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Reem Aljeally (Sudanese, b. 1997) is a Visual Artist and Curator with a background in Architecture, graduating from the University of Khartoum in 2018. She later pursued a studio program in drawing and painting at the Khartoum Arts Training Centre (2019-2020). Reem’s artistic practice spans painting, installation, and printmaking, centering on space, memory, movement, and self-image. Her paintings often depict young women in contemplative settings, with recurring motifs such as plants and cats symbolizing comfort and compassion.

She has held solo exhibitions in Sudan and Egypt, including Garden of Fake Tulips at MASQ, Cairo (2024), and Inside The Corner Pink House at Bibliotheque Art Gallery (2024). Internationally, she has exhibited at Melike Bilir, Hamburg (2024), Casa Arabe, Madrid (2024), Saatchi Art, London (2023), Broteria, Lisbon (2023), Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi (2022), and FNB Art Joburg with Eclectica Contemporary (2022). Her residencies include Sudan Moves by Goethe-Institut (2020) and CuratorsLab by Latitudes Online & Art School Africa (2025). She has received the Wijhat Travel Grant (2022), Goethe Production Fund Grant (2023), and won 2nd place at The ANNA Award (2025).

In 2019, she founded The Muse multi studios in Khartoum, an organization supporting artists through training and exhibitions. She is also the Founder and Director of The Sudan Art Archive, preserving five decades of Sudanese artistry. Her curatorial approach explores identity, social contexts, and the evolving Sudanese contemporary art scene.

Education

Basics of Drawing and Oil Painting
Training Diploma | Khartoum Arts training centre | 2019 – 2020

Architecture
Bachelors degree | University of Khartoum | 2013 – 2018


Experiences (selection)

Founder, Director

The Muse multi studios | 2019 – Present

Sudan Art Archive | 2022 – Present

Bait Alnisa | 2020 – Present

Muse Gallery | 2022 – 2023

Artists Development Program Coordinator, Ubuntu Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt | 2023 – Present

Exhibition Designer & Curator, The French Institute, Khartoum, Sudan | 2023

Guest Curator, BetterShared | 2022 – 2023

Art Mediator & Author, INTERFERENCE International Light Art Project, Tunis, Tunisia | 2022

Arts & Culture Projects Manager, Savannah Innovation Labs, Khartoum, Sudan | 2021 – 2022


Awards & Residencies

2nd Place, ANNA Award, Latitudes Online & ANNA Organics | 2025

CuratorsLab Residency, Latitudes Online & Art School Africa | 2025

NextLevel Production Fund Award, Goethe Institute | 2023

Wijhat Grant, Culture Resource | 2022

Sudan Moves Residency, Goethe Institute | 2020

Exhibitions

Solo

Garden of Fake Tulips
MASQ, Old Cairo, Egypt, May 2024

Inside the corner pink house
Bibliothek Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, January – February 2024

Middle Voids
The French Cultural Center, Khartoum, Sudan, August 2022

Born in Memory
Savannah Innovation Labs, Khartoum, Sudan, February 2021

Group (Selection)

Sudan Retold 1 1/2
AlHosh Gallery, Doha, Qatar, September 2025

Disturbance in The Nile
Casa Arabe, Madrid, Spain, March – May 2024

Broteria Art Gallery/Downtown Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, June – July 2023

The Wandering of Dreams
Gallery Melike Bilir, Hamburg, Germany, February – March 2024

Home: A Daydream
Tribal Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya, October 2023

The Gold of the Grandmother
Mouches Volantes, Cologne, Germany, July 2023

Surfacing
Tewasart Gallery, Kampala, Uganda, May 2023

The Forest and Desert School Revisited
Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya | November – December 2022

Bad Posture
Ecelectica contemporary, Cape town, South Africa | May 2022

Art in Isolation: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19
Group exhibit at The Middle East Institute, Washington DC. | November 2020 – January 2021

Art Fairs

ARTLIFE FEST 2023, ArtLife Academy, Moscow, Russia | November 2023

FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg, South Africa | September 2022


Publications (selection)

From Within The City We Began To Look For It, Book Chapter, Decaying Bank: Reproducing Khartoum Visually, Book, The Muse multi studios | November, 2024

Inside The Corner Pink House, Artist Book, The Muse multi studios | December, 2023

REMIXED: Transnational Cities, Gudrun Barenbrock, Article, Tasaworat, Tunis, Tunisia | October, 2022

Between Art Space and The Digital, Dora Hichri, Article, INTERFERENCE International Light Art Project, Tunis, Tunisia | July, 2022

The Rebirth of Dara Art Gallery, Article, The Muse multi studios | May, 2021


Talks (selection)

Sudan Today, Revolutionary Consciousness & Transnational Solidarity, Orfalea Center | October 2023

Contemporary arts and war in Sudan, INSPIRE PROJECT Seminar | June 2023

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: Conference by Tasawar Collective, Tunis, Tunisia | July 2022