Ahmed Nabil Mohamed Suleiman

Personal data

Nickname: Ahmed Nabil
Date of birth: 1/5/1937
Place of birth: Qalyubia
Date of death: 5/17/2022
Specialization: photography
Email: amrnabil30@hotmail.com,
rashanabil30@hotmail.com

school grade

- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Helwan University, 1960.
Postgraduate diploma 1970.
- Diploma of the Academy of Fine Arts from the Michelangelo Academy in Florence - Italy in Mural Painting (equivalent to a Ph.D.) 1974.

membership

- Member of the International Association of Mosaic Artists.
- Member of Wekalat Al-Ghouri Association.
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Graduates Association of the College of Fine Arts in Cairo.
- Member of the International Mosaic Society - Ravenna.

Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist

- Associate Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo.
- Vice Dean of the College of Fine Arts for Education Affairs 1993.
- Professor and Head of the Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University.

The places where the artist lived

- Cairo .
- Luxor, Aswan.
- Siwa internal and external oases.
- Sinai Desert .
- North Africa - Libya, Tunisia, Algeria.
Spain, Italy.
- Wadi El Malak, Ismailia Governorate.

Special exhibitions

- A special exhibition at Akhenaten Hall, 1968.
An exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo, March 1976.
Five exhibitions in Italy.
- Participated in 12 exhibitions in private halls.
- Exhibition in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Opera House - November 2014.
- Exhibition at Al-Hanager Hall, January 2015.
- Exhibition (Timeless Nights) at Dhay Art Gallery, Mohandessin, February 2018.
- An exhibition entitled (Fantasy of Matte) in `Al-Bab - Selim` Hall, Museum of Egyptian Modern Art, October 2021.

Local group exhibitions

- Participated in the Egyptian art movement since 1960.
- Exhibition (Memory of Gamal Abdel Nasser) in the building of the Central Committee of the Socialist Union (later the National Party), September 1972.
Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition at the Grand Serail, Paris, France, March 1976.
Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition, Fine Arts Hall, Cairo, June 1976.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (27), 2001.
The First Salon of Painting (Black and White) at Al Jazeera Art Center, May 2004.
The National Graphic Art Exhibition, the third session, 2005.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (29), 2005.
- The First Fine Creativity Festival (the general exhibition, the thirtieth session, and the first plastic art market), 2007.
- Exhibition (Mosaic Forum) at Karma Ibn Hana Cultural Center - Mathaf
Ahmed Shawky, March 2009.
The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session), 2009.
- Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition Thirty-third session) 2010.
- Exhibition (The National Team 3) in Cordoba Hall, Mohandessin, December 2010.
- The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
The 56th Cairo Salon for Fine Arts, Palace of Arts, March 2013 (honourees).
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (35), May 2013.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (36), June 2014.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session 37, 2015.
- Exhibition at (Dhaa) Gallery in Mohandessin - March 2016.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (38), May 2016.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage) at Picasso Gallery - June 2016.
- The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (39), September 2017.
- Exhibition (Treasures of the Fourth Pyramid) at the Art Hall of Al-Ahram Foundation, downtown, August 2017.
- Exhibition (She is in their creations) in the Fine Arts Hall, Al-Ahram Foundation, downtown, September 2017.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage) at Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, House of the Nation Museum, May 2018.
- An exhibition entitled `Dialogues of Faces and Places` at the Arab Atelier Gallery for Culture and Arts in Mohandessin, December 2019.
- The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (41) February 2020.
- Exhibition (Variations 1) at Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center - House of the Nation Museum, March 2021.
- Exhibition (Collectibles) at (Ibdaa) Art Gallery in Zamalek, July 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (The Golden Pyramid) at the (Dhy) Gallery of Culture and Arts in Mohandessin, February 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections), the fourth in the (Dhi) Gallery of Arts and Culture in Mohandessin, June 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Creative Immortals) at (Dhaa) Gallery of Culture and Arts in Zamalek and Mohandessin, September 2022.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (43), at the Palace of Arts, September 2022 (honored).
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections 2023) at the (Dhi) Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandessin and Zamalek, July 2023.

International group exhibitions / overseas fairs

The ninth youth festival in Sofia, 1968.
- Athens International Biennale 1968-1970.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Paris 1971, 1976.
Luxor Third International Photography Forum, Luxor, November 2010.
- The second retrospective exhibition - for the works of African artists participating in the previous eleventh sessions of the Luxor International Photography Forum - Adam Henein Hall, Hanager Art Center, November 2019.

Technical visits

Visits to Bulgaria 1968, North Africa 1970, France 1970, Italy 1971, Spain 1972, Switzerland and England 1973.

Missions and grants

A sabbatical grant from the Ministry of Culture, 1968.
- Mission to Italy for four years, 1971: 1975.

Technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

Representing Egypt in the Ninth International Youth Festival, Bulgaria.
- Executing the Farasak board at the railway station in Luxor.
- Execute Ramses painting in Luxor.
- Restoration of stained glass works in Ras El-Tin Palace, Al-Safa Palace and Al-Montazah Palace in Alexandria.

local awards

Cairo Salon Awards, Salon Medal 1967.
State Appreciation Award in the field of arts 2022.

International awards
Award of the Academy of Fine Arts - Florence - Italy.

Private collectibles

- I have many individuals in America, Italy, France, South America, and Florence.

Official collectibles

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art.
- Egyptian Cultural Office - Rome.
- Conference Hall .
The Egyptian Opera House
- Media Production City .
- Panorama 6th of October.
- El-Ahram news papers .
- Egyptian Commercial Bank.
Societe Generale Bank.

Important works of art in the artist's life

A mural in the conference hall in Nasr City.
- A mural of 260 square meters in the Media Production City.
Sadat metro station murals.
- Swiss General Bank of Alexandria.
- The Commercial Bank of Egypt mural 30 meters flat.
- Panorama 6th of October.
- Mural (Village Joy) at Al-Ahram Foundation.

The influences that were reflected on the artist intellectually and artistically

- `A Dialogue Between the Mujassam and the Messam`.
The first man began recording his thoughts and life circumstances by engraving on stone. And the ancient Egyptians took it as a symbol of will, strength, steadfastness, eternity, and solidity. The stone has aesthetics that are evident when exposed to light, including its surfaces, axes, curves, cavities, textures, and colors.
- On the way of my journey to Sinai, I was affected by the stones that captured to me what he went through in terms of his suffering and what he went through in terms of his boasts. The wars suffered and they were revered by God Almighty when he spoke to Moses, peace be upon him, on the mountain.
- The stone is the unit of the mountain, in which the precious things of nature lie, including mineral materials and natural plants, which give the masses colors and attractiveness, so that the shape dialogues with the color and creates an aesthetic arrangement.
- When I contemplated the stones in front of me around the palm trees in our studio in Haraniya, my thoughts opened and I recalled the memories of my trip to Sinai.
- This prompted me to express the meanings that lie in the stone and what it carries of memories and events recorded on it by the departed and those who departed, and what it received of the factors of time, with the raw material of the burnt Aswan clay.

Ahmed Nabil