Mamdouh Muhammad Sultan Al-Kok

Personal data

Known name: Mamdouh Al-Kok
Date of birth: 4/3/1965
Place of birth: Assiut
Specialization: Sculpture
Email: m_elkook@yahoo.com

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts - Sculpture Department - Minya University 1988.
- Master’s degree in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, 1996.
- Doctorate of Philosophy in Fine Arts, specializing in sculpture, from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University, 2002.

Membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the National Society of Fine Arts in Assiut.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- Lecturer in the Department of Art Education (Sculpture), Faculty of Specific Education, Assiut University.

Places where the artist lived

- Asyut .

Special exhibitions

- Exhibition in (Rateb Siddiq) Hall, Cairo Atelier, June 2006.

Local group exhibitions

- A duo exhibition at Cairo Atelier 1987.
- Exhibitions accompanying the conferences of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Minya 1987, 1988, 2002.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (19), 1989.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (21) 1990.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (22) 1991.
- A bilateral exhibition at the Assiut Culture Palace, 1993.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (23) 1993, session (24) 1995.
- Third Youth Salon 1991, Fourth 1992, Fifth 1993.
- The First Port Said National Biennale 1992.
- Opening exhibition of the Arts Lovers Association in Assiut Governorate, 1992.
- The Second Port Said National Biennale 1994.
- Seventh Youth Salon 1995, Eighth 1996, Eleventh 1999.
- The Third National Biennial of Port Said 1996, the Fifth 2001, the Sixth 2003.
- The First Salon for Regional Artists 1997.
- (Egypt’s Present and Future) Competition at Al-Galaa Armed Forces Club in Cairo during the October 1999 celebrations.
- Sculptural designs competition for Al-Galaa Square in Giza, at Zainab Khatoun’s house in Cairo, 2000.
Pioneer Assiut Fine Artists Exhibition, Assiut 2002.
- Night from the South exhibition at the Cairo Opera House, 2003.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (28) 2003.
- Spring Salon for Assiut Fine Artists, Assiut Culture Palace, 2003.
- The Twenty-First Youth Salon for Assiut Plastic Artists with the pioneering artists at the Assiut Culture Palace 2003.
- Seventh Salon of Small Works of Art 2004.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- Exhibition (Faces from Egypt) at the Portrait Gallery in Bab El Louk 2008.
- An exhibition in the new hall of the Portrait Gallery in one of the Haram hotels, August 2010.
- “Birds that Refuse to Leave” exhibition in the “Abaad” Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art at the Opera House, November 2013.
- The Third Salsabil Nile Forum in New Assiut Barrage, June 2018.
- An exhibition entitled (Return) at Cairo Atelier, December 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (Memory of Cairo Atelier) at Cairo Atelier in May 2022.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Barcelona International Biennale, Spain, 1992.
- South International Salon (fifth session) at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor, April 2017.

Scholarships and grants

- A full-time grant for Luxor ceremonies, 1998.

Local and international encyclopedias containing the artist’s name

- Youth Salon Encyclopedia, Part One, prepared by Dr. Sobhi Al-Sharouni, 1994, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.
- Youth Salon Encyclopedia, Part Two, prepared by critic/Mohamed Hamza, 2002, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.

Local awards

- Fourth prize in sculpture from the National Youth Competition 1987.
- Gold Medal in the field of sculpture, Minya University, 1988.
- Third prize in sculpture from the National Youth Competition 1988.
- Appreciation Award at the General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (22) 1991.
- First prize at the First Port Said Biennale 1992.
- First prize (sculpture) at the Fifth Youth Salon 1993.
- Medal of the General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (23) 1993.
- Second Prize, 2nd Port Said Biennale 1994.
- Second prize for the decoration of the play (Hamlet Wakes Up Late) 1996.
- Second prize for sculpture in the (Egypt Present and Future) competition at the Galaa Armed Forces Club in Cairo during the October 1999 celebrations.
- First prize from the Art and Environment Conference competition at Minya University.
- Encouragement Award at the Sixth Port Said Biennale 2003.

Special collectibles

- For some individuals.

Official collectibles

- Ministry of Culture.
- Cultural Development Fund.

For important artistic works in the artist’s life

- Designing and implementing a group of sculptural works, Assiut Culture Palace, Aida Opera, The Blue Bird, The City of Copper, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Design and implementation of three field works in Qena Governorate.
- Design and implementation of a field statue of the writer Mustafa Lotfy Al-Manfaluti - in the city of Manfalut 1996.