Known name: Ashraf Reda Date of birth: 3/3/1960 Place of birth: Western Specialization: Decoration Email: ar@ar.com.eg ashraf.reda@gmail.com Website: www.ashrafreda.com
school grade
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Interior Architecture, 1982. - Master of Fine Arts, specializing in decoration, 1993. - Doctorate of Philosophy in Fine Arts, Department of Interior Architecture, Decoration, entitled (Historic Palaces in Egypt, and Their Use as Tourist Facilities) 2000.
Membership
-Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate. - Member of the Board of Directors of AA (International Advertising Association) - Egypt. - Member of the Egyptian Society of Interior Architects.
Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist
- Member of the Board of Directors of the International Advertising Association. - Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. - Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arak Foundation for Arts and Culture. - Chairman of AR Publication Group for Advertising, Printing and Publishing in Cairo. - Director of the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Rome. - Egyptian Cultural Advisor in Italy 2008. - Head of the Fine Arts Sector at the Ministry of Culture 2011. - Professor of Interior Architecture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. - Vice Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs. - Editor-in-Chief of the Memory of Arts series, November 2023.
Places where the artist lived
- Cairo .
Special exhibitions
- An exhibition entitled `Manifestations of Love` at (Villa Odyssey) Hall in Korba, Heliopolis - January 2022.
Local group exhibitions
- Participated in many group exhibitions at the College of Fine Arts. - Many exhibitions at the Fine Artists Syndicate. - General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012. - General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (35), 2013. - An exhibition entitled (Women are equal to life) at the Cairo Opera House in March 2013. - “Generations of Art” exhibition at Cordoba Gallery, Mohandiseen, October 2014. - National Society of Fine Arts Salon at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, November 2015. - General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015. - 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. - A duo exhibition entitled (Stillness of the Body) with the artist/Ayman Lotfy at the Zamalek Art Hall, December 2018. - (Body Language) exhibition at the Karma Bin Hani Cultural Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum, February 2019. - National Association Salon in my hall (Nahdet Misr - ISIS) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, April 2019 (guest of honor). - General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (41), February 2020. - Cairo Salon (59) of Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, October 2020. - An exhibition entitled “Violet in the Heart of El Gouna” at the “Dawar El Omda” Hotel in El Gouna, May 2021. - General Fine Arts Exhibition (43rd) at the Palace of Arts, September 2022. - An exhibition entitled (Cairo, the Capital of Culture in the Islamic World) at the Picasso Gallery in Zamalek, October 2022. - An exhibition entitled (Colors of Joy) at the Garden of Art Gallery in Sheikh Zayed, March 2023. - Lamasat Salon entitled (Art Shopping) in (Lamasat) Gallery in Dokki, March 2023. - An exhibition entitled (Generations of Heliopolis Artists) at (Villa Odyssey) Hall in Korba, Heliopolis - May 2023. - Heliopolis Salon (43) at Heliopolis Sports Club in Heliopolis, June 2023. - An exhibition entitled (Summer Selections) at (Villa Odyssey) Hall in Korba, Heliopolis - August 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 (Visions) at (Odyssey) Gallery in Zamalek - February 2024.
International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions
- The Second Burullus International Forum for Painting on Walls and Boats, Kafr El-Sheikh, October 2015. - The Sixth International South Salon at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor, December 2018.
The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
-Member of the Egyptian Chamber of Printing Industries. -Member of the Federation of Egyptian Industries. - Member of the Supreme Committee of the 16th Aswan International Sculpture Symposium 2011. - Designing the poster for the Golden Jubilee of the Cairo International Book Fair 2019. - Member of the jury of the Arts Prize Exhibition, the first session of the Farouk Hosni Foundation for Culture and Arts, January 2020.
Literature and cultural activities
He wrote more than 30 books on studies of historical palaces, Al-Jazira Palace, the era of Khedive Ismail’s rule, and the Alawite family in Egypt.
Local awards
He received more than forty regional and international awards (gold, silver, bronze) in the annual advertising innovation and creativity competitions held by international advertising institutions and the American University from 1997 until now.
Official collectibles
- Tourist hotels in Egypt and the Middle East.
For important artistic works in the artist’s life
- Design and implementation of many interior architecture works for hotels, commercial exhibitions, administrative and residential units, and international exhibition pavilions. - Designing, directing and producing many documentaries, newspaper and television advertisements, and integrated advertising campaigns for tourist facilities, institutions and major projects in Egypt and the Middle East. - Designing many logos, trademarks, many posters, tourist and hotel brochures, medals, and logos for international and national conferences.
