for school stages

- Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, 1964.
- Honorary Doctorate from Soka Gagai University, Japan, 1993.

membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Alexandria Atelier Group for Artists and Writers.

Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist

He was appointed to the Information Service in Cairo after his graduation.
- A cultural engine in the General Administration of Fine Arts at the Ministry of Culture (1964-1969).
- Director of the Anfushi Culture Palace in Alexandria (1969-1971).
- Cultural Attache and Director of the Egyptian Cultural Center - Paris - France from (1971-1978).
- Director of the Directorate of Culture, Director of the Child Culture Center in Cairo, and Technical Adviser to the Office of the Minister of Culture (1978-1979).
- Vice-Dean of the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts in Rome (1979-1982).
- Director of the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts, and cultural advisor at the Egyptian Embassy in Rome (1982-1987).
He held the position of Minister of Culture in Egypt from 1987 until February 2011.
Part-time professor at Soka Gakkai University, Japan, for Aesthetics, from which he received an honorary doctorate in 1993.
Part-time professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, since 1999 until now.

The places where the artist lived

- Alexandria .
- Cairo .

Special exhibitions

Alexandria Atelier Exhibition 1968.
- An exhibition at the Alexandria Palace of Culture, 1968.
- An exhibition at the `Comunale de Mante La Jolie` Gallery, France, 1976.
- An exhibition at the Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, France, 1978.
- Exhibition at Akhenaten Gallery (1), Zamalek Arts Complex, 1978.
- An exhibition at Studio `S` for Modern Art - Rome - Italy 1981.
- Exhibition at Akhenaten Gallery (1), Zamalek Arts Complex, 1982.
- `Blouses` Gallery, Venice, 1983.
- Exhibition at Akhenaten Gallery (1), Zamalek Arts Complex, 1984.
- Exhibition at Akhenaten Gallery (1), Zamalek Arts Complex, 1984.
- An exhibition at the Arts Complex in Zamalek, 1990.
- An exhibition in Akhenaten Gallery, Zamalek Arts Complex, 1994.
- An exhibition in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia 1995.
- Exhibition at Extra Hall - Zamalek 1996.
- An exhibition at the Carcel Museum in the Louvre Museum in Paris - France - December 1997.
- An exhibition at the Egyptian Embassy in Tokyo 1998.
- A special exhibition in Kuwait, Japan 1998.
- The Egyptian Embassy, in cooperation with the Japanese Television Network, held an exhibition of his paintings at the Vigor Art Museum in 1998.
- An exhibition at the Vienna Museum - Austria, February 1998.
- An exhibition at the Sursock Museum, Beirut - Lebanon, March 1998.
- An exhibition at the Sharjah Art Museum - United Arab Emirates, May 1998.
- An exhibition in the Art Gallery in the suburb of Abdullah Al-Salem - Kuwait, November 1998.
Grant Gallery 2001.
- An exhibition at the Arts Complex in Zamalek, 2001.
- An exhibition at the Arts Complex in Zamalek, 2002.
- Exhibition in Akhenaten Hall (1, 4a, 4b) at the Arts Complex in Zamalek - 2003.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, December 2003.
- An exhibition in Doha Art Hall - Qatar, January 2004.
Explorers Gallery, USA, March 2004.
- An exhibition at the Vittoriano Museums Complex - Italy, April 2004.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, February 2005.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, January 2006.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, January 2007.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, December 2007.
- An exhibition at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, February 2008.
- An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, May 2008.
- An exhibition at the Venice Art Gallery, September 2008.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, January 2009.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, January 2010.
- An exhibition in One Horizon Hall at the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum and his wife, January 2011.
- An exhibition at Art Space Hall in Dubai, November 2013.
- An exhibition at Grant Mars Gallery 2016.
- Exhibition at Ubuntu Gallery, Zamalek, February 2017.
- Exhibition at Picasso New Cairo Gallery, Fifth Settlement, February 2018.
- Exhibition (Abstraction) at the Contemporary Art Platform Hall (CAP) in Kuwait, December 2018.
- Exhibition at Picasso Gallery, Zamalek, February 2019.
- An exhibition at the Arts Complex in Zamalek (Aisha Fahmy Palace), March 2020.
- An exhibition in the art center galleries in the Bahraini capital, Manama, January 2022.

for local group exhibitions

The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session No. 23, 1993.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (25), 1997.
The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session No. 26, 1999.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (27), 2001.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (29), 2005.
- Creativity Keys exhibition in the main foyer of Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace (Islamic Ceramics Museum) January 2010.
- Exhibition `Selections of Contemporary Egyptian Art` at the Housing and Development Bank Hall - Mohandessin, July 2010.
- An exhibition in Zamalek Art Gallery, November 2010.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (35), May 2013.
- Exhibition (Kemet) at (Nile) Hall in Zamalek, May 2014.
- An exhibition entitled (The Landscape) at the Arts Complex (Aisha Fahmy Palace) in Zamalek, March 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections), the fourth in the (Dhi) Gallery of Arts and Culture in Mohandessin, June 2022.

International group exhibitions / overseas fairs

The International Festival of Photography in Cannes-sur-Mer, France, 1972.
Three Egyptian Artists Exhibition, Academy of Egypt, Rome, 1979.
Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Berlin - West Germany 1980.
Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Vienna - Austria 1980.
- International Festival of Modern Art No. 25 `Espoleto` 1982.
- Modern Egyptian Art Exhibition `Cablade Santa Barbara` Naples 1982.
Kuwait Biennale 1989.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Egyptian Artists and Heirs of Ancient Traditions) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, September 1999.
- The Hassan II Center Exhibition for International Forums - The Twenty-Fifth International Cultural Season of Asilah - Morocco 2003.
- Exhibition (Egyptians) at Roshan Art Gallery in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia 2010.
- An exhibition at Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 2015.

Technical visits

- Most of the European countries, during which he learned about the ancient and modern European arts, including nine months in France and Venice.

Missions and grants

- A grant for nine months to France among the managers of the Palaces of Culture.

Technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Prepared the permanent exhibition hall in the Egyptian Cultural Center in Michel Street in Paris.
He worked on many projects that serve culture in general and plastic arts in particular, since he assumed the ministry until now.
- When he assumed the Ministry of Culture, he reformulated and restructured the ministry by establishing and chairing the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
- President of the Supreme Council of Culture in Egypt.
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Library of Alexandria.
- Member of the International Committee of the Qatar Museums Authority.
He established several higher institutes at the Academy of Arts (University of Arts), including:
- Higher Institute of Environmental Architecture.
- Higher Institute of Child Arts.
- The Higher Institute of Restoration Arts.
- He dispatched many missions and scholarships outside Egypt to obtain scientific degrees for graduates of the Academy of Arts and workers in the fields of antiquities, culture and the arts, in addition to providing specialized training scholarships for workers in cultural activity and site management at home and abroad.
- He played an active role in the Egyptian national project to eradicate illiteracy for males and females by opening classes for literacy and adult education in the houses and palaces of culture, the number of which is 530 palaces of culture spread throughout Egypt.
- Participated in efforts to achieve the quality of education and link it to the cultural system by teaching curricula and providing cultural services in houses and palaces of culture, creativity centers, specialized cultural and artistic centers, and the Academy of Arts.
He established a school for free studies to teach music to children and youth at the Egyptian Opera House.
- Established classes to teach the history of Egyptian and world heritage in the museums of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
- He established the Film School at the Cultural Development Fund to provide an opportunity for free studies for film enthusiasts in its various fields such as directing, montage, scenario and photography. He also established classes for teaching the use of communication and information technology in palaces, cultural houses and specialized creativity centers.

Local and international encyclopedias in which the artist's name is listed

- The publication of a book by the writer / Intisar Dardir entitled (Farouk Hosni remembers ... a time of culture) published by Dar Nahdet Misr 2019.

local awards

International awards

First prize at the Cannes-sur-Mer Festival, France, 1972.
Appreciation Award from Kuwait Biennale 1989.
Culture and Peace Award from Soka Gakkai International University, Japan, 1993.
Grand Official Medal from the Italian government 1999.
Lazio Regional Prize for Culture for Peace for the Mediterranean Basin Countries - Italy - 2005.
The Mediterranean Prize in Arts in 2006.
- The International Award in the field of Arts, which he received at the first session of the Laxio Festival 2006.
- The Grand Prize for Audiovisuals from the International Council for Cinema, Television and Communications, Audiovisual of UNESCO - Paris - July 2007.
The Hollywood Reporter Award at the International Italian Film Festival Taormina 2007.
Fellini Medal, an international award granted by UNESCO in 2007.
- Grand Montana Forum Award - Monte Carlo - Monaco - 2008.
Mediterranean Peace Forum Award - Lecce - Italy 2008.
- Award (Cultural Personality of the Year) at the Sharjah Cultural Festival (31) for the year 2012.

Private collectibles

- Some individuals in Egypt and all Arab and Western countries

Important artworks in the artist's life

- He transferred the Egyptian Antiquities Authority to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and accompanied this with the largest excavation and restoration movement and the establishment of new museums for Egyptian antiquities in its various eras: Pharaonic, Greek, Roman, Jewish, Coptic and Islamic, such as the largest restoration of the immortal Sphinx, the restoration of the pyramid of Khafre, and the project Al-Kabir for the protection and development of the pyramids of Giza, the pyramids of Dahshur and the group of tombs of the Valley of the Kings, and important restorations in the temples of Luxor, Karnak, Ramesseum, Medinet Habu Temple, Deir al-Bahari Temple, Seti I Temple and the rock temples on Kalabsha Island, in addition to important excavations in the temple of Amenhotep III, the black head and Dendera, and the recovery of antiquities submerged in the waters The sea at the coast of Alexandria, and the restoration of hundreds of Jewish, Coptic, and Islamic monuments such as the Jewish Temple, the Church of the Virgin, the Red Monastery, the White Monastery, Salah al-Din Citadel, Al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah Mosque, Al-Zahir Baybars Mosque, and complete Islamic archaeological cities such as Fuwa and Rashid, as well as the major project for the restoration and development of the historic Cairo area Which included the restoration and maintenance of 146 archaeological buildings in this area over the four phases of the project, as well as the restoration and development of the Coptic Museum and the Islamic Museum in Cairo.
- He restored and developed all state theaters and the Arab Music Institute building, added five new theatres, developed the Sayed Darwish Opera Theater in Alexandria, the Roman Theater in Alexandria, and the Damanhour Municipal Opera Theater in Delta Egypt, all of which had reached a severe state of wear and tear, in addition to the construction of a new huge open theater He told the castle.
- He established and developed many national, regional and qualitative museums:
The Grand Egyptian Museum, which is the largest museum project in the world, is currently being built near the eternal Giza pyramids.
- Museum of Civilization in Old Fustat, a project that aims to review all eras of Egyptian civilization.
The Historic Cairo project, which he prepared to be the largest open museum in the world, and which he inaugurated by restoring the unique Islamic monuments on Al-Muizz Li Din Allah Al-Fatimi Street, and developing the neighborhood in tourism, commercial and social terms.
Luxor Cache Museum.
Mummification Museum in Luxor.
- Nubian Museum in Aswan.
- Akhenaten Museum, which is about to be completed in Minya.
- Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria.
Muhammad Ali Palace Museum.
Egyptian Textile Museum.
Museum of Islamic Ceramics.
- Establishing a series of regional antiquities museums, such as the New Valley Museum, Port Said, Al-Arish, and Taba.
- Construction of a new building for the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art. And the establishment of art and historical museums such as the Naji Museum, the Taha Hussein Museum, the Arts Palace, the House of the Nation Museum (Saad Zaghloul), the Saad Al-Khadim and Effat Nagy Museum, the One Horizon Hall, the Contemporary Arts Center (May 15 Complex), in addition to the restoration and development of existing museums such as the Mansoura Museum, the Denshway Museum and the Museum Mahmoud Said.
- Farouk Hosni established many cultural palaces and specialized centers of creativity inside ancient buildings after their restoration and development within a vision that sees that the effect lives by use and dies by neglect, which are the Manasterly Palace, Al-Hawari House, Zainab Khatoun House, Al-Suhaimi House, Prince Taz Palace, Alexandria Creativity Center, Creativity Center In Cairo, Al Jazeera Art Center, The Arts Complex, The Arab School for Film and Television.
- Established 28 new houses and palaces of culture all over Egypt, affiliated to the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, which issued two monthly magazines in addition to 11 specialized book series.
- He established specialized cultural palaces such as: Al-Ghouri Heritage Palace, the Cinema Palace, the Environmental Crafts Palace, the Artistic Palace in Alexandria, the Children's Cultural Park, and the Children's Culture Palace.
- Established the Greater Cairo Library.
- Established Talaat Harb Library in Cairo.
- Launching the national project for the family library and the reading for all project, which allows the publication of millions of copies of books annually, with a symbolic fee for one copy.
The village library project was inaugurated to serve the deprived, remote and remote villages, and the number reached 120 libraries, and 10 libraries continue to be added annually.
- He carried out a comprehensive development, reformulation and digitization of all the holdings of the Egyptian National Library, which includes millions of manuscripts and documents, and established two centers for documentation and manuscript restoration.
- Developed many technical activities:
Youth salon.
Cairo International Biennale.
- Free Experimental Theater and Hanager Theatre.
* Farouk Hosny created many devices and sectors:
- The National Organization for Civilization Coordination.
- The National Center for Translation, which translates world works into Arabic from 30 international languages.
The cultural production sector.
He held many festivals:
The National Festival of Egyptian Cinema.
- Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre.
- Cairo International Children's Film Festival.
Short Documentary Film Festival.
Arab Music Festival.
Aswan International Symposium for Stone Sculpture.
- The Citadel Annual Festival of Music and Singing.
His works have been exhibited in many international museums, including:
The Metropolitan Museum.
- Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
Fort Lauderdale Museum in Miami and the National Museum in Vienna.
Vittoriano Museum, Rome.
- Museum in the Carousel de Louvre, Paris.
Tokyo Museum.
Many Arab and Egyptian museums

Influences that were reflected on the artist intellectually and artistically

- The strength of culture is formed throughout the ages, beginning with the first knowledge of man in the surrounding nature or his imagination at the time to bring in what he dreams of, and this is what reminds of the rare areas of creativity.
- The first myths and the beginning of religions, wisdom and proverbs, and the texts of the pyramids were all found in documents and papyri, a window that allows a faithful view of generations and times to come, and we found in them a documented view of the achievements of ancient times. All of this was the dawn of preaching what was formulated by man as a culture after that, and I may add other factors that harmonized their instigation to formulate this supreme human meaning. The East has temples and places of worship that contain texts containing wisdom, law, etiquette and examples, as well as the invention of printing and the emergence of modern languages, which multiplied in Europe after a single language prevailed in the Middle Ages, and the emergence of interest in antiquities and fine arts.
- Europe paid attention to the humanities and reform movements took place to keep literature and the humanities away from the control of the Church. Thus, literature and art found complete freedom away from the guidance of the clergy. Thus, a cultural and exploratory renaissance took place that prevented the Church from interfering in judging scientific theories, and geographical discoveries helped to communicate and know distant civilizations that were not taken into account, so the colonial competition increased over these countries with civilizations far from the European continent, and the East was the important axis of the momentum of ancient civilizations that were introduced Orientalism and historical studies. From this standpoint, the era of knowledge, intellectual, scientific and artistic research and the exchange of imagination between disparate cultures began.
- All this would not have led to that cultural and artistic renaissance without making the most of the main role of the Arab civilization, which contributed to the establishment and building of human civilization through Arab scholars, philosophers, writers, artists, architects, doctors and poets who spread their knowledge, science and culture and made it available as an Arab light for Europe to illuminate its history and its aspects, and it increased The outcome of the diverse intellectual harvest of peoples, and the international arena was filled with different knowledge of issues according to the philosophical and intellectual visions that peoples varied throughout their history, and knowledge began to be embodied in the creative entity of all kinds, so that countries compete with what their creators and thinkers produce and distinguish them.
Here, a new human dimension appeared on the horizon, and a symphony was composed called the word `culture`, as it is the magic word that contained a historical and civilizational depth of intellectual, scientific, artistic and philosophical innovations for all the peoples of the planet on which we live. To give life new dimensions, sprawling, where thought takes off and imagination expands to contain a past preserved by history, a present that we live and enjoy, and a future that we race to achieve its vision.
From here, culture became a word that has its far-reaching glory, and the countries that possess a great cultural volume became the countries that formulate civilization in a more advanced and deeper language and the most influential in the international community. Culture brought together the finest human productions throughout the ages, which is creativity and innovation. It was the philosophy that achieves the mental balance of existence and identity, and the arts that brought out the human conscience to become a substance that man uses to enrich the soul and knowledge, and built for that wonderful ancient houses in order to accommodate this continuous historical flow to infinity, and the thought, mind and conscience inhabited the finest strongholds in the world from museums and opera houses And theaters and forums, and culture has played an important role, and this role has turned into economies that some societies benefit from, so that entire peoples can live on it. Culture also exalted the value of the environment surrounding the human being, who began to roam the world to learn about different environments and observe peoples through their lives and give them to the human entity that the recipient enjoys after literature and arts established a basis for judging things.

This led to the discovery of human behavior, so that behavior varied, and the reason for this discrepancy was knowledge, as well as giving man the ability to appreciate the values that culture produced and people used. I also refer to the language, which I find to be one of the most important factors in which ideas are discussed, experiences are exchanged, and history is recorded, which shaped the total personality of the peoples of the world, because language is the one that conveyed emotions and thought for viewing, defined the constitutions of human dealings, established beliefs and values, and recorded human sciences throughout the ages, so it was the basis of knowledge. And the incitement to continuous creativity as a language for communication and communication, for agreement and disagreement, and it became an expression of the times and an interpretation of them, as the culture contained and transmitted through the ages.
- The reference remained to the expressions that led to the cultural entity, which are theater - music - literature - plastic arts - architecture, so the doctrines that gave it its cultural form varied since ancient times, the middle ages and the Renaissance, through the classical eras, then romanticism, then the modern ages, and the doctrines affected creativity in successive periods of time Starting from the Baroque era to the modern era, architecture, literature, art and music took unified styles through these successive periods of time. While the music in the Baroque era was represented by the Bach family, Palestrina and Ramo, the architecture also took its lavish Baroque form, especially in the architecture of churches and places of worship. And while Shakespeare was confirming this doctrine in his genius writings, and with the same doctrine, Michelangelo and Veronese excelled in sculpture and painting, then all these arts moved to the classics, then the romantic era, through expressionism, and then to the modern arts - so these creations are considered fingerprints of time, so that time proves its eternal existence and survival Eternal while man changes to give each time its features.
- With all these precursors, culture has diversified and with it the human being has enriched humanity throughout its history. So when we talk about culture, we are dealing with a human heritage left behind by man since his inception, and a record of the human entity towards existence. We take it up and then return it to the community through logical intellectual and creative laws to enrich life and correct human behavior through the supreme giving of man, which is creativity that transcends bad action, and it is the absolute entity of the noble qualities of the broader society.
Farouk Hosni

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Farouk Hosni is an artist known for his abstract style of painting. His works were shown in the most important museums, galleries, and art centers in the world, where he was presented by the most important critics in the world, including Jessica Wenigar, Dan Cameron, Philip de Montbello from the United States of America, Michel Norezadani from France, Anzobella Radlow, Giovanni Carandiente, and Lawrence Trocchi and Maria Tranga Benedetti from Italy.