Salwa Ahmed Mahmoud Rushdi

Personal data

Known name: Salwa Rushdi
Date of birth: 9/1/1942
Place of birth: Cairo
Specialization: Ceramics
Email: d.sroshdy@yahoo.com
Website: www.dr-salwa.com

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Applied Arts, Ceramic Department, Helwan University, 1964.
- Advanced studies in ceramics and porcelain at the State Institute of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy 1965.
- Postgraduate Diploma equivalent to the Egyptian Doctorate degree from the Government Institute of Arts, Florence, Italy, 1967.
- Diploma in Counseling and Rehabilitation, Higher Institute of Social Service, Cairo, 1979.
- Master’s in Ceramics (Methods of applying metallic luster to Islamic ceramic coatings and using them in contemporary ceramics), Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, 1980.
- Doctor of Philosophy, specializing in ceramics (the applied aesthetic properties of Raqqa ceramics and their use in functional innovations), Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, 1989.

Membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Syndicate of Applied Arts Designers.
- Member of Cairo Atelier.
- Member of the Very Special Art Association to enrich the lives of people with disabilities with art (United States of America - Arab Republic of Egypt).
- Member of the Al-Ghouri Agency Association.
- Member of the Fine Arts Lovers Association.
- Member of the Association of Friends of Disabled Children.
- Member of Asala Association.
- Member of the Arab Artists Union.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- Ceramics specialist - Ministry of Social Affairs 1965.
- Research student at the Governmental Institute in Florence, Italy 1965: 1968.
- Ceramics specialist at the Intellectual Development Association in Matareya, affiliated with the Ministry of Social Affairs, 1968.
- Head of the Department at the Intellectual Development Association in Matareya 1975.
- Deputy of the Intellectual Development Association in Matareya, affiliated with the Ministry of Social Affairs, 1980.
- Teacher at the College of Specific Education in Abbasiya - Ministry of Higher Education 11/17/1991.
- Assistant Professor, College of Education, Umm Al-Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1997.
- Head of the Department of Art Education, Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University, 11/15/1998.
-Dean of the Faculty of Specific Education for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Ain Shams University, 9/29/1999.
- Full-time Professor of Ceramics at the Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University.

Special exhibitions

- Exhibition at the Goethe Institute in Cairo 1981, 1983.
- Exhibition at the Le Meridien Hotel 1982.
- Exhibition at the Fine Artists Syndicate 1990.
- An exhibition entitled (Formations of textures by notching, drilling, scraping, adding and cutting on ceramic clays) at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, 1993.
- An exhibition entitled (Color Effects in Ceramic Formation) in the Round Hall of the Fine Artists Syndicate, June 1994.
- An exhibition entitled (Ceramic Compositions) at Cairo Atelier, November 1994.
- An exhibition entitled (Formation, Construction, and Decoration with Ropes) at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, 1996.
- An exhibition entitled (The formal pattern in nature between sobriety and lyricism) at Cairo Atelier, August 1998.
- An exhibition entitled (Spontaneity and judgment as a starting point for achieving rhythm in ceramic tiles) at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, 1999.
- An exhibition entitled (Small ceramic forms... the harmony of creativity between man and time) in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University, September 2000.
- An exhibition entitled (Ceramic vessels between aesthetic necessity and utilitarian functionality) in the Aon Hall, Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University, 2001.
- A traveling exhibition belonging to the Palaces of Culture within the governorates of Egypt, 2001.
- An exhibition at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center in the Nation House Museum - November 2009.
- Exhibition in the halls of the Fine Arts Lovers Association, June 2014.
- Exhibition in (Ragheb Ayad) Hall at the Gezira Arts Center, October 2014.
- (Long Live Egypt) Exhibition at the Gezira Arts Center 2014.
-Exhibition in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art at the Opera House, April 2018.
- (Smoke Effects) exhibition in the (Ahmed Sabry and Ragheb Ayyad) halls at the Gezira Arts Center, October 2019.

Local group exhibitions

- Ceramic exhibitions for children with special needs (mentally disabled) affiliated with the Ministry of Social Affairs from 1969.
- Special exhibitions for children with special needs (mentally disabled) at the Muhammad Mahmoud Khalil Museum, 1976.
- Arab Creativity Festival at the National Arts Center 1984.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (23), 1993.
- The memorial exhibition of plastic arts celebrating one thousand four hundred years since the entry of Islam into Egypt (the Parade of Light), which was displayed in nine governorates in Egypt in 1999.
- The Third Salon of Small Works of Art, 1999.
- Exhibition (Supporting the Palestinian Intifada) in the Rotunda Hall of the Fine Artists Syndicate at the Egyptian Opera House - Cairo 2000.
- Fourth Salon of Small Works of Art, 2000.
- The Fifty-Third Annual Atelier Salon 2001.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (27) 2001.
- The Third Autumn Salon, Asala Association, November 2001.
- (Art of Jewelry) Festival, first session, at the Gezira Arts Center, January 2002.
- Fifth Salon of Small Works of Art 2002, Sixth 2003.
- Al-Ghouri Artists Association Exhibition, January 23, 2003.
- Annual Salon of Cairo Atelier, June 2003.
- Jewelery Art Festival, second session, at the Gezira Arts Center, January 2006.
- The First Sakia Salon for small pieces in the halls of (Al-Hikma and Al-Nahr) in Abdel Moneim Al-Sawy Culturewheel - March 2009.
- Exhibition (Women and Fine Art) at Prince Taz Palace, March 2010.
- Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts (Twenty-first), Cairo Atelier, May 2010.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010.
- Group exhibition at Doroob Hall in Garden City, July 2010.
- Exhibition of small works of art at Doroob Hall in Garden City, November 2010.

For a group exhibition at Doroob Hall in Garden City, July 2010.
- Exhibition of small works of art at Doroob Hall in Garden City, November 2010.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- Exhibition of small works of art in Doroub Hall, November 2012.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (36), June 2014.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Egyptian Creations) in the Opera Music Library Hall 2014..
- Exhibition of small works of art in Doroob Hall, November 2014.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015.
- Exhibition in (Nahdet Misr) Hall, Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, April 2016.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (38), May 2016.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage) at Picasso Hall - June 2016.
- The Second International Ceramics Symposium at the Hanager Arts Center at the Cairo Opera House 2016.
- Exhibition of creative women artists from Egypt at the Karma Ibn Hani Center - Ahmed Shawky Museum, November 2016.
- Al-Ghoury Artists Association Exhibition at the Freedom Center for Creativity in Alexandria, January 2017.
- (Art of all) exhibition at the Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center, January 2017.
- An exhibition at the Al-Shumoa Foundation for Culture and Arts in Maadi, June 2017.
- (A People’s Revolution) exhibition at the Karma Bin Hani Cultural Center - at the Ahmed Shawky Museum, July 2017.
- (Idea) exhibition in my hall (Renaissance of Egypt - ISIS) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center - Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, July 2017.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (39), September 2017.
- The Annual Salon of the National Society for Fine Arts in the Salah Taher Fine Arts Hall at the Opera House, January 2018.
- Exhibition (Amsia Artists), the accompanying exhibition for the Third Lancia Congress (Education through Art) at the Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center, April 2018.
- Exhibition (Land of Gold Forum) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center in the Nation House Museum, April 2018.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, House of the Nation Museum, May 2018.
- Al-Ghouri Artists Association Exhibition at Al-Jazeera Arts Center, May 2018.
- Arabic Calligraphy and Plastic Arts Festival (Preserving Egyptian Identity and Popular Heritage) in my hall (Ajyal 1, 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, June 2018.
- Exhibition (Summer 2018) at Drop Gallery in Garden City - July 2018.
- “Art and Peace 1” exhibition at the Egyptian Public Library in Giza, September 2018.
- (Generations of Art) exhibition at Cordoba Gallery in Zamalek, September 2018.
- Cairo Atelier Salon (Memory for Generations 2019) in my hall (Rateb Siddiq and Mohamed Nagy) at Cairo Atelier January 2019.
- (Creativity and Melody) Exhibition at Suez Canal University, February 2019.
- Exhibition (Land of Gold Forum 2) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center in the Nation House Museum, March 2019.
- (The Plate) exhibition in the (Ahmed Sabry - Ragheb Ayad) halls at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, April 2019.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage 2) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, House of the Nation Museum, May 2019.
- Exhibition at Drop Gallery in Garden City, July 2019.
- (Africa in the Heart) exhibition at the Karma Ibn Hani Cultural Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum, October 2019.
- An exhibition entitled (Mally Fat Teams) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center - House of the Nation Museum - December 2019.
- Suez Canal Exhibition (Past.. Present.. Future) in (Mokhtar Abdel Gawad) Hall, the central building - at the Academy of Arts in Al-Haram - December 2019.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (41), February 2020.
- An exhibition entitled (On Her Shadows) on the occasion of the celebration of International Women’s Day in (Ajyal 1, 2) Hall at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, March 2020.
- Cairo Salon (59) of Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, October 2020.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (42), August 2021.
- Exhibition (Small Works of Art 2021) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City, November 2021.
- The First Ceramic Art Salon at the Palace of Arts, March 2022.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition (43rd) at the Palace of Arts, September 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (The Company of Art - 5) at Doroub Gallery in Garden City, November 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Ramadan in Egypt) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City, April 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Art... A Beautiful Melody) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City - August 2023.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- The First Cairo International Ceramics Triennial, 1992.
- The Second Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics, 1994.
- The Third Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics, 1996.
- Sharjah International Biennale (Expo) 1997.
- The Fourth Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics, 1998.
- Sharjah International Biennale (Expo) 1999.
- The Fifth Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics, 2000.
- An exhibition on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba at the Fine Arts Lovers Association in Cairo, May 2014.
- The Fourth Cairo International Forum for Arabic Calligraphy at the Palace of Arts - October 2018.

Technical visits

- The United States of America, and European countries.

The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Supervising many master’s and doctoral theses.
- Participation in judging and discussing committees on scientific research, Master’s, Doctorate.
- Consultant designer in ceramics at the Syndicate of Applied Arts Designers.

Literature and cultural activities

The late Egyptian potter Saeed Al-Sadr wrote about it in his book called Ceramics in Egypt, issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture - Foreign Cultural Relations - Prism Art Series.
- The Fifth Scientific Conference (Art and the Challenges of the Age), entitled (Artistic appreciation in its relationship to some cognitive abilities in early adolescence - a comparative study), Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, April 1994.
- The Sixth Scientific Conference (for a product designed and manufactured in Egypt) entitled (Industrial waste and its reformation into aesthetic and functional products), Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, April 1995.
- Scientific conference at the Faculty of Specific Education - Port Said (Towards an educational product for the child) entitled (The role of plastic art through the ceramic product in improving the social aspect.

Scientific conference at the Faculty of Specific Education - Port Said (Towards an educational product for the child) entitled (The role of plastic art through the ceramic product in improving the emotional aspect of the disabled child) March 1996.
- Workshop, the First Scientific Conference of the Cairo Kindergarten College, 1996.
- The Seventh Scientific Conference (The Role of Art Education in Serving Arab Society) entitled (The Role of Environmental Crafts and Folk Arts in Community Development), College of Art Education 1999.
- The Twelfth Scientific Conference (Social Service and Human Resources Development for National Projects), The Role of the Popular Ceramics Profession in Development, Helwan University, Faculty of Social Service, April 1999.
- The Second Fine Artists Syndicate Conference - The Egyptian Fine Movement - The Present and the Future, April 1999.
- The Second Creative Conference for Students of Arab Universities - in Fine Arts, 1999.
- The First Regional Conference on Elderly Care - The Elderly in the Arab World 2000.
- The First International Conference - The Role of Colleges of Education in Human Development, entitled: (The Place of Education in Solving the Problems of the Shortage of Teaching Staff in Colleges of Specific Education) 2000.
- The First Scientific Conference at Mansoura University (Specific Education Strategy in Egypt) entitled (Towards Developing the Ceramics Curriculum at the Faculty of Specific Education) 2000
- An invitation from the Girls’ College in New Zealand to learn about the artistic aspects and methods of education through art, July 2001.
- Conference (A future vision for specific education programs and their role in serving society) entitled: (Using the 3D Max program - as one of the capabilities of the computer - in designing ceramic shapes and its impact on developing the innovative thinking of specific education students) 2002.
- Supervising the workshop “Wall composition with multiple materials” at the Effat Naji and Saad Al-Khadim Museum, July 2010.

Local awards

- Bronze Medal in Ceramic Art - Fine Arts Society 1962.
- Gold Medal in Ceramic Art - Fine Arts Society 1962.
- Certificate of Appreciation from the Fine Artists Syndicate 1993.
- Certificate of Appreciation from the College of Specific Education in Abbasiya, April 1996.
- Certificate of Appreciation from the College of Specific Education in Abbasiya, May 1996.
- Shield from the Obour Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology 1998.
- Certificate of Appreciation from the Peoples’ Days Festival, Ain Shams University, 1999.
- Certificate of appreciation and medal from Ain Shams University 1999-2000.
- Certificate of Appreciation and Medal from the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 2000.
- Certificate of Appreciation and Medal from the Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University, 2000.
- Certificate of Appreciation and Medal from the Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University, 2000-2001.
- Certificate of Appreciation and Medal from the Faculty of Computers, Ain Shams University, 2001.
- Certificate of Appreciation from Al-Hilli Festival 2002.

International awards

- Certificate of Appreciation and Shield from Umm Al-Qura University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1997.
- Certificate of Appreciation and Medal from the Sharjah International Biennial (Expo) 1997.
- Certificate of Appreciation and Medal from the Sharjah International Biennial (Expo) 1999.

Special collectibles

- Some individuals in Egypt, Italy, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, and Ireland.

Official collectibles

- Ministry of Culture .
- Al-Ghouri Agency.
- Fine arts sector.
- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art.
- Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University.
- Governmental Institute in Florence - Italy.
- Intellectual Development Association and many places in the Ministry of Social Affairs.
- Goloway Museum, Ireland.
- Asala Association.
- Fine Arts Lovers Association.

For important artistic works in the artist’s life

- A mural measuring 10 x 3 meters, consisting of a large pane to beautify the facade of the Intellectual Development Association.
- Contributing to beautifying the walls of the buildings of the College of Specific Education.
- Contributing to the beautification of the university camp in Marsa Matrouh.

Other data

- Student of the artist Saeed Al-Sadr.