Index
00.
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
09. INFO
It’s show time!!
Untitled
Lines to see not to cross
Forbidden fruit
Hand games
Whispers
Blue
Invasion of personal space
Maps 

Sherif Sherif (*1995 in Cairo, Egypt) lives and works between Paris and Switzerland. After studying filmmaking, he completed a Master’s degree in Visual Arts at ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). His work unfolds through sculpture, video, photography, and installation, and navigates themes such as identity, desire, and migration. Formally, his practice appropriates elements from public space—such as surveillance cameras, anti-bird spikes, and urban electrical terminals—which are often custom-reproduced to represent bodies that are controlled, displaced, and surveilled. Through the use of Plexiglas, red lighting, and 3D printing, Sherif constructs environments in which overflow and irregularity are rendered suspect. These materials become metaphors for the regulation of bodies and desires, questioning dominant societal norms and their violence toward racialised identities.


CV

Education
2014-2017  BA Media Arts MSA Cairo, Egypt
2019-2020  Filmmaking diploma ESRA Paris, France
2022-2024  MA Fine Arts ECAL Lausanne, Switzerland 

Solo Show
Whispers, curated by Adele Anstett, Carbone 17, Aubervilliers, FR

Group Shows
2025  Plattform25, CAN Centre D’art Neuchatel, Neuchatel, CH
2024  Exit-formalities, 45 Cantonale, Lausanne, CH
2024  Almost as You Want Me, Presented by European Art Ensemble, Sébeillon, Lausanne, CH
2023  They, curated by Stéphanie Moisdon, Le Consortium, Dijon, FR
2023  Wishing Well, workshop by Renaud Jerez, Sébeillon, Lausanne, CH

Grants and Prizes
2025  Nominated for Helvetia Art Prize in Switzerland
2020  Development fund from société Civile des Producieurs de Cinéma et de Télévision Paris


sherifxsp@gmail.com
Instagram Sherif2x

06. Whispers, 2024 


 Carbone17 Aubervilliers 

Photos: Teddy Dally

Metal, 3D print, spray paint, acrylic screws

27x10x20 cm each

Whispers consists of two identical horn speakers, each modified with 3D-printed spikes. These spikes, acting as a metaphorical weapon, threaten the act of speaking itself. The horn speaker is a device designed to amplify sound and here becomes a paradoxical object. The work explores the tension between the intimate act of whispering and the desire to broadcast a secret. A whisper is traditionally private and fleeting, but paired with the horn speaker, it transforms into an amplified statement, one that remains unspoken, as the spikes prevent proximity. This contradiction reflects the vulnerability and danger in revealing personal truths.