Ezza Muhammad Muhammad Abu Al-Saud
Personal data
Known name: Ezza Muhammad Abu Al-Saud
Date of birth: 6/20/1951
Place of birth: Cairo
Specialization: Graphics
Email: m_o_r_y@hotmail.com
school grade
- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Engraving Department (Printed Designs), Alexandria University, 1974.
- Master’s degree in printed designs, thesis topic: (Islamic civilization and the Eastern roots of European printing) Faculty of Fine Arts 1982.
- Doctorate in Philosophy of Art, thesis topic: (The development of printed poster design to solve development problems in Egyptian society), Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, 1989.
Membership
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate in Alexandria.
- Member of the Artists and Writers Group at Alexandria Atelier.
- Member of the Friends of the Environment Association in Alexandria.
- Honorary member of the Francophone Association in Alexandria.
Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist
- Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Printed Designs, Alexandria University.
- Assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University.
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University.
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Printed Designs, Alexandria University.
- Professor and Chairman of the Council of the Printed Designs Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University.
Places where the artist lived
- Cairo .
- Alexandria .
Special exhibitions
- An exhibition entitled (Linear Rhythms) at the Alexandria Atelier 1995.
- An exhibition entitled (Between Movement and Stillness) at the Alexandria Atelier 1997.
- An exhibition entitled (Calligraphy is an Expressive Value) at the Alexandria Atelier 1997.
- An exhibition entitled (The thing and its opposite are complementary) at the Alexandria Atelier 1999.
- An exhibition entitled (Between the Old and the New) at the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Office - London 2001.
- An exhibition entitled (Technology and the Human Touch) at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, 2002.
- Exhibition in (Ragheb Ayad) Hall at the Gezira Arts Center, September 2005.
- Exhibition at Grant Hall in downtown Cairo 2007.
- An exhibition at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, March 2008.
- An exhibition entitled (Freedom Ticket) at the Creativity Palace in Alexandria, April 2010.
- (Freedom Revolution) exhibition at the Freedom Culture Palace in Alexandria, May 2011.
- (Noun) exhibition in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, May 2022.
Local group exhibitions
- Annual salon sessions at the Alexandria Atelier.
- Graphic Salon, Alexandria Atelier, 1996.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (25) 1997.
- Alexandria Engraving Artists Exhibition 1998.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (26) 1999.
- The Third Salon of Small Works of Art, 1999.
- Five public exhibitions at the Mustafa Kamel Culture Palace in Alexandria 1999: 2000.
- Contemporary Women’s Creativity Exhibition 2000.
- Exhibition of the Egyptian Artist and a Century of Creativity at the Palace of Arts, Cairo 2002.
- Forum Artists Exhibition in the Exhibition Hall of the Alexandria Center for Creativity 2004
- The second celebration of the artist Mahmoud Saeed - in Alexandria 2004.
- An exhibition of nature at the Mahmoud Saeed Center, Alexandria, 2005.
- Forum Artists Exhibition at the Journalists Syndicate 2005.
- The Art Edition Exhibition between Truth and Imagination in Alexandria 2005.
- National Graphic Art Exhibition, third session 2005.
- National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29) 2005.
- Dream Exhibition in the Exhibition Hall of the Karma Bin Hani Cultural Center, Ahmed Shawky Museum, February 2008.
- The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-First Session) 2008.
- Exhibition for acquisition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria, May 2008.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session) 2009.
- Alexandria Artists Exhibition (What Next), parallel to the 25th Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries 2009.
- Exhibition (Visions in Graphic Art) at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria 2010.
- Exhibition of exhibitions for acquisition at the Al-Arish National Museum of Antiquities in Al-Arish, April 2010.
- Guest of honor at the exhibition (Graphic Art... Fifty Years of Creative Freedom) by the artist / Farouk Shehata at the Bibliotheca Alexandria - Conference Center - Eastern Exhibition Hall, December 2014.
- Syndicate Salon (5) for members of the Syndicate of Fine Artists at the Alexandria Atelier, October 2017.
- Exhibition (Alexandria 6) in Adam Henein Hall, Al-Hanager Arts Center, February 2018.
- The Egyptian Modern Art Museum’s celebration exhibition “Vision 2018” at the Mahmoud Saeed Center for Museums in Alexandria, November 2018.
- Exhibition (Alexandria... A Dialogue of Color and Stone) at Khan Al-Maghrabi, January 2019.
- The Wanly Brothers Celebration Exhibition (The Wanly Brothers from Personification to Abstraction) in Ajyal Halls (1, 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, February 2019.
- Celebration of Modern Egyptian Art (Artistic Innovations in Modern and Contemporary Arts) in Ajyal Halls (1, 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, November 2019.
- An exhibition on the occasion of the Wanli brothers’ celebration (Hellenism is resurrected) in the Ajyal Halls (1 and 2) at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, February 2020.
- An exhibition entitled (On Her Shadows) on the occasion of the celebration of International Women’s Day in (Ajyal 1, 2) Hall at the Mahmoud Saeed Museum Center in Alexandria, March 2020.
- An exhibition entitled (Egyptian Song) at (Khan Al-Maghrabi) Gallery in Zamalek, December 2021.
- An exhibition entitled (Madad.. Madad) at (Khan Al-Maghrabi) Gallery in Zamalek, April 2022.
International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions
- Faculty exhibitions in West Germany, Budapest, Riyadh, Rome, London, Bratislavia.
- The Thirteenth Alexandria Biennial of the Mediterranean Basin Countries, 1980.
- The Second Egypt International Triennale for Graphic Art 1996, the Third 1999.
- The Fourth Egypt International Triennale for Graphic Art 2003.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Tripoli, Libya 2008.
The Second Luxor International Photography Forum, Luxor, November 2009.
- Exhibition (Works of Contemporary Egyptian Graphics) at Boushahri Hall, Kuwait, 2010.
- The Alexandria Library International Biennale for Small Engravings (second session) at the Alexandria Library, May 2011.
- (Art and Peace) Exhibition at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Vienna - Austria, November 2013.
Scholarships and grants
- An internal mission to research the subject of his doctoral thesis, which lasted for five years, 1984.
The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions
-Member of the Supreme Committee of the Fifth Cairo International Triennale for Graphic Art 2005.
Local awards
- Third prize in the Fine Arts Exhibition (May 15) in the field of engraving, 1979.
- Alexandria University Scientific Encouragement Award 2002.
- Jury Prize at the Fourth Egypt International Triennale for Graphic Art 2003.
International awards
- Jury Prize at the Fourth Egypt International Triennale for Graphic Art 2003.
Special collectibles
- Among individuals in Egypt, the United States of America, Germany, Austria, and England.
Official collectibles
- Ministry of Culture .
- Ministry of Youth and Sports .
- Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts - Alexandria.
- Coventry University - England.
The influences that affected the artist intellectually and artistically
* The line is an expressive value:
The drawn or engraved line is considered one of the truest elements of formation as an expression of oneself and is the basis that determines the beauty of a work of art.
Art, in its precise sense, begins with the process of definition. It begins with the path that exists between ambiguity and external planning. Art began with the desire to draw lines.
This beginning still begins with the child, and drawing lines has remained one of the most basic elements in the visual arts, even in the art of sculpture, which is an art that is not considered merely a block, but rather a block with external lines. From this standpoint, the lines, with their many variations emanating from the straight line and the curved line, are what... They are nothing but artistic expressive values that express the essence of their creator, transforming all the forms and meanings that surround them into a special, abstract world that seeks agreement and harmony. The tree, the flower, the toy, the man, the woman, religion, love, and pride are nothing but lines, spaces, colors, and textures that the artist organizes in a space according to his dreams and his personal vision in an attempt to... Continuing to reach a visible utopia that does not exist and one never tires of searching for it.
