Anna Boghiguian

Anna Boghiguian (born 1946) is an Egyptian contemporary artist. One of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists, her work investigates various historical events in a political context, such as the history of the cotton trade, the salt trade and the life of Egyptian Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy. She studied political and social science at the American University in Cairo, Egypt and holds a BFA in fine arts and music from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She has been nominated for the 8th edition of the Artes Mundi award, one of the largest contemporary art prize in the UK.

In 2023, Boghiguian was awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, granted by the Museum Ludwig.

Boghiguian was the subject of a solo show at the Power Plant in Toronto in October 2023. The Art Institute of Chicago New Museum, New York (2014) Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino (2019)

Solo exhibitions: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Carré d'Art (2016) Museum der Moderne Salzburg (2018) New Museum (2018) Tate St. Ives (2019) SMAK (2020)