials (volumetric, post processing,…)
- Performance diagnostics and optimization
- Niagara fluid, gas and particle FX
// VJ:
- Resolume Arena
- TouchDesigner
// 3D-CGI Generalist:
- Cinema 4D
- Blender
- Character Creator
- Clo 3D
- Substance
- Quixel Mixer
- Maya Grooms system
// Video Editor: Adobe Creative Suite
// Videographer: DSLRs
// Director: Short documentaries, music videos, Miscellaneous
2022-PRESENT – M.I.A CORE TOUR TEAM /// VISUALS PRODUCTION, LIVE VJING, SHOW COORDINATION
2020-2022 – M.I.A. OHMNI AUDIOVISUAL BOOK
2018- 2020 – Institute for Artificial Intelligence – Bremen /// Research Assistant: VR Development
- My role was to develop physically acurate, real-world scenes in Unreal Engine for the VR simulation project Robot Commonsense Games (RobCoG). The goal of the project is to train Robots’ computer vision to be able to navigate the real world using real-world scenario simulations.
2016 – 2021 – Mapping Possibilities AV – Cairo /// Co-Founder, Organizer , Visual Artist
- Mapping Possibilities is an audiovisual performance and digital art platform I co-founded in Egypt with Rami Abadir and Islam Shabana.
- We curated, facilitated and presented over 30 audiovisual collaborations/performances over 10 editions.
2014-2022 – Medina Portal – Cairo + Remote /// DIRECTOR, EDITOR, CONSULTANT
- I worked with Medina Portal founded by Gameela Ismail and Wael AbdelFattah in various tasks from consultancy to editing to directing. I developed the format and edited the show Hekayat Gameela.
2014–2016 Alchem Studio /// Partner, Visual Artist
- Alchem Studio is a digital art collective founded by Islam Shabana with a focus on digital use Methods of image processing and post/internet art techniques as an experimental digital art studio.
https://www.facebook.com/A1chem5studio
2008-2014 11:11 Studio /// Founder, Videographer, Editor, Director
- 11:11 Studio was a studio providing audio-video production services to a wide array of clients from students to Coca Cola 2012 Ramadan TV campaign.
2011-2012 Nile Radio production /// VIDEOGRAPHER, EDITOR
- Video producer of the online/youtube video content of Nile fm and Nogoum fm
Maktoob TV 2006-2008 Full-time Video Editor
- Maktoob TV (later bought by Yahoo) was an early experiment in bringing user generated content to television. I worked night shifts from 17-00 to 00:00 alongside my studies in order to get concrete experience by the time I graduated.
I’ve been blessed to perform in various events, collaborations and contexts including Cairotronica (Egypt), VENT (Egypt), Cairo Video Festival (Egypt) Boiler Room (Egypt/UK), Primavera (Spain), La Gaîté Lyrique (France), Vorspiel/ Transmediale (Germany), HAU Berlin (Germany), Joyland (Indonesia), Ceremonia (Mexico), Wireless Abu Dhabi (UAE), GAK-Bremen (Germany), Heartland (Denmark), Gröna Lund (Sweden), Insomnia Festival (Norway), NOS Alive (Portugal), among others.
