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Year 2009 -
2010
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Kamal Khalifa
(1926-1968)
October 7th-October 23rd,2009
Kamal Khalifa is considered Egypt’s
leading modern artist. He left the
art world with separate categories
of artwork: sculpture, paintings and
black & white drawings. He produced
his sculpture in a structured
traditional way with a loose
stylized form. It was important for
him that his bronze or plaster
sculpture should display flow and
movement. And it is that feeling of
movement that stays with one rather
than the absolute form. While Kamal
Khalifa was a student at the Faculty
of Fine Arts and in his 4th
year he quit claiming that his
studies were not adding to him.
Kamal Khalifa came from a modest
background. He lived all his life in
Bab El-Louk in one room on the roof
top of an old house and it was in
this small room that he produced all
his great work and there where he
died from tuberculosis. The b&w
drawings demonstrate Kamal Khalifa’s
relaxed less formal style which is
not as evident as in his full
colored work. Kamal Khalifa uses two
techniques in his still life colored
paintings which focus on floral
displays. The first involves
interplay of color coupled with a
flirtation with abstraction. The
second establishes a rich variety
taken from the artist’s esthetatic
research in his dramatic
environment. To summarize his work
we can say that his personal
suffering he expresses in his
sculpture and paintings reaches out
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Katherine Bakhoum
(1949)
October 27th-November 25th 2009
Born in Cairo in 1949, half Egyptian
and half French. She studied at
l'atelier Met de Penninghen and l'ecole
Estienne in Paris. K .Bakhoum
started exhibiting her work in Paris
since 1984. She exhibits twice a
year once in Paris and once at
Safarkhan in Cairo. She has been
exhibiting yearly at Safarkhan since
1999. K.Bakhoum's Orientalist
paintings stands so powerfully with
subtle (and sometimes definite)
tones of pastel that bring to life
charcters that seem to exist only in
our imagination. It is the carefully
created visions of fabric and its
drapping, the eyes that reach out to
the viewer with a captivating stare
that make her paintings so
nostalgic. K.Bakhoum masters the
technique of creating
different texture to alter the
visual image in her paintings. She
collects handmade paper, old fabric
and uses the effect of empty
teabags. |
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Souad Mardam Bey
December 1st-December 31st 2009
Souad Mardam Bey is an artist who lived in many
countries of the Middle East, Syrian by
nationality but studied art in Beirut and now
she is living in Cairo Egypt. Her work is unique
in the sense that she is creating her own
individuals whether man or woman child or animal
bird or fish. In all these creatures there is
the fantasy world of Souad figures of big
dimensions wearing the fanciest clothes?
Animated in colour and decoration the texture of
Souad’s work is unique whether it is in the
background or the foreground and after touring
her exhibition we wonder when and where did
these creatures live? |
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Alexandria
Alfons Louis - Said Badr - Sarkis
Tossoonian
January
1st-January 27th,2010
A group exhibition by three
greatly talented sculptors
native of the seaside city of
Alexandria in Egypt. These
sculptors represents in their
work the many facets of the
ancient Egyptian culture to the
Greco Roman civilization as well
as the Coptic and Islamic
heritage. This will be exhibited
through various mediums from
bronze by Sarkis Tossoonian ,
black basalt by Said Badr and
distressed wood and engraved
stone by Alfons Louis.
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Kamal El Sarrag
February
2nd-February 25th,2010
Since the mid-1960s, Kamal El Sarrag has been featured in a
succession of one-man shows in
Cairo, Venice, and Brussels, and
he has been a frequent
participant in representative
group exhibitions. His studies
have been centered at the
Faculty of fine arts in Cairo,
where he graduated in 1960, and
at the Academy of fine arts in
Venice, where he graduated in
1967. His paintings are in the
museum of the colleges of fine
arts in Cairo and Alexandria,
the Egyptian academy in Rome,
and the museum of modern art in
Cairo. In addition to pursuing
his own work, he taught painting
at the college of finr arts,
Helwan University, Cairo.
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Marwa Adel
March
1st-March 24th,2010
Every once in a while, when the
audience is expecting to see one
thing, you have to show them
something else. Marwa believes above
all that she wanted to build the
palace of my memory, because her
memory is something else; it’s
her only homeland.
Marwa is a photographer and computer graphic designer with
great ability and sensitivity in
modeling her characters and
landscapes in a majestic world
moving with shadows black and white.
She adds rhythms to her work by
employing Arabic calligraphy or
adding a spot of luminous red to her
black and white designs. She teaches
graphic design at the faculty of
applied set in CAIRO and now she is
turning into oil to become a
painter. |
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Nadine Hammam
March
30th-April 22nd,2010
Titled, I’m For Sale, artist
Nadine Hammam represents the female
in a series of alluring yet subtle
postures and compelling gazes,
stating the female as an object of
desire. Her technique of
multi-layered canvases, executed in
almost flawless flatness, appearing
as solid, emphasizes the masculine
gaze upon the female: a two
dimensional view. She transforms the
object of desire into a
representation of desire leaving the
audience with the sole possibility
to purchase only one layer, the
female in her most alluring state
and not her. |
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Mostafa El Razzaz
April
25th-May 15th,2010
I have been observing the Nile fishermen for years---from
Philea to Rashid. And from my
balcony in Manial which overlooks
the river. They live in a unique
world; one that relies solely on the
blessing of fate itself. Men, women
and children live slow, gentle
rhythms in modest fishing skiffs
that ply the heavy waters all day.
Unlike a sea-fisherman, a river
fisherman (and often it is an
independent fisherwoman rather than
a man) doesn’t leave the confines of
the small narrow boat. He and/or she
lives and works on the boat. Grows
up and marries there. It is where
children are born. An entire social
life is centered on the boat;
friends crowd-in for celebrations or
drop by for a glass of sweetened
tea. It is a hard but mystical life
with a serenity that is seldom found
on the river-banks where their boats
come to rest when the dark night
falls. This art work is dedicated to
the fishermen and women of the Nile. |
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Mennah Hafez
May
17th-June 5th,2010
"The Joys of the Mystics"
In the heart of the mystic is
another world. The pure heart can
see forms and colors that the
unpolished heart can not imagine.
The world of forms is not it, there
is so much more inside the heart of
the lover. Day and night I see
colors and because I set my heart
free I have found another world.
With more beauty and more grace and
more light. In the midst of the
troubles I saw beauty and in nature
I found a language. It is the world
of the spiritual, of the free, of
the joyful. A Sufi's heart is so
similar to the heart of the
Buddhist, the yogi and the mystic
from any religion or just the lover
of the universe. The only difference
is that the Sufi lives in a trance
in love with the divine and sees
everything with an impartial eye. |
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Year 2008 -
2009
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Mohamed Ismail
(1936-1993)
October 13th-November 4th,2008
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936
in Zagazig in Egypt. He graduated
and obtained his Masters in painting
from the Faculty of Fine Arts in
Cairo. He received his Ph.D. in the
history of Fine Arts. He held
numerous private and collective
exhibitions from 1958 – 1969. Dr
M.Ismail started his globe trotting
from 1969 till 1987. He started with
Europe visiting Greece, Spain and
France going to North Africa and
then to Turkey in the Near East. He
moved on to Beirut, Kuwait, Iran and
India before breaking camp to his
favorite continent the Far East. In
Tokyo he knew love and considered it
home. He has many acquisitions in
several countries and the most
important is in Museum of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. He obtained many
International and Arab prizes. |
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Katherine Bakhoum
(1949)
November 10th-November 28th 2008
Born in Cairo in 1949, half Egyptian
and half French. She studied at
l'atelier Met de Penninghen and l'ecole
Estienne in Paris. K .Bakhoum
started exhibiting her work in Paris
since 1984. She exhibits twice a
year once in Paris and once at
Safarkhan in Cairo. She has been
exhibiting yearly at Safarkhan since
1999. K.Bakhoum's Orientalist
paintings stands so powerfully with
subtle (and sometimes definite)
tones of pastel that bring to life
charcters that seem to exist only in
our imagination. It is the carefully
created visions of fabric and its
drapping, the eyes that reach out to
the viewer with a captivating stare
that make her paintings so
nostalgic. K.Bakhoum masters the
technique of creating
different texture to alter the
visual image in her paintings. She
collects handmade paper, old fabric
and uses the effect of empty
teabags. |
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Souad
Mardam Bey
December
2nd-December 31st,2008
Souad Mardam Bey is an artist who
lived in many countries of the
Middle East, Syrian by nationality
but studied art in Beirut and now
she is living in Cairo Egypt. Her
work is unique in the sense that she
is creating her own individuals
whether man or woman child or animal
bird or fish. In all these creatures
there is the fantasy world of Souad
figures of big dimensions wearing
the fanciest clothes animated in
colour and decoration the texture of
Souad’s work is unique whether it is
in the background or the foreground
and after touring her exhibition we
wonder when and where did these
creatures live? |
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Sarkis Tossoonian
(1953)
January 5th-January 30th,2009
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in
Alexandria in 1953. He graduated
from the Faculty of Fine
Arts/Sculpture in 1979. He started
exhibiting in individual and group
exhibitions in Alexandria since 1980
and up until now. Sarkis Tossoonian
won the second prize in Sculpture in
the 5th Biennale of Port Said in
2001. Sarkis Tossoonian excels in
blending two different mediums in
his works like non shiny bronze with
shiny golden brass. His figures
stand for both male and female
dressed elegantly and representing
mostly noble graceful figures. |
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Nazli Madkour
(1949)
February 3rd-February 27th,2009
Nazli Madkour … Born in Cairo, in
1949 where she lives and works.
Received her Masters Degree in
Political Economy from the American
University in Cairo. In 1981 she
resigned her post of Economic Expert
at the Industrial Development Centre
for Arab States (Arab League, Cairo)
to concentrate on art. |
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Ihab Shaker
(1933)
March 2nd-March 23rd,2009
Ihab shaker born in 1933 received
his first lesson in art when he was
a still a boy with the Italian
professor Carlo Mlinoti, then
joined the Leonardo Da Vince school
and later graduated from the faculty
of plastic arts in 1957. He began
his work in the press in 1953 when
he was still in the first year of
his academic studies. Shaker started
his work with the late prominent
Abdel Salam El Sherif in El
Goumhuria from 1960 he joined Rose
El Youssef since 1956 he was a
prominent figure in Sabah El kheir.
From 1970 t0 2002 his participation
in the world of art was mostly
distinguished where he gave 8 one
man show in Japan ,Vienna ,in
Ekhnatoun gallery ,in Paris, Cairo
,Spain and Jordan. Beside the world
of art shaker specialized in
animation when he represented France
in four festivals.
To understand the art of Ihab Shaker
in his Exhibition let us read some
lines written years ago by the late
art critic Dr. Farouk Bassiouni in
Akhbar El Adab : the images Ihab
creates bend and intersect in a
whimsical rebellion. |
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Anna Boghiguian
(1946)
March 30th-April 25th,2009
Anna
Boghigiuan was born in Cairo in 1946
to Armenian/Egyptian parents. She
graduated in 1969 from the American
University in Cairo in Economics and
Political Science. She studied art
under the patronage of the great
artist Fouad Kamel. Anna Boghigiuan
obtained her BFA in visual art and
music from Concordia University in
Montreal, Canada. She held
exhibitions in Egypt, Yemen, Greece,
Canada and France and has
illustrated many books including
editions of Ungaretti, Cavafy and
for the Nobel laureate Naguib
Mahfouz. Anna Boghigiuan is a very
renowned contemporary Egyptian
painter whose work is extremely
appreciated among the foreign and
local community. Her capturing the
essence of a city as vibrant and
chaotic as Cairo is a daunting task
for any painter. It requires a deep
understanding of its soul as well as
a sharp eye to pick up on the
continuous metamorphosis of movement
against a background that is both
timeless and undergoing constant
renewal. Her depictions of bridges,
buildings and other architectural
sites we see them squeezed or
elongated because she is a master of
deconstruction loved by architects
for her intrinsic understanding of
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The Beginning
April 29th-May 13th,2009
Amina El Demirdash - Mennah Hafez -
Rony El Kady
A group exhibition by three young artists - recent graduates
of the American University in Cairo
- The beginning and Discovery of a
new generation having one theme in
common how to express their love of
Egypt and taking into consideration
the difference between everyone of
them. Mennah using all kinds of
collage and calligraphy in a very
substantial and impressive way to
show the beauty and the negligence
of what's taking place in her
country ...Amina extremely indulged
in the expression the density of the
houses and the population together.
Rony is extremely taken by the human
expression of men and women using
her own unique technique of shadow
and light and adding lots of
material to enhance the texture and
feel of her subjects. |
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Marwa Adel
May 18th-May 31st,2009
Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting
to see one thing, you have to show
them something else. Marwa believes
above all that she wanted to build
the palace of my memory, because her
memory is something else; it’s
her only homeland. Marwa
is a photographer and computer
graphic designer with great ability
and sensitivity in modeling her
characters and landscapes in a
majestic world moving with shadows
black and white. She adds rhythms to
her work by employing Arabic
calligraphy or adding a spot of
luminous red to her black and white
designs. She teaches graphic design
at the faculty of applied set in
CAIRO and now she is turning into
oil to become a painter. |
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Year
2007 - 2008
Dr.
Mohamed Ismail
(1936-1993)
October 22 - November
10, 2007
Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in 1936
in Zagazig in Egypt. He graduated
and obtained his Masters in painting
from the Faculty of Fine Arts in
Cairo. He received his Ph.D. in the
History of Fine Arts. He held
numerous private and collective
exhibitions from 1958 – 1969. Dr.
Ismail started his globe trotting in
1969. He started with Europe
visiting Greece, Spain and France
going to North Africa and then to
Turkey in the Near East. He moved on
to Beirut, Kuwait, Iran and India
before breaking camp to his favorite
continent: the Far East. In Tokyo he
knew love and considered it home. He
has many acquisitions in several
countries and the most important is
in the Museum of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. He obtained many
International and Arab prizes. |
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Zakaria El Zeini
(1932-1993)
November
13th - December 5th 2007
Zakaria El-Zeini was raised in the suburban
areas of Cairo and graduated from the Faculty of
Fine Arts. He studied painting in Venice and
graduated from the Academy of Pravana. Later he
became a professor at the FFA and ended his
career as head of the painting department.
El-Zeiny is known to be an expressionistic
artist using different symbols in his work and
passing by several periods. The first period is
the "Moulid" and the "El-Zar". His work has
always been distinguished for having the human
being (face or complete body) enclosed in a
geometric shape of a square or a rectangle.
Despite this rigid, enclosed portrayal, the
viewer still feels the sympathy that the painter
feels toward the human being living in a space
in the form of a house, a door or a window. And
it was through the "Moulid" and the "Zar" that
Zeini was able to enrich his imagination and
find refuge in it, thus transmitting to us his
message. In some early works when he featured
women enclosed by bars, windows or doors.
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Souad
Mardam Bey
December
7th - December 31st 2007
Souad Mardam Bey is an artist who
lived in many countries of the
Middle East, Syrian by nationality
but studied art in Beirut and now
she is living in Cairo Egypt. Her
work is unique in the sense that she
is creating her own individuals
whether man or woman child or animal
bird or fish. In all these creatures
there is the fantasy world of Souad
figures of big dimensions wearing
the fanciest clothes animated in
colour and decoration the texture of
Souad’s work is unique whether it is
in the background or the foreground
and after touring her exhibition we
wonder when and where did these
creatures live?
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Cherif
Sobhi
(1932)
January
10th - January 25th 2008
Following the success of his first
show in 1960, Sherif Sobhi has
become a contributor to oneman &
group exhibitions in Egypt ,England
,France .Italy and the United State
.He has long been associated with La
Barcaccia gallery in Rome, where he
has been a resident since 1957, but
he has also contributed to numerous
independently organized
international exhibitions. His
paintings belong to museum and
private collections in Egypt, Italy,
and the United States. Cherif Sobhi
is interested both in the figurative
and textural dimensions of painting.
In pursuing the latter he develops a
rich surface on a wooden panel, a
surface whose texture is further
accented be the application of
concentrated layers of varnish. This
involved and unique technical
approach aligns his work with that
of contemporary Italian painters,
but his selection of colors
–vermillion, cobalt blue, azure
green, and golden sepia, all of
which are set against dark grounds –
reveal his affinities to the iconic
heritage of Egyptian art. A
time-less presence pervades the
still-life,
landscapes, and figural studies
which comprise his subjects. Their
arrangement yields mythic or
narrative overtones.
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Sarkis Tossoonian
(1953)
January 28th
- February 16th, 2008
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in
1953. He graduated from the Faculty
of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979. He
started exhibiting in individual and
group exhibitions in Alexandria
since 1980 and up until now.
Sarkis Tossoonian won the second prize in
Sculpture in the 5th Biennale of
Port Said in 2001. Sarkis Tossoonian excels
in blending two different mediums in
his works like non shiny bronze with
shiny golden brass. His figures
stand for both male and female
dressed elegantly and representing
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Nagi Bassilious
(1949)
February 18th
- March 3rd, 2008
Born in 12 December 1949, Cairo,
Egypt. Freelance Artist,Education:
High institute of Leonardo da Vinci,
1973: BA, Postgraduate Diploma,
painting1983-86. Honors: Fine Arts
association awards 1976, Decorated,
Ministry of Culture 1979. In the
work of Nagi Basilious we can
distinct very clearly his love and
affection for old popular areas
where it is the people of these
areas of children and woman or the
fact of old buildings that stands
out. From the old buildings we see
how he excels in portraying doors
and walls and other details. As for
the sceneries of the city of the
dead Nagi Basilious portrayed them
with such an affectionate eye that
the tombs and the tiny streets seem
rhythmic with the trees and greenery
that exits between them. It is a
serene and moving picture that
affects our soul and enriches our
eyes.
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Hannah Stevenson
March 6th - March 27th, 2008
1983-1987: Edinburgh School of Art,
Scotland. Studied and worked with
Mark and Charrlotte Cheverton,
founders of Leith School of Art.
1988-1991: Newcastle upon Tyne,
England. Commission by Northern
Electric Company to detail and
memorize the Swan Hunter Shipyard on
the Tyne before destruction.
1991-1995: Brussels, Belgium.
Projects for Cathedral over three
year’s, period using aluminum and
steel.
1995-1997: Istanbul, Turkey.
Commissioned by Europe's largest
textile agency, L F sourcing.
Produced aluminum for office using
the backdrop of ancient buildings,
mosques and streets as the project.
1997-2001: Moscow, Russia. Studied
Russian Constructivism under Andrei
Sakharov. Member of Union of
Artists. Studio work at the British
Embassy Moscow. One man show at the
Norman Foster Building for the new
British Embassy Moscow. Worked on a
series called study of Magnitogorsk.
The Enlightenment Dream in Siberia,
Magnitogorsk. Industrial scenes of
the steel plant and its environment
on aluminum.
2001-Recent: Cairo, Egypt.
Exhibitions at: -Safarkhan, Zamalek.
Expo ArtAl Moudira Palace, Luxor.
Commissions for International
Businesses in Europe and the Middle
East. Working on a two years project
on the Mahmal.
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Ahmad Hamid
March 31st - April19th, 2008
The exhibit aims at
rooting Architecture & Design Culture in society
as any kind of commodity is, this time with much
more relevance to the artistic-socioeconomic
life line of a place. It applies the quick
readymade to the young and wide base
public, and also the Haute design for exclusive
and exquisite ends of the market. The exhibit
exploits both the industrial and the hand made
the past and present tempos and motifs. It is
about simultaneity - not androgynous or
hermaphroditic but with a yin-yang, anima/animus
respect to both the masculine and the feminine
in Design, Emotion & Function, Movement &
Repose, the Populist & the Sophisticated, the
Intellect & the Passions. It is an attempt at
Synthesis but with a twist of visual seductively
not a cold distant aesthetic pretending
soberness. It is not eclectic but is inclusive
though still spare, certain strength from the
interrelatedness and multilayer of its design
process. Stark and pristinely present, the
artistic renderings of the designs exhibited
radiate from within luminosity and a
primordial instinctive untainted purity that
borders on the humorous. For I wish every
visitor/onlooker to my visuals and objects, to
bear a smile, at least while in the show and
even maybe later with a slight subtle
aftertaste.
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Anna Boghigiuan
(1946)
April 23rd-May 23rd,2008
Anna Boghigiuan was born in Cairo in
1946 to Armenian/Egyptian parents.
She graduated in 1969 from the
American University in Cairo in
Economics and Political Science. She
studied art under the patronage of
the great artist Fouad Kamel.
Anna Boghigiuan obtained her BFA in
visual art and music from Concordia
University in Montreal, Canada. She
held exhibitions in Egypt, Yemen,
Greece, Canada and France and has
illustrated many books including
editions of Ungaretti, Cavafy and
for the Nobel laureate Naguib
Mahfouz.Anna Boghigiuan is a very
renowned contemporary Egyptian
painter whose work is extremely
appreciated among the foreign and
local community.Her capturing the
essence of a city as vibrant and
chaotic as Cairo is a daunting task
for any painter. It requires a deep
understanding of its soul as well as
a sharp eye to pick up on the
continuous metamorphosis of movement
against a background that is both
timeless and undergoing constant
renewal.
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Year
2006 - 2007
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Ketty Abdel-Malek
"MOSAICS"
October 31 -
November 14, 2006
Besides her passion for the Arts
Ketty Abdel Malek graduated with a
Bachelor in French Literature. She
started taking courses and studying
Mosaics in Ravennes in 1982 and in
Rome in 1984. She kept practicing
and mastering the technique and the
application of this ancient form of
Byzantine art until she was ready to
launch her first exhibition in 1988
in Cairo which included mosaics,
paintings and sculpture. K.A. Malek
exhibited also in Rome, in Ravennes
and in London.Ketty is not easily
convinced with her production and
she frequently rebels to find a new
application and technique to her
work. She is also perseveres and
persists with such stubbornness
when she deals with cutting and
shaping of such difficult materials
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Ihab Shaker
(1933)
November 17 -
December 9, 2006A juxtaposition of contradictions, illustrating the contrast between local themes and modern approach, between childlike spontaneity and reasoned control, between realistic vision and surrealistic whims, between authentic embodiment and convoluted simplification bordering on the abstract, between mocking exaggeration and contemplative perception.
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Zakaria El Zeini
(1932 -1993)
December 12 - January 5, 2007
Zakaria El-Zeiny was raised in the suburban areas of Cairo and graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts. He studied painting in Venice and graduated from the Academy of Pravana. Later he became a professor at the FFA and ended his career as head of the painting department.El-Zeiny is known to be an expressionistic artist using different symbols in his work and passing by several periods. The first period is the "Moulid" and the "El-Zar". His work has always been distinguished for having the human being (face or complete body) enclosed in a geometric shape of a square or a rectangle. Despite this rigid, enclosed portrayal, the viewer still feels the sympathy that the painter feels toward the human being living in a space in the form of a house, a door or a window.
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Omar El-Nagdi
(1931)
January 9
- February 2, 2007
Omar El-Nagdi was born in Cairo in 1931 and studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts. He participated in many exhibitions and Biennales in Egypt, Europe and the the former Soviet Union. Winner of several prizes, his paintings were acquired by museums and renowned institutions throughout the world.El-Nagdi is an Egyptian symbolist and magician of
color. His paintings are sufficient proof of his exceptional gifts for symbolic design and the splendid use of
color. Through his expressive textures, colors and symbolic elements, his paintings offer serious communication that is deeply felt. He translates Egyptian life into timeless symbolism that goes beyond mere decoration to discover a mixture of humanist and mystic sensibilities. |
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Anna Boghigiuan
April 2 - April 27, 2007
Born in Cairo in 1946 to Armenian and Egyptian parents, Boghiguian graduated in 1969 from the American University in Cairo. Although she majored in economics and political science she shifted gears and studied art under the tutelage of the great artist Fouad Kamel. Boghigiuan went on to obtain her BFA in visual art and music from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Boghigiuan has become a renowned contemporary Egyptian painter whose work has appealed to both foreign and local audiences. She has held numerous exhibitions in Egypt, Yemen, Greece, Canada and France and has illustrated many books including editions of Ungaretti, Cavafy and for the Nobel Laureate, Naguib Mahfouz.
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Katherine
Bakhoum
(1949)
February 6 - March 6, 2007
Born in Cairo in 1949, half Egyptian and half French. She studied at l'atelier Met de Penninghen and L'Ecole Estienne in Paris. Bakhoum started exhibiting her work in Paris in 1984. She exhibits twice a year, once in Paris and once at Safarkhan in Cairo. She has been exhibiting yearly at Safarkhan since 1999. Bakhoum's Orientalist paintings stand powerfully with subtle (and sometimes definite) tones of pastel that bring to life charcters that seem to exist only in our imagination.
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Nazli Madkour
(1949)
March 8 - March 29, 2007
Nazli Madkour's exhibition will be inaugurated on the 8th of March 2007 at Safar Khan Gallery, Zamalek. The exhibition will continue daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. until the 29th of March 2007. It will be the 32nd personal show for the artist who will be exhibiting around forty mixed media paintings. The works of Nazli Madkour represent an inner world. Inner visions of landscapes inspired by the desert and rural areas in Egypt and the inner world of women revealed though a series of faces.
Nazli Madkour was born in Cairo , where she lives and works; she has a Masters Degree in Political Economy from the American University in Cairo, and has followed art studies both in Cairo and Florence. Since 1982 she has had numerous personal and collective exhibitions that showed her works in Egypt as well as in Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, UK, Holland, Greece, Lebanon, Sharjah, Bahrein, Kuwait , Japan, China, USA and Canada. She is the author of the book "Women and Art in Egypt" (in Arabic, 1989 - in English, 1993)
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Rana Chalabi
May 1 - May 22, 2007
The two main themes of dancing and the watercolors of Cairo in Rana Chalabi's exhibit paradoxically share the theme of the static and the dynamic. In the male and female dancers it is the challenge of capturing the ephemeral nature of three dimensional dynamic movement through the static medium of paper, oil, gold leaf, and colored inks. The movement of line and color, the interplay of diaphonous veil, and solid limbs, the highlights of gold within the fields of reds and blues, oranges and yellows make the dance come alive. In the Cairo watercolors, paradoxically, the static subject comes alive through the movement of the shades of color, the interplay of light and shade, and the subtle nature of watercolor depiciting the solid nature of Cairene monuments and life. Movement is life, and viewers of the exhibit will be able to resonate with that movement |
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