Ayman Lotfy Mahmoud Fahmy

Personal data

Known name: Ayman Lotfy
Date of birth: 8/30/1968
Place of birth: Cairo
Specialization: Photography
Email: ayman@allotfy.com
Website: www.allotfy.com

school grade

- Bachelor of Arts, Hebrew Language Department, 1991.
- Graphic training courses in Birmingham - England 1998, 2002 - and Germany 2000, 2004.
- Training courses in road advertising, Spain.
- He holds a Fellowship Certificate in Fine Photography from the British Association and the Malta Society of Professional Photographers

Membership

- Member of the Egyptian Photography Society.
- Member of the Egyptian Advertising Association.
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the American Photographic Society.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- Fine artist .
- Director of the technical department at an international publishing and advertising company.
- Regional Director of the American Society of Photography in the Middle East (PSA).
- Ambassador of the American Photographic Society in the Middle East, and observer of experimental photography for the Society.
- Managing Director of an international road advertising company.

Places where the artist lived

- Cairo .

Special exhibitions

- Participated in special exhibitions in Italy, Malta and Dubai.
- Exhibition (The Other Side of Faces) at Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel 2006.
- (Gemini) Photography Exhibition - Ahmed Sabry Hall - Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, June 2009.
- Exhibition (Fine Photography) at Al Jazeera Arts Center, February 2012.
- (The Museum) Exhibition at the Gezira Arts Center, February 2014.
- (The Artery) exhibition in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Egyptian Modern Art - Cairo Opera House, February 2017.
- (Zambulk) exhibition at the Zamalek Art Hall in Zamalek, January 2022.
- (The Journey) exhibition in the Salah Taher Fine Arts Hall at the Cairo Opera House, October 2022.

Local group exhibitions

He held more than 25 exhibitions with the Egyptian Photography Society from 2003 to 2008 at the Opera House - Cairo Atelier - Russian Cultural Center - Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel.
- Photo Egypt Exhibition 2007.
- The Sixth Nile Salon of Photography 2007.
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-First Session) 2008.
- The Third Spring Salon in the (Wisdom and Word) hall in Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel, April 2008.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session) 2009.
- Exhibition (Why La), contemporary art exhibition - in the halls of the Palace of Arts, Opera House, 2010.
- Exhibition at Al Masar Gallery in Zamalek, June 2010.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010.
- (Egyptian Photography) exhibition, parallel to the activities of the Twelfth Cairo International Biennale, in the halls of the Gezira Arts Center, December 2010.
- The First Cordoba Small Business Salon in Cordoba Hall, March 2011.
- Exhibition (Cairo 2011) at (Martyr Ahmed Bassiouni) Hall in Mohandiseen, November 2011.
- Exhibition (The Journey of the Holy Family to Egypt) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center in the Nation House Museum, June 2012.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (35), May 2013.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (36), June 2014.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015.
- Cairo Salon (57) of Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, February 2016.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (38), May 2016.
- Nour Al-Shakl Exhibition, third session, at the Palace of Arts - May 2017.
- `Luxor, Capital of Arab Culture` exhibition at the Egyptian Public Library in Luxor - July 2017.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (39), September 2017.
- A duo exhibition entitled (Stillness of the Body) with the artist Ashraf Reda at the Zamalek Art Hall, December 2018.
- “Manifesto” exhibition at Picasso East Gallery, Fifth Settlement, January 2019.
- (Body Language) exhibition at the Karma Bin Hani Cultural Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum, February 2019.
- An exhibition entitled (Africa in the Eyes of Artists) at the Academy of Arts in Al-Haram, April 2019.
- “In Love with Opera” exhibition in my hall (Salah Taher - Ziad Bakir) at the Opera House, October 2019.
- 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, session (42), August 2021.
- The First Salon of Contemporary Art (Installation in Space) at the Palace of Arts, November 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (The Scene) at the Arts Complex (Aisha Fahmy Palace) in Zamalek, March 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Egyptian Visions) at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris, in cooperation with the Zamalek Art Gallery, June 2022.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition (43rd) at the Palace of Arts, September 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Beginnings) in the halls of the Palace of Arts - in the courtyard of the Cairo Opera House - November 2023.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Exhibition of the Venice International Competition in Black and White Photography in Italy, 2005.
- Golf Exhibition in Portugal 2006.
- Townhouse Exhibition 2006.
- Exhibitions of the Austrian Photography Competition 2006.
- Exhibitions of the American Photographic Society (PSA) in 2006, 2007.
- Venice Photography Exhibition, VIPC, Italy 2007.
- Exhibitions of the Austrian Photography Competition 2007.
- Photography Exhibition in the Kingdom of Nepal, India, 2007.
- The Second Jinan International Biennale of Photography, China, September 2008.
- An exhibition of fine arts parallel to the book fair in Turin, May 2009.

Fine Arts Exhibition within the activities of the Second African Cultural Festival scheduled to be held in Algeria - July 2009.
- Egypt Fine Arts Exhibition within the activities of the Sana’a International Forum for Fine Arts, “Third Session”, Sana’a - Yemen, May 2010.
- Amsterdam Biennale of Photography, September 2010.
- Venice Biennale 2010
- Al Jazeera Contemporary Photography Festival at the Jazeera Arts Center, February 2012.
- China International Photo Biennale, fourth session, held in Jinan, October 2012.
- International Art Forum at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, January 2022.

The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Commissar of the Jazeera Contemporary Photography Festival at the Jazeera Arts Center, February 2012.
- Member of the jury of the Emirates Photography Competition, the eighth session, May 2014.
- Member of the Fine Arts Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture -
- An international arbitrator and participated in arbitrating many Egyptian, Arab and international artistic events.
- Facilitator of the digital photography workshop at the Twenty-Seventh Youth Salon 2016.
- Member of the permanent committee of the 10th Nile Salon of Photography - November 2019.

Literature and cultural activities

- The book The Other Side of Faces 2006
THE OTHER SIDE OF FACES Photography and Body Painting
- A photo of him was published in Austria’s book of the world’s best photographers 2007 TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUT 2007
A picture of him was published in the VIPC book 2005/2007.
- A workshop in the field of modern media under the title (Alicante and Cairo... between Egypt and Spain) at the Gezira Arts Center, November 2008.
He has 7 films, including “Searching for Salvation,” which was shown at the 2010 Venice Biennale.

Local awards

- Bronze medal in Al Rameh annual competition for designing the best poster, 1999
- Bronze Medal in Al Rameh Annual Competition for Designing the Best Poster 2000
- Jury Prize in the Egyptian Photography Society Competition 2003.
- Bronze Medal, Egyptian Photography Society Annual Competition 2004.
- Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culture Wheel Award for International Business 2005.
- Second place in portraiture from the Photo Egypt Exhibition 2007.
- Jury Prize at the Sixth Nile Salon of Photography 2007.
- State Encouragement Award, Arts Branch, in the field of photography, 2016.

International awards

- Bronze medal in the Venice International Competition, Italy, in black and white photography, 2005.
- PSA Photography Society of America Award in 2006.
- Jury Prize, Venice International Photography Competition, Italy, 2007.
- Grand Prize at the Second Jinan International Photography Biennale in China, September 2008.
- He won the Best Photography Award at the China Biennale 2010.
-Gold Medal in the Austrian Experimental Photography Competition 2010.
- Ben Hall Award in Photography from the Fourth China International Biennale, held in Jinan, October 2012.
-Gold Medal, Best Lighting Award at the China Photo Biennale 2012.
- Distinguished Lecturer Award at the International Photography Conference in the United States of America, October 2014.
- The State Encouragement Award in the Arts (Photography Art) for a collection of works of conceptual photography and surreal photography from the 2016 museum exhibition.

Official collectibles

- African Union Affairs Building in Addis Ababa.
- Cairo airport .
- Alexandria Library .
- Hangar Hall.
- Background of the Egyptian Pavilion in Shanghai.
- Academy of Arts, Rome - Italy.
- University of Malta.
- Austrian Photographic Society.
- Museum of Modern Art.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs .

For important artistic works in the artist’s life

- Donating two paintings from ancient and modern Egyptian civilization to the African Union Affairs Building in Addis Ababa on the occasion of the building’s opening in February 2012.
He has 14 photographs at Cairo Airport.
- Two jobs at the Library of Alexandria.
- Making the roof of the hangar building and the background of the Egyptian Pavilion in Shanghai - China.