Shaker Bahi El-Din El-Maadawi
Personal data
Known name: Shaker El-Maadawi
Date of birth: 7/18/1944
Place of birth: Kafr El-Sheikh
Date of death: 9/7/2011
Specialization: Photography
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school grade
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography, Alexandria University, 1967.
- Higher Diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome - equivalent to the Egyptian Doctorate in Painting - Italy 1978.
Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist
He was assigned to teach photography at the College of Specific Education in 1995.
He was assigned to teach manual and artistic skills and taste the plastic arts to the Childhood Division in 1997.
In 1998, he was appointed as a teacher of photography and drawing at the Faculty of Specific Education in Kafr El-Sheikh.
- Full-time professor, Department of Photography, Drawing, and History of Arts Appreciation, in the Faculties of Specific Education and General Education, Tanta University, Kafr El-Sheikh Branch.
Special exhibitions
Exhibition in the hall of the Freedom Culture Palace, Alexandria, 1974.
Two exhibitions in the hall of the Cultural Center for the people of the Italian province of Boconia, 1976-1977.
Exhibition at Art Stena Hall in Rome 1977, 1978.
- An exhibition in the German Center Hall in Alexandria.
- Exhibition at Al Salam Hall in Zamalek.
- An exhibition in the hall of the Aswan Culture Palace.
- Exhibition at Arabsek Hall, Cairo.
- An exhibition in the hall of the Kafr El-Sheikh Culture Palace.
- Exhibition at the Arts Complex in Zamalek.
- Exhibition at the French Center, Alexandria, Cairo.
- Exhibition at Al-Qandil Hall in Alexandria.
Exhibition at the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation (foreign diplomats) in Zamalek 1994.
- Exhibition at Picasso Hall 2003.
- Exhibition (Inspired by Burullus... Baltim) at Doroob Hall in Garden City 2009.
- Exhibition (retrospective) at Salama Art Gallery, Mohandiseen, August 2010.
- Exhibition (Egyptian Handmade Goblet) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City, October 2012.
- An exhibition entitled (A fetus in the womb of the place) in the Hamed Owais Hall at the Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria, January 2016.
- An exhibition entitled (Watercolors) at the Dha Gallery of Arts and Culture in Zamalek, September 2023.
Local group exhibitions
He participated in exhibitions of the General Administration of Arts in Cairo and Alexandria.
Exhibition of Alexandria artists born in the 1940s at the Freedom Culture Palace.
- Competition of poets Hafez Ibrahim and Ahmed Shawky, 1982.
-Graffiti competition.
- Al-Arish National Exhibition 1983.
- Desert Revelation Competition Exhibition.
Exhibition (Egypt - Italy) at Alexandria Atelier 1990.
- Press drawings exhibition, first session, at the Palace of Arts, March 2004.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- Gallery Salon, second session, in Doroub Hall, May 2008.
- Exhibition (Egyptian Features) in Al-Mashrabiya Hall in Dokki, 2009.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session) 2009.
- Annual Small Business Exhibition in Doroob Hall, December 2009.
- Group exhibition at Doroob Hall in Garden City, July 2010.
- Exhibition (The National Team 3) at Cordoba Hall in Mohandiseen, December 2010.
- Exhibition of small works of art at Doroob Hall in Garden City, November 2010.
- The First Cordoba Small Business Salon in Cordoba Hall, March 2011.
- Exhibition (Egyptian Selections) at Picasso Hall in Zamalek, March 2011.
- A group exhibition in Doroob Hall, July 2012.
- “Birds that Refuse to Leave” exhibition in the “Abaad” Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art at the Opera House, November 2013.
- Group exhibition at Doroob Hall, July 2013.
- Exhibition of small works of art in Doroob Hall, November 2014.
- “Generations of Art” exhibition at Cordoba Gallery, Mohandiseen, October 2014.
- Exhibition of small works of art at Doroob Hall in Garden City, November 2016.
- Exhibition (Summer 2017) at Drop Gallery in Garden City - August 2017.
- Exhibition of small works of art at Doroob Hall in Garden City, November 2017.
- (Generations) exhibition at Picasso Hall in Zamalek, May 2018.
- Exhibition (Summer 2018) at Drop Gallery in Garden City - July 2018.
- Exhibition (Immortal Creators) at Dha Gallery in Mohandiseen, September 2018.
- Exhibition of small works of art at Doroob Hall in Garden City, November 2018.
- Exhibition at Drop Gallery in Garden City, July 2019.
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections), the third at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandessin, May 2021.
- Exhibition (Collectibles) at (Ebdaa) Art Gallery in Zamalek, July 2021.
- (Ajyal) exhibition at (Hala Arts Gallery) in Nasr City, September 2021.
- Exhibition (Small Works of Art 2021) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City, November 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (Art for All) at Salama Arts Hall in Mohandiseen, December 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (Art for All) at the Salama Arts Hall in Mohandessin, March 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Selections) at the (Creativity) Gallery in Zamalek, March 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections), the fourth exhibition at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandiseen, June 2022.
- An exhibition entitled “Nasayem” at Doroob Gallery in Garden City, June 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.
- An exhibition entitled (Beginnings) at the (Mashrabiya) Gallery in Dokki, September 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (The Company of Art - 5) at Doroub Gallery in Garden City, November 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (We Are Present.. Even if We Are Long) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City, February 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Art for All) at the Salama Arts Hall in Mohandiseen - May 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Art in its most beautiful form) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City - June 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections 2023) at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandiseen and Zamalek, July 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Art... A Beautiful Melody) at Doroob Gallery in Garden City - August 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Summer Selections) at (Villa Odyssey) Hall in Korba, Heliopolis - August 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Jubilee of Victory) on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the October victories
An exhibition entitled (Victory Jubilee) on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the October victories in the exhibition halls of the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek - October 2023.
International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions
He participated in a number of international children’s book illustration exhibitions in Bologna, Italy and Bratislavia, Czechoslovakia.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition in Italy 1977, 1978.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition in Spain, Romania 1979.
- International Art Exhibition in Palgra, Italy.
- Valparaiso Biennale (Chile).
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - New Delhi - India 1993.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition in Algeria 1993.
- Symposium of Drawing and Photography in Aley, Lebanon 2002.
- The third exhibition of contemporary Egyptian art in Libya, May 2010.
- Exhibition (Arabic Selections) at Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier - Saudi Arabia, June 2010.
- Exhibition (The Six Artists), the seventh session, at the Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier, Saudi Arabia, October 2013.
- Exhibition (Between Black and White), Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, January 2014.
- Exhibition (A Painting in Every House) at the Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 2016.
Scholarships and grants
- A full-time grant from the Ministry of Culture from 1981: 1994.
The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
- He has a special interest in painted textiles.
Local and international encyclopedias containing the artist’s name
- Mathaf Encyclopedia in a book written by Dr. Subhi Al-Sharouni (Published by Dar Al-Shorouk 1998).
Literature and cultural activities
He published children's books, written and illustrated.
The artist has special interests in writing and drawing for children, and a number of books have been published by Dar Al-Maaref, Al-Ahram, the General Book Authority, and some publishing houses in Arab countries.
Local awards
Gold Medal at the Young Artists Exhibition in Alexandria, 1969.
Drawing and Photography Award at the Thirteenth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1983.
First prize in the National Arish Day Exhibition 1983.
- First prize in a competition inspired by Egyptian nature, 1986.
First prize for the best cover of children’s books from the National Center for Children’s Culture, 1989.
International awards
Second prize in the exhibition of young foreign artists studying in Italy - Rome 1976.
Prize (Photography) at the International Fine Arts Exhibition in Palgra, Italy 1978.
Special collectibles
- Some individuals in Egypt, Italy, France, England, America, Spain, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Austria.
Official collectibles
- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo - Alexandria.
- General Administration of Sabbaticals.
The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically
The artist resorts to composing shapes and figures in order to achieve dialogue between the elements of the artistic work in a style that tends toward cubism and is predominantly constructive.
