Basim Magdy is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice encompasses drawing, sculpture, video, and installation. His work has been exhibited and screened internationally in solo exhibitions in institutions such as FRAC Bretagne, Rennes;  KM21 Museum for contemporary Art, the Hague; Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg; M HKA, Antwerp; MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisbon; La Kunsthalle, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Mulhouse; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; MAXXI, Rome; Jeu de Paume, Paris; CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux; Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin; and Arnolfini, Bristol; and in group exhibitions at MoMA, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Castello di Rivoli, Torino; and Tate Modern, London. It has also been shown in the Taipei Biennial, the Henie Onstad Triennial for Photography and New Media, Oslo; Istanbul Biennial, Sharjah Biennial, New Museum Triennial, New York; Athens Biennial, SeMA Media City Seoul Biennial, Locarno Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and International Film Festival Rotterdam, among others.