google957c89300d6bc9ff Artist, Photographer, Graphic designer
  • I was born in 1972, currently, live and work as a graphic designer in Cairo, Egypt, graduated from the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University in 1996. Since that date, I never stopped learning, as I strongly think that we are learning every single day. Although my job is as a graphic designer, I also make photos, paintings, and mixed media artworks.
Study:
 
Bachelor Degree in Art Education, Graduated from Faculty of art Education, Helwan Universty, (5 academic years-10 terms)
Theoretical study: Teach methods, Art history (Caves arts, Renaissance, Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman architecture and arts, Coptic arts, Islamic arts), Educational Psychology and Art Criticism and Art Appreciation.
Design: Mass design, Fundamentals of Design (black and white, light and shades, what and how to use color palates, ratios) and calligraphy.
Fine arts: Collage, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture "Clay, Relief and Installations"
Applied arts: "Pottery, Weaving and Printing"
Artistic Crafts and Folk Heritage: Carpentry, Leather works, Design and implementation of Puppet Theater and malleable metal crafts like "copper, aluminum, silver"

Training:
  • Teaching to primary, middle and high schools students, art Appreciation, Egyptian art history, design and drawing 1994/95
  • Manual layout at Venus a fashion magazine, 1995
  • Advertisements designer and lay out of Monthly newspaper, "Al-Nedaa Al-Araby" 1997,98

Courses and workshops:
  • Graphic design programs course, Faculty of Art Education, 1996.
  • Pottery making @ “El-Fustat” (old Cairo) with supervisor of real artisans and atelier owner. Pottery design and decorate supervised by famous artist, “Mohamed Mandour”
  • Paintings for industry workshop, ministry of cultural, 2010.
  • Arabic Digital Book Expression Program, I selected by: The International Media Network Services for Human Rights, Sweden. At The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt. From the 26th of October 2013 to the 23rd of November 2013.

Experience
  • Art Teacher for prep (Middle) school, Ministry of Education, 1996/97 academic year.
Job description: I taught art, art history and how to read and taste art for two terms.
Job description: sale artworks, media communication, mail listing.
  • Graphic designer: at many advertising agency and color separation houses, programs used: Adobe creative suite, Macromedia freehand, coral-draw and page maker 1999, 2000.
Job description: design commercials, logos, books and magazines lay out - photos editing scan (flat and drum) photos - color separation.
Job description: design the flyers, invitations, posters and exhibitions catalogs, programs used: Adobe creative suite and, sale artworks, media communication, mail listing programs used: Microsoft word.
I presented 6 new artists only on my 1st year and 4 in 2009/20010 in different fields, and I honored to curate exhibitions for well-known artists, sale artworks,
I created my websites and I monitor them by myself, sending invitations too.
I curated workshops under title: Circle of arts, it is about how many art types could effects of each other’s.
I install walls and arrange the art works all exhibitions and shows.
My headline work:
  1. designing the prints of the exhibitions, invitations and posters;
  2. acquiring objects or collections of interest to the gallery;
  3. cataloging acquisitions and keeping records;
  4. carrying out background research and writing catalogs;
  5. displaying objects or collections in way that makes them accessible and engaging to the general public;
  6. writing materials and articles for the website;
  7. writing articles for internal and external publications;
  8. planning, organizing, interpreting and presenting exhibitions and lectures;
  9. collection documentation and management;
  10. collaborating with other museum departments, such as education, fundraising, marketing and conservation;
  11. writing bids;
  12. negotiating loan items and external loans and the accompanying funding;
  13. handling inquiries from researchers and the public;
  14. dealing with and understanding computer-generated imagery and website software as part of enhancing the visitor experience and interaction;
  15. budget planning,
  16. staff management, recruitment, annual appraisals and disciplinary matters;
  17. staff training, promotion and development;
  18. dealing with inquiries from clients and stakeholders;
  19. liaising with the community and industry (including schools, local history and other community groups).
 
  • Partner at Baad El Bahr for cultural development company, Cairo 2013 - 2015.

What is Baad El Bahr for cultural development?
It is a limited liability company combines few cultural organizations: contemporary art gallery, publishing house and contemporary art develop workshop.
My headline work:
  1. dealing with and understanding computer-generated imagery and website software as part of enhancing the visitor experience and interaction;
  1. promotion and development;
  2. dealing with inquiries from clients and stakeholders;
The art gallery: Mashrabia gallery of contemporary art: I cared for designs like posters and art catalogs. I created the current website and established the new mailing system.
The publishing house: BEBA editions: I cared about layout and covers design of the books and distribution.

Art and cultural activities
  • I organized 2 terms of Circle of arts:
  1. "Towards the light", it was the name of pencil illustration of woman portrait, effects on poet, composer and fashion designer to create new topics, we presented the output for 3 days at the gallery and for a big crowd of Palace of art in Cairo opera house during the (Salon Gallery) art fair in 2007.
  2. "Where we are!" Included the same fashion designer and his professor at the College, they liked an exhibition of illustration too about common social life and farmers in Egypt; they present a new line to modern Egyptian woman fits her body and suitable material 2008.
  • Paint and photography.
  • I directed simple movies about paintings choosing paintings and music or songs.
  • Attend art and cultural events and seminars as much as I can.
  • Exhibitions


I have contributed to group exhibitions:
Opening of my art gallery, digital paint, New Cairo atelier, 2006
Families, painting, New Cairo atelier,2007
Salon gallery art fair, painting, Cairo opera house, 2007
Hot Summer Colors 2007

Solo exhibitions:
Up-close, photography, B Art gallery, Cairo, 2015

Social activities "on line":
Care2
Women and child issues, Against animals abuse, helping environment and endangered animals and plant.
Walkfree
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Political view: Liberal

Working Timeline

Nashwa Mohamed AbdelFattah Mohamed AbdelNaby