Mandy El-Sayegh Malaysian–British, b. 1985

Mandy El-Sayegh (b. 1985, Selangor, Malaysia) works across diverse media to examine how social, cultural and political orders are formed and deconstructed in the contemporary world. In large-scale paintings, table vitrines, immersive installations, performances and videos, she collages disparate fragments of information together, interrogating how meaning emerges through the relationship between different source materials. Her works often feature newsprint, advertisements, aerial maps, anatomy books and her father’s calligraphy alongside hand-painted elements and non-traditional materials such as latex, allowing her to move between material, corporeal and linguistic frameworks. By emphasising the boundaries of her chosen medium, El-Sayegh draws attention to the systems that determine how information is categorised, contained and understood. She received a BA from the University of Westminster and an MA from the Royal College of Art, London, where she is now based. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Chisenhale Gallery, London; Busan Biennale; Centre Pompidou; Sursock Museum, Beirut; SculptureCenter, New York; BRUTUS, Rotterdam; and UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, and is held in collections including Tate, LACMA, Sharjah Art Foundation and Kadist.