Abu Bakr Saleh Al-Nawawi
Personal data
Known name: Abu Bakr Al-Nawawi
Date of birth: 8/22/1949
Place of birth: Cairo
Specialization: Photography
Email: d.abobaker@hotmail.com
school grade
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Applied Arts - Helwan University 1973.
- Doctorate in Philosophy and Applied Arts on the subject (the relationship between art and nature) 1990.
Membership
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of Cairo Atelier.
- Member of the Fine Arts Lovers Association.
Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist
- Professor at the College of Applied Arts.
- Dean of the Higher Institute of Applied Arts in October 6, 2012.
Special exhibitions
- Exhibition at the Batho Hall in Maadi 1981 - 1982 - 1985.
- Exhibition at Aida Ayoub Hall 1982 - 1983.
- Special exhibitions in the Cairo Atelier showrooms 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995.
- An exhibition in the Round Hall - at the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Exhibition in Arabesque Hall 1991 - 1992.
- A private exhibition in Montreal, Canada, 1995.
- Exhibition at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces 1995-1996.
- Exhibition at Salama Hall with Mervat Refaat and guest of honor Mohamed Sabry 1997.
- Exhibition at Picasso Hall 2002.
- An exhibition in the Picard Hall in the Journalists Syndicate building, 2004.
- Exhibition in (Rateb Siddiq) Hall, Cairo Atelier, 2007.
- Exhibition at (Ahmed Sabry) Hall at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, December 2012.
- Exhibition in the ISIS Hall at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, November 2018.
- Exhibition in my hall (Ahmed Sabry - Ragheb Ayyad) at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, December 2020.
Local group exhibitions
He participated in all sessions of the general exhibition from 1974 to 1997.
- Group exhibitions with artists Magdy Abdel Aziz - Abdel Khaleq Hussein - Mustafa Abdel Fattah at the German Cultural Center 1973.
- Exhibition with the artist Muhammad Al-Tahan, Osama Omran at the National Society 1974.
- An exhibition about oases at Cairo Atelier 1978.
- An exhibition about oases at Aida Ayoub Hall, 1979.
- National Association Salon 1974, 1983, 1984.
- A duo exhibition with the artist Mostafa Abdel Fattah, Cairo Atelier, 1985.
- A duo exhibition with the artist Hazem Badawy, Cairo, 1986.
- Exhibition (Selections from Contemporary Egyptian Art) on the occasion of the Eleventh Conference of Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries in the Grand Conference Hall in Cairo 1994.
- Spring exhibitions at Salama Gallery 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.
- A duo exhibition with the artist Nabil Darwish, Al-Mashrabiya Hall, Mohandessin, 1996.
- Art for All exhibitions - Salama Gallery 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001.
- Annual Salon of Cairo Atelier, June 2003.
- The First Salon of Drawing Art (Black-White) at the Gezira Arts Center, May 2004.
- Still Life Exhibition (Generations - Trends - Techniques) at the Gezira Arts Center, September 2005.
- Exhibition in the Fine Arts Hall of the Opera House, October 2005.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- Exhibition (Art is a Language) in the Fine Arts Hall of the Opera House, October 2006.
- Exhibition at Cordoba Hall in Mohandiseen 2007.
- Exhibition at Shadekor Atelier in Heliopolis 2009.
- The Fifth Spring Salon in my hall (The Bridge and the Word 2) in Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel, April 2010.
- Exhibition (Art for Every Family) at Shadekor Hall in Heliopolis, March 2010.
- Exhibition (Women and Fine Art) at Prince Taz Palace, March 2010.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010.
- Drawing Art Salon (Black - White), second session at Al Jazeera Arts Center, July 2010.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (Small Artworks Market) in the (Nahdet Misr and Isis) halls at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center - Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, June 2010.
- Exhibition (The National Team 3) at Cordoba Hall in Mohandiseen, December 2010.
- The First Cordoba Small Business Salon in Cordoba Hall, March 2011.
- Exhibition (Art for Every Family) at Shadekor Hall in Heliopolis, March 2011.
- (Artistic Visions) exhibition at the Gezira Arts Center, July 2011.
- Exhibition (Art for Every Family) at Shadekor Hall - March 2012, 2013.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (36), June 2014.
- Salon (White - Black), third session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, February 2015.
- Exhibition (Artistic Company) at (Ahmed Sabry) Hall at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, June 2015.
- A group exhibition (Effectivism...a modern Egyptian vision) in the Mohsen Shaalan Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, December 2015.
- Exhibition of faculty members at the Faculty of Applied Arts - Helwan University, in the (Nahdet Misr) Hall, Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center - Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, March 2016.
- Exhibition (The Niche between Authenticity and Creativity) at Cairo University, April 2017.
- Tomorrow’s Artists Forum Exhibition at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, House of the Nation Museum, March 2018.
- Art Tree Salon, third session, in my hall (Nahdet Misr - Isis) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, April 2018 (guest of honor).
- (Generations of Art) exhibition at Cordoba Gallery in Zamalek, September 2018.
- Tomorrow’s Artists Forum Exhibition at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, House of the Nation Museum, February 2019.
- An exhibition entitled (Africa in the Eyes of Artists) at the Academy of Arts in Al-Haram, April 2019.
- Exhibition (Variations 3) for faculty members of the Higher Institute of Applied Arts in the Ziad Bakir Hall in the Music Library of the Cairo Opera House, December 2019 (guest of honor).
- Heliopolis Salon (42) at Heliopolis Sports Club in Heliopolis, May 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Memory of Cairo Atelier) at Cairo Atelier in May 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Generations of Art) on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Cordoba Gallery at the Cordoba Gallery in Mohandessin, September 2022.
- Heliopolis Salon (43) at Heliopolis Sports Club in Heliopolis, June 2023.
International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions
- Exhibition in India 1986.
- Exhibition in Germany 1989.
He participated in one of the activities of the Consulate General in Montreal on the occasion of the October holidays in 1995.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition at the Romanian National Museum in Romania 2006.
Technical visits
- Multiple visits by groups of artists to paint inside Egypt in the Dakhla and Kharga oases (Siwa Oases - Arish - New Valley - Luxor and Aswan - Sinai) from 1977 to 1986.
The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
- A scientific mission in England in 2000.
Literature and cultural activities
- A workshop entitled (Pencil Drawing) at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, June 2010.
Local awards
- Drawing and Painting Award from the Fourteenth Vanguards Exhibition 1974, the Fifteenth 1975 - Fine Arts Lovers Association.
- Painting Award from the Spring Exhibition 1976.
- Photography Award from the General Exhibition, session (12) 1982.
Special collectibles
- Some individuals in Egypt and abroad.
Official collectibles
- Ministry of Culture .
- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art - Cairo.
- Ministry of Defense .
- Information Center of the Council of Ministers.
- The Egyptian Consulate in Canada.
For important artistic works in the artist’s life
He worked at the Sheraton Airport in 1997.
The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically
- Life and man with all his hopes and fears, with all his strength and all his weaknesses, the man who populates the universe with hard work and effort, and the man who destroys and subjugates his fellow man and conspires against him.
This person is the focus of my work in his struggle with life or his harmony with it.
So, for me, drawing is a real connection between the process of artistic creativity on the one hand and life with everything in it or on it on the other hand.
- My drawing is not done by using specific materials or by dispensing with colours. Rather, it is a process of dialogue in which nature must be the most important axis
To me, drawing is the full meaning of the word `design`, the full meaning of the word `composition`, the full meaning of the word `content`, and the full meaning of the word `art`.
Abu Bakr Saleh Al-Nawawi
10/17/1993
