Name: Ahmed Al-Ganaini Date of birth: 8/10/1954 Place of birth: Dakahlia Specialization: photography school grade - Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Power, 1977. - Free studies at the Faculty of Arts in Alexandria, under the supervision of the artist / Mohamed Hamid Owais, 1978-1979. - Free studies in German cities (Berlin, Hanover, Hamburg, Bent Heim) from 1980-1981, Warsaw, Lodz, Gdansk, 1985. membership Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate. - Member of the Artists and Writers Group, Cairo Atelier, Alexandria. Founding member of Mansoura Atelier. - Founding member of Roaa Group. Jobs and occupations undertaken by the artist - Editor-in-Chief of the Translation and Criticism Series issued by the Visions for Creativity Group. Full-time artist at an art studio in Minya Samannoud, Dakahlia. - Secretary General of Cairo Atelier 2010. - Fine artist . - Editor-in-Chief of Imagination Magazine for Visual Culture. - Editor-in-Chief of the Horizons of Fine Art series. Special exhibitions - Private exhibitions in Dakahlia in 1974, 1975, 1976. An exhibition in Nordhorn, Germany, 1980 - Exhibition in Berlin, Montage Hall, 1980. - An exhibition in Berlin, at the Andzatra production hall, 1981. - An exhibition in Berlin - Germany 1985. - An exhibition in Warsaw - Poland 1985. - An exhibition in Lodz Gdansk - Bologna 1985. - An exhibition in Baghdad - Iraq 1986. - An exhibition at Mansoura Culture Palace - Al-Mahalla 1990, 1999, 2000. - Cairo Atelier exhibitions 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997. - An exhibition at the Hilton Plaza Hotel - Hurghada 1998. - An exhibition at the Hilton Resort Hotel - Hurghada 1999. Alexandria Atelier Exhibition 2000. - Exhibition in Jamila Gallery, Maadi, 2000. - Exhibition (Meeting Byblos and Art) at the Art House in Tripoli - Lebanon 2002-2003. - Exhibition (Towards an ideal world filled with love and peace) Fine Arts Forum - Tripoli - Lebanon 2003. - An exhibition at Ibn Luqman House, Mansoura National Museum, November 2006. - Exhibition (Humanities), Cairo Atelier, March 2007. - An exhibition at Mansoura Culture Palace, April 2010. - (Colored Memories) exhibition, Grant Hall, December 2010. - An exhibition in Luxor 2011. - Exhibition (Conflict between Consciousness and Unconsciousness) at the Opera House Hall, February 2015. Exhibition in Vietnam 2015. - Exhibition (Me and the Surrealism of Renewal... Deviating from the Text) at Salah Taher Hall, Cairo Opera House, October 2019. Local group exhibitions - Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Lovers Society 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982. - Exhibition of the General Authority for Arts and Letters in Alexandria 1990. - The General National Exhibition in Egypt 1991. - A mobile bilateral exhibition with the artist Dr. Muhammad Al-Alawi (Mahalla - Beni Suef - Fayoum). - Exhibitions of the General Administration of Fine Arts 1991, 1992, 1993. The first Dakahlia Salon 1992, the second 1993, the third 1994, the fourth 1995 and the fifth 1996. Port Said National Biennale 1st 1992, 2nd 1994, 3rd 1996, 4th 1998. The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Salon of Small Works of Art, 1999, 2000, 2002. East Delta Artists Exhibition 2001. The annual exhibition of the Alexandria Atelier Group 2001-2002. Port Said Fifth National Biennale 2001. Western Artists Salon 2001-2002. - Exhibition (East Glow) in the round hall of the Syndicate of Fine Artists at the Opera House with 14 artists, 2002. - Exhibition (20 x 5) in Isis Hall, with a group of symbols of the plastic movement in five governorates, 2002. Port Said Sixth National Biennale 2003. Eleventh Dakahlia Salon, Mansoura National Museum, March 2007. - The First Fine Creativity Festival (the general exhibition, the thirtieth session, and the first plastic art market), 2007. - The Second Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-first Session), 2008. - Salon Gallery, second session, Picasso Gallery - and Shadecor Gallery, May 2008. The second salon of Mansoura Atelier, Mubarak Public Library, Mansoura, November 2008. The second exhibition of the productions of the Art and Public Forum at the Mansoura National Museum, February 2009. - Exhibition (50 x 70) at Joujan Gallery, Zamalek, June 2009. - The Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-second Session), 2009. - The Third Festival of Mansoura Atelier in Mubarak Library, Mansoura, December 2009. - Exhibition (Egyptian Personalities) in Goujan Hall, Zamalek, December 2009. - Exhibition exhibitions for the acquisition of the Arish National Museum of Antiquities in Arish, April 2010 Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session) 2010. The First Dakahlia Salon for Small Business, Mansoura National Museum, June 2010. The Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (Small Artworks Market) in the two halls (Nahdet Misr and Isis), Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, June 2010. The Fourth Salon of Mansoura Atelier for Arts and Culture, Mubarak Public Library, Mansoura, December 2010. - The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (34) 2012. - Group exhibition, Diplomats Hall, 2012. - Group exhibition (model) in Alexandria 2012. - Cairo Salon (56) for Fine Arts, Palace of Arts, March 2013. The General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (36), June 2014. - Exhibition (October Through Artistic Eyes) at (Mohsen Shaalan) Hall, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Opera Square, October 2015. - Exhibition (Long Live Egypt) in the Great Hall of Dar Al Tahrir Institution for Printing and Publishing, January 2016. - Exhibition (Suez Canal .. A New Era) at Karma Bin Hana Center - Ahmed Shawky Museum - August 2016. - The first Arab innovators exhibition at Ostraca Gallery, downtown, May 2016
- International Salon of the South (5th session), Faculty of Fine Arts, Luxor, April 2017. - The first Arab exhibition in (EU) hall, Helsinki - Finland, December 2018. Technical visits - A two-year artistic trip to Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Nordhorn, Bent Heim) from 1980 to 1982. - Trips to Baghdad and Poland (Warsaw Gdansk from 1982: 1985) Trips to Frankfurt, Berlin and Baghdad. Missions and grants A sabbatical grant from the Supreme Council of Culture 2000-2001-2002-2003. Technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions - General representative, artistic advisor, and permanent member of the Ehden International Symposium - Lebanon, responsible for nominating artists from the Arab Republic of Egypt to Lebanon. - Responsible for the International Festival of Creativity, Tripoli - Lebanon, in partnership with the Art House. - Established a cultural center (Atelier Isis) for creativity, which included an exhibition hall, a studio, and workshops for artists in the village of Miniyet Samannoud, as a pioneering experiment concerned with rooting the relationship between the various creative arts. The center hosted a group of senior intellectuals, critics, and artists. - Nominated by the German artist Hartmann for the first exhibition in Nordhorn 1980-1981 - Guest of honor at the Jounieh Symposium for Lebanese Artists 2002-2003. - Member of the Fine Arts Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture. - Member of the International Exhibitions Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture. Literature and cultural activities - He has many fine, critical and cultural studies. He published a collection of poetry (Twenty Spears of Insomnia), a collection of plastic poetry, a collection of plastic poetry (A Little Juice of the Spirit), studies on the Lebanese plastic movement in a hundred years, and the Syrian plastic movement. - Prepared and directed many creative publications and supervised the cultural papers magazine - issued by the Eastern Delta Cultural Region and all publications of the Visions series. - Contributed to the publications of Ibb Qatar Al-Nada and the book Silsilah Around the World translated for children by the General Book Authority. He has three collections of poetry: - `Al Hob fi May` was released in 1977. People's children. Glory is not for the princess. - A collection of poetic stories (The Cat and the Bird). - Articles in artistic creativity. - The foundations of the studio book for creativity. He has critical articles on: - German newspaper nachrichten, No. 27/147 on 6/29/1981. - German newspaper nachrichten 2/7/1981. - Berliner Morgen German newspaper 7/30/1985. Al-Alam magazine, Issue No. 439, Year 9, July 11, 1992. Al-Jumhuriya daily, October 16, 1991. - Egyptian Gazette, Issue No. 34/525, 1/11/1991. An-Nahar Magazine, Issue 2/14, 1992. - The Nile, November 6, 1991 - Al-Ahram, 22/7/1993 - and Al-Ahram Evening, 7/14/1993. Al-Akhbar, July 22, 1993, Al-Araby, July 19, 1993, Al-Ahram, July 22-28, 1993. local awards First Prize (Photography) at the General Authority for Arts and Letters Exhibition, 1990. Third prize (painting) The Second National Port Said Biennale 1994. Encouragement Award (painting) The Third National Port Said Biennale 1996. - First prize (painting) East Delta artists, 2001. - The first prize from the General Authority for Cultural Palaces (directed) for the “Cultural Papers” magazine 2003-2004. Shield of Excellence from the General Union of Radio and Television, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Youth and the Ministry of Antiquities 2016. International awards First prize (painting) The first country exhibition in Baghdad 1987. Shield of Excellence and Certificate of Appreciation for Alia International Painting Symposium - Lebanese Artists Association for Painting and Sculpture - Lebanon 2002. - Certificate of Appreciation for the exhibition (Fine Arts of the Ninth Francophone Summit) in the Exhibition Hall of the Cultural Association, Tripoli - Lebanon, 2002. Shield of Excellence for Ehdan International Symposium - Lebanon 2003 - 2004 - 2005. - Certificates of Appreciation from the Byblos Festival - Jezzine - Saida - Sir - Juna - Gota 2002-2003. Shield of Excellence, Human Rights Organization - Lebanon 2003. - Certificate of Appreciation from the Symposium (Bishmizine...a typical Lebanese town) Coexistence - Society - Education - Heritage and Natural Environment - Lebanon 2003. Shield of Excellence and Certificate of Appreciation from the First Fine Arts Forum for Painting and Sculpture - Lattakia - Syria 2003. - Certificate of Appreciation for the exhibition (Meeting Byblos and Art) at the Art House in Tripoli - Lebanon 2002-2003. - Certificate of Appreciation from the First Fine Art Symposium in Sidon, Lebanon, 2003. - Certificate of Appreciation for the second Jezzine Heritage Festival 2003. - Certificate of Appreciation for an exhibition at the German Cultural Center (Gotha) Beirut - Lebanon 2003. Private collectibles - For individuals in Egypt, Germany, Poland, Iraq, England, France, Beirut, and Syria. Official collectibles Museum of Modern Egyptian Art. - The Supreme Council of Culture (Germany - Holland). - Ministry of Culture in each of (Lebanon - Poland - Iraq - England - France - Beirut - Syria - Austria). The influences that were reflected on the artist intellectually and artistically The pictorial style tends towards the surrealist direction, loaded with environmental and national characteristics. The artistic direction, in my view, must be subject to characteristics closely related to the recipient's cultural and life concepts. Hence the surrealism to which the artwork is subjected in my surrealist works, in particular, whose arteries do not extend to the subconscious only, but rather it is a mixture of consciousness and subconsciousness within local frameworks, national visions, as it is surreal, and the important thing is that I see that artistic creativity precedes artistic titles. Some artistic experiments depend on trying to find a relationship between the artwork and the recipient through the exit of elements from the artwork to an intermediate level and the entry of shadows for elements that are not in the work, i.e. shadows for elements outside the work, so the dialogue extends between the work and the recipient, and thus the recipient is part of the work and therefore the work is completed. Art through the cultural, artistic and social heritage of the recipient. A point that is still in the field of research through my recent artwork.
His style and artistic direction ` (Surrealism Realism) A new attempt to create a relationship between the artwork and the recipient, by expelling elements from the artwork and inside the work as shadows of elements and vocabulary that do not exist in the workspace. It is a new attempt that I try to add to the surrealist work so that it takes a new form in the working relationship with the recipient. Hamad Muhammad Abdel Moneim Al-Ganaini
