Tulsa Artist Fellowship is pleased to present Re:Collection, a solo exhibition featuring awardee Rehab El Sadek, on view from August 1 through September 12, 2025, at Tulsa Artist Fellowship Studios.
Courtesy of Rehab El Sadek
“A room filled with ancient Egyptian sarcophagi. Centuries-old writing in faded ink. Mummified bodies resembling wood and leather, delicately wrapped in gauze. Personal belongings intended to accompany the dead to the next world now presented as artifacts. These haunting images from a 1997 visit to the original Cairo Museum in Tahrir Square have shaped my personal life and artistic methodologies.”
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.
Courtesy of Rehab El Sadek
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 the 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). El Sadek is currently a 2025-2027 Tulsa Artist Fellow.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
SEPTEMBER 19 - 21, 2025 | UNTITLED ART, HOUSTON 2025
PERATA BRADLEY AND EYAKEM GULILAT
Tulsa Artist Fellowship and Basket Books & Art are pleased to present the work of Perata Bradley and Eyakem Gulilat, two artists invested in the specificities of place and sharing the common intention of bringing attention to how architecture and space shape the spirit and liveliness of a community.
Courtesy of Perata Bradley
OCTOBER 3, 2025 - JANUARY 10, 2026 | FLAGSHIP
LE’ANDRA LESEUR: MONUMENT ETERNAL
Tulsa Artist Fellowship is pleased to present the third iteration of Le’Andra LeSeur: Monument Eternal. LeSeur dissects the ways that monuments erected to commemorate racist legacies have altered the mental psyche of Black communities.
Le’Andra LeSeur: Monument Eternal is co-commissioned by Pioneer Works and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and curated by Vivian Chui. The exhibition is made possible, in part, by the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, as well as the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Courtesy of Le’Andra LeSeur
LOCATIONS & HOURS
FLAGSHIP
112 North Boston Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74103
Temporarily Closed for Installation
August 10 – October 2, 2025
Fall Exhibition Season
October 3, 2025 – January 10, 2026
Thursday – Saturday | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
First Fridays | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
STUDIOS
109 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Tulsa, OK 74103
Public Hours
First Fridays | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Studio Visits by Appointment
To schedule, please email info@tulsaartistfellowship.org or call (539) 302-4855.
VISITOR EXPERIENCE
Tulsa Artist Fellowship is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and accessible environment for all. Our exhibitions and events are always free and open to the public. Programming is regularly documented and archived to ensure broader access.
Accessibility
Flagship and the Studios are wheelchair- and stroller-accessible. An elevator is available at the Studios to support access to all visitor areas. Variable seating is provided throughout both locations, along with designated spaces for distanced standing and wheelchair users. Family-style private restrooms are available to accommodate visitors with disabilities, caregivers, and anyone needing additional space or access to changing tables.
Parking
Street-side parking is available via the Park Mobile App. Parking is free after 5:00 PM on weekdays and all day on weekends (Saturday–Sunday).
ABOUT FLAGSHIP
Opened in 2022, Flagship is Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s public project space located in the heart of Tulsa’s historic downtown. Spanning 2,421 square feet, Flagship was purposefully designed as a flexible, artist-centered venue for community connection and creative exchange. Programming ranges widely—exhibitions, performances, literary readings, sound installations, screenings, artist talks, interviews, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, symposiums, and more—reflecting a commitment to experimentation, dialogue, and public engagement.
