Ghada Amer

Ghada Amer
غادة عامر
Ghada Amer at a conference in Tours, France in 2018
Born1963 (age 62–63)
Cairo, Egypt
EducationVilla Arson,
Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques
Known forPainting, sculpture, installation, performance
MovementHurufiyya movement
Websitewww.ghadaamer.com

Ghada Amer (Arabic: غادة عامر; May 22, 1963, in Cairo, Egypt) is a contemporary artist; much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality. Her most well-known work involves layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies, referencing pornographic imagery.

She lives and works in New York City.

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