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Ghada Amer | |
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غادة عامر | |
 Amer in 2018 | |
| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian-American |
| Education | Villa Arson, Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Installation, Performance |
| Movement | Hurufiyya movement |
| Website | www |
Ghada Amer (Arabic: غادة عامر; May 22, 1963, in Cairo, Egypt[1]) is a contemporary artist, much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality.[2] Her most notable body of work involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies referencing pornographic imagery.[3]
Amer had previously emigrated from Egypt to France[4] at the age of 11 and was educated in Paris and Nice.[5][6] She is currently living and working in New York City.
- ^ Great women artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 31. ISBN 978-0714878775.
- ^ "How Ghada Amer Uses Seduction to Expose Sexism". Hyperallergic. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ "Ghada Amer: Defusing the power of erotic images". New York Times Arts Review. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "About". Ghada Amer. www.ghadaamer.com [artist's website]. Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ Okeke-Agulu, Chika. "Amer, Ghada". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ Posner, Helaine (2013). "Bad Girls: Ghada Amer". In Heartney, Eleanor (ed.). The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium. New York: Prestel. pp. 24–29. ISBN 978-3-7913-4759-2.