Islam Abdel Azim Zaher Ghanem

Personal data

Known name: Islam Zaher
Date of birth: 3/24/1972
Place of birth: Cairo
Specialization: Photography
Email: islamanya@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/g/gamandeek/

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography, Helwan University, 1994.

Places where the artist lived

- Giza.
- Cairo .

Special exhibitions

- An exhibition entitled (The Nineties) at the Gezira Arts Center - Cairo 2003.
- An exhibition entitled (Out of the Blue) at Karim Francis Hall, 2005.
- Untitled Faces exhibition, XVA Hall, Dubai, 2007.
- An exhibition entitled (Expected Happiness) at (Karim Francis) Hall in Downtown - Cairo, April 2010.
- Exhibition (Pink and Elegy) at the Misr Gallery in Zamalek, April 2015.
- Exhibition (Building for the Unknown) at Gallery (Egypt) in Zamalek, March 2020.
- An exhibition entitled (The Shadow of the Absent) at the (Egypt) Gallery in Zamalek - October 2023.

Local group exhibitions

- Exhibitions at the College of Fine Arts for students 1992: 1994.
- Youth Competition at the French Cultural Center in Heliopolis 1995.
- Heliorama Exhibition for Youth at the French Cultural Center in Heliopolis, 1995.
- Seventh Youth Salon 1995, Ninth 1997, Tenth 1998, Thirteenth 2001.
- The Second Small Works of Art Salon 1998, the Fourth 2000, the Fifth 2002, and the Sixth 2003.
- Knights of Blue Exhibition at the Picasso Art Hall, 1998.
- Exhibition of 18 artists from the 1990s generation at the Gezira Arts Center 1999.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- Art Stock Exhibition at Townhouse Gallery, June 2006.
- Eye on the West exhibition, Swiss Hotel, 2007.
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-First Session) 2008.
- (Faces) exhibition in One Horizon Hall - Muhammad Mahmoud Khalil Museum and his wife, December 2009.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010.
- Harvest Exhibition (25 years) from the Youth Salon, November 2014.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015.
- Exhibition (Paper Cylinder) at Gypsum Gallery in Garden City, June 2017.
- (Octagon) exhibition at the Misr Gallery in Zamalek, July 2018.
- (As I Am) exhibition at Egypt Gallery, September 2019.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (42), August 2021.
- Egypt Art Exhibition (third session) at the Egyptian Gallery, February 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (The Scene) at the Arts Complex (Aisha Fahmy Palace) in Zamalek, March 2022.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition (43rd) at the Palace of Arts, September 2022.
- Salon (White - Black), sixth session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, December 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (As I Am) at the (Egypt) Gallery in Zamalek - September 2023.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Egyptian Cultural Week Exhibition in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2000.
- An exhibition entitled (Arab Dialogue) at Dar Al-Dharb in the Salah El-Din Al-Ayoubi Hall in Cairo - October 2023.

Scholarships and grants

- Full-time grant in the field of photography from the Ministry of Culture 1996.

Local and international encyclopedias containing the artist’s name

- Youth Salon Encyclopedia, Part Two, prepared by critic/Mohamed Hamza, 2002, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.
- Youth Salon Encyclopedia, Part Three, prepared by critic/Mohamed Hamza, 2004, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.

Local awards

- Second prize (drawing), Seventh Youth Salon 1995.
- Jury Prize, Ninth Youth Salon 1997.
- Prizes of the Jury and the International Federation of Fine Art Critics (ICA) in photography from the Tenth Youth Salon 1998.

Special collectibles

- Among individuals in Egypt.

Official collectibles

- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo.