Abdul Sabour Shaheen Foley Shaheen

Personal data

Nickname: Abdul Rahim Shaheen
Date of birth: 4/22/1953
Place of birth: Qena
Date of death: 4/24/2022
Specialization: photography
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school grade

- Bachelor of Arts, Academy of Arts, Baghdad, 1972.
- Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 1976.
- MA in Philosophy of Arts, Academy of Arts, Baghdad.
- PhD in Aesthetics Studies (Philosophy of Arts) 1986.

membership

- Member of the Egyptian Critics Association.
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Cairo Atelier for Artists and Writers.
- Member of the Asala Arts Association.
- Member of the National Society for Arts.
- Member of the Supreme Council for Culture and Arts.
- Member of the International Artists Association (Sant Ve), USA.

Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist

- Worked in the field of writing in fine art criticism since 1981 in many Egyptian and Arab newspapers and magazines.
- Worked in the field of teaching aesthetics at the Academy of Arts in Baghdad from 1979 to 1991 as head of the photography department at the academy.
Professor at the Academy of Arts in Baghdad.
- Visiting Professor at the College of Art in Boston - USA.
Dedicated to art since 1990.

The places where the artist lived

- In Europe, in Latin America from 1977 to 1994.

Special exhibitions

- An exhibition at Jawad Salim Gallery - Baghdad 1979.
- An exhibition at Al-Atassi Gallery - Syria 1981.
- An exhibition in the Model Institute hall in the capital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1982.
- An exhibition at the Academy of Arts, Athens, Greece, 1982.
- An exhibition at the Intercontinental Hotel, Riyadh, 1983.
- An exhibition at the Arab Institute for Oriental Studies Hall, Boston, USA, 1984.
- An exhibition in the Hall of the Municipal Museum of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1986.
- An exhibition at the Diplomatic Cultural Center in Riyadh 1990.
- An exhibition at Garcia Lorca Gallery - Madrid, Spain 1992.
- Exhibitions at the Cairo Atelier 1993, 1996, 2001.
- An exhibition at the College of Art Gallery, Boston, USA, 1994.
- An exhibition at the San Fernando Institute, Madrid, Spain 1997.
- An exhibition at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces 1999.
- An exhibition at Ahmed Sabry Gallery, Al Jazeera Art Center, 2002.
- Exhibition in Ratib Siddiq Hall, Cairo Atelier, November 2003.
- Exhibition at Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culture Wheel in Zamalek, May 2004.
- Exhibition at (Ratib Siddiq) Gallery, Cairo Atelier, 2003, 2005.
- Exhibition (Art Not Seriously) at Ratib Seddik Gallery, Atelier, Cairo, January 2006.
- An exhibition entitled (Memory of the Body 2) at (Mohamed Nagy) Gallery, Cairo Atelier, January 2007.
- Exhibition (Luxor, The Tale of Stone and Humans) in Ratib Seddik Gallery, Cairo Atelier, February 2010.
- Exhibition (The Story of Stone and Humans) in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, January 2014.
- Exhibition (She and the Sea) at Salah Taher Hall, March 2016.
- Exhibition in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Opera House, February 2018.

Local group exhibitions

A group exhibition of plastic arts on the sidelines of the Carthage Film Festival 1994.
The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, 25th session, 1997, Cairo.
Group exhibition, Cairo Atelier, 1998.
- Group exhibition, Egyptian Ministry of Culture - Alexandria - Ismailia - Qena - Beni Suef - Minya 1999.
Held an exhibition of 9 artists of the seventies generation at the Cairo Atelier in 2000.
- The Third Salon of Small Works of Art 1999, the Fourth 2000.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (27), 2001.
Cairo Atelier Salon 2001.
Group exhibition of the Asala Art Group, 2001.
- Participation in the activities of the regional exhibition of the Ministry of Culture 2003.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (28), 2003.
The Sixth Salon of Small Works of Art, 2003.
The Annual Salon of Atelier Cairo, June 2003.
- Group exhibition with artists (Faten Al-Nawawi - Evelyn Ashamallah - Gamal Abdel Nasser), Cairo Atelier, 2004.
- He founded the first Egyptian-Norwegian Forum, the second, which included five famous Egyptian artists, as well as five famous artists in Norway. The exhibition was held in the Creativity Center in Alexandria, and the city (Moss) in Norway 2004, 2005.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (29), 2005.
- Exhibition (Free Creations) in the Fine Art Gallery, Academy of Arts, June 2007.
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-first Session), 2008.
- An exhibition at the Egyptian Embassy building in Canberra, Australia, in the last week of July, to celebrate the fifty-sixth anniversary of the July 23, 2008 revolution.
- An exhibition entitled (Bridges), Picasso Gallery, June 2008.
- The Mahrousa Nights exhibition at the Citadel Court, September 2008.
- The Egyptian Exhibition of Fine Arts held within the cultural and artistic activity plan of the Egyptian Cultural Office in Baku - Azerbaijan, February 2009.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-second Session), 2009.
- Exhibition (At the Gates of Jerusalem) at the Abdel Moneim El Sawy Culturewheel, December 2009
Exhibition of exhibitions for the acquisition of the Arish National Museum of Antiquities in Arish, April 2010.
- Exhibition (My Beautiful Lady) in New Cairo Studio, April 2010.
Atelier Salon (fifty-ninth), Cairo Atelier, September 2010.
- Exhibition (Egyptian Selections), Picasso Gallery, Zamalek, March 2011.
- The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- Exhibition (At the Crossroads) at (Picasso) Gallery, Zamalek, March 2013.
- Exhibition (Generations of Art) at Cordoba Gallery, Mohandessin, October 2014.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session 37, 2015.
- Exhibition (Women from Egypt) for full-time grantees at (Adam Haneen) Hall, Hanager Arts Center, Opera House, March 2017.
- The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (39), September 2017.
- Exhibition (Artists Between Dream and Reality Space) at Dey Art Gallery, April 2019.

The third exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections) at the (Dhy) Gallery of Arts and Culture in Mohandessin, May 2021.
- 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.

International group exhibitions / overseas fairs

The Sixth Alexandria International Biennale for Mediterranean Countries 1965.
- An exhibition at the Spanish Cultural Center - Madrid 1996.
The Fourth Bangladesh Biennale.
The Seventh Cairo International Biennale 1990.
Sharjah International Biennial 3 2001.
Mahres Festival in Tunisia 2003.
Asilah Festival, Morocco, 2004.
The Plow Festival 2007.
Luxor Fifth International Photography Forum, Luxor, November 2012.

Technical visits

Louvre Museum in Paris.
Rembrandt Museum - Netherlands.
- Metropolitan Museum - Madrid.
Boston Museum, USA.

Missions and grants

Sabbatical scholarship from 1997 to 1998.

Literature and cultural activities

He published a book (Additional Concepts on Postmodernism and Contemporary Artistic Problems).
- Book form and content (art and globalization).
- Participation in the cultural conference of the Supreme Council for Culture and Arts as director of the closing session, as well as a paper on the image society and the end of art.
- Researched for the future of critical confusion and modernizing formulas for postmodern arts.
He has many researches in the field of plastic criticism.
- Participated in the symposium accompanying the National Exhibition (29) 2005 in the research (The dialectical dialogue between the critic and the artist)
He has TV interviews and radio talks about art.
- Participated in the international symposium accompanying the Sharjah Biennial (in search of art in a changing horizon).
- Participated in the symposium accompanying the Mahres Festival in Tunisia, with a research (Has Arab painting known as a pioneering movement).
He has studies on the arts of Latin America.

local awards

Creativity Award in the Third Salon of Small Works of Art, 1999.
- The first prize for the best composite work in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts.
- First prize for photography - The Egyptian Armed Forces during the Sinai Liberation Day, 1999.
- A certificate of appreciation from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for the Creativity Award.
- Certificate of Appreciation for the Photography Award, Sinai Liberation Days, Egyptian Armed Forces.
- A certificate of appreciation from the Supreme Council for Culture and Arts (Egypt) for participating in the scientific symposium (Dialogue of Cultures).

International awards

Golden Sail Award - Kuwait.
- Certificate of Appreciation for participation in the activities of the Sharjah International Biennial (UAE) 2001.
- Certificate of Appreciation, the Golden Sail Award for participation in the activities of the Mahres Festival, Tunisia 2003.
Creativity Award for Middle Eastern Arts - Boston - USA.
Technical Excellence Award - Mexico.

Private collectibles

- With some individuals in Egypt and abroad.

Official collectibles

Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Baghdad.
Iraqi Ministry of Culture.
- Ministry of Information in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.
- Center for Oriental Studies (Washington), America.
- Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture.
Ananusia Gallery (New York).
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo.
- Ministry of Defense Armed Forces.
- Sharjah Art Museum (United Arab Emirates).
Algeria's Ministry of Information.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Morocco).
Belden Museum in the Netherlands.
- Boston Museum of Middle Eastern Art (Boston), USA.