Tulsa Artist Fellowship is pleased to present Re:Collection, a solo exhibition featuring awardee Rehab El Sadek, on view from August 1 through October 5, 2025, at Tulsa Artist Fellowship Studios. 

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 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

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.

OCTOBER 3, 2025 - JANUARY 10, 2026 | STUDIOS
Cedric Mitchell: Funky Forms (No. 11–16)

During a residency at the Tacoma Museum of Glass, Los Angeles-based artist Cedric Mitchell, from Tulsa, created Funky Forms No. 11–16, a series that expands his signature Modern Funk aesthetic into new territory. Instead of working toward crisp, symmetrical silhouettes, Mitchell let the molten glass guide him—embracing swaying stems, uneven contours, and improvisational rhythms. Each vessel is punctuated with bold, dot-like marks that echo graffiti’s graphic energy. These layered motifs create shadows and depth, infusing the playful colors with a raw, urban edge. The results feel at once sculptural and performative: vibrant forms that embody the spirit of jazz riffs, freestyle lines, and spontaneous movement.