Aya Tarek

[5][6] She was in a film by Ahmed Abdallah called Microphone, which explores Alexandria’s art scene leading up to the 2011 revolution [2][7] In one of her own pieces, "How to Fuck Your Mind", Tarek portrays a graffiti artist’s instant rise and fall from fame.

[8] An outspoken critic, Tarek uses multiple art venues that center on graffiti to express her views and share them with others in public spaces.

In the fall of 2012, Tarek participated in an exhibition in Beirut called White Wall, which brought together graffiti artists from all over the world.

[10] Aya Tarek describes her experience here to be extremely free and the other artists were not expected to stick to one message when creating this wall.

She states, “The street is for everyone.” She considers herself to be an experimental artists, and practices vast creative freedom in her work.