Khaled Abu Al-Majd Ahmed Adam

Personal data

Known name: Khaled Abu Al-Majd
Date of birth: 12/8/1970
Place of birth: Dakahlia
Specialization: Sculpture
Email: Khaledadam70000@yahoo.com,
khaledmetal1970@hotmail.com

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree, Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 1994.
- Master’s degree in metal formation, College of Art Education, 1999.
- Doctorate in Philosophy of Art Education 2003.

Membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate 1488/4948, Photography.
-Member of the National Society for Arts.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Zamalek, 1994.
- Assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Art Education, Department of Artistic Works and Folklore, Helwan University, Zamalek, 1999.
- Professor of Metal Works, Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 2014.

Places where the artist lived

- Cairo .
- Dakahlia (Mansoura).
- Salloum.
- Giza.

Special exhibitions

-Exhibition (oil painting - drawing) at the Mansoura Culture Palace 1991.
- A drawing exhibition entitled (Flashes from the Western Land) at Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel, 2005.
- Exhibition (Forged Copper) entitled (Interference between the Organic and the Geometric) at Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel 2007.
- An exhibition entitled (Expressionist Visions between Diagnosis and Abstraction in Enamel) in the Horus Hall, College of Art Education, 2007.
- An exhibition of metal works and artifacts (hammered copper - figurative enamel - silver jewelry - three-dimensional metal formations) Egyptian traditional handicrafts at the Egyptian Cultural Center, Athens - Greece, June 2008.
- An exhibition entitled (The plastic idea in metal jewelry between perception and application), Contemporary Egyptian Jewelry, Cairo Atelier 2008.

Local group exhibitions

- The first Dakahlia Salon at the Mansoura Culture Palace 1991, the second 1992.
- Student City Exhibitions in Imbaba 1993, 1994.
- Exhibition at the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports 1993, 1994.
- Fifth Youth Salon 1993, Eighth 1996 at the Arts Complex in Zamalek.
- Salon of the artist, Zhabhiba Sary, Faculty of Art Education, 1993.
- The Thirty-Seventh Vanguard Exhibition (Fine Arts Lovers Association) 1997.
- The first Small Works of Art Salon 1997, the second 1998.
- The exhibition accompanying the eighth scientific conference in the Horus Hall, College of Art Education, 2002.
- Group Exhibition (7 + 2) at Cairo Atelier 1999.
- Eleventh Youth Salon at the Opera Palace of Arts 1999.
- The Thirty-Ninth Vanguard Exhibition (Fine Arts Lovers Association) 1999.
- The Forty Vanguards Exhibition (Fine Arts Lovers Association) 2000.
- Jewelery Art Festival, first session, at the Gezira Arts Center, January 2002.
- The Fourth Small Works of Art Salon 2000, the Fifth 2002, and the Sixth 2003.
- Exhibition of artistic products in the Conference House hall in the exhibition grounds in Nasr City 2003.
- Exhibition of faculty members, Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, under the title (Artistic Visions), in the Fine Arts Hall of the Opera House, 2003.
- Exhibition of professors and students of the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Abdel Moneim El-Sawy Culturewheel, 2003.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (28) 2003, at the Palace of Arts.
- The First Salon of Painting Art (Black-White) at the Gezira Arts Center, May 2004.
- Seventh Salon of Small Works of Art 2004.
- National Association Exhibition at the Alexandria Creativity Center, Arts Complex, 2004.
- Opera Creativity Competition Exhibition (Egypt Speaks for Itself) 2004.
-The exhibition accompanying the Sixth Helwan University Forum for Employing University Graduates 2004.
- The Seventh Port Said National Biennale 2005.
- Abdel Moneim Al-Sawy Culturewheel 2nd Festival 2005.
-The exhibition accompanying the scientific conference of the College of Art Education 2005.
- Jewelery Art Festival, second session, at the Gezira Arts Center, January 2006.
-The exhibition accompanying the Second Scientific Conference on the Environment at Helwan University (Environmental Vision) 2006.
-The exhibition accompanying the Environmental Week, College of Art Education 2006.
-The exhibition accompanying the Environmental Week at the College of Art Education 2007.
- National Society Exhibition at the Egyptian Opera House 2007.
- The First Sakia Salon for small pieces in the (Al-Hikma and Al-Nahr) halls in Abdel Moneim Al-Sawy Culturewheel - March 2009.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- Exhibition ‘Copy No. 1’ at Cairo Atelier 2011.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (36), June 2014.
- Exhibition (Egypt and the January Revolution) at Prince Taz Palace, January 2015.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015.
- Exhibition (Inspired by Ramadan) at Talaat Harb Cultural Center, June 2016.
- Exhibition (A Painting for Every House), third session, at the Gezira Arts Center, September 2016.
- Jewelery Art Festival, third session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, December 2016.
- Salon (White - Black), fourth session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, May 2017.
- Exhibition (Amsia Artists), the accompanying exhibition for the Third Lancia Congress (Education through Art) at the Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center, April 2018.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Cultural Exchange Exhibition Egypt - Italy (Rome - then Naples) 2004.
- Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Uzbekistan 2006.
- Egyptian Cultural Exchange Exhibition - Athens 2007.
- Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Rabat - Morocco 2007.
- The Egyptian Fine Arts Exhibition held within the celebration of Francophonie Week at the French Cultural Center - New Delhi - India, March 2009.
- Ceramic Biennale - Kuwait 2010.
- Cultural Exchange Exhibition Egypt - Tunisia 2013.
- Luxor University African Forum at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor, February 2020.

Technical visits

- the shortest .

Scholarships and grants

- Luxor Ceremony Grant from the General Authority for Cultural Palaces 2003.
- A travel grant to Uzbekistan as part of cultural exchange activities between Helwan University and Behzad Academy of Arts in Tashkent 2007

The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Supervising a mural with an area of ​​5.5 meters x 2 metres, using pressure on copper foil, and 80 male and female students participated in its work.

Local and international encyclopedias containing the artist’s name

- Youth Salon Encyclopedia, Part One, prepared by Dr. Sobhi Al-Sharouni, 1994, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.
- Youth Salon Encyclopedia, Part Two, prepared by critic/Mohamed Hamza, 2002, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.

Literature and cultural activities

- Workshops for the artistically distinguished in Ras El-Bar, 1994.
- Workshops for artistic excellence in Hurghada organized by the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, 1995.
- He supervised many artistic workshops to teach arts, including a workshop to teach metal artefacts at the Beni Suef Culture Palace in 2002.
- A workshop to teach jewelry at the Rihani Culture Palace, 2003.
- Zagazig Culture Palace 2005, 2008.
- Giza Culture Palace 2006.
- Workshops of the program for qualifying and training young graduates for colleges that are not technically specialized in the field of metalworking since 2004: 2005.
-Free studies courses at the college teaching arts to children 2003, teaching jewelry to adults 2003, 2005.
- Participated in the Ministry of Education’s program to train art education mentors for the preparatory stage, College of Art Education, 2003.
-He supervised the metalworking education workshop (the First, Second, and Third Young Creators Forum), which was held at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art.
- Participated in a project to create a database of popular crafts to protect them from extinction, under the auspices of UNESCO and under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Al-Razzaz, Prof. Dr. Sariya Sidqi 2006: 2007.

Local awards

- Certificate of Appreciation from the First Dakahlia Salon 1991.
- Encouragement Award for Photography from the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, 1993.
- First prize for photography and design from the Imbaba Student City Exhibition 1993.
- First place in the university cities competition in the field of photography and decorative design, 1994.
- Encouragement award for metal formation from the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, 1994.
- Sculpture incentive award from the Thirty-Ninth Vanguards Exhibition (Fine Arts Lovers Association) 1999 - Cairo.
- Second prize, metal composition from the 40th Vanguards Exhibition (Fine Arts Lovers Association) 2000 - Cairo.
- Certificate of Appreciation from the First Jewelery Art Festival 2002.
- Certificate of Appreciation at the Art Education Conference 2002.
- Certificate of Appreciation from Liberal Studies at the College of Art Education.
- First place in the field of drawing in the Creativity Competition, Egypt Speaks for Itself, by the General Authority for Palaces of Culture, 2004.
- Third place in the field of drawing in the Sixth Port Said National Biennale 2005.

Special collectibles

- Some individuals in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Athens, and Greece.
- Kamaluddin Behzad Institute, Tashkent (Uzbekistan).

Official collectibles

- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art.
- The Supreme Council for Youth and Sports.
- College of Art Education.
- Helwan University .
- The General Authority for Cultural Palaces.

The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically

* The plastic idea in my work:
- It depends primarily on seeing nature and trying to learn from the pure beauty that God Almighty has created in the universe.
- It depends on summarization to reach an internal law that regulates the relationships between the components of the artistic work.
It relies on the duality between the organic and the geometric as two elements that represent the cosmic duality of good and evil - male and female.
- It depends on adding overlapping metal surfaces and adding precise real tactile treatments, and this is in an attempt to move metal crafts from traditional to a contemporary framework.