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On a Caravan

 

Ahmed Nosseir

Egypt

email: ahnosseir@hotmail.com

 

Biography

 

Ahmed Nosseir's art work is inspired from a deep experience of drawing and painting. His work is a reflection of the various visual sources which influenced him starting from when he traveled to France. During the two years he spent there, he explored the literature of European and Western art. He was then driven to move to Latin America where he spent ten years in Argentina. There, he was absorbed by the prominence of the Carnival arts where he developed deep understanding of the Negroid art and of the ancient civilizations art and mythology. Nosseir came back to Egypt with a wealth of experiences which shows in his unique style of work. His images carry multiple hidden signs and implications, his colors are full of mystery, secrets, irony and sarcasm. The work of Ahmed Nosseir embodies the conflict of the contemporary human being and his existential sufferings. He portrays our situation as people living in an acute crisis which involves everybody.

- 1957---born in Cairo
- 1985--graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo
- 1988 – 1990--attended Paris Higher Colleges for Arts, France
- 1990 – 2000 Resided in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Solo exhibitions:
- 2005--Gallery Mashrabia, Cairo
- 2002--Seattle Gallery, USA
- 2002--Art Center, Cairo
- 2001--La Bodega, Cairo
- 2001--Espace Karim Francis, Cairo
- 2000--The Town House Gallery, Cairo
- 1998--Skoto Gallery, New York
- 1997--University of Ohio: Contemporary African Art: "Causes & Effects"
- 1996--L. Kahan Gallery, New York
- 1996--Skoto Gallery: "The Legend of Memory", New York
- 1994--Bronx River Art Center & Gallery
- 1993--Skoto Gallery: work on paper, New York
- 1992--Skoto Gallery, New York
- 1991--A. T. C. Gallery, Buenos Aires
- 1990--Zad Al Rimal Gallery, Zamalek, Cairo
- 1988--Gallery Mashrabia, Cairo
- 1987--Gallery Mashrabia, Cairo

Group exhibitions:
- 2005--Gallery Mashrabia, Cairo
- 2002--American University in Cairo
- 2002--International Winter Exhibition, Sarajevo

In Cairo, his artwork is being shown at New Cairo Atelier and Mashrabia Gallery.
 

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