Open Studio: Mai Al Shazly - Willow Pattern

Mai Al Shazly invites to her temporary studio at philomena+ in Vienna. The visitors will bear witness to her preparation work for the exhibition Shatter & Shape that opens on July 27th. She will demonstrate the Transfer Printing on porcelain, developed by English potters in the 1750ies, a technique that was essential for adding complex patterns to raw pottery. Mai Al Shazly will also tell us the romantic story behind the heavily Chinese inspired Willow Pattern porcelain, which will also be part of her new work in the exhibition.

Mai Al Shazly (*1985 in Cairo, lives and works in Cairo) is a multidisciplinary artist and visual researcher. After completing a degree in Business Administration, she went on to study at the Roznama Educational Art Program at Helwan University in Cairo. Al-Shazly works with photography, film, writing and recently re-appropriating archival material in different mediums. Her work focuses on identity and its relationship with the surrounding environment and the current political issues.