Gamal Ez

Egypt

www.gamalez.com
ezgamal@yahoo.com

Biography

Gamal Ez (1963) was born in Alexandria (Egypt) . He was educated at Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of El minya (1983-1988). In 1990 he emigrated to the Netherlands where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague from 1996 to 2002. At The Egypt art school Ez learned traditional techniques and ideas. In The Hague he became familiar with a more contemporary idiom. He went on to make two-dimensional as well as three-dimensional works which are in no way modern in an academic way but show his search for a wholly personal vocabulary which he would later expand all the time.

Ez became primarily known for his often site specific three-dimensional installation and sometimes take up very large spaces. They often consist of heterogeneous materials such as wood, windows, shoes, toys, baby buggies, chairs- which are combined in a new way and so articulate a new way and so articulate a new, dramatic meaning. The building where the installation is to be seen may become part of such an installation. He often combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements while new media such as video sometimes are a part of a larger work.

Ez’s work was shown at home and abroad. It was part of a group exhibition in GEM (The Hague) where he befriended Jimmie Durham who still means a lot to him as a kind of mentor . Furthermore the House of Glass was shown at Quartair ( The Hague) and Ozon at Cucosa (Rotterdam). Ez also showed in Cairo (2004 - 2011 and 2013) , the Kulturamt Wetzar (2006),Gallery Max in Frankfurt (2006) , the Exchange Vaishwik Center in Poona (India 2006),the National Gallery in Liverpool(2007)and the gallery Sophie Lanoe Paris (2011).

Works by Gamal Ez found their way to several international collections.

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