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In Photos: Inside the Studio of Artist Couple Salah Elmur & Souad Abdelrasoul

January 26, 2020
Salah Elmur and Souad Abdelrasoul sitting in their studio, amongst their collected items.

Having shared 10 years of their lives together, Sudanese artist Salah Elmur and Egyptian artist Souad Abdelrasoul have each adopted their own unique styles of art, which somehow wholly complement each other as well. This artist couple share a studio which they regularly visit to work on their pieces – a space that is a wonderful reflection of the couple’s essence, full of miscellaneous antique collected items and prized possessions, in addition to old work, new work, and even some of their young daughter’s work. Reputed on both local and international scenes, Elmur’s work can be found in public and private collections across the world; his paintings have been exhibited (in both solo and group exhibitions) in Egypt, the UAE, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, France, Washington D.C., Uganda, and Kenya – among other locations, and he has even participated in a group exhibition at the British National Museum in London. As for Abdelrasoul, she also reached an impressive amount of success, having exhibited her work in various group exhibitions in Egypt, as well as 1-54, The African Art Fair in London. Most recently, she also held a solo exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery in…


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