Education

  • MFA

    Painting, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • BA

    Art, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2022

    Public Art Commission, METRO Los Angeles, Aviation Station, Crenshaw/LAX Line, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2019

    Here I Have Returned, The Minnesota Museum of America Art, St Paul, MN Bint El Nil, Tahrir Cultural Center, American University, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2018

    Of Thorns and Love, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2017

    My Place is the Placeless, Artists Lab, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA

  • 2016

    El Beit El Kabir, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE

  • 2013

    Passages//Toroq, The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE

  • 2012

    SouthwestNet: Sherin Guirguis & Carrie Merrill, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

    Duwamah, Frey Norris Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

  • 2010

    Qasr El-Shoaq, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2022

    Candlewood Arts Festival, Borrego Springs, CA

  • 2021

    Forever Is Now, Art D’Egypte, Cairo, Egypt

    Converging Lines: Tracing the Artistic Lineage of the Arab Diaspora in the U.S., Middle East Institute Gallery, Washington DC US Expo Pavilion, Dubai 2020, UAE

    Making Time, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

    A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

  • 2020

    Desert X Biennial, AlUla, Saudi Arabia

    Sanctuary, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada

    45 at 45, LA Louvre, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2019

    Reimagined Narratives, El Muiz Street Complex, Art D’Egypte, Cairo, Egypt

  • 2018

    New Suns, Paramo Galleria, Guadalajara, Mexico

    Conceptual Feedback, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE

  • 2017

    One I Call, Desert X Biennial, Palm Springs, CA

    Mashrabeya: The art of looking back, San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

    Ease of Fiction, Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA

    Sanctuary, For-Site Foundation, San Francisco, CA

  • 2016

    L.A. Exuberance: New Gifts by Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

    The Ease of Fiction, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

    The Ease of Fiction, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC

    Islamic Art Now Part 2: Contemporary Art of the Middle East, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

  • 2015

    No Such Place, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York, NY

    We Must Risk Delight, Official Collateral Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

    C.O.L.A. 2015 Individual Artist Fellowships Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2014

    The Avant-Garde Collection, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

    Color Dialogues, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE

  • 2013

    Rogue Wave, LA Louver, Venice, CA

    Desaturated Rainbow, Field Projects, New York, NY

  • 2012

    Encounter: The Royal Academy in the Middle East, Katara Cultural Village, Doha, Qatar

    Tessellation Make Up, CDA Projects, Istanbul, Turkey

    Artist Protest Tower, Pacific Standard Time: Performance and Public Art Festival, Los Angeles, CA

    Sweethearts, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK

  • 2011

    Pangea: Art at the Forefront of Cultural Convergence, Frey Norris Contemporary, San Francisco, CA

Articles, Interviews and Reviews

  • 2022

    5 works of art to see in San Diego in March, Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS, March 3, 2022

    San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Desert art, Dia de la Mujer, contemporary dance and more, Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS, March 3, 2022

  • 2021

    Craft Contemporary Offers a Deep Dive into Sculptural Forms, Genie Davis, Art and Cake, June 21, 2021

    Artwork installed at future Aviation/Century Station, Heidi Zeller, The Source, April 2, 2021

  • 2020

    Top 10 art installations of 2020, Juliana Neira, Designboom, December 10, 2020

    The Best Public Art of 2020, Artsy Editorial, Artsy, December 2, 2020

    Focus: Saudi II, Desert Dreaming, Nadine Khalil, Canvas Magazine, April/March 2020

    Desert X feels the heat in Saudi Arabia, Kristi Lang, Financial Times, February 28, 2020

    Saudi Politics Unsettled an Exhibition, Vivian Yee, The New York Times, February 12, 2020

    Land Art in the Desert: A Dramatic Exhibition Challenges Artistic Ideas, Heba Elkayal, Al-Fanar Media, February 18, 2020

    Saudi Launches Art Expo in Desert Oasis to Boost Tourism, Maya Margit, The Media Line and The Jerusalem Post, February 18, 2020

    From California to Saudi Arabia: Desert X lands in Al Ula, Stephanie D’Arc Taylor, London Evening Standard, February 10, 2020

    Arte monumentalen la inmensidad del desierto, Ivan De Moneo, El Viajero, February 7, 2020

    ’We Had the Guts to Say Yes to This’: Artists Explain Why They Ignored Widespread Censure to Participate in Desert X’s Saudi Edition, Rebecca Anne Proctor, Artnet, February 6, 2020

    Shifting sands: An art exhibition, a desert landscape and an insight into Saudi society, Stephanie d’Arc Taylor, The Independent, February 6, 2020

    Art and culture collide at this historical hot spot, Elaine Lloyd-Jones, Mojeh, February 6, 2020

    Desert X Al Ula: Striking Art Installations Across The Historic Saudi Arabian Valley, Gabrielle Leung, HYPERBEAST, February 5, 2020

    Gosh, that’s beautiful! Do you mind who funded it?, Melissa Gronlund, The Times UK, February 5, 2020

    This is a living museum interacting with nature, Melissa Gronlund, The National, February 3, 2020

    In Pictures: The sculptures of Desert X Al Ula: Spectacular sculpture biennial Desert X Al Ula is bringing contemporary art to the Saudi Arabian desert, Architectural Digest Middle East, February 2, 2020

    An Extraordinary Exhibition Launches In Saudi Arabia’s Al Ula Region, Ayesha Sohail Shemir Shaihk, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, February 2, 2020

    Desert X Al Ula: The Art Event Enticing Travelers To The Desert Of Saudi Arabia, Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes, January 31, 2020

  • 2019

    Reimagined Narratives exhibition in Historic Cairo has a story to tell, Nevine El Aref, Al Ahram Weekly, November 14, 2019

    At Art D’Égypte, contemporary artists are reimagining ancient world narratives, Harriet Lloyd-Smith, Wallpaper, November 6, 2019

    Interview with artist Sherin Guirguis: On the stories between places, Soha El Sirgany, AMARNA Collection, October 2, 2019

    In Egypt, Forgotten Feminist Doria Shafik Brought Back to Life by Sherin Guirguis, Lou Mamlet, Kawa News, February 27, 2019

    Manifesting the Unseen, Mahmoud Saber, Qantara, February 25, 2019

    The Daughter of the Nile: The TCC’s women empowering exhibition, Daily News Egypt, February 11, 2019

    Tahrir Cultural Center opens with a celebration of feminism and fantasy, Anna Seaman, The National, February 5, 2019

    An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line, Neal Broverman, Los Angeles Magazine, January 22, 2018

  • 2018

    At the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Three Artists Use Their Work to Call for Change, Lisa Beebe, LA Weekly, October 11, 2018

  • 2017

    Desert X: the arid exhibition that's bringing land art to Coachella, Janelle Zara, The Guardian, February 28, 2017

    At Desert X, 16 Artists Make 45 Miles of the Coachella Valley Their Canvas, Maxwell Williams, Artsy, Feb 25th, 2017

    That Mirage at Coachella Isn't Beyoncé, It's Desert X, Stephanie Eckardt, W Magazine, February 26, 2017

    Desert X Treats Arid Space as a Rich Canvas, Jori Finkel, New York Times, February 24, 2017

    Between The Lines; Art, Women and Africa, Ladi'Sasha Jones, Intense Art Magazine, Issue #03 | Nigeria, 2017

    “The Ease of Fiction” Four Contemporary African Artists, Negarra A. Kudumu, Art Radar, February 13, 2017

    Desert X aims to be the Coachella of the art world. Here's a sneak peek, Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2017

    Between Truth and Fiction, Anuradha Vikram, Daily Serving, January 16, 2017

    Museum Views: The Ease of Fiction …, Megan Abrahams, Fabrik, January 2017