Marwan Bassiouni (b. 1985, Morges, Switzerland) is a Swiss photographer and artist of Egyptian and American-Italian descent based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Marwan holds a BA in photography from The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) and a photographer CFC from the Photography School of Vevey (CEPV).
His work has been written about in publications such as the British Journal of Photography, The Guardian, EXIT Imagen Y Cultura, Lens culture, Aperture, ZEITmagazin and FOAM. In 2019, Marwan had a solo exhibition at the Hague Museum of Photography and published the photo book New Dutch Views. His work has been exhibited at 87 Gallery (UK), Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation (DE), Sharjah Art Foundation (UAE), Aperture (USA), Paris Photo (FR), Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH), Plateforme 10 (CH), The Shanghai Center of Photography (CHN), Unseen Photofair (NL), The Benaki Museum (GR), The Humanity House (NL), Festival Circulation (s) (FR), Kunsthal Helmond (NL) and Cultuurhuis De Warande (BE).
His work is held in private and public collections such as Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The International Center of Photography, The Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs, Kunstmuseum Bern, Akzo Nobel Foundation, The Dutch National Bank, Amsterdam University Hospitals, KPMG and Menzis. Marwan is the recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Student Grant, the Harry Pennings Prize, the prix Circulation(s)-Fujifilm and several other awards and nominations. In 2020 he was awarded a Mondrian Emerging Artist grant (NL).
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