Khaled Muhammad Taha Sorour

Personal data

Known name: Khaled Sorour
Date of birth: 1/24/1965
Place of birth: Beheira
Specialization: Photography
Email: khaledsorour@hotmail.com
Website: www.khaledsorour.com

school grade

- Doctorate of Philosophy in Art Education, specializing in design entitled `Decorative Units with Significance in Ancient Egyptian Civilization as an Introduction to Enriching the Contemporary Emblem` - Helwan University 2000.
- Master’s Degree in Illustrations entitled “New Approaches to Designing Illustration Cards for Part of the Geography Course for Fifth Grade Primary School Students in Egypt” Faculty of Art Education - Helwan University 1994.
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Art Education - Helwan University 1988.

Membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Photography consultant at the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Egyptian Society for Folk Arts.
- Member of the Art Education Graduates Association.
- Member of the National Society of Fine Arts.
- Member of Al-Ghouri Artists Association.
- Former member of the Fine Arts Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture.
- Former member of the General Syndicate of Egyptian Teachers Council.
- Member of the Leadership Committee of the General Authority for Cultural Palaces.
- Member of the Leadership Committee of the General Book Authority.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

He was appointed as a teaching assistant in the Design Department at the College of Art Education in 1988.
- Assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University in 1994.
- He was appointed as a lecturer in the college’s design department in 2000.
- Assistant Professor of Design - Faculty of Art Education - Helwan University 2005.
- Professor of Design - Faculty of Art Education - Helwan University 2011.
- He has been teaching the foundations of design and decorative designs at the college since 1988.
- He has been teaching special courses for some computer graphic programs in the college laboratories since 1998.
- He has been teaching computer design at the college since 1999.
He taught the computer subject to students of the College of Arts, Department of Theater Decoration, between 2000 and 2003.
- He taught in the technical workshop prepared for directors of cultural palaces in Egypt and organized by the Center for Cultural Leaders at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces.
- He was assigned to teach design at the Faculty of Specific Education in Port Said 2001-2002.
He served as director of the computer laboratory at the college, in addition to his work as a teacher in the Design Department between 2001 and 2003.
- Head of the Fine Arts Department - Graphic Design Specialization - Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan 2003 - 2004.
- Member of the committee for developing and updating accreditation standards for interior and graphic design specializations in Jordan 2004.
- Participating in judging graduation projects from the Graphic Design Department at the Faculty of Arts and Arts at Al-Ahliyya Amman University in Jordan.
- General Supervisor of the Graphic Design Center at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces 2005.
- Head of the Central Administration for Technological Media at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces.
- Head of the Fine Arts Sector - from December 2015 until December 2022.

Places where the artist lived

- Cairo.
- Giza.
- the lake.

Special exhibitions

- 1996, private exhibition - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 1998, private exhibition - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 2001, private exhibition - Al-Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2003 Exhibition in Akhenaten Hall (3) - Arts Complex in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2005 (Word x Shape) Exhibition - Earth Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel - Egypt.
- 2007 Exhibition (Ragheb Ayyad Hall) - Al-Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2008 (The Big Night) Exhibition - Cairo Atelier - Egypt.
- 2009 (Ahwal) Exhibition - Foreign Diplomats Hall - Egypt.
- 2011, private exhibition - Kampiniski Hotel (Art Hall, Zamalek) - Egypt.
- 2011 - 2012 Special exhibition - Fairmont Hotel (Zamalek Art Hall) - Egypt.
- 2014 (Children’s Play) exhibition, Zamalek Art Hall, December.
- 2018 (Girls’ Stories) Exhibition at Zamalek Art Hall, January.
- “Birds’ Dreams” exhibition at the Zamalek Art Hall in Zamalek, March 2020.

Local group exhibitions

- 1985, 1986 University Cities Exhibition - Egypt.
- 1986, 1987 Group exhibition at the Damanhour Culture Palace.
- Second Youth Salon 1990, Third 1991, Fourth 1992, Seventh 1995, Ninth 1997, Tenth 1998.
- 1995 Tour Exhibition - Canal Cities - Egypt.
- 1995 Exhibition of Egyptian Surrealist Artists, parallel to the Salvador Dali Exhibition - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 1995 National Fine Arts Exhibition - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 1997 Faculty Members Exhibition - Helwan University - Egypt.
- 1997 National Fine Arts Exhibition - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 1997 Exhibition of small works of art `Autumn Salon` - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 1998 Heliopolis Rotary Exhibition - Cairo Opera House - Egypt.
- 1998 Exhibition of small works of art `Autumn Salon` - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 1999 National Society of Fine Arts Exhibition - Gezira Arts Center - Egypt.
- 1999 Artistic workshops of the Culture Palaces Authority - Zeinhom - Egypt.
- 2000 Heliopolis Rotary Exhibition - Heliopolis Club - Egypt.
- 2000 Exhibition of small works of art `Autumn Salon` - Arts Complex in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2001 Exhibition ‘Oh Palm Tree, Oh My Sister’ – Mashrabiya Hall – Egypt.
- 2001 Rotary Heliopolis Exhibition - Cairo Opera House - Egypt.
- 2002 Heliopolis Rotary Exhibition - Heliopolis Club - Egypt.
- 2003, Technical Workshop of the Library of Alexandria - Port Said City - Egypt.
- 2003 Exhibition of small works of art `Autumn Salon` - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 2004 “Salon Stars” Exhibition - Zamalek Arts Complex - Egypt.
- 2004 “The Light of Shape” Exhibition - Palace of Arts in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2005 “The Light of Shape” Exhibition - Palace of Arts in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2005 `Ramadaniyat` Exhibition - Cairo Atelier - Egypt.
- 2005 National Fine Arts Exhibition `29th Session` - Palace of Arts in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2005 Egyptian Art Exhibition in Algiers - Algeria.

2006 Small Pieces Exhibition - Portrait Hall - Egypt.
- 2007 General Exhibition and Fine Art Market - Palace of Arts in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2007 Exhibition Exhibition - Palace of Arts in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2007 Faces from Egypt Exhibition - Portrait Hall - Egypt.
- 2007 Small Pieces Exhibition - Portrait Hall - Egypt.
- 2007 Exhibition inspired by Fatimid Cairo - Prince Taz Palace - Egypt.
- 2007 Egyptian Popular Life Exhibition - Egyptian Cultural Center in Vienna - Austria.
- 2008 (Makan) Exhibition - Ahmed Shawky Museum - Egypt.
- 2008 Al-Bayt Magazine Exhibition - Ofoq Hall - Egypt.
- 2008 (The City) Exhibition - Ibdaa Hall - Egypt.
- 2008 (Art and Society) Exhibition - in the (Hussein Fawzi and Kamal Khalifa) Hall at the Gezira Arts Center - Egypt.
- 2008 The twentieth salon exhibition of the National Society of Fine Arts in the Fine Arts and Music Library Hall of the Opera House.
- 2009 (Bread) Exhibition - Darb 17/18 - Egypt.
- 2009 (Faces) Exhibition - Ofoq Hall 1 - Egypt.
- 2010 (Volume One) Exhibition - Ahmed Shawky Museum - Egypt.
- 2010 Modern and Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Doha - Qatar.
- 2010 Egypt Salon - Ofoq Hall - Egypt.
- 2010 (Africa Dialogue) exhibition in the halls of the Palace of Arts.
- 2010 (Siwa Ceremonies) exhibition in the (Renaissance of Egypt and Isis) halls at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum.
- 2010 Modern and Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition in Doha - Qatar.
- 2011 Mother Egypt Exhibition - Art Hall in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2011 - 2015 Master Piece Exhibition (Zamalek Art Hall) - Egypt.
- 2012 Group exhibition (Zamalek Art Hall) - Egypt.
- 2012 - 2013 - 2014 General Exhibition - Palace of Arts in Zamalek - Egypt.
- 2014 (The Caravan) exhibition in the (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art at the Opera House.
- 2014 Harvest Exhibition (25 years) from the Youth Salon.
- 2015 General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (37).
- 2016 General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (38) May.
- 2016 (MASTERPIECES XV) exhibition at Zamalek Art Hall, August.
- 2017 (MASTERPEICES XVI) exhibition at Zamalek Art Hall, July.
- 2022 - An exhibition entitled (Egyptian Visions) at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris, in cooperation with the Zamalek Art Gallery, June.
- 2022 Exhibition entitled (Visual and Digital Design... A Future Vision) for faculty members and supporting staff at the Faculty of Art Education in Zamalek, December.
- 2024 exhibition entitled (Visions) at (Odyssey) Gallery in Zamalek - February.
- An exhibition entitled (Zahwa) at (Zahwa) Gallery in downtown - March 2024.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- 2005 International Book Fiction Biennale in Alexandria - Egypt.
- 2006 Book Imagination Biennial Exhibition - American University in Cairo - Egypt.
- 2007 The First International Photography Symposium - Old Cairo International Arts Center, Portrait Gallery - Egypt -.
- 2007 Fine Arts Exhibition Parallel to the Arab Sports Tournament - Egypt -.
- 2008 Korean-Egyptian Fine Arts Exhibition - Opera House - Egypt.
- 2009, a fine arts exhibition parallel to the book fair in Turin.
- 2010 Egyptian-Nigerian Art Exhibition - Palace of Arts - Egypt.
- 2010, the Fourth International Biennial of Contemporary Arab Art - Kuwait.
- 2018 Cairo Amman Bank International Arts Symposium, fourth session - Jordan.

Scholarships and grants

- Artistic grant to the United States of America 1997.
- State grant for Luxor ceremony 2000.
- State grant for Siwa ceremony 2009.

The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Member of the jury of the 15th Youth Salon - Egypt - 2003.
- Member of the jury of the 17th Youth Salon - Egypt - 2005.
- Assistant Commissar of the Egyptian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice International Biennale, 2007.
- Commissar of Egypt at the Egyptian Popular Environment Exhibition in Vienna, Austria 2007.

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

- 1999 He participated in the artistic workshops of the Zeinhom Cultural Palaces Authority.
- 2002 He wrote a book on the introduction to computers and Photoshop entitled “Computers and Design” in collaboration with another.
- 2003 He published a research paper entitled “Egyptian Identity and the Globalization of Contemporary Fine Arts” at the conference on developing fine arts education in the face of globalization at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo.
- 2003 He participated in the Alexandria Library’s technical workshop in Port Said.
- 2004 He wrote a study paper in a workshop on developing and updating accreditation standards for interior design and graphic design majors at Philadelphia University in Jordan.
- 2004 He had a published research entitled “Technical Specifications for Designing Business Cards” in the Journal of Research in Art Education and the Arts - Issue Thirteen - Cairo.
- 2007 He had a published research - practical - entitled `The Aesthetics of Place Memory in Building Artistic Design' at the Gezira Center for the Arts - Cairo.
- 2008 He had a published research - practical - entitled `The Artistic Imagination of Popular Tradition in Designs for Children' at the Cairo Atelier for Artists and Writers - Cairo.
- 2009 He has a published research - practical - entitled `Automaticity of human linear drafting in design' at the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation (Foreign Diplomats) - Cairo.
- 2009 He has a published research entitled “Artistic Design for Children’s Illustrated Stories” in the Journal of Research in Art Education and the Arts - Volume Twenty-Eight - Issue Twenty-Eight - Cairo.
- 2010 He had a published research entitled “Technical Specifications for Designing Book Covers” in the Journal of Research in Art Education and Arts - Volume Thirty - Issue Thirty - Cairo.
- 2015 He has a published research entitled “Contemporary Egyptian Art” International Book Fair - Prague - Czech Republic.

2018 Workshop at the Cairo Amman Bank International Arts Symposium, fourth session - Jordan.

Local awards

- First prize drawing in the University Cities Competition 1985 - Cairo.
- First prize, drawing, at the Seventh Youth Salon 1995 - Cairo.
- Jury Prize at the Tenth Youth Salon 1998.

International awards

- The Fourth Al-Kharafi International Biennial Award for Contemporary Arab Art - Kuwait 2010.

Special collectibles

- Among some individuals in Egypt, Kuwait, the United States of America, Germany, England, and Switzerland.

Official collectibles

- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art - Cairo.
- Helwan University - Cairo.
- Faculty of Art Education - Cairo.

The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically

- His style and artistic direction:
The style is characterized by summarizing, flattening, and abstracting shapes.
The shapes are loaded with symbolic meanings.
- Paying attention to the local popular environment and popular heritage in a new approach.
- Sometimes flattening colors and placing them in designed spaces.
- Paying attention to the diversity of the black line that identifies all the elements on the painting.
The color black is a common denominator in all paintings.
- Paying attention to analyzing the surface of the painting into a group of semi-geometric divisions.
- Interest in children’s drawings, which clearly appears in the treatment of most elements of the artistic work.
Khaled Sorour