Mustafa Ahmed Mustafa

Personal data

Nickname: Mustafa Ahmed
Date of birth: 4/5/1930
Place of birth: Cairo
Date of death: 22/11/1999
Specialization: photography
E-mail : --

school grade

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Department, 1954.
Studies in London and Paris museums 1972, New York, Washington and Los Angeles 1993 and Rome 1994.

Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist

He worked in the field of art education as a teacher and mentor, then as a consultant at Al-Azhar institutes, and as a professor of color painting (oil painting) at the Faculty of Specific Education.
- He also worked for a while as a landscape photographer for the Egyptian TV when it was established, and it was based in Abdeen Palace.
- He worked on developing art education curricula in Al-Azhar institutes and also contributed to the establishment of the Art Education Division at the Faculty of Education at Al-Azhar University.
- He traveled to work in Algeria in 1974 for one year, then traveled to Saudi Arabia in the following year 1975 and worked there for two years.

The places where the artist lived

Cairo.

Special exhibitions

A special exhibition, Paris, 1972.
A special exhibition in Cairo 1981.
A special exhibition in Alexandria 1983.
- Pennsylvania Exhibition in the United States of America 1993.
An exhibition at the Egyptian Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, 1994.
Exhibition at Extra Gallery, Cairo, 1997.
- An exhibition at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria 2001 (after his death).
- Exhibition at Picasso Gallery, Zamalek, 2004.

Local group exhibitions

Full-time artists exhibition in the Fine Arts Hall in the Chamber of Commerce building, 1966.
The comprehensive exhibition of full-time artists at the building of the Central Committee of the Arab Socialist Union on the Nile Corniche (before its liquidation), 1969.
- Spring exhibitions of the Faculty of Fine Arts Alumni Association and the annual general exhibition of plastic arts.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (24) 1995, session (25) 1997, session (26) 1999.
- Exhibition (Silent Nature), Khan Al-Maghrabi Gallery, Zamalek, 2000.
- Exhibition (Art for Every Family) at Shadecor Hall - March 2012, 2013, 2014.
- Exhibition (Reading in Fine Art 3) at Ibdaa Art Gallery in Zamalek, March 2014.
- An exhibition entitled (Twenty Years of Creativity) at Ibdaa Gallery in Zamalek, November 2020.
Mobdeoun Khalidon exhibition at Dhi Gallery, Mohandessin, January 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

He participated in the Alexandria Biennale 1968-57.
He participated in the Venice Biennale 1966.
He participated in the India Triennale 1982.
- Participated in the first Cairo International Biennale 1984.
- Participated in the Egyptian Artists Exhibition in Greece 1987, 1998.
- Participated in the Diagnostic Exhibition in Rome 1992.
- Participated in Abu Dhabi Exhibition 1993.
Joint exhibition in New York 1993.

Technical visits

Arab countries, Greece.
- He traveled to Paris in 1972 for a three-month visit, during which he also visited London for a short visit.
- He also toured the United States in 1993 for a period of six months, during which he visited the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Boston, San Antonio, Texas, New Jersey, and Washington, where he learned about the activities of museums and exhibitions in these states.

Missions and grants

A sabbatical grant from the Ministry of Culture for artistic production for a period of three years, 1964.

local awards

Prize for Artistic Production in Painting 1956.
Similar awards in 1959 and 1986.
The second prize in the art of drawing in the competition of the 10th of July Revolution 1962.
Prize for oil painting in the first Salon of Small Works of Art, 1997.
- Award (Egypt the Future) in 2000.

Private collectibles

With individuals in Egypt and abroad.

Official collectibles

Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo.
The Egyptian Opera House.
Cairo International Conference Center, Cairo.

Other data

Writings about the artist:
- Dimitri Lyakomedes, The Paintings of Mustafa Ahmed, Al-Burgareya Ibsen Newspaper, 2/13/1966.
Dr. Naim Attia, Al-Ain Al-Ashiqa, Cairo, The General Book Organization, 1976.
Daoud Aziz, Metaphysics and the Artist's Journey, Mustafa Ahmed, Ibda'a Magazine, June 1985.
- Hussein Bikar, the artist / Mustafa Ahmed, and the problem of emptiness, Al-Akhbar on 2/21/1996.