Ashraf Muhammad Abdel Qader Awad
Personal data
Date of birth: 8/28/1958
Place of birth: Cairo
Specialization: artistic works
Email: ashraf_bos1@hotmail.com
ashkader@hotmail.com
school grade
- Diploma in engineering and architectural drawings from the Architectural Technical Institute in Cairo, 1979.
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Art Education, Department of Works and Heritage, Helwan University, 1984.
- Master’s degree in Art Education, entitled: “His Study of Clothes and Fashion of New Valley Bedouins as an Introduction to Teaching Artistic Works,” 1990.
- Doctor of Philosophy in Art Education on the structural formulations of Egyptian folk jewelry as an introduction to teaching the art of contemporary jewelry, Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 1997.
Membership
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate
- Member of the Writers and Artists Group at Cairo Atelier.
- Member of Al-Ghouri Artists Association.
- Member of the National Society of Fine Arts.
- Member of the Art Education Graduates Association.
- Member of the National Association for Folk Arts.
Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Artistic Works, Folk Heritage and Traditional Crafts, Faculty of Art Education - Helwan University.
- Assistant Professor at the UAE University, Department of Art Education, from 2000 - 2005.
- Professor at the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University.
Places where the artist lived
- Cairo .
- Alexandria .
- the shortest .
- The UAE .
- Lebanon .
Special exhibitions
- Exhibition at the College of Art Education 1982.
- Exhibition at the Creativity Club Hall in Al Ain - UAE 2003.
- Exhibition in the “Ard” Hall, Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel, 2006.
- Exhibition in Ingy Efflatoun Hall, Cairo Atelier, 2007.
- Exhibition in the “Ard” Hall, Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel, 2008.
- Exhibition in the Horus Hall, College of Art Education, 2009.
- Exhibition in Ingy Efflatoun Hall, Cairo Atelier, May 2009.
- Exhibition (Scenes from Forgotten Memory) in the Martyr Ahmed Bassiouni Hall, Faculty of Art Education, Zamalek, 2013.
Local group exhibitions
- The twenty-fourth general exhibition 1995.
- The First Small Works of Art Salon 1997.
- Cairo Atelier Salon 2006, 2008.
- Exhibition in Al-Mashrabiya Hall 2008.
- Exhibition in Ibdaa Hall 2008.
- Marsa Matrouh Culture Palace 2009.
- Opera House 2009.
- The Concept of Time Exhibition, Al-Ayyam Hall, Taha Hussein Museum, 2010.
- Exhibition (Egypt and the January Revolution) at Prince Taz Palace, January 2015.
- Jewelery Art Festival, third session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, December 2016.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (39), September 2017.
- Exhibition (Amsia Artists), the accompanying exhibition for the Third Lancia Congress (Education through Art) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, April 2018.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (42), August 2021.
International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions
- Exhibition at the Creativity Club Hall in Al Ain - UAE 2003.
Scholarships and grants
-Creativity Grant at Siwa Ceremonies, Culture Palaces Authority, 2009.
The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
- Member of the jury for the Creativity Award of the Creativity Club at the UAE University in 2000/2001-2001/2002.
- Member of the jury of the university’s winning artistic works that participated in the Umm Al-Qura University competition for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in 2000/2001.
- Member of the judging, screening and coordination committee of the United Arab Emirates University International Biennale of Fine Arts, which was held this year 2001/2002 to coincide with the university’s silver jubilee.
- Contribution, coordination and award of appreciation to the House of Talents exhibition in Dubai accompanying the Dubai Tourism and Shopping Festival in 2000/2001.
- Arbitrating the Cultural Passport Award for children’s drawings affiliated with the Office of the President of the United Arab Emirates’ Spouse for four consecutive years.
- Attended and participated in the international symposium to establish a database to save folk crafts from extinction under the supervision of UNESCO 2007.
- He designed a number of book covers issued by the Culture Palaces Authority.
- Chairman of the jury of the Color 7 Competition of the General Authority for Cultural Palaces 2019.
Literature and cultural activities
- He has several newspaper articles on popular arts, about jewelry and children’s arts, in Al-Ahram Al-Masae newspaper, Oyoun newspaper, and Popular Arts magazine.
- He participated for three years in evaluating children’s artistic works in children’s programs on Arab Republic of Egypt TV on local and satellite channels and the Egyptian satellite (Nilesat).
- Research published in the Research Journal at the College of Art Education on the artistic values of the natural forms of plants. The Second International Conference in Minya 2010 on the use of dough in the field of artistic works.
- He participated in authoring several parts of the traditional visual artistic encyclopedia of popular costumes and jewelry in Egypt, issued by the National Theater Center in 2004.
- Classification and description of the collection of popular collections of Mrs. Reaya Nimr in the private museum held for her at the Library of Alexandria, 2007.
- Designed a cover for the book Nubian Decorations in Architecture and Wicker Works for the Arts of Our Country series of the Culture Palaces Authority 2008.
- Supervised a group of artistic workshops commissioned by the Culture Palaces Authority in Siwa Oasis, the Ain Helwan Culture Palace, and the Tale of the Citadel 2010.
Local awards
He received certificates of appreciation for his participation in preparing for scientific conferences at the College of Art Education in 1995 and 1997.
Special collectibles
- Among some individuals in Egypt - the Emirates - Austria - Libya - Kuwait - France.
For important artistic works in the artist’s life
- Designing the logo for the United Arab Emirates University Biennale.
- Designing and implementing many advertising materials for consumer goods companies in Egypt and abroad.
- Design and implementation of the three-dimensional logo for the Al-Saraya floating restaurant in Zamalek, Cairo.
