Solo exhibitions
2022
Basim Magdy: The Dent, curated by Amila Puzić, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE
Enigma Dancing on its Tiptoes, curated by Vicky Konstantinidou, Elephtheria Cultural Center, organized by DISFF Drama International Film Festival, Drama, GR
Basim Magdy: A Series of Flickering Dreams, curated by Carolina Ciuti, Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, SP
Basim Magdy: An Alligator in the Clouds, curated by Yasmijn Jarram, KM21 Museum for Contemporary Art, Hague, NL
2021
Basim Magdy: A Dot in a Pool of Broken Sound Waves, artSümer, Istanbul, TR
2020
Basim Magdy: Renegade Dreams Hanging from the Clouds, König Galerie Chapel, Berlin, DE
Basim Magdy: Asleep in Another Dimension, curated by Nav Haq, MuHKA, Antwerp, BE
2019
Two Ghosts Discuss Invisibility in Front of a Mirror, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, EG
A Peacock and a Hippo Walk into an Existential Debate, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, FR
An Escalator Descending Towards Mysterious Time Machines, artSümer, Istanbul, TR
2018
Two Ghosts Discuss Invisibility in Front of a Mirror, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, EG
Pingpinpoolpong, or How I Learned to Laugh at Failure, South London Gallery (SLG),London (curated by Rachael Harlow), UK
To Hypnotize Them With Forgetfulness, University Galleries at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA
Collection Focus: Basim Magdy – The Dent, Project Space Art Jameel, Dubai, UAE
2017
It All Started With a Map and a Picture of Scattered Little Houses, curated by Laura Barlow, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, QA
The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Only Stone, Bronze and the Sky Shall Outlive All the Rest, hunt kastner, Prague
2016
The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, curated by Omar Kholeif, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
No Shooting Stars, curated by Heidi Ballet, Jeu de Paume, Paris, FR
No Shooting Stars, curated by Heidi Ballet, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux, FR
The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, curated by Britta Faerber and Anne Palopoli, MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome, IT
The Stars Were Aligned for a Century of New Beginnings, Deutsche Bank “Artist of the Year 2016”, curated by Britta Faerber, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin, DE
Some Become Part Time Singers and Some Keep Pretending, curated by Ils Huygens, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Hasselt, BE
2015
The Ones Who Refuse To Forget, artSümer, Istanbul, TR
The Relentless Repetition of Reality, curated by Rosa Lleo and João Laia, The Green Parrot, Barcelona, ES
Great Tricks From Your Future, D-CAF Festival, curated by Mai Abu ElDahab, Cairo, EG
The Many Colors of the Sky Radiate Forgetfulness, Cecilia Brunson Projects, curated by Regine Basha, London, UK
2014
Measuring the Last Breaths of Time on a Fading Scale, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, EG
An Absent Population Laughs at its Haunting Withdrawal, Art in General, curated by Anne Barlow, New York, USA
Our Shadows Gasped at the Sight of Their Own Multiplying Shadows, State of Concept, curated by Iliana Fokianaki Athens, GR
Crystal Ball – IndieMovingImage 2014 – ZDB – Galeria Zé dos Bois, curated by Joao Laia, Lisbon, PT
2013
A Future of Mundane Miracles, hunt kastner, show curated by Marketa Stara, Prague, CZ
A Steady Progress of Nothingness, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, USA
Basim Magdy, Espace Croisé – Centre d’Art Contemporain, curated by Mo Gourmelon, Roubaix, FR
Confronting the Monster in a Monster Costume, Centre Culturel Suisse, curated by Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser, Paris, FR
How to Build an Invisible Monument, Coburn Gallery, curated by Jessica Hunter Larsen, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, USA
2012
When Thought Evades the Great Thinker, .artSümer, Istanbul, TR
2010
One Day We Will Shine Like The Stars, KÖR Kunsthalle Wien public space Karlsplatz, curated by Katarzyna Uszynska, Vienna, AT
2009
Pray For Me, Fondazione Teseco Per l’Arte, curated by Stefano Coletto, Pisa, IT
1968: Memorial to a Rising Continent, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, USA
Last Good Deed, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, curated by Sabine Schaschl, CH
2008
On A Better Day Than This, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt, EG
Blank Light, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, with Jérôme Leuba, Basel, Switzerland, CH
2007
Brief Encounters with Semi-Fictional Worlds, Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Alexandria, Egypt, EG
The Common Deceit of Reality, Okay Mountain, curated by Regine Basha, Austin, USA
Lost Arks, Uszynska Schaufenster, curated by Katarzyna Uszynska, Vienna, AT
Gazing at the Miracle of Civilization, ARCO Projects, Madrid, Spain, ES
2006
In the Grave of Intergalactic Utopia, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Your New Life with Your Old Enemies, ObjectNotFound Project Space, Monterrey, Mexico, MX
Current Whereabouts Unknown, Tyler Drosdeck and Basim Magdy, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, USA
2004
Dream on, Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen, Fries 02, collaboration with Marianne Rinderknecht, Switzerland, CH
2003
Two Days to Apocalypse, Falaki Gallery, Cairo, EG
2003 Dream on, Townhouse Gallery, collaboration with Marianne Rinderknecht, Cairo, EG
Hero of the day, The Cold Room Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2002
Re-define, Basim Magdy and Karem Mahrous, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, EG
2001
The Future, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, EG
2000
Paintings, The Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art, Cairo, EG