Essam Mohamed Marouf

Personal Information

Family Name: Essam Marouf
Date of Birth: May 26, 1958
Place of Birth: Cairo
Major: Photography
Email: ciaomarouf@hotmail.com

Academic Levels

- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Mural Section, 1981.
- Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy, from 1982 to 1985.

Memberships

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate, No. 634/2256, Photography.

Artist's Careers

- Freelance visual artist.

Places Where the Artist Has Lived

- Lived and worked in Amsterdam since 1985.

Private Exhibitions

- Exhibition at the Nile Gallery in Cairo, 1989.
- Exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery in Cairo, 1991, 1993.
- Exhibition at the Cri Cri Gallery, Amsterdam, 1992.
- Exhibition at the Kijkeens Gallery, Amersfoort, 1993.
- Exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, 1995, 1997.
- Exhibition at the Outline Gallery, Amsterdam, 1995.
- Exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery, in cooperation with the Dutch Embassy in Cairo, 1998.
- Exhibition (SBK), Amsterdam, 1999.
- Exhibition in Roden, Netherlands, 2001.
- Exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, 2001.
- Exhibition at the Freiheit Academy, 2002.
- Exhibition at the Oost Art Gallery, Amsterdam, 2002.
- Exhibition at the Witteveen Gallery, Amsterdam, 2004.
- Exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery, 2006, 2007.
- Exhibition in the Netherlands, 2006, 2007.
- Exhibition at the Creativity Center in Mohandessin, 2007.
- Exhibition (Works on Paper) at the Mashrabia Gallery, 2010.
- Exhibition (Face Sequence) at the Egypt Gallery in Zamalek, December 2014.
- Exhibition (Nights of Absence) at the Egypt Gallery in Zamalek, November 2019.
- Exhibition (Visible - Invisible) at the Egypt Gallery in Zamalek, February 2022.
- Exhibition (Photographic Vision) at the Erem Gallery in Riyadh, October 2022.

Local Group Exhibitions

- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 12th session, 1982.
- First Youth Salon, 1989, Second Youth Salon, 1990.
- National Exhibition, Cairo, 2007.
- Exhibition (From the Eighties) at the Creativity Center, 2007.
- Exhibition (Second session of the Gallery Salon, Mashrabia Hall, May 2008.
- Exhibition "For Gaza" at the Cairo Atelier, January 2009.
- Third Fine Arts Creativity Festival (32nd General Exhibition) 2009.
- Exhibition "Faces" at the One Horizon Gallery, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum and His Wife, December 2009.
- Exhibition at the Masar Gallery, Zamalek, June 2010.
- Fourth Fine Arts Creativity Festival (33rd General Exhibition) 2010.
- Group Exhibition 1990-2010 at the Mashrabia Gallery, June 2010.
- Exhibition "Contemporary Vision of the Human Body" at the Palace of Arts, October 2010.
- Joint exhibition with Italian artist Omar Galliani at the One Horizon Gallery, May 2011.
- Fourth Annual Exhibition "Plastic Art in Art" at the Masar Gallery, May 2011.
- Exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery in Mohandessin, October 2011.
- Group exhibition at the Egypt Gallery in October 2014.
- Harvest (25 Years) Exhibition from the Youth Salon, November 2014.
- Exhibition at the (Day) Gallery in Mohandessin, March 2016.
- The 10th (Ramadaniyat) Exhibition at the Jeddah Art Atelier, Saudi Arabia, May 2018.
- The 11th (Ramadaniyat) Exhibition at the Jeddah Art Atelier, Saudi Arabia, May 2019.
- The (As I Am) Exhibition at the Egypt Gallery, September 2019.
- The (Agenda) Exhibition, Session (13), at the Alexandria Library Conference Center, February 2020.
- The (41st) General Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (2020).
- Cairo Salon (59) for Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, October 2020.
- Exhibition entitled (Twenty Years of Creativity) at Ebdaa Gallery in Zamalek, November 2020.
- Exhibition entitled (Arab Selections) 3rd at (Dai) Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandessin, May 2021.
- Exhibition (Collections) at (Ebdaa) Gallery for Arts in Zamalek, July 2021.
- Exhibition entitled (The Scene) at the Arts Complex (Aisha Fahmy Palace) in Zamalek, March 2022.
- Exhibition entitled (Arab Selections) 4th at (Dai) Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandessin, June 2022.
- Exhibition entitled (Arab Selections 2023) at (Dai) Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandessin and Zamalek, July 2023.
- Exhibition entitled (As I Am) at (Egypt) Gallery in Zamalek, September 2023.
- Exhibition (Dai for Arab Artists) ) at the (Day) Gallery for Arts and Culture in Zamalek - February 2025.

International Group Exhibitions/Foreign Exhibitions

- Exhibition at the Pictura Gallery in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1990.
- Exhibition of the SVB Bank in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, 1992.
- Exhibition (Pictura) in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1993.
- Exhibition at the Van Berlage Art Center in Amsterdam, 1993.
- Exhibition at the Van Beurs Gallery in Amsterdam, 1993.
- Exhibition at the Arti et Amicitiae Gallery in Amsterdam, 1995.
- Exhibition at the Kunstbüro, Amsterdam, 1996.
- Exhibition at the Antropologisch Museum in Groningen, the Netherlands, 1998.
- Exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Uden, the Netherlands, 1998.
- Exhibition in St. Petersburg, Belgium, 1998. - Exhibition in Amsterdam 2002.
- Twente Art Fair 2003.
- Exhibition in the Netherlands 2005.
- Exhibition in Rome, Italy 2007.
- 11th Cairo International Biennale, December 2008.
- Fine Arts Exhibition parallel to the Turin Book Fair, May 2009.
- 2nd Luxor International Photography Forum, Luxor, November 2009.
- Fine Arts Exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Cultural Cooperation Agreement between Egypt and Italy, Rome, December 2009.
- Exhibition of Luxor International Forum productions at the Egyptian Academy of Arts, Rome, March 2015.
- The second retrospective exhibition of works by African artists participating in the eleventh previous editions of the Luxor International Photography Forum, at the Adam Henein Gallery at the Hanager Arts Center, November 2019.
- An exhibition entitled "Arab Dialogue" at the Dar al-Darrab (Saladin al-Ayyubi) Gallery in Cairo, October 2023.

Art Visits

- Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Scholarships and Grants

- A sabbatical grant from the Dutch Ministry of Culture (St. Fonds BKVB) from 1994 to 1996 and from 1996 to 1998.