Muhammad Ezz El-Din Naguib
Personal data
Known name: Ezz El-Din Naguib
Date of birth: 4/30/1940
Place of birth: Sharqia
Specialization: Photography
Email: assala_art@hotmail.com

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography - Cairo 1962.
- Postgraduate Diploma at the Faculty of Fine Arts - Cairo 1975.

Membership

- Founding member of the Fine Artists Syndicate, member of its Board of Directors, and Rapporteur of the Cultural Committee from (1985 - 1989).
- Founding member of the Egyptian Writers Union.
- Founding member of the Fine Art Critics Association 1987.
- Member of the Board of Directors and Secretary General of the Cairo Atelier Association of Artists and Writers (between the years 1976-1995) and was elected its president in 1995.
- Founding member of the National Culture Defense Committee (1985-1990).
- Founding member and Secretary General of the Egyptian Society of Friends of Museums 1991.
- Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Asala Association for the Care of Contemporary Heritage Arts from 1994 until December 2000.
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Society for Fine Arts (1996 - 1998).

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- He participated in establishing some cultural palaces in the governorates and worked as a technical supervisor in them, such as: Al-Anfoushi Culture Palace in Alexandria (1963 - 1964) and Port Said Culture Palace (1964 - 1966).
He founded the Kafr El-Sheikh Culture Palace in 1966 and served as its director until 1968.
He was appointed director of the Musafer Khana Palace and supervisor of the artists’ ceremonies from 1969-1976.
He worked as director of the cultural development project in the villages of Burj Al Nour Center in Dakahlia from 1977 - 1979 within the Comprehensive Development Project at the Ministry of Population with support from the United Nations.
- He founded the Graphic Center at Al-Ghouri Agency in 1980.
- General Supervisor of Fine Arts Centers (Graphic Center, Sculpture Center, Brouter Casting, and Ceramic Center in Fustat) from 1982-1990.
- Editor-in-Chief of Al-Shumu’ Magazine 1991.
- He founded the Arts Complex in May 15th City and was appointed its general director (as secondment) from 1990-1992.
- He was appointed General Director of the General Administration of Traditional and Fine Crafts Centers from 1992 to 1998.
- 1998 Head of the Central Administration of Artistic Production Centers in the Fine Arts Sector until he was retired in 2000.
He was appointed as a part-time professor of art history and artistic appreciation at the Faculties of Fine Arts and Specific Education in Cairo and the Center for Preparing Pioneer Cultural Leaders at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces from 1985-2002.
- Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Traditional Crafts in Historic Cairo, which was published by the Asala Association, the first part of which was published in 2004.
- Full-time artist.

Places where the artist lived

- Sharqia Governorate during the years of growing up and studying until 1957.
- Luxor City, member of the Luxor Protocol 1962-1963.
- Al-Anfoushi neighborhood in Alexandria, 1963-1964.
- Port Said City 1964-1966.
- Kafr El-Sheikh 1966-1968.
- Dakahlia Governorate from 1978 to 1979, where he worked in the field of cultural work in the regions.
- Al-Gamaleya and Al-Azhar neighborhoods 1969-2000, Al-Musafer Palace, Khana and Al-Ghouri Agency.
- Remote historical and natural places such as Sinai 1982, New Valley 1985, and Siwa 1986, 1999.

Special exhibitions

He held 26 solo exhibitions between Alexandria, Cairo, and the provincial capitals in the artistic movement in Egypt since 1964.
He held the first exhibition entitled (Inspired by the High Dam) with the artist Zahran Salama at the Anfoushi Culture Palace in Alexandria 1964.
- (Fishermen and Boats) Exhibition at the Port Said Culture Palace 1965.
He held two solo exhibitions in London in 1972 at the Africa Centre, and in 1973 at the British Council.
- In addition to the touring exhibitions in the governorates and bilateral exhibitions (such as the artist Zahran Salama 1964, Mahmoud Baksheesh 1969, Ahmed Nabil 1970, Reda Abdel Salam 1990).
- Exhibition (Cycle of Life) at the Soviet Cultural Center in Dokki, 1974.
- Exhibition (Acrobats of the Egyptian Quarter) at the Soviet Cultural Center 1975.
- Manifestations of Al-Hara Exhibition 1976.
- Desert Music Exhibition 1984.
- (Dialogue of the Ruins) exhibition, Cairo Atelier, 1984.
- Exhibition (Shali Giants) currently in Al Salam Hall, Al Jazeera Center, 1987.
- A touring exhibition from the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with Mass Culture, 1988.
- Exhibition (Stillness and Storm) at Cairo Atelier 1992.
- Exhibition (Matmata...Desert Dream) at Cairo Atelier 1994.
- Exhibition of the General Administration of Fine Arts and Crafts 1995, 1996.
- Green Tunisia Exhibition, Atelier Hall, 1995.
- Exhibition (Manifestations of the Tree) at the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation (Foreign Diplomats Hall) March 1997.
- An exhibition in the Picasso Gallery entitled “Siwa, Call of the Oasis” 1999.
- Exhibition (Panorama of the Journey) in the Ibdaa Hall in Mohandessin, 2003.
- (Whispering the Walls) exhibition in (Rateb Siddiq) Hall, Cairo Atelier, April 2005.
- Exhibition at Cordoba Hall in Mohandiseen 2008.
- (Bird of Fire) exhibition at Cairo Atelier, January 2011.
- A retrospective exhibition entitled (Ashes and Promises) at Cairo Atelier, May 2015.
- (Living and Dreaming) exhibition in the Al-Bab-Selim Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art at the Opera House, March 2018.
- An exhibition entitled (60 Years between Resistance and Resurrection) at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandiseen, March 2022.

Local group exhibitions

- A joint exhibition with the artist Mahmoud Baksheesh at Akhenaten Hall, November 1969.
- A joint exhibition with the artist Reda Abdel Salam, Goethe Institute - Cairo 1990.
- Participated in the Art and Battle Exhibition 1970.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition at the Grand Serail in Paris - France, March 1976.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition at the Fine Arts Hall in Cairo, June 1976.
- The eleventh general exhibition, 1981.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts 1990.
- Exhibition (Selections from Contemporary Egyptian Art) on the occasion of the Eleventh Conference of Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries in the Grand Conference Hall in Cairo 1994.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition (24) 1995.
- Participated in the exhibition of the Egyptian Society of Fine Art Critics 1997.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition

Press drawings exhibition, first session, at the Palace of Arts, March 2004.
- The First Salon of Drawing Art (Black-White) at the Gezira Arts Center, May 2004.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- The Third Fine Arts Festival at the Alexandria Creativity Center of the National Society for Fine Arts, August 2006.
- (Identity) exhibition in the exhibition hall of the Karma Ibn Hani Cultural Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum, November 2006.
- The First Fine Creativity Festival (Thirtieth General Exhibition and First Fine Art Market) 2007.
- An exhibition entitled (Alexandria Encounter) at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center 2007.
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-First Session) 2008.
- Atelier Salon, 56th session, Cairo Atelier, 2008.
- Layali Al-Mahrousa Exhibition in the Citadel Museum, September 2008.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (Egypt Salon, third session) 2009.
- The 31st Arts Salon Exhibition at the Heliopolis Club in Heliopolis, June 2009.
- (The Elected) Exhibition at the Cordoba Art Gallery, Mohandiseen, July 2009.
- Exhibition (50 x 70) at Gogan Hall in Zamalek, June 2009.
- Exhibition (Ramadaniyat) at Gogan Hall in Zamalek - September 2009.
- Exhibition at Shadecor Hall in Heliopolis, October 2009.
- National Society of Fine Arts Salon (Twenty-First), Cairo Atelier, May 2010.
- The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010.
- Exhibition of small works of art at Doroob Hall in Garden City, November 2010.
- (Artistic Visions) exhibition at the Gezira Arts Center, July 2011.
- Exhibition (Abdel Nasser.. The Dream) at the Picasso Hall in Zamalek, September 2011.
- Critical Artists Exhibition at Doroob Hall in Garden City, April 2012.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (35), May 2013.
- Exhibition of small works of art in Doroub Hall, November 2012.
- New Suez Canal Exhibition (Past - Present - Future) at the Opera Palace of Arts - August 2015.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37) 2015.
- Exhibition at Gallery (Dha) in Mohandiseen - March 2016.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (38), May 2016.
- Exhibition (Contemporary Egyptian Photography Arts and Heritage) in the halls of the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, April 2017.
- Ramadaniyat Exhibition at Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 2017.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (39), September 2017.
- Exhibition (She in Their Creativity) in the Fine Arts Hall of Al-Ahram Foundation in downtown September 2017.
- Exhibition (She is Half of the World) at Al-Ahram Arts Hall - Al-Ahram Modern Building, March 2018.
- Exhibition (Land of Gold Forum) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center in the Nation House Museum, April 2018.
- The tenth (Ramadaniyat) exhibition at Jeddah Arts Atelier - in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 2018.
- National Association Salon in my hall (Nahdet Misr - ISIS) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, April 2019 (guest of honor).
- Exhibition (Artists between the Space of Dream and Reality) at Dha Art Gallery, April 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 Gallery of the Arab Atelier for Culture and Arts in Mohandiseen, December 2019.
- Exhibition (Variations 1) at Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center - House of the Nation Museum, March 2021 (guest of honor).
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections), the third at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandessin, May 2021.
- Exhibition (Collectibles) at (Ebdaa) Art Gallery in Zamalek, July 2021.
- The exhibition held on the sidelines of the centenary celebration of Dr. Tharwat Okasha in the (Nahdet Misr) Hall at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center in the Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, September 2021.
- Heliopolis Salon (42) at Heliopolis Sports Club in Heliopolis, May 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections), the fourth exhibition at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandiseen, June 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections 2023) at the Dha Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandiseen and Zamalek, July 2023.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Participated through the Ministry of Culture or by personal invitation in international exhibitions in Western Europe such as France - Germany - Italy - Spain - Russia - Malta - Greece - Cyprus - Switzerland and Eastern Europe such as Yugoslavia - Bulgaria - Hungary - Finland, and in Asian countries such as China - India and... Arab countries such as Kuwait - Bahrain - Qatar - UAE - Tunisia - Palestine - Baghdad - Syria.
- Exhibition in Moscow 1971.
- The Tenth Alexandria Biennale for the countries of the Mediterranean Basin, 1974.
- Exhibition in Paris 1975.
- The Seventh India Triennial (New Delhi) 1990.
- Helsinki Biennale 1992.
- Sharjah Biennial 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.
- Exhibition (Jisr Forum) in the hall of (Al-Serafi Mall) in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, May 2010.
- An exhibition on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba at the Fine Arts Lovers Association in Cairo, May 2014.
- Exhibition (From the Nile to the Two Holy Mosques) at the Jeddah Art Atelier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 2015 (guest of honor).
- Exhibition of Egyptian and Saudi artists at the Jeddah Workshop at the Jeddah Art Atelier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 2019.

Technical visits

- Studio of artists representing different countries of the world for the month of August 1987 in Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
- International Artists Forum in New Delhi, India, 1990.
- Studio of artists representing different countries of the world (Artists Forum) for the month of July 1989-1994 in the city of Mahres, Tunisia.
- Studio of artists representing different countries of the world for the month of November 1993 in the Flölie region of Switzerland, the German sector.
- Long visits to England (6 months starting from July 1972), (3 weeks in Paris in January 1973) and for weeks in each of Italy 1984, 2000), India 1990, Turkey 2000

For the technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Technical supervisor and director of some cultural palaces in the governorates (Alexandria - Port Said - Cairo - Kafr El-Sheikh) and participated in their founding from 1963-1968.
- Supervisor of artists’ ceremonies at the General Authority for Arts and Letters 1969-1976
- He founded the Graphic Center in Al-Ghouri Agency and the Sculpture Center in Fustat in 1980.
- He founded the Arts Complex in May 15, 1990.
- Commissar of the Egyptian Pavilion at the Seventh India Triennial in New Delhi 1991.
He participated in international workshops in art, Yugoslavia 1989 - India 1990 - Tunisia 1991 - Switzerland 1992.
- He was chosen as Secretary-General of the First General Conference of Fine Arts at the League of Arab States in Cairo 1989.
- He was chosen as a member of the arbitration committees in local art competitions such as the Youth Salon, the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, the Supreme Council for Culture, and in Arab countries such as Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman.
He prepared and managed various projects and participated in establishing and developing departments that serve arts and culture, such as the Graphic Center 1980, the Arts Complex in May 15, 1990, the General Administration of Traditional Crafts Centers 1992, the Traditional Crafts City Project in Fustat 1996, the House of Painted Textiles in Helwan 1994, and the Ceramic Center in Fustat since 1996. 1994 until now.
- Member of the Fine Arts Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture (1992-1994).
He prepared and supervised a number of international festivals for traditional crafts in Cairo and abroad, such as the first international festival in Cairo 1995, and Egyptian participation in international festivals abroad such as Pakistan 1994, Tunisia 1995, 1999, Morocco 1996, Syria 1997, Madrid 1996.
- President of the Asala Association for the Care of Traditional and Contemporary Arts 1997.
He was appointed as a part-time professor of art history and artistic appreciation at the Faculties of Fine Arts and Specific Education in Dokki and the Center for Preparing Cultural Leaders at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces between 1985 and 2002.
- He was chosen as Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Fine Arts at the opening of the Library of Alexandria in October 2001.
- He was chosen as Secretary-General of the First Conference of Fine Art Critics in Egypt 2003.
- Member of the Popular Arts Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture (1995 to 2005).
- Member of the Supreme Committee to review the biographical material of Egyptian visual artists.
- Chairman of the jury of the Fifth Fine Creativity Festival (Twenty-Second Youth Salon), October 2011.

Literature and cultural activities

- Art critic. Published in Egyptian and Arab magazines and newspapers since 1972.
He published the following books on art criticism:
- The book (The Dawn of Modern Egyptian Photography) published by Dar Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi 1985 in Arabic, 1992 in English.
- Curtains of Light 1995 (in collaboration with others) issued by Foreign Cultural Relations.
- Book (The Social Orientation of the Contemporary Egyptian Artist), published by the Supreme Council of Culture, 1997.
- Studies published in many Egyptian and Arab magazines and newspapers.
- Book (Song of the Stone) 1999.
- Book (Artists and Martyrs) 2002.
- The book (Creativity and Revolution) about the artist Hamid Owais, 2003.
- The book (The Word - The Feather - The Attitude), published by Al-Amal Printing and Publishing Company, 2004.
*In literature:
He has published four short story collections by Egyptian and Arab publishing houses:
1) Bread and Salt 1960.
2) The glory days 1962.
3) The Turquoise Triangle 1968.
4) The Doll Song 1975 - 1987.
5) A scene from behind the fence, 2002.
6) Artist Abdel-Ghani Abu Al-Enein - Diwan Library in Zamalek 2008.
7) Artist Mahmoud Baksheesh, Artist and Era - General Authority for Cultural Palaces 2008.
8) Encyclopedia of Fine Arts, three parts - Dar Nahdet Misr 2008.
9) Al-Anamel Al-Zahbiyyah - Dar Nahdet Misr 2009.
* He published the following cultural books:
1) The Silent (Experiments in Culture and Democracy in the Egyptian Countryside) 1985.
2) Seasons of Prison and Flowers (The Intellectual and Power) 1997, 1998.
- Participation in international workshops by special invitations, such as: Macedonia, Tunisia, and Switzerland.
He published a book about his experience in Tora Prison in 1975, in which he recounts his memories with 30 writers and intellectuals who were arrested with him on charges of founding the “Book of Tomorrow” association as a front for the new leftist movement. The book is accompanied by a collection of handwritten drawings and portraits of a number of inmates that he executed on papers smuggled inside. Prison, and the book was published in 2012.
- Book (Jamil Shafiq between dream and myth) - General Book Authority 2017.
- Book (The Dawn of Modern Egyptian Photography) - General Book Authority 2017.

Local awards

- First prize (oil painting) at the Art and Battle Exhibition at the Ministry of Culture 1970.
- Encouragement Award, Merit Award at the Eleventh General Exhibition 1981
- First Prize for Theater Decoration in Mass Culture 1981.
- First Prize in Art Criticism from the Supreme Council of Culture 1983.
- Third prize in the nature competition of the Supreme Council of Culture, 1985.
- Award of Merit from the General Exhibition of Fine Arts 1987.
- Second prize in photography in the Sinai Armed Forces Competition 1999.
- State Appreciation Award in Arts 2014.

International awards

- Honoring from the exhibition (From the Nile to the Two Holy Mosques) at the Jeddah Arts Atelier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, February 2015.

Special collectibles

- Among some individuals in Egypt and different countries of the world.

Official collectibles

- National Museum, New Delhi, 1991.
- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo.
- Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Minya.
- Museum of the Faculty of Art Education in Cairo.

The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically

Nature is a fundamental inspiration for the artist, but he does not reach the level of creativity except when he forms, through this source, a personal vision that goes beyond the level of comparing nature’s appearances to its essence, in an effort to achieve an aesthetic and expressive value that is parallel to nature with structural and intellectual elements that belong to the artist alone.
From this perspective, nature was an essential tributary to the stages of my artistic experience, through Egypt’s remote and geographically isolated sites throughout the eras.