Abdul Hadi Al-Wishahi

Personal data

Date of birth: 9/11/1936
Place of birth: Dakahlia
Date of death: 26/8/2013
Specialization: carving
E-mail : --

school grade

- BA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, 1963, Cairo.
Professorship from the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts, Madrid, 1978

membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.

Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist

Appointed as a teaching assistant at the Sculpture Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria, 1963.
Sculpture teacher at the Faculty of Fine Arts 1978 - Cairo.

The places where the artist lived

- Cairo .
- Italy .
- Spain .

Special exhibitions

- Exhibition in (Horizon) Hall at the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum and his wife, May 2014.

Local group exhibitions

- Participated in group exhibitions in Egypt since 1959.
Cairo Salon 1959-1966.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (21), 1990.
- The First Fine Creativity Festival (Salon Egypt, first session) 2007.
- Exhibition (Portrait of Sculpture) at the Creativity Center in Alexandria, March 2009.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-second Session), 2009.
- "Faces" exhibition in One Horizon Hall - Muhammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum and his wife, December 2009.
- An exhibition at the Art Hall in Zamalek, November 2009.
- Exhibition (Woman and Fine Art) at Prince Taz Palace, March 2010.
- Exhibition (Abdel Nasser .. The Dream) at Picasso Gallery in Zamalek, September 2011.
- An exhibition honoring the pioneers of the contemporary Egyptian art movement at the Arts Palace in Gezira, on the sidelines of the activities of the general exhibition in its thirty-fourth session, May 2012.
- The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
The 56th Cairo Salon for Fine Arts, Palace of Arts, March 2013 (honourees).
- Exhibition (Obour) in (Dimensions) Hall, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Opera House, October 2013.
- Exhibition (Egyptian artists studying at the Royal San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts) in (Mohsen Shaalan) Hall, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art - Opera Square, October 2014.
- Group exhibition at Gallery Misr, October 2014.
- Exhibition When Art Becomes Freedom... The Egyptian Surrealists (1938-1965) at the Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera House, September 2016.
- Exhibition `When Art Becomes Freedom... The Egyptian Surrealists (1938-1965)` at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul - Korea, April 2017.
The annual art exhibition (Master Plieces), the seventeenth session - Zamalek Art Gallery - July 2018 (guest of honor).
The 2nd Sculpture Salon, Palace of Arts, September 2018 (honored).
- Exhibition (Collectibles) at (Ibdaa) Art Gallery in Zamalek, July 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (Selections) in the Gallery (Ibdaa) in Zamalek, March 2022.

International group exhibitions / overseas fairs

- Participated in the European art movement since 1965.
The Fourth Alexandria International Biennale 1961, the Fifth 1963.
The Fourth International Paris Biennale 1965 - France.
The Second International Biennale of Abeza 1966 - Spain.
- International Exhibition of Outdoor Sculpture - Spain.
- Exhibition in Milan 1971, 1972 - Italy.
- International Sports Biennial in Fine Arts, Barcelona - Madrid 1971 - 1975, 1977 - Personal invitation 1978 - Spain
- Venice International Biennale 1980 - Italy.
- International Sculpture Exhibition and Conference - Oakland - San Francisco 1982, USA.
The Thirteenth Aswan International Sculpture Symposium 2008.
- Exhibition (Art Dubai), Department of Art Dubai, Modern Gallery, Hafez, Saudi Arabia, March 2017.

Technical visits

He resided in Italy from 1970-1974.
He resided in Spain from 1975-1978.

Technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

He has works in public places, the most important of which are:
Monument to the Peasant, Valencia, Spain, 1968-1969.
- Royal Spanish Football Federation Club Royal Madrid 1977.
- Spanish Gino Economic Club 1978.
Cairo Opera.

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

- The National Encyclopedia of Prominent Egyptian Personalities - Publication by the State Information Service.
- Encyclopedia of Dakahlia Media, Dakahlia Governorate, 1997.
His name was registered in the British Cambridge Encyclopedia as the best international sculptor for the year 2001.

Literature and cultural activities

- The book (Al-Washahy Kashif Al-Afaq) by the critic Ezz El-Din Naguib, issued by the Egyptian General Book Organization, 2014.

local awards

First Prize for Sculpture, Cairo Salon, 1961.
First prize for sculpture, the general exhibition, 1981.
Medal of Arts and Sciences, First Class.
The State Encouragement Prize for Sculpture, 1981.
State Appreciation Award in Arts 2012.

International awards

- Third prize (sculpture), Alexandria Biennale (Egyptian pavilion), 1963.
- Second prize (sculpture), the International Biennale of Abitha, Spain, 1966.
- Gold Medal (sculpture), National Art Exhibition, Italy, Cesena, 1972.
Prize of the International Sports Biennale, Barcelona, Spain, 1975.
- Special prize for sculpture at the International Sports Biennale of Fine Arts - Madrid - Spain 1977.

Private collectibles

- Some individuals in Egypt - France - Italy - Spain - Japan - USA.

Official collectibles

The Egyptian Museum of Modern Art.
- Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria.
- Museum of Contemporary Art - Abeza - Spain.
- Museum of Modern Art of Bengazzo - Milan - Italy.
Denshway Museum - Menoufia Governorate.
The Egyptian Opera House.
- International Conference Center.
- Museum of Modern Art in Alexandria.
The Military Museum.
- Subway .
- Panorama 6th of October.
The Egyptian Academy in Rome.
- El-Ahram news papers .

Important works of art in the artist's life

- A larger-than-life statue of Dr. Taha Hussein was made.