About - Toqa Eissa
Toqa Eissa, born in Cairo in 1998, is a visual artist and an illustrator. Spanning across a wide range of mediums, from painting
to sarcasm, her works mainly explore human interactions. She has completed her BA from Helwan University in 2020. She has
also studied Fine Arts for a year at the Cardiff Metropolitan School of Art and Design, in Wales on an ERASMUS+ grant. Toqa
has participated in several workshops and exhibitions, some of which were: Licking Structures in Künstlerhaus, Wien. Doha
Prints exhibition in Dohapolitan, Qatar 2022, Cairo prints exhibition with The Cariopolitan 2022, “The Youth Salon 32nd annual
exhibition” in the Cairo Opera House`s Palace of Arts 2022, “Naema`s Office is Bleeding” in Medrar for Contemporary Art, “The
Youth Salon 31st annual exhibition” in the Cairo Opera House`s Palace of Arts 2021, “My Favourite Things” exhibition in Mashrabia
Gallery, “The Dream” exhibition in the museum of Ahmed Shawky 2020, “Roznama 7” with Medrar for Contemporary Art 2019,
and “A day in” exhibition in Townhouse gallery 2019.
And is currently an MA student at Angewandte`s Art & Science, Vienna, Austria.
And is currently an MA student at Angewandte`s Art & Science, Vienna, Austria.
Works
- The Body as an Archive: A Journey Through the Marks and Memories We Bear. (January 22, 2025)Master Graduate
- Veiling Light (June 07, 2024)Exhibiting artist
- Culturally Crafted Crystals (June 24, 2023)Exhibiting artist
Activities
- Master projects | winter semester 2024/25 (January 22, 2025)Master Project Presentation
- Visit to Ars Electronica (September 04, 2024)Participant
- Refractive Perspectives | 3*10^8 m/s (June 07, 2024)Annual Class ExhibitionExhibiting artist, symposium participant
- Drawn by the Light (December 04, 2023)Class excursion to The NetherlandsParticipant
- Art&Science @Angewandte Festival (June 27, 2023)Three Exhibitions: Master's Projects | Licking Structures | Not ItGraphic design, PR Team, exhibiting artist
- Licking Structures | Exhibition (June 24, 2023)Exhibition at Künstlerhaus ViennaGraphic design, PR Team, exhibiting artist
- Licking Structures | Exhibition Opening (June 23, 2023)Exhibition Opening at Künstlerhaus ViennaGraphic design, PR Team, exhibiting artist
- Excursions May 2023 (May 02, 2023)"Das Fest" MAK | Kigi Kogelnik "Now Is the Time" at Kunstforum | Curational tour at MAK: "/IMAGINE: A Journey into The New Virtual"Participant
- Excursion April 2023 (May 02, 2023)Jewish Museum ViennaParticipant
- Excursions March 2023 (March 10, 2023)Sanja Iveković at Kunsthalle Wien, Monica LoCascio Studio Visit, Jeremy Deller at Franz Josef Kai 3, The New African Portraiture. Shariat Collections at Kunsthalle KremsParticipant

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