Workshop presented by: Alia Bassioni
Duration: 7 hours
Date: Saturday 4th of February
Timings: 1-7 pm
Workshop fees: 600 EGP
Application deadline: 3 February 2023
Alia Bassioni A visual artist and educator born in Egypt 1991. After receiving BA degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts College in 2014, Alia worked as an Assistant Teacher at both the American University in Cairo and MSA University. Alia participated in a number of exhibitions, the most recent were “Imagining a Landscape” group exhibition at Bibliothek Egypt 2022, “My Favorite Things 6” at Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art 2021 and “Cairo Art Fair 7” at TAM Gallery 2021.
Reading plays a big role in the art she creates to express her thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Merging sentences with personal experiences, Alia hopes to connect
with people’s emotional parts. Some of Alia’s work was featured in Al-Ahram Hebdo a French language weekly newspaper in Egypt 2021, The Lifestyle journal 2017 and Zambalita magazine 2014 and 2015.
About the Workshop
A workshop concerned with the creation of a one page zine and a stamp about an object that means something to us using linocut printmaking and other optional techniques (ex., drawing and writing). Through this workshop we will learn the basics of Relief Printmaking (Linocut printing) and how to make a zine using one sheet of paper.
