Maher Ali

Egypt

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Biography

Maher Ali is a 46-year-old Egyptian artist. He was born in Alexandria but his family left there for Cairo when he was young and settled in Tura where he currently lives with his wife, Eman, and two children, Amr and Nour.

His father was a source of support and encouragement by taking Maher with him to look at the surrounding villages and downtown Cairo and Alexandria. It was at this time that he felt the beginnings of a desire to be an artist.

After leaving High School he studied privately. Firstly, with Mohammad Abbaza who showed him the techniques of pyrography (wood burn) painting, and then in Zamalek with artists, Fragali, Mustafa al Razzaz and Mohamad Allam where he learned about various styles of art.

Between 1991-93 he studied silk screen printing techniques in Syria. When he returned to Egypt he worked and studied in the studio of Kwame Brian in Maadi.

Since then he has worked as an independent artist and held a number of exhibitions in both Maadi and downtown Cairo. He have been commissioned to design book covers for a number of prominent Egyptian writers published by the American University in Cairo Press.

His works are in private collections in Egypt, England, France, Germany, China, Australia, USA, Italy, Chile, Venezuela, and the Netherlands.

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