Mostafa Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab Shaheen
Personal data
Nickname: Mustafa Abdel Wahhab
Date of birth: 24/1/1947
Place of birth: Alexandria
Date of death: 21/2/2020
Specialization: photography
E-mail: Dr_wahab@hotmail.com
school grade
- BA from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Alexandria University, 1971.
Free Studies in Photo Silk Screen, West Germany, 1974.
Master of Fine Arts, 1977.
- PhD in Fine Arts, University of Georgia, USA, 1983.
- PhD in Fine Arts, Alexandria University, 1997.
membership
- Agent of the Syndicate of Fine Artists in Alexandria 1996-2000.
- Member of the Association of Artists and Writers in Alexandria (Alexandria Atelier).
- Member of the Friends of the Environment Association.
- Member of the Ghouri Artists Association.
- Member of the Egyptian Association of Friends of the Library of Alexandria.
- Member of the Association of Friends of Music and the Arts.
- Member of the House of Fine Artists in Jeddah.
- Member of the Egyptian Committee for Afro-Asian Solidarity.
Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist
He taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria from his graduation until 1981, then in 1990-1991.
- Lecturer at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait for drawing and painting courses from 1981 to 1993.
- Director of the Artists and Writers Association (Alexandria Atelier) 1995-1996.
- Agent of the Syndicate of Fine Artists in Alexandria from 1996 to 2000.
- Lecturer in the Rotary Clubs of Alexandria.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Specific Education, Alexandria University.
- General supervisor of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Cultural Center and the Museum Library in Alexandria, from 1999 until retirement.
The places where the artist lived
- Alexandria .
Cairo.
- Kuwait.
Special exhibitions
- Exhibitions in Alexandria 1977, 1978, 1979, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005.
- Exhibitions in West Germany 1974-1979.
Exhibitions in Kuwait 1984-1988.
- An exhibition in Luxor and Port Said 1998.
Exhibition in Italy 2002.
- An exhibition in Al Marsam Hall, Cairo, 2003.
- Exhibition in Ratib Siddiq Gallery, Cairo Atelier, March 2008.
- An exhibition at the Alexandria Creativity Center, January 2009.
- Exhibition (Fathers and Sons), Cairo Atelier, March 2012.
- Exhibition (Between the Sea and the Sky) in (Hamed Owais) Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria, February 2016.
- Exhibition (Eternal Obsessions) at (Hamed Owais) Hall, Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria, January 2017.
Local group exhibitions
- Since 1969 until now, he participates in the official exhibitions in Egypt and the periodic exhibitions of the Alexandria Atelier.
Vanguards Gallery, Fine Arts Lovers Association.
Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts.
- The National Center for Art, the sessions of the National Public Exhibition until 1999. -
- An exhibition in Egyptian and foreign cultural centers.
The Part-Timers Exhibition 1997.
- The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (27) 2001, Session (28) 2003.
The First Salon of Painting (Black and White) at Al Jazeera Art Center, May 2004.
The Seventh Salon of Small Works of Art, 2004.
- 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.
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-first Session), 2008.
Gallery Salon, second session, Alexandria Atelier Hall, May 2008.
Exhibition of exhibitions for acquisition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria, May 2008.
- Exhibition `Communication of Generations` that accompanies the celebration of the brothers Seif, Adham and Anli, February 2009.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-second Session), 2009.
Alexandria Artists Exhibition (What's next), parallel to the 25th Alexandria Biennale for the Mediterranean Countries, 2009.
- Exhibition exhibitions for the acquisition of the Arish National Museum of Antiquities in Arish, April 2010
Drawing Art Salon (Black and White), the second session, Al Jazeera Art Center, July 2010.
- Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session), 2010.
- Exhibition `Selections of Contemporary Egyptian Art` at the Housing and Development Bank Hall - Mohandessin, July 2010.
- Exhibition (Egyptian Visions 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria, April 2012.
The 56th Cairo Salon for Fine Arts, Palace of Arts, March 2013 (honourees).
- Exhibition (Birds that refuse to leave) in (Abaad) Hall, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Opera House, November 2013.
- An exhibition of Alexandrian artists in the (Ajyal) hall at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria, June 2015.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (38), May 2016.
- Exhibition (In Rehab of the Two Brothers and I) in Ajyal Halls (1, 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria, March 2017.
- Exhibition (Artistic Creations) by the Syndicate of Fine Artists in Alexandria, in Ajyal Halls (1, 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria - May 2017.
Syndicate Salon (5) for members of the Syndicate of Fine Artists, Alexandria Atelier, October 2017.
The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (40), December 2018.
- The Museum of Modern Egyptian Art's festive exhibition 'Vision 2018' at the Mahmoud Said Center for Museums in Alexandria, November 2018.
- Exhibition of the Feast of the Wanli Brothers (The Wanli Brothers, from Diagnosis to Abstraction) at Generations Halls (1 and 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria, February 2019.
- A celebration of modern Egyptian art (artistic innovations for modern and contemporary arts) in two generations halls (1, 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria, November 2019.
- 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.
- 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
Exhibitions in West Germany 1974, 1980.
- Alexandria Biennale for the Eleventh Mediterranean Countries, 1976.
Exhibition in Romania and Hungary 1979.
- Exhibition in the United States 1980.
The Tenth Kuwait Biennale 1987.
- Exhibition in Algeria 1993.
The First Biennale of Love, Lattakia, Syria, 1995.
- Alexandria Biennale for the Nineteenth Mediterranean Countries 1997.
- Exhibition in Bulgaria 1999.
- An exhibition in the Republic of Lebanon, Beirut Exhibition 1999.
- Exhibition of the Egyptian Cultural Week in Sharjah - United Arab Emirates 2000.
- International Exhibition of Galleries - Italy 2002.
The Twenty-Second Alexandria Biennial of the Mediterranean Countries, 2003.
- Exhibition (Jerusalem Peace) at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, December 2017.
Missions and grants
Full-time grant for artistic creativity from the Ministry of Culture 1996: 1998.
Technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
- Member of the Supreme Committee (Organizing) of the Alexandria International Biennale since 1997 until now.
Commissar of the Egyptian Pavilion of the 19th Alexandria International Biennale, 1997.
Commissar of the Egyptian Pavilion of the 21st Alexandria International Biennale, 2001.
- Commissar of the Egyptian Pavilion (Sao Paulo International Biennale - Brazil 2002).
- General Commissar of the 24th Alexandria Biennale for the Mediterranean Countries 2007.
local awards
- Gold Medal, Youth and Battle Exhibition for Graphics, 1969.
Prize of the Second Salon for Small Artworks, 1998.
Prize of the Fourth Salon for Small Artworks 2000.
International awards
- A gold medal from the Thirteenth Kuwait Exhibition 1981 and the Fourteenth 1982.
- Certificate of Appreciation from the Sixteenth Kuwait Exhibition 1984.
The Golden Sail Award, 10th Kuwait Biennale, 1987.
- Prize of the Fine Arts Syndicate in Syria, the first Biennale of Love, Lattakia, 1995.
Prize of the Jury of the Nineteenth Alexandria Biennale, 1997.
Artist of the Year Award in Europe 2002.
- Biennial Prize at the 22nd Alexandria Biennale for the Mediterranean Countries, 2003.
Private collectibles
- Some individuals in Alexandria, Cairo, Khartoum, Kuwait, Amman, Frankfurt, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Beirut, and Carlos Roha, Paris, London, Copenhagen, Geneva, New York, Houston, Atlanta, and San Francisco.
Official collectibles
- Ministry of Culture in Egypt.
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art.
- Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria.
Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria.
- Embassy of Egypt in Jordan.
- Embassy of Egypt in Khartoum.
- Alexandria Library.
- Museum of the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University.
Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Luxor University.
- Commercial International Bank .
The influences that were reflected on the artist intellectually and artistically
A view of the aesthetic experience:
- If our sensory effects are not based on a real sense that exists in the world outside the mind, then the sense of beauty is nothing but an echo of what is inside us and the subject has nothing to do with it. Nothing and not included.
- The vast space is an overflowing spring in which monochromatic areas of violet grays expand in accordance with the frequency of purely subjective rhythms in which we glimpse a dimension of the relationship between the forms of the cosmos, just like the relationships of plurality and one between existence and the Creator, between every creature from a special level of existence and between The highest levels until reaching the abstract absolute (essence) and hidden behind this relationship are deep meanings. In addition to monitoring that color space and those black forms that try to escape from the range of gravity in the midst of the universe, the greatest interest is achieved through the visual reorganization of those selected forms. This re-organization and this organization imposes New luminous and formal compositions present an aesthetic state that lies within the fabric of the artwork itself.
Dr. Mustafa Abdel Wahab
