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personal information
Birth name Dia Aziz Dia Zahed
Born November 28, 1947 (age 75 years)
Cairo Egypt
Jeddah residency
my Nationality is Saudi
The parents of Aziz Zia · Asmaa Zaazou
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practical life
Alma mater Academy of Fine Arts (Rome)
Profession is a drawing teacher
An employee at Al Thagher Model Schools
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Diaa Aziz Zahed (born in Cairo in 1947) is a Saudi plastic artist and sculptor who belongs to the Impressionist school of modern realism. He is one of the Saudi pioneers in the field of painting and plastic art.

Foundation
He was born in Cairo on November 28, 1947. His father is the great Saudi writer, Aziz Diaa, and his mother is the former broadcaster, Asma Zaazou. His upbringing in a family associated with culture and literature played a role in his attachment to various types of arts from an early age. He loved art since his childhood, influenced by his mother, who used to paint decorative paintings in oil colors to decorate the houses of pillows and mattresses spread in different locations in the house, and influenced by his literary father, who encouraged him morally and pushed him on the path of Artistic appreciation in its various fields, so he learned to play the violin and the lute at the age of eight, and he sang for children a number of songs written by his father and broadcast by Saudi Radio through children’s programs.

education
He received his primary education in Al-Thaghar Model Schools in Jeddah, then he completed his preparatory and secondary education, moving between several schools in Jeddah, Cairo, and Boston. In 1967, he received a scholarship from the Saudi Ministry of Education, through which he joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he graduated in 1971.

beginnings
Then, in the year 1380 AH, corresponding to 1960 AD, he began the journey of the art of painting. A royal decree issued by His Majesty King Faisal to abolish slavery, and he dedicated it to him. His moral and material encouragement had a profound impact on his artistic career.

Dia Aziz mentioned an incident that happened to him in his artistic beginnings that affected his experience, saying: "At a very young age, my first important painting was after King Faisal issued the historic decision to liberate the slaves, and I was then 15 years old, and my father told me why not paint a painting on this occasion, I liked the idea, and I actually made a painting about this event, and the painting was sent to the king, and I was surprised after a while by my father telling me that the king's office was asking to meet me, and I went on the appointed day and met the king and received great encouragement from him, and in this evidence that he - may God have mercy on him - was a lover of art. The painting "Liberation of Slaves" depicts a large valley full of stones and thorns, in which there are people chained behind each other.

the job
After his return from Italy, he worked as a teacher of art education in Al-Thaghar Model Schools in the city of Jeddah from 1972 to 1973. He established the MAS Foundation for the production of fine arts during the period from 1974 to 1979. After that, he joined the Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, in the year 1980 until He retired from it in 2004.

artistic life
Personal exhibitions
He held his first personal exhibition at the Jeddah Palace Hotel in Jeddah in 1969 AD. The exhibition was inaugurated by Sheikh Hassan Al-Sheikh, the Saudi Minister of Education at the time.
The American Cultural Center held his second personal exhibition for him at the center's headquarters in Jeddah, in 1972.
His third personal exhibition was held in 2005 under the auspices of the Mansouriya Cultural Foundation and opened by Prince Faisal bin Abdullah.
Local group exhibitions
The Italian Art Exhibition, which was hosted by the Fine Arts Center in Jeddah under the auspices of Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz in 1972.
The first exhibition of Saudi plastic artists, which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Riyadh in 1978.
Sixth group exhibition at Roshan Gallery in Jeddah in 1984.
Royal Commission exhibition in Jubail and Yanbu in 1986.
The first plastic arts exhibition hosted by the Jeddah Literary Club in 1989.
International group exhibitions
Exhibition of the Palace of Exhibitions in Rome, sponsored by the Governorate of Rome in 1968.
The Third Kuwait Exhibition for Arab Plastic Artists in 1973.
A Moment of Peace exhibition held in Paris in 1985.
Cairo International Art Biennial Exhibition in its second session in 1988.
Contemporary Islamic Artists Exhibition, which was held in Jordan in 1988.
Contemporary Islamic Artists Exhibition, held in London in 1989.
The Eleventh Kuwait Exhibition for Arab Plastic Artists in 1989.
Awards and achievements

Artist Dia Aziz standing next to the model of the Kingdom in Mexico.
Awards
The first award for designing the gold medal on the occasion of the fifty years of the Public Works Supply Authority in Rome in 1970 AD; And organized by the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
Silver Medal in the (Black and White Painting and Sculpture) competition, Saturnia Telllos, March 24, 1971, for a self-painting work.
Diploma of High Artistic Merit in the 71st Carnival Competition for the painting La Palma “The Palm” in Rome in March 1971.
Diploma of Artistic Merit at (International Biennale of Contemporary Art) in Monte Rotondo - Rome on April 18, 1971
The Silver Medal in the International Competition for Direct Drawing, Campidogio Ogi, Rome, July 1, 1971, which was sponsored by the Governorate of Rome.
The first prize for designing the logo (Al-Salam Aircraft Company) in Riyadh in November 1988.
The first prize for designing the logo (Jeddah Municipality) in Jeddah in 1991.
The Muftaha Award by Prince Khaled Al-Faisal in 2000.
Technical achievements
The design of the Gate of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, which is located at the entrance to the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah on the highway between Jeddah and Makkah, and is one of his most famous works