Ahmed El Gendy

Ahmed El Gendy (Cairo, 1987) is an Egyptian-Dutch artist based in Amsterdam. They hold a master’s degree in choreography from Amsterdam University of the Arts. They facilitate movement workshops in academic and informal contexts. Their previous works have been presented at Mediterranea Biennale in Ancona, Italy, and at Festifreak International Festival for Independent Cinema in La Plata, Argentina. 

Along their artistic practice, Ahmed experiments with the complexities of agency, togetherness, and entanglement through video, installations, text, and live performance. Embracing uncertainty and dispersion of attention, they create performative ecologies where movement is relational. Often incorporating ropes, water, and large-scale objects, they test the limits of intimacy and proximity, revealing how bodies are constantly influenced by one another. Through immersive and durational experiences, the work challenges conventional understandings of autonomy, authorship, and interdependence.