Ibrahim Mustafa Ibrahim Shalabi
Personal data

Known name: Ibrahim Shalaby
Date of birth: 8/2/1966
Place of birth: Kafr El-Sheikh
Specialization: Photography
Email: ibrashal@yahoo.com
Website: www.ibrashal.blogspot.com

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Commerce, Accounting Division, Tanta University, 1989.

Membership

- Active member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Active member of the General Union of Press and Media.
- Founding member of the Arab Dream Association (artistic, cultural, charitable).
- Member of the Trade Union.
- Member of the Council of the Photography Division of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Fine Artists Syndicate 2020.

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

- Fine artist .
- Head of the Design Department at Al-Muqbel Advertising Agency in Saudi Arabia.

Places where the artist lived

- Spain .
- Saudi Arabia .
- Cairo .

Special exhibitions

- Exhibition at Kafr El-Sheikh Culture Palace 2001, 2002.
- Exhibition in the Ingy Efflatoun Hall, Cairo Atelier, 2003.
- Exhibition at the Spanish Cultural Center, Alexandria, 2003.
- Exhibition (Paintings) at the Cervantes Institute in Cairo and Alexandria 2003.
- Exhibition at Hispania Gallery - Madrid - Spain 2008.
- Exhibition in my hall (Hussein Bikar - Abdel Salam Al-Sharif) at the Journalists Syndicate, May 2009.
- (My Homeland) Exhibition at the Freedom Center for Creativity in Alexandria, Tahrir Square Hall, December 2009.
- Exhibition (I will hear, see and speak) at Ramattan Cultural Center - Taha Hussein Museum, December 2010.
- Exhibition (I Will Hear, See, and Speak) in the Rotunda Hall of the Opera Syndicate of Fine Artists, February 2012.
- Exhibition (I Will Hear, See, and Speak) at the Freedom Center for Creativity in Alexandria, Wanly Brothers Hall, September 2012.
- (Revolution of the Senses) exhibition in (Rateb Siddiq) Hall, Cairo Atelier, April 2013.
- (A Ramla) Exhibition in (Adam Haneen) Hall, Al-Hanager Arts Center, Opera House, January 2019.
- (Shatt Alexandria) Exhibition in the Tahrir Square Hall at the Freedom Center for Creativity in Alexandria, March 2019.
- (Sea and Sama) exhibition at the Mansoura National Museum, November 2021.
- “The Bosom of the Sea” exhibition at the Cultural Center in Kafr El-Sheikh, April 2022.
- Exhibition (4×10) at the Mansoura National Museum, June 2022.

Local group exhibitions

He participated in many group exhibitions in schools, universities, and palaces of culture from 1985 to 1999.
- Group exhibitions at the Kafr El-Sheikh Culture Palace - Tanta 1997-1998.
- The Fourth Small Works of Art Salon 2000, the Fifth 2002.
- The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session) 2009.
- Exhibition (Egyptian Revivals) in the Rotunda Hall of the Fine Artists Syndicate in the Opera House, September 2009.
- A bilateral exhibition with the artist (Mahmoud Khafaji) in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Specific Education in Kafr El-Sheikh, December 2011.
- (The Revolution) Exhibition at the Fine Arts Lovers Association - Garden City 2012.
- (Art and Revolution) Exhibition at the Palace of Arts - Opera 2012.
- General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012.
- The Eighth Nile Salon of Photography 2013.
- The Sixth Forum for the Imprints of Arab Plastic Artists at the Cairo Atelier and the Liberation Salon at the German Goethe Institute, July 2013.
- The Second Middle East Salon for Small Pieces at Shababeek Cultural Center in Mokattam, January 2014.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (36), June 2014.
- The First Burullus Mural Forum in the city of Burullus, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, October 2014.
- Exhibition of soft power in the face of extremism and terrorism in the Hanager Hall - Opera House 2015.
- New Suez Canal Exhibition (Past - Present - Future) at the Opera Palace of Arts - August 2015.
- The 11th Arab Plastic Artists’ Fingerprints Forum - Vanillet, Cairo - July 2016.
- The Road to Jerusalem Exhibition, Cairo Bateleya 2016, 2017.
- Fine Arts Exhibition at Al-Azhar University, session of Dr. Mustafa Abdel Aziz - Cairo 2016.
- The First Baltim Symposium (Artist and Role Model Forum) 2017.
- An exhibition entitled (Windows of Creativity) for full-time masters who received full-time scholarships for the year 2016/2017 in the (Nahdet Misr and Isis) halls at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center in April 2017.
- The 21st Dakahlia Salon for Artists of the Dakahlia Fine Arts Syndicate, at Dar Ibn Luqman, Mansoura National Museum, October 2017 (guest of honor).
- Exhibition of Egyptian artists drawing Palestine in the hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts - Alexandria 2017.
- The Ninth Nile Photography Salon - November 2017.
- (Creative Flashes) exhibition at the Karma Bin Hani Cultural Center at the Ahmed Shawky Museum, April 2018.
- Creativity Forum for full-time masters who received full-time scholarships for 2018/2019 at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, November 2018.
- Fifth Salsabil Nile Forum in Aswan, February 2019.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (41), February 2020.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition, session (42), August 2021.
- Fine Art Exhibition on the sidelines of the Sixth Conference of the Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University 2021.
- The Second Small Pieces Salon for Young Artists at Dar Ibn Luqman in the Mansoura National Museum, March 2021.
- Dakahlia Salon (25 - Silver Jubilee) for artists of the Dakahlia Artists Syndicate - at Ibn Luqman House in the Mansoura National Museum, January 2022.
- General Fine Arts Exhibition (43rd) at the Palace of Arts, September 2022.
- Salon (White - Black), sixth session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, December 2022.
- An exhibition entitled (5 x 10) at Dar Ibn Luqman in the Mansoura National Museum, January 2023.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- Fine Arts Exhibition in Caracas - Venezuela, June 2009.
- (Voices of the Mediterranean) exhibition at El Punto De Las Artes Gallery in Madrid - Spain, February 2010.
- Panorama Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Egyptian Fine Art within the activities of the Egyptian Cultural Week during the celebration of Doha, the Capital of Arab Culture - Qatar.

- A bilateral exhibition with Antonio Alcazar - Al-Batros Gallery - Madrid 2010.
- The Second Country of Resilience International Exhibition - Iraq 2016.
- The First Arab Photographers Forum at the Palace of Arts 2017.

Scholarships and grants

- A scholarship to study plastic arts in Spain - the Spanish Cultural Center 1997: 1999.
- Full-time grant from the Ministry of Culture 2016: 2018.

The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

-Member of the Council of the Photography Division of the Fine Artists Syndicate - Cairo.
- Cover design and interior drawings (25 panels) for a poetry collection, ‘These are my circumstances’ by the Saudi poet Abdullah bin Fayez Al-Omari, 1993.
- Artistic cooperation in the field of plastic arts in Madrid, Spain, at the Reina Sofía Museum of Modern Art, 1997: 1999.
- Designing the cover of the Cairo International Biennale catalog from the fifth session to the eleventh session of Spain 1995: 2009.
- Designing the cover of the Alexandria International Biennale catalog from the nineteenth session to the twenty-fifth session for the State of Spain 1998-2010.
- Designing many logos and trademarks for many institutions 1999: 2017.
- Catalog cover design by the artist Okalily, the artist Yamen Pereira, and the artist Berna Rady Rawish, within the activities of the Eleventh Cairo International Biennale 2009.
- Designing many artistic, literary and educational book covers (Egypt - Saudi Arabia - Spain) 1993: 2017.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Fine Artists Syndicate 2020.

Local and international encyclopedias containing the artist’s name

- Ambassador of Art Encyclopedia issued by the Serbian Ministry of Culture in Serbian and English 2022.

Literature and cultural activities

- Workshops with the artist (Aghdadi Lapisa) in Madrid, Spain.
- Workshops with the artist (José Luis Bajaros) in Toledo, Spain.
- Workshops with the artist (Antonio Alcazar) in Madrid, Spain.
- The book “Meeting of East and West”, Ahmed Sabry Course Square, 2021.
- The book “The Meeting of East and West”, Mahmoud Saeed Course 2021.
- The book “The Meeting of East and West”, Fatima Abbas Course Field, 2021.
- The book “The Meeting of the East and the West”, the field of the Abla Fadila Course 2021.
- Egyptian Artists Index Book 21 for the year 2022.

Local awards

- First prize from the university, Arabic calligraphy and decoration, 1987.
- First prize from the university, oil painting, 1988.
- First prize from the university in advertising 1988.
- Certificate of thanks and appreciation from the Faculty of Specific Education, Kafr El-Sheikh University, December 2011.
- Certificate of thanks and appreciation at the Sixth Arab Plastic Artists’ Fingerprints Forum at Cairo Atelier and the Liberation Salon at the German Goethe Institute, July 2013.
- Certificate of thanks and appreciation at the Second Middle East Salon for Small Pieces at the Windows Cultural Center in Mokattam, January 2014.
- A gold medal and a certificate of appreciation for the artist’s course, Prof. Dr. Hamdy Abdullah - Al-Azhar University - Cairo 2015.
- A gold medal and a certificate of appreciation from the 11th Basamat Forum 2016
- Shield and certificate of appreciation for the artist’s course, Dr. Mustafa Abdel Aziz - Al-Azhar University - Cairo 2016.
- Gold Medal, Rawasy Palestine Center, Exhibition on Jerusalem Road, 2016.
- Certificate of Appreciation from Balad Festival, Balad Resilience Festival - Iraq 2016.
- Samiha Ayoub Gold Medal, Portrait and Landscape Forum, Cairo 2017.
- Gold Medal, First Artist and Role Model Forum - Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, 2017.
- Shield and certificate of appreciation from Bella Creativity Forum - Bella Culture Palace 2017.
- Shield and certificate of appreciation from the Muhjat Al-Quds Foundation - Palestine 2017.
- A scarf and certificate of appreciation (Egyptian artists paint Palestine), Consulate of Palestine and Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria 2017.

Special collectibles

- Among some individuals in Egypt, Spain, and Saudi Arabia.

Official collectibles

- Tanta University (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry).
- Muhammad Rashid Foundation in Alexandria.
- Kafr El-Sheikh University Museum.
- Ministry of Culture .
- Nile Museum in Aswan.

Other data

A book was published about the artist’s work entitled (The Color Player) by Professor Dr. Ismail Siam 2021.