Date of birth: 4/3/1950 Place of birth: Menoufia Specialization: carving
school grade
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, 1974. - Master of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture, entitled: (Sculpture between Organic and Architectural) on the interpretation and analysis of forms, interactions and formations in nature, and their relations to the rising sculptural creativity, 1980. - Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture, with the title: (Creativity in the Art of Modern Sculpture between Freedom and Obligation) 1987.
membership
- Founding member of the Syndicate of Fine Artists 3/3 Sculpture. - Member of Wekalat Al-Ghouri Association. - Member of Cairo Atelier. - Member of the Fine Arts Graduates Association. - Member of Al-Ghouri ceremonies.
Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist
Demonstrator, Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1975. Assistant Lecturer, Sculpture Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1980. Then a teacher in 1988, then an assistant professor in 1993. - Professor and Head of the Sculpture Department, Faculty of Fine Arts - Cairo. - General supervisor of the national project for the memory of the homeland. Selected by the University of Cambridge, England, as an International Lecturer in Arts, 2004.
- Exhibition (Sculpture) at the Staff Club, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, 1967. Sculpture exhibition, at the invitation of the Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy, 1994. Cairo Atelier Exhibition 1996.
Local group exhibitions
The fourth general exhibition in 1972 and the eighth in 1976. - Egyptian Sculpture Exhibition for Contemporary Egyptian Artists 1977. The Thirteenth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1983. The Nineteenth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1989, and the Twenty-fifth, 1997. - Exhibition (Selections from Contemporary Egyptian Art) on the occasion of the Eleventh Conference of Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries, at the Grand Conference Hall, Cairo, 1994. - The National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Session (27), 2001. - The first Salon of Small Works of Art 1997, the fourth 2000, the fifth 2002. The Seventh Salon of Small Works of Art, 2004. The First Sculpture Salon of Noble Ores, Palace of Arts, 2005 (private invitation). - 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. - The first Sakia Salon for small pieces in the halls (Al-Hikma and Al-Nahr) in Sakiet Abdel Moneim Al-Sawy - March 2009. - The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-second Session), 2009. - Exhibition (Contemporary Sculptures) at Saad Zaghloul Center, House of the Nation Museum - December 2009. - Exhibition (Woman and Fine Art) at Prince Taz Palace, March 2010. - The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012. - Exhibition (Museum and Statue) at Al Jazeera Art Center, December 2012. The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (35), May 2013. The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (36), June 2014. - Exhibition at (Dhaa) Gallery in Mohandessin - March 2016. Wekalet Al-Ghoury Artists Exhibition in (Isis) Hall, Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center - Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum - March 2017. - The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (39), September 2017. - Exhibition (Wakeelat Al-Ghoury Artists) at (Nahdet Misr) Hall, Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center, May 2018. The 2nd Sculpture Salon, Palace of Arts, September 2018. - Exhibition (Al-Ghoury Salon 1) at Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria January 2019. - The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (41) February 2020. - The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (42), August 2021. The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (43), at the Palace of Arts, September 2022. - Exhibition (The Artists of Wekalet Al-Ghoury) at Karma Bin Hana Cultural Center, Ahmed Shawky Museum, December 2022. The Third Sculpture Salon, Palace of Arts, February 2023.
International group exhibitions / overseas exhibitions
- Exhibitions in Nigeria, Sudan, Kuwait, Mexico, West Germany and Yugoslavia. - The Second Cairo International Biennale 1986. - Kuwait International Biennale 1987. - Danilograd Garden Forum Festival of Large Sculpture - Yugoslavia 1987. - Participated in the first African Biennale 1992. - Represented Egypt in exhibitions in West Germany, Mexico, Sudan, Kuwait, Yugoslavia, Spain, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. Lusaka Biennale 1993. Marble Sculpture Symposium, Toulon, 1996. Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition at the Romanian National Museum - Romania 2006. The Sixth International Salon of the South, Faculty of Fine Arts, Luxor, December 2018.
Technical visits
- Visiting all archaeological sites and art museums in Egypt, London and Paris. - He visited many international festivals in Yugoslavia.
Missions and grants
Academic scholarship in England in 1974 and 1975. He traveled on a grant from the Ministry of Culture in 1987 to the Danilograd Festival in Yugoslavia. - A visit to London for 6 months from Helwan University 1994.
Technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Syndicate of Fine Artists for two sessions. Assignment from the Ministry of Culture to prepare and supervise the museum education project. Supervision of the National Center for Fine Arts and the National Center for Child Culture 1996 and the German Hans Miedl Foundation. - Marble sculpture in Toulon in 1997. - He traveled on a scientific mission to London, England, to do research in field sculpture, 1994. - Contributed to the project of immortalizing a large number of Egyptian symbols, politicians, singers, writers and plastic artists. - Designing a statue of Akkad, which was placed in the Akkad Culture Palace in Aswan Governorate, during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Abbas Mahmoud Akkad. Local and international encyclopedias in which the artist's name is listed
- His works were selected in the American Encyclopedia, which chose him as Man of the Year in 2003.
local awards
- First Prize from the Seventeenth Pioneers Exhibition (Fine Arts Lovers Association) 1977. Encouragement Award from the Eleventh General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1981. First Prize in Sculpture from the Thirteenth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1983. Sculpture Award at the Autumn Festival in Cairo 1997. - First Prize of the First Salon of Small Works of Art, 1997. Architectural Icon Award for beautifying the entrance to Port Said, 1998. The memorial award at the entrance to the canal, 1998. - Certificates of Appreciation from the Fine Arts Sector for its artistic activity and its participation in arbitration committees.
International awards
- The Second Cairo International Biennale (Silver) 1986. The Golden Sail Award at the Kuwait International Biennale 1987. First Prize in the Danilograd Park Forum for Large Sculpture 1987. First Prize in Danilograd Festival, Yugoslavia, 1997. IBC Award from the University of Cambridge, England, 2003. The 100 highest peaks in the world award from Cambridge 2006. - ABI (Golden Freedom) Award from the American Biographical Institute in America 2006. - Selected by the International Information Authority in England among the highest summit leaders in science and arts 2006. - Gold Medal from the American Information Corporation for his work and activities 2006.
Official collectibles
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art. Museums of specialized colleges. - Cairo International Conference Center. - Al-Ahram newspaper building has a large panel of relief sculpture. Akhbar Al Youm newspaper building. - The International Museum in Titograd, Republic of Montenegro, marble formation. The Egyptian Council of Ministers Cairo Opera House. - Ministry of National Investment building. - Garden of the Egyptian Council of Ministers Presidency. The international highway. The Garden Museum at the Islamic Ceramics Center and Museum in Zamalek. - Al-Khalidin International Park in Bamako - Mali. Royal College of Sculpture, London.
Important works of art in the artist's life
- He made two large marble statues in the International Garden in Yugoslavia under the name of Egypt. - Designed the public park (Khalidin Park) in the city center of Shebeen El-Koum in 1996. - Designed a monument expressing the battle of crossing at the Ministry of Defense in 1985. He was part of the advisory committee to beautify the Abu Dhabi tunnels in the UAE in 1993. - Member of the Beautification Committee of Qasr El-Nil Bridge and the restoration of its statues in 1997. He executed a large statue measuring 3.5 x 1.5 meters x 80 cm in the Council of Ministers in 1997. - Established and designed the entrance to the tourist village of Ramses in the North Coast (Ramses cart 6 meters x 3 meters) in 1996.
The influences that were reflected on the artist intellectually and artistically
- The artist Ahmed Abdel Aziz follows an abstract style, his iconography tends towards highlighting the relationships on which the universe is based and life arises, and these relationships are parallel under the surfaces of things and assets, and they cannot be disclosed or realized except by the artist’s procedures and special treatments, where the scientific and cosmic laws are compatible with the method The artist in crafting, in order to move what is inside the silent blocks of hidden and buried energy and what hides under the surfaces, and unleashes a special language, even veiled music and sounds that are from the origin of the universe. The sculpted work of art becomes a field and field that allows the recipient and the viewer a close opportunity to touch the depth and essence of life, and to get closer to the original, essential and even powerful meanings that serve as the balance that controls the relationships between things, meanings, sensations and our sense of beauty. - The creative work of Ahmed Abdel Aziz depends on the preparation and in-depth observation of all the observations that mean to him in life. He is a very good and persistent viewer in his observations and links between scientific observation and the poetic or emotional vision of assets and events, with their various developments and their multiple images. In his culture, he combines elements The sculptural form is charged with a very high energy, with which it can attract masses full and full of meanings and secrets, which attract and captivate the connoisseur on a creative journey and discover the mystery of the beauty hidden behind rough surfaces or The smooth masses generated from the statue are the daughter of the earth, mountains, air and water. - But Ahmed Abdel Aziz, who loves the civilization of Egypt that dives into the depths, can never separate from these visions and treatments that overflow with the civilization and creations of the ancients, but they are present in the depths of the fabric of his emotions, ability and creative method, but the sculptural work of Ahmed Abdel Aziz searches in man About the most beautiful and powerful thing that distinguishes a person, by which he stands against injustice, ugliness, and everything that threatens man. The sculpted work has a very intense compilation of an adult charged human condition that raises everything that destroys noble values, and establishes all principles that preserve a person's sense of beauty in life. Dr.. Ahmed Abdel Aziz
