Abdullah Esmat Abdel Halim Ibrahim
Personal data
Known name: Abdullah Daostashy
Date of birth: 7/25/1977
Place of birth: Alexandria
Specialization: Photography
Email: abdallah.dawestashy@bibalex.org,
dawestashy-77@hotmail.com
school grade
- Bachelor of Law, Alexandria University, 2002.
Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist
- Photographer and video editor at the Center for Alexandria Studies and Mediterranean Civilization at the Library of Alexandria.
- Assistant director in Mahmoud Saeed’s films, produced by the Cultural Development Fund - The Quill and the Pen, produced by the Library of Alexandria.
- He works as a photographer at the Center for Alexandria Studies and Mediterranean Civilization at the Library of Alexandria.
Special exhibitions
- An exhibition entitled (Alexandria All Times) at the German Cultural Center in Alexandria 2007.
- An exhibition entitled (Black × Black) at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, May 2009.
- (Black and Black) exhibition in (Nahdet Misr) Hall, Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, January 2010.
- Exhibition at the Freedom Center for Creativity in the Wanly Brothers Hall in Alexandria, March 2012.
Local group exhibitions
- Photography exhibitions at the Camera Club at the Alexandria Atelier.
- The Fourth Nile Photography Salon 2002.
- Photography exhibition (Time Travelers), a workshop accompanying the Alexandria Biennale 2003.
- The Fourteenth Youth Salon 2002, the Sixteenth 2004.
- An exhibition by Camera Club artists entitled (Time, Camera, and Artistic Creativity) at Alexandria Atelier 2004.
- The sixteenth annual salon entitled (Glimpses 4 x 1) at Alexandria Atelier 2004.
- The Fifth Nile Photography Salon 2004.
- The First Photography Meeting Exhibition (Meeting) at the Camera Club, Alexandria Atelier, 2005.
- The Seventeenth Annual Salon (Light Hymns) at the Camera Club - Alexandria Atelier 2005.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- The First Fine Creativity Festival (18th Youth Salon 2007).
- The Sixth Nile Salon of Photography 2007.
- The first private exhibition (for artists who held their first private exhibition in the period from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008) at the Gezira Arts Center - October 2008.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session) 2009.
- Exhibition (The Fourth Photography Meeting) at Alexandria Atelier - June 2009.
- Exhibition (Alexandria Streets and Faces) at Alexandria Atelier, June 2009.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010.
- Harvest Exhibition (25 years) from the Youth Salon, November 2014.
- A duo exhibition with the artist/ Hany El-Sayed entitled (Living Organism) at the Freedom Center for Creativity in Alexandria, April 2017.
- A duo exhibition with the artist / Hani Al-Sayed entitled (Inspiring Image Sculpture) at Dha Gallery in Mohandiseen, November 2018.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (40), December 2018.
- Cairo Salon (59) of Fine Arts at the Palace of Arts, October 2020.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition (43rd) at the Palace of Arts, September 2022.
International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions
- Exhibition of 6 Alexandrian artists at the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Rome 2003.
- The First International Forum for Photography and Photography, Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria, October 2008.
- Youth Biennale for Mediterranean Countries in Bari, Italy 2008.
- First Sea Symposium 2008.
- Alexandria Atelier International Salon, Isis Hall, Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, 2010.
Literature and cultural activities
- Multimedia Workshop in Lebanon 2007.
The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically
Real photography is street photography that captures the magical moments in the simple daily life of the street man. It is a long-lasting inspiration.
