Samir Mahmoud Abdel Fadil Abdel Qader

Personal data

Known name: Samir Abdel Fadil
Date of birth: 10/11/1965
Place of birth: Giza
Specialization: Photography
Email: samierom@gmail.com
school grade
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography, Minya University, 1990.
- Master of Fine Arts, specializing in photography, the subject of the thesis (photographer of artistic groups in Egypt during the 1940s), Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, 1997.
- Doctorate of Philosophy in Art History entitled (Writing as Painting in the Works of Western and Arab Artists in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century) at the Faculty of Philosophy - from the Institute of Art History, George Augustus University, Göttingen, Germany 2006.

membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate in Cairo.
- Member of the Artists Across Borders group, UNESCO - Paris.
- Member of the Atelier Group, Al-Rawaq, Mokattam, Cairo.
- Member of Cairo Atelier.

Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist

- Teaching assistant in the Department of Photography, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 1991.
- Assistant lecturer in the Department of Photography, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 1997.
- Lecturer in the Department of Photography, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 2006: 2012.
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Photography, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University 2012: 2018.
- Professor in the Department of Photography, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University 2018.

The places where the artist lived

- Cairo .
- Germany .
-England.
- France.
- Belgium.

Special exhibitions

- Exhibition at Schiller Hall in Wachtberg, Germany 2001.
- Exhibition at the Arizhage Mann Hall in Bornheim, Germany, 2002.
- Exhibition (Words and Visual Symbols) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 2010.
- Exhibition (Between Poem and Construction) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 2012.
- Exhibition (Between Linguistic Reality and Plastic Imagination) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University 2015.
- Exhibition at the Oakland Museum Hall, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA, 2015.
- Exhibition (The Meaning between Word and Color) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 2015.
- Exhibition (Imagination of Embodiment and the Reality of Words) at Al-Salam Al-Sharif Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya, October 2017.
- An exhibition entitled (Burn Music) at the Dha Gallery for Culture and Arts in Mohandiseen, January 2023.

Local group exhibitions

- Portrait Art Exhibition at the Opera 1991.
- The first exhibition for faculty members, Minya University, 1991.
- Faculty members exhibition at the Eatabe Minya Hotel 1993.
- Faculty members exhibition at Minya Culture Palace 1994.
- Exhibition at Zeina Hall, Nasr City, Cairo 1994.
- “First Cultural Forum” Exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya 1996.
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-One Session) 2008.
-Exhibition celebrating the silver jubilee of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 2008.
- Al-Ghouri Artists Association’s 28th Exhibition, 2009.
- The Eighth Port Said National Biennale at the Al-Nasr Museum of Modern Art and the Mubarak Public Library in Port Said, March 2009.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-second Session), 2009.
- Exhibition at Panorama Hall, 6th of October, Cairo, 2009.
- Arab Fine Arts Forum (East and East) - Cairo Atelier Hall, 2009 AD.
-The third art exhibition - Saqiet Konoz Hall, 2010.
- An exhibition for the Second International Conference of Minya University (Arab-Western Dialogue), Minya University Cultural Center, Minya University, 2010.
- The First Red Sea Arts Festival Exhibition, Suez 2010.
- The First Cordoba Small Business Salon in Cordoba Hall, March 2011.
- Forum for the fingerprints of Arab plastic artists - Cairo Atelier 2012.
- The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
-Exhibition (AMBIENTARTE.GAETA) Italy 2012.
-Arab Fine Arts Forum (East and East) - Minya Culture Palace Hall 2013.
-Exhibition of the thirteenth session of “Kafayat” 2012 at the Gezira Arts Center 2013.
-The 28th Ghouri Artists Association Exhibition at Mahmoud Saeed Center - Alexandria 2013.
-Exhibition at Al Hanager Arts Center 2013.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (35), May 2013.
- (Our Arts.. Our Civilization) Exhibition at (Al-Ahram Arts Hall) downtown, June 2013.
- The 29th Ghouri Artists Association Exhibition - Prince Taz Palace 2014.
-The Ninth Forum for the Fingerprints of Arab Plastic Artists, Cairo 2014.
-The Beautiful Time Exhibition (Poet Amal Dunqul) at Prince Taz Palace 2014.
-Exhibition (Egyptian Joy) at the Russian Cultural Center - Cairo 2014.
- The Third Life Makers Salon for Fine Arts (Express Yourself) at the Ismailia Culture Palace 2015.
- The 29th Exhibition of Creative Visions by the Artists of the Al-Ghouri Artists Association - in the Beit Al-Sinari Hall, 2015.
- Exhibition of faculty members of the Faculty of Arts - Minya University - Greek Campus Hall, Cairo 2015.
- Ajyal International Salon - First Session - Al Hanager Hall, Cairo 2015.
- The Second Middle East Salon for Small Pieces, Basamat Group, Cairo 2015.
- “Memories of Victory” exhibition at the Karma Ibn Hani Cultural Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum 2015.
-Exhibition (The Problem of Civilization and Identity) in the Pharaonic Village 2016.
- The First Arab Creators Exhibition at Ostraka Gallery in Downtown, May 2016
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage 1) at Picasso Hall - June 2016.
- Participation in the second session of the Art and Life Festival at the Exploration Center in Suez City - July 2016.
- Exhibition of the products of the Abu Simbel Symposium workshop 2016.
- Al-Ghoury Artists Association Exhibition at the Freedom Center for Creativity in Alexandria, January 2017.
- Exhibition (for the benefit of Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, February 2017.
- Exhibition (Ramadan Spiritualities) at Karma Bin Hani Cultural Center - Ahmed Shawky Museum, June 2017.
- (Al-Mahrousa) exhibition in the (Isis - Nahdet Misr) hall at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center - Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, July 2017.

(Mawlawiyya) exhibition at the Karma Ibn Hani Cultural Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum, January 2018.
- Exhibition (Bir al-Abd-Marmina). Ostraka Tahrir Gallery 2018.
- “Faces 2” exhibition of portrait art, at Karma Ibn Hana Cultural Center, Ahmed Shawky Museum, March 2018.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, House of the Nation Museum, May 2018.
- The Third Salsabil Nile Forum in New Assiut Barrage, June 2018.
- Exhibition (2030 in Lamasat Eyes) at Lamasat Hall in downtown - July 2018 (guest of honor).
- Exhibition (October, Energy of Peace) in my hall (Salah Taher - Ziad Bakir) at the Opera House - October 2018.
The Fourth Salsabil El-Nil Forum for Fine Arts, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Cairo, October 2018.
- Exhibition (Minya Memory of Arts) at (Nahdet Misr) Hall, Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, January 2019.
- (Creativity and Melody) Exhibition at Suez Canal University, February 2019.
- (She) Exhibition at the Karma Bin Hani Cultural Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum, March 2019.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Heritage 2) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, House of the Nation Museum, May 2019.
- Exhibition (Egyptian Sudanese Fine Art) at the Ramattan Cultural Center in the Taha Hussein Museum, November 2019.
- An exhibition entitled (Mally Fat Teams) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center - House of the Nation Museum - December 2019.
- An exhibition entitled `Dialogues of Faces and Places` at the Arab Atelier Gallery for Culture and Arts in Mohandessin, December 2019.
- The annual exhibition of the Friends of Art Group around the world at the Note Art Gallery in Zamalek, January 2020.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (41), February 2020.
- Exhibition (Variations 2) at Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center - House of the Nation Museum, October 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (Take Care of Zuzu) at (Villa Odyssey) Hall in Korba, Heliopolis - January 2023.
- Lamasat Salon entitled (Art Shopping) in (Lamasat) Gallery in Dokki, March 2023.
- An exhibition entitled (Summer Selections) at (Villa Odyssey) Hall in Korba, Heliopolis - August 2023.

International group exhibitions / overseas fairs

- Exhibition of plastic features of the first session at the Arab Cultural Center in Latakia - Syria and at the National Museum in Damascus 2010.
- Exhibition (French Autumn Salon), Grand Palais Museum, Paris, October 2011.
- Egypt International Arts Forum, session (20), in Sharm El-Sheikh, December 2017.
- Ostraka International Arts Festival, Sharm El Sheikh, October 2016.
- Egypt International Forum for Boat Sculpture and Painting in Sharm El Sheikh - October 2018.
- The Fourth Cairo International Forum for Arabic Calligraphy at the Palace of Arts - October 2018.
- The Sixth International South Salon at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor, December 2018.
- Luxor University African Forum at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor, February 2020.

Technical visits

- Germany - Netherlands - Belgium - Luxembourg - France - England.
- United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Jordan.

Scholarships and grants

- A scholarship to obtain a doctorate from Georg Justin University in Göttingen, Germany, from 2000: 2006.

Technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Design and implementation of the Dream Park mural, 1999.
- Director of the Production Unit at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, since (2006-2008) AD.
- Advisor to the Sports Committee at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University - since (2007-2009) AD.
- General Advisor of the Union at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, since (2011-2012) AD.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Production Unit at the Faculty of Fine Arts - Minya University from 2015 AD to date.

Literature and cultural activities

- Master’s thesis entitled (Photographers of Artistic Groups during the 1940s).
- A doctoral thesis in German entitled (Writing as Painting in the Works of Western and Arab Artists in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century).
- Model Workshop, University of Göttingen, Germany 2002.
-International Peace Flags Workshop, Belfort, France 2009.
- Al-Hurufiyya Workshop - Studio 35 - accompanying the general exhibition + a lecture entitled The relationship between the poetic text and the visual text - Palace of Arts - Ministry of Culture. 2013.
-Workshop and visual presentation. Interpreting Place - Rose Al-Youssef Press Foundation - Rosa Studio + lecture accompanying the workshop - 2014.
- Ostraca Sharm El Sheikh International Workshop - 2014.
- Ostraka Istanbul International Workshop - 2015.
- Ostraca Sharm El Sheikh International Workshop - 2015.
- Workshop on my painting technique, University of North Carolina, College of Arts and Sciences - 2015.
- International Art and Life Festival Workshop - 2016.
- Abu Simbel Symposium Workshop 50 - 2016.
- Ostraca Sharm El Sheikh International Workshop - 2017.
- Salsabil Workshop (Assiut Barrage) 2018.
- International Forum Workshop ‘Art is Civilization’, Philadelphia University, Jordan, Amman - 2018.
- World Youth Forum workshop in Sharm El-Sheikh, October 2018.
- The relationship of heavenly religions to plastic art, Faculty of Specific Education, Assiut University, Assiut, 2007 (theoretical).
- `The integration between the sign and writing in pictorial work between the East and the West in the middle of the twentieth century until now` Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University - Minya 2012 AD (theoretical).
- The aesthetics of forming the words of the poem in the geometric and organic structure (practical exhibition theory).
- The complementary relationship between the natural landscape and writing in form as an input that achieves artistic unity in the painting (practical exhibition theorizing).
- The expressive dimension of writing through contact with surfaces and color as a contemporary plastic input into oil painting (practical exhibition theorizing).
-The plastic value of Arabic writing in contemporary Arabic photography (Faculty of Arts - College of Fine Arts - College of Al-Alsun), Minya 2013 AD.
- The new embodiment of ancient primitive signs and symbols and its impact on modernity in works of Western photography, (Faculty of Fine Arts), Luxor 2017 AD.
- Between linguistic reality and plastic imagination. (Practical exhibition endoscopy) 2015 AD.
- Exhibition and work. Publication: Oakland Museum Hall, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA, 2015.

The Meaning between Word and Color, Abdel Salam Al-Sharif Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 2015 AD.
- The Imagination of Embodiment and the Reality of Words, Abdel Salam Al-Sharif Hall, Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University 2017 AD.

Private collectibles

- Among some individuals in Egypt, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and America.

Official collectibles

- Cultural Development Fund.
- Talaat Harb Library.