Basil El Halwagy

Egyptian/American artist Basil El Halwagy creates wearable-art characters called Fine Art Superheroes. El Halwagy’s characters are tightly wrapped in arabesque patterns and motifs. Each unique motif bestows a special visual and thematic identity upon the wearer. El Halwagy produces performances and photographic works in collaboration with contemporary dancers. In 2016 El Halwagy was featured in America to Zanzibar: Muslims Near and Far, at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
He has brought performance art to the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, Mobius Art Space, and FigmentBoston. In 2013 he received a grant from The Boston Foundation, to organize a ‘Fine Art Superhero’ Flash Mob. El Halwagy is Vermont Studio Center full-fellowship recipient.

Education
2009. Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT). Arts Education, School of the Museum of Fine Arts & Tufts University, Boston, MA.
2002. B.A. Studio Art. Wheaton College, Norton, MA

Solo Exhibitions
Fine Art Superheroes I. ASB Gallery. Boston MA 2013
Metamorphosis Chamber. FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA. 2007
Pervading Purusha. The Artists Foundation, South Boston MA. 2006
Exploding the Drawings. Resnikoff Gallery, Boston, MA. 2007
The Common Denominator. University Gallery. Pittsburg, KS. 2008
The Common Denominator. Gallery 181. Lawrence, MA. 2007
Exploding the Drawings. Carberry's Cafe, Cambridge, MA. 2006

Selected Group Exhibitions
AREA CODE. Boston MA. Curated by Octavio Zaya. August 2020
AVATARS/ghosts. Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
America to Zanzibar, Muslim cultures near and far. Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
The Middle Way. Midway Gallery, 2015. Boston MA.
USEA at Galatea Fine Art. Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA 2014
The Triggering Town. Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts. 2014
Earth to Heaven. Spoke Gallery, Boston, MA 2014
Islam Contemporary. Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA. 2013
M(i)(A)cro. A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition. Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS. 2014
M(i)(A)cro. A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition. New Art Center in Newton. 2012
Roxbury Artists. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. 2009
Egyptian Moments, Roxbury Connections. American Islamic Congres...