Salah El-Din Ahmed Mohamed Hammad
Personal data
Known name: Salah Hammad
Date of birth: 1/27/1961
Place of birth: Sharqia
Specialization: Sculpture
Email: shammad3@hotmail.com,
selden33@yahoo.com
Website: geocities.com, hammadsculptor2000
school grade
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Art Education - Helwan University 1986.
- Postgraduate Diploma from the Faculty of Art Education - Helwan University 1991.
Membership
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the National Society for Arts.
- Member of Wakalet Al-Ghouri group.
- Member of the Arab Society for Culture and Media.
Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist
He worked as a teacher at the College of Specific Education, then left to travel to win the State Award for Creativity.
- Full-time sculptor.
- Consultant artist at the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Fine artist .
Places where the artist lived
- Cairo.
- Giza.
Special exhibitions
- Exhibition in the Round Hall of the Fine Artists Syndicate 1991.
- Exhibition at the Arts Complex in Zamalek, 1992.
- Exhibition at the Academy of Arts in Rome, 1994.
- Exhibition in Aspello, Italy, 1995.
- Exhibition in the Rotunda Hall in Solleftjö, Sweden, 1995.
- Exhibition at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Rome 1999.
- Exhibition at the Arts Complex in Zamalek, 1999.
- Exhibition in Durbach, Germany, 1999.
- “Directions of the Soul” exhibition in the “Ufoq” Hall - at the Muhammad Mahmoud Khalil Museum and His Wife, February 2022.
Local group exhibitions
- Civil Society Exhibition 1988, 1989, 1991.
- First Youth Salon 1989, second 1990, third 1991, fifth 1993.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (21) 1990, (22) 1993.
- Mukhtar National Day Exhibition 1991.
- The Second Small Works of Art Salon 1998 and the Third 1999.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (26) 1999.
- Fifth Salon of Small Works of Art 2001.
- The First Sculpture Salon of Noble Materials at the Palace of Arts 2005.
- (The Bride) Exhibition at the Karma Ibn Hani Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum, January 2007.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Sculptures) at the Saad Zaghloul Center, House of the Nation Museum - December 2009.
- (Faces) exhibition in One Horizon Hall - Muhammad Mahmoud Khalil Museum and his wife, December 2009.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (The Fourth Salon of Egypt), July 2010.
- Exhibition (The Statue) at the Misr Gallery in Zamalek, October 2011.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- Harvest Exhibition (25 years) from the Youth Salon, November 2014.
- New Suez Canal Exhibition (Past - Present - Future) at the Opera Palace of Arts - August 2015.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015.
- Cairo Salon (57) of Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, February 2016.
- Exhibition at Gallery (Dha) in Mohandiseen - March 2016.
- Exhibition (Amsia Artists), the accompanying exhibition for the Third Lancia Congress (Education through Art) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, April 2018.
- The tenth (Ramadaniyat) exhibition at Jeddah Arts Atelier - in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 2018.
- An exhibition of selections from Haram City artists (Ten Years of Art in Haram City) at the Capital Gallery in Zamalek, April 2019.
- The eleventh (Ramadaniyat) exhibition at Jeddah Art Atelier - in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 2019.
- Cairo Salon (59) of Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, October 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 (Arabic Selections 2023) at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandiseen and Zamalek, July 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (From Egyptian Diagnostics) at Sweilem Gallery in Zamalek - January 2024.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (44), at the Palace of Arts, June 2024.
International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions
- Muscat International Biennale.
- Japan International Biennale of Sculpture Art in Japan.
- India International Triennale.
- Bangladesh International Biennale.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Carrara, Italy 1994.
- International Sculpture Symposium in San Giuliano Terme, Pisa, Italy, 1995.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Eldulland, Sweden 1995.
- The Seventh Cairo International Biennale 1995.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Palermo - Italy 1996.
- The First International Sculpture Symposium in Aswan, 1996.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Huai City, Vietnam 1998.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Durbach, Germany, 1999.
- Riyadh as the Capital of Arts Exhibition 2000.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Drama, Greece, 2002.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Ankara, Turkey 2003.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Amsterdam, Netherlands 2004.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Mula, Turkey, 2004.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Isparta, Turkey, 2004.
- International Sculpture Symposium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2005.
- Venice International Biennale of Fine Arts 2005.
- Matrouh First International Symposium for Granite Sculpture 2007.
- Sharm El Sheikh International Arts Forum, December 2018.
- Exhibition of Egyptian and Saudi artists at the Jeddah Workshop at the Jeddah Art Atelier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 2019.
Scholarships and grants
- A sabbatical grant from the Ministry of Culture for creative people for a period of 3 years, 1992: 1995.
The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
- Organizer of the Madinaty International Symposium and the Emirates International Symposium on the North Coast.
- He was commissioned by the state to restore the Egyptian Renaissance statue of Mahmoud Mukhtar.
The Ministry of Culture was assigned to prepare the state bronze foundry.
- He was commissioned to make a marble statue for the houses of Zainab Khatoun and Al-Hawari in Al-Azhar.
- Secretary and rapporteur of the International Sculpture Symposium Committee in Aswan, second session 1997.
- Member of the jury at the Youth Salon for two sessions.
Member of the Supreme Technical and Historical Committee for the Homeland Memory Project at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, December 2010.
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.
Local awards
- Second Prize, May Exhibition (Sculpture), 1987.
- The State Encouragement Award for Arts and Letters in the field of sculpture 2000.
International awards
- The State Award for Artistic Creativity in Rome for three years, 1992.
Special collectibles
- With some individuals in Egypt, Italy, Sweden, Vietnam, France, Germany, Greece, Turkey.
Official collectibles
- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo.
- Aswan Open Air Sculpture Museum (open air).
- Museum of Modern Art in Pietrasanta, Italy.
- Egyptian Opera House.
- Conference Hall.
- The Egyptian Academy in Rome.
- The Egyptian Cultural Center in Rome.
