Biography
Eman Hussein is an Egyptian architect and artist who leads a creative studio that works to blur the boundaries between art, architecture and design. She studied architecture at the Modern Science & Arts University in Cairo and was granted her Masters Degree at the University of Greenwich, London. In 2008, Eman had contributed in the Global Architect Symposium in London with a project that investigates how architects operate and interact differently across the world with the globalized nature of culture and design. In 2010, Eman started working in Alchemy Design Studio. She started as a designer and was gradually promoted till she became the Head of Design Department and eventually one of the Art Directors.
By the end of 2010, Eman started studying art with the respectable artist Magd El Sagini. where she passionately enjoyed a five-year journey of learning Art. In 2014, Eman studied Art in Accademia D’Arte in Florence and in 2015, she joined Metafora’s International Workshop in Barcelona, Spain. She participated in group exhibitions in Cairo, Egypt.
By the end of 2015, she launched Eman Hussein Design Studio in Alchemy, a leading company of Design based in Cairo, Egypt, where she’s also a partner in Alchemy Architecture. Her Studio approaches design and art as a tool to disentangle the established codes of today, focusing on the points of intersection between architecture, art and spatial analysis. Her work in art and architecture is related to questioning the idea of form and exploring the dimension beyond the material; that which she calls the ‘formless’. She is currently showcasing work at Ubuntu Art Gallery, Zamalek in Cairo.
