Iman Ezzat Abdel Majeed El Shazly

Personal data

Known name: Iman Ezzat El Shazly
Date of birth: 10/28/1972
Place of birth: Kafr El-Sheikh
Specialization: Graphics
Email: emanezzatart@yahoo.com

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Specific Education, Department of Art Education - Kafr El-Sheikh 1995.
- Master’s degree in sculpture, Faculty of Specific Education, Cairo University, 2007.
- Doctorate in Philosophy of Art Education, Cairo University, 2012.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- Art education teacher at Sidi Salem Preparatory School for Boys in Kafr El-Sheikh.
- Visual artist.
- Expert at the Directorate of Education in Kafr El-Sheikh.

Places where the artist lived

- Kafr El-Sheikh.

Special exhibitions

- Exhibition at Kafr El-Sheikh Culture Palace 1997.
- Exhibition at Cairo Atelier 1998.
- Exhibition at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, 1999.
- Exhibition at Ingy Efflatoun Hall, Cairo Atelier, 2003.
- Exhibition at (Al-Hussein Fawzy) Hall at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, November 2006.
- Exhibition at the French Cultural Center in Heliopolis - Cairo 2006, 2008.
- Exhibition at Al-Mashrabiya Art Gallery, 2008.
- Exhibition at the French Cultural Center in Al-Munira - Cairo 2009.
- Exhibition at Portrait Gallery (Drawing) 2009.
- Exhibition in the main exhibition hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria, April 2019.
- (Cotton Candy) Exhibition at (Nile Art) Gallery in Zamalek - December 2021.

Local group exhibitions

- Sixth Youth Salon 1994, Seventh 1995, Eighth 1996, Ninth 1997, Tenth 1998, Eleventh 1999, Twelfth 2000, Thirteenth 2001, Fourteenth 2002, Fifteenth 2003.
- The Third Port Said National Biennale 1996, the Fourth 1998, and the Fifth 2001.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (25) 1997, session (27) 2001.
- First Small Works of Art Salon 1997 - Second 1998 - Third 1999 - Fourth 2000 - Fifth 2002 - Sixth 2003.
- Exhibition of 18 artists from the nineties generation at the Gezira Arts Center 1999.
- Exhibition of contemporary women’s creativity at the Gezira Arts Center 1999: 2004.
- Arab Women Exhibition at the Palace of Arts 2002.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (28) 2003.
- The Sixteenth Youth Salon 2004.
- Festival of Egyptian Women’s Creativity in Contemporary Arts at the Gezira Arts Center 2004.
- (The Light of Shape) exhibition, first session, at the Palace of Arts, November 2004.
- The First Salon of Painting Art (Black-White) at the Gezira Arts Center, May 2004.
- (The Light of Shape) exhibition, second session, at the Palace of Arts, October 2005.
- National Graphic Art Exhibition, third session, at the Palace of Arts, 2005.
- The Seventeenth Youth Salon 2005.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- Exhibition at Gogan Hall in Heliopolis 2007.
- The First Fine Creativity Festival (18th Youth Salon 2007).
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-First Session) 2008.
- The Eighth Port Said National Biennale at the Al-Nasr Museum of Modern Art and the Mubarak Public Library in Port Said, March 2009.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session) 2009.
- Siwa Ceremony Exhibition: 9 Artists, 9 Artists in Opera 2009.
- The Tenth Pottery Forum Exhibition at Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center - House of the Nation Museum, April 2010.
- Drawing Art Salon (Black - White), second session at the Gezira Arts Center, July 2010.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010.
- An exhibition in the new hall of the Portrait Gallery in one of the Haram hotels, August 2010.
- Meeting the Other Exhibition: The Art of Printing in Egypt and America at the American University in Cairo 2010.
- The Tenth Pottery Forum Exhibition at Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center 2011.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (35), May 2013.
- Harvest Exhibition (25 years) from the Youth Salon, November 2014.
- Salon (White - Black), third session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, February 2015.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015.
- National Graphic Art Exhibition, fourth session 2016.
- Exhibition (Suez Canal: Shining Past and Present) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria - April 2016.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (38), May 2016.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (39), September 2017.
- Cairo Salon (58) for Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, March 2018.
- An exhibition entitled (Mixture) at Al-Shumoa Gallery, May 2018.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (40), December 2018.
- Exhibition (Agenda) of the 13th session at the Alexandria Library Conference Center, February 2020.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (42), August 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (The Scene) at the Arts Complex (Aisha Fahmy Palace) in Zamalek, March 2022.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition (43rd) at the Palace of Arts, September 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Noon and Arts) at the Picasso Gallery in Zamalek, March 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Beginnings) in the halls of the Palace of Arts - in the courtyard of the Cairo Opera House - November 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Zahwa) at (Zahwa) Gallery in downtown - March 2024.
-An exhibition entitled (The Place) in my hall (Ajyal (2, 1)) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums, April 2024.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Krakow International Triennial of Graphic Art - Poland 2000.
- Born Color Engraving Triennial - Poland 2000, 2003.
- International Drilling Triennial Bitola - Macedonia 2000, 2003.
- The 11th International Biennale of Gravure and Printing, Verna, Bulgaria, 2001.
- The 10th European and Mediterranean Youth Biennale - Sarajevo 2001.
- The Twelfth International Biennale of Gravure and Printing, Verna, Bulgaria, 2003.
- The Eleventh International Biennale of Printing and Drawing - Taiwan 2004.

Ljubljana Biennale - Sylvania 2005.
- The Fifth Egypt International Triennale for Graphic Art 2006.
- International Drilling Triennial Bitola - Macedonia 2006.
- Alexandria Atelier International Youth Salon, Alexandria Atelier, April 2006.
- Book Imagination Biennale at the Alexandria Library, 2007.
- The Thirteenth International Triennial of Small Drilling Works in Poland 2008.
- The Egyptian Fine Arts Exhibition, held within the Sanaa International Forum for Fine Arts, May 2009.
- Young Plastic Artists Exhibition at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Vienna - Austria, June 2010.
- The 15th Sercel International Graphic Biennale - France 2011.
She represented the African continent for Egypt in the first graphic arts exhibition held at the International Center for Graphic Arts in Poland in February 2013.
- The Third International Burullus Forum at the Opera Palace, March 2017.

Technical visits

- Poland.

Scholarships and grants

- A full-time grant for artistic creativity from the Ministry of Culture 2006: 2011.

Local and international encyclopedias containing the artist’s name

- Krakow International Encyclopedia.
- Youth Salon Encyclopedia, Part Two, prepared by critic/Mohamed Hamza, 2002, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.

Literature and cultural activities

- Participation in a workshop for candidates for the State Award for Artistic Creativity in 1998.
- Luxor Ceremonies Workshop 2002.
- International Book Fiction Biennale Workshop (Plant Memory), Alexandria Library, 2007.
- Child Fantasia Biennale Workshop 3 - Fayoum 2008.
- Siwa Ceremony Workshop 2009.
- A workshop entitled (Pencil Drawing) at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, June 2010.
- The Tenth Pottery Forum Workshop in the Oasis 2010.
- A workshop on relief printing in the Graphics Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria, on (April 14-15, 2019). The artist displayed 15 paintings representing selections from her artistic production in the art of engraving and the field of artistic printing.

Local awards

- Third Prize in Graphics from the Eleventh Youth Salon 1999.
- Salon Certificate Award from the Thirteenth Youth Salon 2001.
- Salon award and certificate from the Fourteenth Youth Salon 2003.
- Second Prize in Graphics - 17th Youth Salon 2005.
- Salon Award from the 18th Youth Salon 2007.
- Acquisition Award from the Culture Palaces Authority at the Eighth Port Said National Biennale at the Al-Nasr Museum of Modern Art and the Mubarak Public Library in Port Said, March 2009.

International awards

- Egypt International Triennale Award for Graphic Art - Palace of Arts 2006.

Special collectibles

- Some individuals in Egypt, America, England, Poland, and Taiwan.

Official collectibles

- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art - Cairo.
- Museum of Modern Art, Taiwan.
- General Authority for Cultural Palaces - Cairo.
- Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts at Helwan University.

The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically

- She studied in the studio of the artist Abdel Wahab Abdel Mohsen.
Her works and biography were included on CD and distributed to 500 museums around the world.