Education
2014
MFA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
2011
BA, Goldsmiths University, London
2010
Foundation Studies, Byam Shaw School of Fine Art, London
solo & two person exhibitions
2026
Presentation at Asia Society Museum, Houston
2025
Babe, Soft Opening at Paul Soto, Los Angeles
2024
Artissima presentation with Soft Opening, Turin
2023
Collapse, Soft Opening at Conceptual Fine Arts , Milan
2022
Matrix 188: Nevine Mahmoud, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford
2022
in mass and feeling, Soft Opening, London
2021
foreplay II , M+B Gallery, Los Angeles
2021
Nevine Mahmoud, Barnsdall Art Park Foundation, Los Angeles
2019
Cherry Baby: Math Bass & Nevine Mahmoud , STARS Gallery, Los Angeles
2019
b e l l y r o o m , Soft Opening, London
2019
Bella donna, Nina Johnson gallery, Miami
2017
f o r e p l a y, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles
2016
Three Isolated Effects, Lock Up International, Los Angeles
2016
The Poet and The Critic, and the missing, curated by Public Fiction, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2015
Motorfruit, Blood Gallery, New York
2015
Vitrine, JOAN, Los Angeles
2014
A U T O B O D Y, MFA thesis show at the Gayle & Ed Roski MFA Gallery, Los Angeles,
selected group exhibitions
2025
Small Sculptures, Sharp Projects, Copenhagen
2025
PLAY, Moran Moran, Los Angeles
2024
Display, Ehrlich Steinberg, Los Angeles
2024
Rayons Jouets, Hangar Y, Meudon
2024
Cremona Art Week, Museo Archeologico San Lorenzo, Cremona
2024
Thresholds curated by Nichole Caruso, The Wolford House, Los Angeles
2023
Solid Projections , Larder gallery, Los Angeles
2021
Perfectly round, as we left them, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan
2020
Eigenheim, Soft Opening, London
2020
Romancing the Mirror, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville
2019
The Artist is Present curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Yuz Museum, Shanghai
2019
Holly Coulis, Nevine Mahmoud & Christina Ramberg, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
2018
Body So Delicious, Reyes Projects, Detroit
2018
MADEMOISELLE, Centre Régional D’art Contemporain Occitanie, Sète
2018
Common Forms, Peana Projects, Monterrey, Mexico
2017
Seven Sisters curated by Martha Kirzbaum, Kasia Michalski Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017
Dreamers Awake: Women Artists After Surrealism, White Cube, London
2016
The Lasting Concept, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland
2016
Sim City, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa
2016
An Uncanny Order, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
2015
Louie Louie, Human Resources, Los Angeles
2015
Seven Reeds, Overduin & Co., Los Angeles
2015
SOGTFO, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles
2015
Debris, James Fuentes, New York
awards & residencies
2024
Marmi Petacchi & Mantica Projects Residence, Carrara, Italy`
2020
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Nominee
2016
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Winner
bibliography
2024
"Babe: Must see shows to see in LA", Cultured Magazine, December
2024
"Review: Contemporary Cremona / Art Week 2024", Valentina Bartalesi, Flash Art Italia, June
2023
"Nevine Mahmoud: the Implications of Pleasure", Niccolo Gravina, CFA Online, September
2023
"Contemporary Artists’ Striking Portrayals of Doors Tap into Surrealist Traditions”, Emily Steer, Artsy
2022
Fantasy, femininity, fairytales: Nevine Mahmoud’s alluring sculptures at Soft Opening, Wallpaper Magazine
2022
“CARLA review, In mass and feeling”, Catherine Wagley, Contemporary Art Los Angeles Magazine, Jan 20
2021
“ Stalks, Stones and Sex: Popping the Cherry Myth”, Madeleine Pollard, Elephant magazine, May Issue
2021
“Torna la mostra-osservatorio artistico della Fondazione Pomodoro”, Riccardo Conti, AD Magazine, October
2020
"Feature: Nevine Mahmoud", Veronica Gizondi, Coeval Magazine
2020
“HOT! NEVINE MAHMOUD”, Eva Fabbris, Cura Magazine 33
2020
“Feature:Nevine Mahmoud”, Amanda Charcian, Purple Magazine, The Love Issue #34
2020
“Nevine Mahmoud|Second Base in a White Cube or: A Dialectic Homecoming”, Chiara Mannarino, Flaunt Magazine, 7 January
2020
MOCA Los Angeles “Artists on Artists” , Digital Series, Tuesday Nov 24
2019
“Review: Nevine Mahmoud”, Gilda Williams, Artforum, Summer Issue
2019
“Art That Makes You Smile: 5 Exhibitions to See This Summer That Embrace the Joys of Play”, Maria Vogel, artnet, 14 June
2019
“Nevine Mahmoud: Belly Room review”, Eddy Frankel, Time Out Magazine, 21 May
2019
“Nevine Mahmoud: Artist Profile”, Elise Bell, Kinfolk Magazine, Spring Issue
2019
“Nevine Mahmoud Attacks Traditionally Masculine Materials with a Feminine", Maria Vogel, Art of Choice, Dec 2018 – Jan 2019
2018
“Nevine Mahmoud: Soft as Stone”, Jamie Lauren Keiles, No Man’s Land Magazine, Summer Issue
2018
“5 Things T Editors Like Right Now”, The New York Times Magazine, 4 May
2018
“Nevine Mahmoud at M+B”, Angela D'avignon, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, 26 April
2018
“Nevine Mahmoud: Juicy Fruit and Hard Stone”, Emily Steer, Elephant Magazine, 1 March
2017
“The Sculptor Bringing Back the Craft of Stone Carving”, Christine Whitney, New York Magazine, 27 March
2017
“The LA Sculptor Carving Erotically Charged Forms from Stone”, Hannah Tindle, Another Magazine, 28 June
2017
“Critic’s Picks”, Travis Diehl, Artforum, 28 November
2016
“Considering Nevine Mahmoud’s Three Isolated Effects”, ED Noice, AQNB Magazine, May 11
2016
“Playtime”, Andrew Berardini MOUSSE Magazine, Issue 52
2016
“Portfolio by Nevine Mahmoud: Basketballs, Beachballs, Slides”, BOMB Magazine
2015
“SOGTFO (Sculpture or Get the Fuck Out)”, Andrew Berardini, Art Review
2015
“SOGTFO at François Ghebaly”, Contemporary Art Daily
2014
“Seven Reeds: Exploring the Work in Works of Art”, Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times