An exhibition by artist Dr. Ali Mohamed Nour El-Sherif
Zeina and a Story
Opens at 5:30 PM on Sunday, April 13, and continues until April 14, 2025, at the Ziad Bakir Hall - Music Library - Cairo Opera House - daily from 10 AM to 8 PM.
The exhibition includes approximately 19 works executed using heat transfer printing, thermal screen printing, and direct drawing techniques on satin fabrics, using heat transfer paper, thermal foil paper, flocking, plastisol paste, embossed foam, and pigment lip gloss. The role of women in folk arts, addressing their profound presence in tales, myths, and heroic deeds that have shaped the cultural heritage, is presented as an authentic, deeply rooted element of traditional creativity. This is achieved through contemporary artistic visions inspired by the aesthetics of women's adornment in folklore, through unique prints on textiles characterized by rich colors and textures, in a style that blends authenticity and modernity, presenting works of art that evoke the fragrance of the past with a renewed creative vision. The Opera House noted that the artist, Dr. Ali Mohamed Nour, is a textile printing instructor at the Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education, Al-Azhar University. He holds a PhD in Specific Education, specializing in Textile Printing, Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University. He has previously worked in the field of fashion design, graphic design, and fashion. He has participated in training and judging artistic activities at Al-Azhar University's Arts Centers and in many group exhibitions since 2002, including the Second Textile Salon at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2019 and the Second Fine Arts Festival at Ain Shams University. He has held many solo exhibitions, most notably the Spiritual Reflections exhibition at the Cairo Atelier in 2005.