Ali Talaat

Lisbon

Spoken languages: English, Arab, Portuguese

Ali Talaat (born 1995) is an “artist in an architect’s body,” from Egypt - based in Portugal for the

past five years. His practice explores the interconnection between art and architecture, focusing on

how ideas, objects, and spaces transform across contexts while challenging conventional notions of

ownership, value, and creativity.

His bilingual and cross-disciplinary approach has been shaped by years of collaboration with artists

and collectives, including research and technical production work with the renowned SUPERFLEX

collective in Copenhagen. Out of a conversation during this period, he initiated his ongoing research

project If Copy Then Value, which examines how copying can preserve the essence of an idea while

allowing it to evolve into new, uncopyrighted forms. For Ali, copying is both a tool for self-

education and a method of transformation.

Pre Masters in Architecture and Urban Design

Art and Culture studies + Design + Ephemeral Design