MIRAL MOKHTAR

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Contemporary Figurative Artist
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
miralmokhtar.com | Instagram @miralmokhtar

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ARTISTIC PRACTICE

Miral Mokhtar is a Toronto-based contemporary figurative artist working across painting, drawing, mixed media, photography, collage, textile intervention and public art.

Using the human figure as a psychological landscape, Mokhtar explores vulnerability, memory, identity, survival, cultural inheritance and the psychological tensions carried beneath what is visible.

Developed across Egypt and Canada, her practice draws on visual art, documentary photography, observational drawing, Arabic calligraphy and psychology.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Oct 3, 2026 — GLOW! Nuit Blanche Night Market

Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sep 19–20, 2026 — ArtWorks 2026

Arts on the Credit, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Juried Art Show · Featured Fine Artist ·
Associated Arts on the Credit Virtual Gallery Exhibition | Featured artwork: Shelter of Becoming A Woman Made of Steel

Jul 29–Sep 10, 2026 — Second Act: Emerging Artists Over 30

Arts Etobicoke, Storefront Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Featured Artist

Jun 18–Jul 24, 2026 — Nurturing Nature

Arts Etobicoke, Cloverdale Common, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Group Exhibition

2026 — Times Square Digital Exhibition

The Holy Art, Times Square, New York City, USA

2018 — Chouftouhonna International Feminist Art Festival

Tunis, Tunisia | Remote Participation

2017 — Chouftouhonna International Feminist Art Festival

Tunis, Tunisia | Participating Artist

Apr–May 2017 — Half Way Through the Thread

Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt | Participating Artist | Exhibition examining

contemporary Egyptian textile practices | Supported by the French Institute in Egypt

2017 — LOFT Gallery

Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt | Exhibiting Artist

2017 — Excerpts of Heritage

Sawy Cultural Wheel, Cairo, Egypt | Group Exhibition | Presented through Helwan University’s Art Education program

2016 — Art Art Collection November

The GrEEK Campus, Cairo, Egypt | Exhibiting Artist

2014 — Townhouse Gallery

Cairo, Egypt | Workshop Participant & Exhibiting Artist

2012 — Saint Vincent de Paul Exhibition

Cairo, Egypt | Exhibiting Artist

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2023 — Humanitarian Award — George Brown College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2020 — LensCulture Portrait Awards — Finalist

2020 — Cortona On The Move — Main Gallery / Selected Photographer

2015 — Climate Change Global Youth Photography Competition — Winner

2014 — Second Prize, Light Photography — Egyptian Shooting Club

2012 — Best Oil Painting — Saint Vincent de Paul

COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS

2018 — Two Mural Commissions — Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt

2017 — Two Artworks Acquired through LOFT Gallery — Cairo, Egypt

2016 — Ceiling Mural Commission — Point 90 Mall, Cairo, Egypt

SELECTED ARTISTIC PROJECTS

2021 — What We Carry With Us: Refugee Storylabs — Citizen Film / Frameline | Contributing Storyteller & Artist

2016 — Not From Here — Documentary Photography & Video Project | Co-Founder

SELECTED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

2024 — HEAL Program

2018 — UN Women HerStory Initiative

2017 — Euro-Med Summer Universities — Tarbes, France | Art Diversity Workshop Facilitator & Participant

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024–Present — Independent Artist / Studio Practice — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Creates original figurative paintings, mixed-media works, photography, commissions, exhibitions and independent artist-led projects.

2016–2019 — Photographer & Videographer for Nawal El Saadawi and DAAL Center — Cairo, Egypt

Produced photographic and video documentation for Egyptian writer and physician Nawal El Saadawi and DAAL Center.

2016–2018 — Tourism & Travel Photographer — Egypt

2016 — Art Teacher — Cairo, Egypt
Provided art instruction in French and art-history activities for children, including children with disabilities.

2015–2016 — Assistant Director & Mural Art Contributor — Cactus Flower — Egypt
Worked as an assistant director and collaborated with the film’s art director in creating a mural for the production, contributing directly to its visual environment and set design.

2015 — Co-Founder — Independent Photography Studio — Cairo, Egypt

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & MENTORSHIP

2014–2016 — El Lakta El Wahda Artists Group (The Single Shot Artists Group) — Cairo, Egypt | Member
Participated in observational drawing and painting throughout Cairo with an artists’ collective founded and supervised by Dr. Abdel Aziz El-Gendy, Egyptian visual artist and Professor of Graphic Arts at Helwan University’s Faculty of Fine Arts.

2011 — Early Art Mentorship — Cairo, EgyptReceived direct artistic instruction from an Egyptian painter, illustrator and art educator known for illustrating works by major Arab writers, including Nobel Prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz.

Drawing & Watercolor Workshops — American University in Cairo, Tahrir Square Campus — Cairo, Egypt
Training in observational drawing, watercolor and works on paper.

SELECTED ART PRESS

2026 — Artist Closeup — Featured Artist Interview

2017 — Egypt Today — Exhibition Feature

2017 — Women of Egypt — Artist Profile

2016 — Scoop Empire — Feature on Not From Here

EDUCATION

2024–Present
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology — Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2014–2017
University Studies in Art Education — Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

2015–2017
Arabic Calligraphy Studies — Cairo, Egypt

2016–2017
Independent Fine Arts Studies — Cairo, Egypt

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2022 — Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Early Trauma — Certificate of Achievement
West Midlands Violence Prevention Alliance, United Kingdom

2022 — Indigenous Perspectives of Healing From PTSD — Certificate of Participation
Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, Western University, Canada

2022 — Online Training Initiative to Address Human Trafficking — Certificate of Completion
MCIS Language Solutions, funded by the Government of Ontario, Canada

2016 — Active Citizens Programme — British Council