Kamal Muhammad Al-Sarraj

Personal data

Known name: Kamal Al-Sarraj
Date of birth: 12/22/1934
Place of birth: Kafr El-Zayat
Date of death: 8/16/2012
Specialization: Photography
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school grade

- Diploma from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, Department of Painting, 1960.
- Diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy, 1967.
- Doctorate in Photography from the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy, 1967.

Membership

- Founding member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo.
- Member of the atelier.
- Member of the Contemporary Egyptian Engraving Art Association.
- Member of the Art Club in Milan - Italy.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- Demonstrator - Teacher - Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo - Department of Photography.
- Vice Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo for Education and Student Affairs 1981.
- Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo 1985.
- Former President of Helwan University 1986.
- Emeritus professor at the College of Fine Arts.

Places where the artist lived

- The Egyptian countryside in Lower Egypt - Some European countries such as Italy - Belgium - France - Austria - America.

Special exhibitions

He held more than 20 private exhibitions from Cairo, Belgium, and the United States of America.
He held special exhibitions in Egypt and Italy in the years 64-66-67-68-79-98.
- Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium, 1973.
- Exhibition at Uniden Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 1974.
- Exhibition at Cairo Atelier 1975.
- Exhibition at the French Cultural Center in Cairo, 1975.
- Exhibition at the International Monetary Fund Hall, Washington, America, 1976.
- Exhibition at the Kresge Art Center - Michigan, USA 1976.
- Exhibition at the Academy of Sciences Museum, Washington, USA, 1977.
- Exhibition at the German Goethe Institute, Cairo, 1979.
- Exhibition at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1980.
- Exhibition at the American Cultural Center, Cairo, 1981.
- Exhibition at Meridian House, Washington, USA, 1981.
- Exhibition at the International Center Hall, Los Angeles, America, 1981.
- Exhibition at the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation in Zamalek, 1986.
- Exhibition at Safar Khan Hall, February 2010.
- (Zekra) exhibition in (Mohsen Shaalan) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art at the Opera House, December 2014.

Local group exhibitions

- Participate in avant-garde exhibitions.
- Contemporary Engraving Art Exhibition 1969 - 1971 - 1973 - 1977 - 1983.
- Exhibition of Contemporary Egyptian Artists at the Italian Cultural Institute, Cairo, 1971.
- The Ninth Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Arts, 1972.
- The Fourth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1972.
- An exhibition of twenty contemporary Egyptian artists in Akhenaten Hall, Bab El Louk, 1972.
- Exhibition of Contemporary Egyptian Artists at the American University Hall in Cairo, 1973.
- Exhibition of Professors of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1974.
- Egyptian Artists Exhibition - Ain Shams University 1975.
- Exhibition of the collections of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, 1975.
- Egyptian Artists Exhibition - Soviet Cultural Center, Cairo 1976.
- Cairo Atelier Organ Exhibition 1976 - 1977 - 1979 - 1983.
- 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.
- Egyptian Graphic Exhibition at the Italian Cultural Center, Cairo, 1978.
- Exhibition (The Artist and His Selected Piece) at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum and His Wife, 1979.
- (Feast of Art and Culture) Exhibition at Manasterly Palace 1979.
- Exhibition in Al-Mashrabiya Hall, Cairo, 1981.
- The Eleventh General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1981.
- (Drawing) Exhibition in (Al-Mashrabiya) Hall, Cairo, 1981.
- (Art and Turquoise) exhibition in Al-Ahram newspaper 1983.
- Fine Arts Masters Exhibition at the Le Meridien Hotel 1983.
- Third and Fourth Generation Exhibition at the College of Fine Arts (Diamond Eid), 1983.
- Exhibition at Ostraca Gallery, Alexandria, 1984.
- The Fourteenth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1984.
- Exhibition of contemporary Egyptian photography at the Faculty of Fine Arts - Minya University 1985.
- The Fifteenth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1985.
- The Sixteenth General Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1986.
- Helwan University Professors Exhibition at the German Cultural Center in Alexandria, 1987.
- Exhibition of Egyptian and American Art at the American Cultural Center in Alexandria, 1989.
- “Stars of the Sixties” exhibition, in the Akhenaten Hall, Arts Complex, 1990.
- (Art for All) exhibition in the hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek, 1990
- Exhibition of faculty members at the College of Fine Arts 1977-1980-1998.
- Egyptian Artists Exhibition at Tut Hall in Dokki, 1997.
- (Al-Hurufiyoun) Exhibition in (Picasso) Hall in Zamalek 1997.
- Exhibition (Safar Khan Art Collection) at Safar Khan Hall in Zamalek, July 2010.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Exhibition at San Fedele Gallery, Milan - Italy, 1967.
- Engraving Exhibition at La Polina Gallery, Rome - Italy 1967.
- Exhibition at the Municipal Hall in Pieve di Sacco - Italy 1967.
- Al-Arabi Traveling Exhibition in Europe 1967.
- The Seventh Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Arts, 1968.
- Barbaini Exhibition, Rome - Italy 1971.
- Exhibition at the Congress Palace in Monte Carlo - Principality of Monaco 1972.
- Exhibition at S.G Gallery in Udine - Italy 1973.
- Baghdad Biennale - Iraq 1973.
- Grand Palais Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition, Paris - France 1976.
- Exhibition of Contemporary Egyptian Artists - Bari, Italy 1976.
- Exhibition at the Illinois Bell Foundation headquarters hall in Chicago - America 1978.
- Exhibition in the exhibition hall at the University of New Orleans - America 1978.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Romania 1979.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition at the University of Alabama - America 1979.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition, Khartoum - Sudan, 1979.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition, Canada, 1979.
- Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition Korea 1980.
- He represented Egypt with his photography works at the Venice International Biennale in Italy