Maha Maamoun (b. 1972, Oakland) works primarily with text, photography, and video. She is interested in examining the form, function, and currency of common cultural, visual, and literary images. She also works on publishing and curatorial projects. Maamoun’s work has been presented by many institutions worldwide including Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; MoMA, New York; ICP, New York; New Museum, New York;  MuHKA, Antwerp; MATHAF – Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Beirut Art Center, Beirut; Makan, Amman; Steirischer Herbst, Graz; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; and Haus der Kunst, Munich; and in biennials and festivals including  the 6th Dak’art Biennial, Dakar; Bamaco 03, Mali; 9th Gwangju Biennale; Sharjah Biennial 10; Transmediale 2014, Berlin; and 64th Berlinale, Berlin. In addition to her art practice, she has curated and partook in the curating of arts projects in the Middle East and Europe. She is one of the founding members of the Contemporary Image Collective (CiC), established in Cairo in 2004, and also co-founded the independent publishing platform Kayfa-ta in 2013 with Ala Younis. She was awarded the Jury Prize for her film Domestic Tourism II at Sharjah Biennial 9 (2009). She lives and works in Cairo.