CURRENT EXHIBITION
RE:COLLECTION
AUGUST 1 - SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
Tulsa Artist Fellowship - Studios
109 MLK Jr. Blvd E. Tulsa, OK 74103
First Fridays | August 1 + September 5 | 6:00 - 9:00 PM
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Awardee Rehab El Sadek unveils Re:Collection—a sculpture series that serves as a profound exploration of personal and collective memories. Drawing inspiration from the ancient Egyptian methods of her ancestors, El Sadek meticulously wraps her sculptural objects in gauze and applies naturally derived pigments, aiming to protect and conserve not just the forms themselves, but the cherished recollections they hold. These works are a tapestry of memories woven from the artist’s life experiences and the places she inhabited before and after her immigration to the United States. A collection of recollections.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Rehab El Sadek is a US-based Egyptian interdisciplinary artist of Sudanese ancestry working at the intersection of installation art, architecture, and language. In a career spanning thirty years, she has exhibited and worked in seventeen countries and on four continents. In her practice, El Sadek often utilizes prehistoric materials such as gauze, wood, and earth pigments. She also employs light, shadow, and mnemonic techniques to develop work and expand the footprint of sculptural objects beyond the physical world.
El Sadek has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards. Select recent awards include: The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and Dallas Museum of Art Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Grant in 2023. In 2022, she received the Project Row Houses Southern Survey Biennial Prize. In 2021, she received the Gottlieb Foundation Grant and awards from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, Texas Vignette and the National Performance Network. In 2019, she received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant supporting her first solo exhibition in North America. From 2017-18, El Sadek held a one-year appointment as the City of Austin’s first Artist-in-Residence embedded in the City’s Watershed Protection Department investigating social and environmental issues.
El Sadek’s many notable international and national fellowship and artist residencies include: MacDowell (Carnegie Foundation Fellowship, 2020); Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (2022), McColl Center (2021), Anderson Center (2023), Fine Arts Work Center (2023-24), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2024), Vermont Studio Center (2020), Art Omi (2019), BAU Institute (France, 2023); Thami Mnyele (Amsterdam, 2004), and Gasworks (London, 1998).
VISITOR EXPERIENCE
Tulsa Artist Fellowship is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible experience for all. Our exhibitions and events are always free to attend, and they are documented and archived for broader public access.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship Studios (109 MLK Jr Blvd E., Tulsa, OK 74103) is fully wheelchair and stroller accessible. Variable seating is available throughout the space, along with areas for distanced standing. Family-sized, private restrooms are provided to support visitors with disabilities and caregivers who need additional space and changing tables. An elevator is located at the main west entrance on Martin Luther King Blvd for easy access to all floors. Street-side parking is available near both buildings through the Park Mobile App and is free after 5 p.m. and all day on weekends.
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