Known name: Ahmed Abdel Karim
Date of birth: 8/13/1954
Specialization: Photography
Email: ahmedkareemart@yahoo.com,
ahmedkareemart@helwan.edu.eg
Website: www.helwan.edu.eg, www.ahmedkarem.com

school grade

- Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 1981.
- Master’s in Art Education, a study entitled (Rhythmic Systems in Islamic Geometric Art), Helwan University, 1985.
- Doctor of Philosophy in Art Education at the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, entitled (Content Analysis of Islamic Geometric Decorative Systems) 1990.

Membership

- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- Member of the Cairo Atelier group of artists and writers.
- Member of the Teachers Syndicate in Cairo.
- Member of the ANCIA group, UNESCO - Paris (Education through Art).
- Member of the Association of Colleges of Art Education (Drawing Group).

Jobs and professions undertaken by the artist

He was appointed as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Art Education, Department of Decorative Designs, Helwan University in 1981.
- He obtained the degree of Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Art Education for a research group in the field of foundations of decorative design, Helwan University, 1994.
- He obtained a professorship in the philosophy of art education in the subject (Foundations of Decorative Design) at the College of Art Education in 2000.
- Vice Dean of the College of Technical Education for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs.

Places where the artist lived

- Cairo .
- Rome .
-Bologna-.
-Florence.

Special exhibitions

- 1983 Exhibition entitled (Emotional Architectures) at Cairo Atelier.
- 1987 Exhibition entitled (The White Triangle) in the Round Hall - Syndicate of Fine Artists.
- 1989 The third and fourth exhibition (black ink on white paper) in the Akhenaten Hall in the Arts Complex in Zamalek - Cairo, in the Shatby Hall - Alexandria.
- 1991 Tour exhibition in Sohag Governorate in the Public Culture Hall.
- 1991 - 1993 Exhibition at Akhenaten Hall - Cairo.
- 1992 Exhibition (Touched Dialogue and Crumpled Paper A) at Cairo Atelier - Exhibition (Touched Dialogue and Crumpled Paper B) at Alexandria Atelier.
- 1993 Exhibition at Akhenaten Hall, Cairo.
- 1994 Exhibition at Extra Hall - Cairo.
- 1994 Exhibition at the Cultural Center in Paris - Saint-Michel - France.
- 1995 Exhibition in the Cairo Atelier Hall.
- 1996 (Paper Boats) exhibition in the Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier hall in Saudi Arabia.
- 1997 “Paper Boats” exhibition at Extra Hall in Zamalek - Cairo.
- 1998 Exhibition (Alienation...Paper Boats) in the Cairo Atelier Hall.
- 1999 Exhibition (Boats of the Moon 1) at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Vienna - Austria.
- 2000 Exhibition in the Alexandria Atelier Hall.
- 2001 (Transformation) exhibition in Akhenaten Hall, Arts Complex in Zamalek - installation in space.
- 2001 Exhibition (The Contrast of Times) in the Cairo Atelier Hall - Installation in the Void.
- 2002 Exhibition (Boats of the Moon 2) at Picasso Hall in Zamalek - Cairo.
- 2002 (Dahshur - Tea) exhibition in the hall of the Egyptian Academy of Arts - Rome.
- 2003, the first “Memory of Things” exhibition at the Egyptian Cultural Center - Paris
- 2004 Exhibition at Shaza Hall - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.
- 2005, Semiotics Visual Arts Exhibition, Al-Faisaliah Tower Hall - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.
- 2006 (Memory of Things) Second Exhibition - Picasso Hall - Cairo.
- 2007 Exhibition (short stories) at Picasso Hall in Zamalek.
- 2010 Exhibition (Akhenaten and the Transformation) in Ismailia.
- 2010 Exhibition (The Hoopoe and the Maadi) in the Extra Hall in Zamalek.
- 2012 Exhibition (Heart of the Hoopoe) at Picasso Hall in Zamalek.
- 2014 exhibition (Hodhud, Daughter of the Neighbors) at the Picasso Hall in Zamalek, January.
- 2014 Exhibition (The Dahshur Alphabet) in the (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in the Cairo Opera House Square in Gezira, April.
- 2016 exhibition (Greetings to Al-Wasti) at the Zamalek Art Hall, December.
- 2017 exhibition at Safarkhan Hall.
- 2019 (Saffron Soil) Exhibition in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in the Cairo Opera House Square on Mars Island.
- 2019 exhibition (Boats of Light) at the Nile Gallery in Zamalek, December.
- 2021 (Sycamore Tree) Exhibition in (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art - Cairo Opera House - November.
- 2022 Exhibition (O Tree Rise) at (Nile) Gallery in Zamalek, November.

Local group exhibitions

- 1980 - 1983 Exhibitions of the Fine Arts Competition of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports
- 1977- 1981 Helwan University Fine Arts Festival.
- 1981 - 1984 Vanguard Exhibitions - Fine Arts Lovers Association.
- 1982 Helwan University of Fine Arts Youth Exhibition in Arish.
- 1983 - 1984 Faculty exhibitions at the College of Art Education - Al-Salam Hall.
- 1983-1984 Cairo Atelier Salon Exhibition.
- 1984-1997 General National Exhibition of Fine Arts.
- 1984 Nile Competition Exhibition.
- 1985, an exhibition inspired by the Egyptian environment.
- 1985 Spring Exhibition of the National Society of Fine Arts.
- 1987 Atelier Salon Exhibition - One Painting.
- 1988 - 1991 Exhibition at the National Society of Fine Arts Salon.
- 1988 Exhibition at the Jamahiriya Cultural Association Salon - 6th of October City.
- 1988 (The Garden and the Field) Exhibition, April May - National Theater Park in Cairo.
- 1989 The First Youth Salon, Nile Hall, Cairo.
- 1989 Exhibition in Al Khan Hall, Al Salam Hyatt Hotel - Cairo.
- 1990 - The Second Youth Salon.
- 1991 Tour Exhibition (Sohag), Public Culture Hall in the Governorate.
- 1991 Exhibition: A Cry for the Kuwaiti People - Nile Hall, Cairo.
- 1992 Al-Ataa Exhibition (to remove the effects of the earthquake) at the Arts Complex in Zamalek - the exhibition was held in cooperation with the Fine Arts Sector and the National Bank of Egypt.
- 1992 Fine Artists Syndicate Exhibition for financial support for those affected by the earthquake of October 12, 1992.
- 1996 General National Exhibition at Akhenaten Hall - Cairo.
- 1998-1999 (Autumn Salon) in Akhenaten Hall, Arts Complex in Zamalek.
- 2001 National Fine Arts Exhibition (session)

2005, National Fine Arts Exhibition, session (29).
- 2009 Exhibition (Contemporary Egyptian Photography 1) in the Exhibition Hall of the Karma Ibn Hani Center in the Ahmed Shawky Museum in March.
- 2009, the Third Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Second Session).
- 2010, the Tenth Pottery Forum Exhibition, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center - House of the Nation Museum, April.
- 2010, the Fourth Fine Creativity Festival (General Exhibition, Thirty-Third Session).
- 2010, an exhibition in the new hall of the Portrait Gallery in one of the Pyramid hotels, August.
- 2010 Salon Exhibition (6 x 6) at the Ismailia Culture Palace - August.
- 2010 Exhibition (The Hoopoe and the Egyptian) in the Extra Hall in Zamalek, November.
- 2011 (Mother Egypt) exhibition at the Zamalek Art Hall in Zamalek, March.
- 2011 The twentieth exhibition of one-shot artists (plant and wall) at the Fine Arts Lovers Association, December.
- 2012 Exhibition (The Journey of the Holy Family to Egypt) at the Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center in the House of the Nation Museum, June.
- 2013 General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (35) May.
- 2014 (The Caravan) exhibition in the (Al-Bab - Selim) Hall at the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art at the Opera House, June.
- 2015 Salon (White - Black), third session, at the Gezira Arts Center in Zamalek, February.
- 2015 General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (37).
- 2016 General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (38) May.
- 2016, the first Arab Creators Exhibition at the Ostraka Gallery for Arts and Creativity in Cairo, May.
- 2017 exhibition (for the benefit of Children’s Cancer Hospital 57357) at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Cultural Center, February.
- 2017 The Second Arab Innovators Exhibition at Ostraka Gallery in downtown February.
- 2017, Nour Al-Shakal Exhibition, third session, at the Palace of Arts - May.
- 2017 General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (39), September.
- 2018, a duo exhibition with the artist (Mervat Azmy) entitled (Blue River, Red Land - Egypt, the Alphabet of Presence) in the Hanager Hall of the Cairo Opera House in March.
- 2018, the Second Salsabil Nile Forum in Qanater Al-Khairiyah, April.
- 2021 General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (42), August.
- 2021 The First Salon of Contemporary Art (Installation in Space) at the Palace of Arts, November.
- 2021 Silver Jubilee Exhibition of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Luxor University, in the main exhibition hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Luxor, December.
- 2022 Exhibition entitled (The Scene) at the Arts Complex (Aisha Fahmy Palace) in Zamalek, March.
- 2022 (ARTCOLLECTION6) exhibition at the Nile Hall in Zamalek, August.
- 2022 General Exhibition of Fine Arts, session (43), at the Palace of Arts, September.
- 2023 (ART COLLECTION 7) exhibition at (Nile) Hall in Zamalek) - March.
- 2023 Exhibition entitled (Arabic Selections 2023) at (Dha) Gallery for Arts and Culture in Mohandiseen and Zamalek, July.

International group exhibitions/overseas exhibitions

- 1988 Exhibition for the Development of Egyptian-Dutch Relations - Amsterdam.
- 1988 Young Contemporary Photographers Exhibition - Madrid - Spain.
- 1992 International Annual Exhibition of Small Drawings - Canada - Toronto.
- 1994 Odega Exhibition in Spain for small engravings.
- 1995 Non-Aligned Countries Exhibition - Jakarta - Indonesia.
- 1996 Spring Salon Exhibition, French Embassy - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.
- 1996, the Sixth International Cairo Biennale - at the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo.
- 1997 (Colourful Saudi Arabia) Exhibition, Saudi Airlines - Jeddah.
- 2000 Exhibition (Supporting the Palestinian Intifada), Gaza - Ramallah - Palestine.
- 2001 Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Portugal.
- 2001 Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition - Madrid - Spain.
- 2002 Arab Artists Exhibition - Le Meridien Hotel - Jeddah - Saudi Arabia.
- 2008, the First Luxor International Photography Forum in Luxor.
- 2009 The Egyptian Fine Arts Exhibition held within the celebration of Francophonie Week at the French Cultural Center - New Delhi - India, March.
- 2010 Exhibition (Arabic Selections) at Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier - Saudi Arabia.
- 2014, the 15th Sharm El Sheikh International Festival.
- 2016 Cairo International Symposium for Electronic and Media Arts at the Opera Palace.
- 2017, the Third International Burullus Forum, at the Opera Palace, March.
- 2018, the 8th Alexandria Library International Biennale for the Artist’s Book, September.
- 2018, the Fifth Burullus International Forum for Painting on Walls and Boats, Kafr El-Sheikh, October.

Technical visits

- Italy - Bologna - Netherlands - Madrid.

Scholarships and grants

- An internal mission from 1987 to 1990 to obtain a doctorate degree.

The technical tasks assigned to him and general contributions

- Design a postage stamp for food security.
- Head of the Department of Art Education - Teachers College in Al-Baha - Saudi Arabia.
- Editorial Director of the book series (Horizons of Fine Art), Egyptian Ministry of Culture.
-Member of the Board of Directors of the National Society of Fine Arts.
- Member of the jury of the Youth Salon of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture 1998.
- Supervisor of cultural seminars parallel to the Youth Salon - Egyptian Ministry of Culture 1999.
- Member of the International Jury for the First Tashkent Biennale - Uzbekistan 2001.
- Member of the Saudi Youth Welfare Jury Committees from 2000 to 2006, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.
- Curator of the Fine Arts Exhibition (The Second African Festival in Algeria) 2009.

Literature and cultural activities

- The various formulations of the plastic vocabulary as a source of decorative design - (in Akhenaten Hall 4A) in the Arts Complex in Zamalek, April 1991.
- Employing the symbol as a form and a basis in decorative design - in the Kiri Hall at the Alexandria Atelier - October 1992.
- He contributed to the work of the international artistic and cultural workshop parallel to the 1992 Cairo International Biennale.
- Participation in the second - third - fourth conference of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya.
- The role of tactile structure in decorative design - in Akhenaten Hall, Arts Complex in Zamalek - April 1993.

Analytical approaches to defining decorative painting - Scientific Journal of the Faculty of Arts - Minya University - Volume Twelfth - January 1994.
- The role of heritage as an experimental approach to decorative designs - Egyptian Cultural Center Hall in Paris - Saint-Michel - February 1994.
- The impact of technical approaches on achieving the appreciative movement of color in decorative designs - Jeddah Fine Arts Atelier 1996.
- The role of preparatory drawings in the structure of decorative design - Cairo Atelier for Artists and Writers 1998.
- The role of discretion and spontaneity in designing decorative paintings - Journal of Educational and Social Studies 1998.
- The relationship of the doctrinal content to the design formulations of the symbols of the murals of the tomb of Tuthmosis III - Journal of Educational and Social Studies 1999.
- Employing contrast values to achieve balance between plastic vocabulary in decorative designs - Alexandria Atelier for Artists and Writers 1999.
* Research under publication:
- Modernism in Islamic art.
- The specificity of art and the artist in the modern era.
- The issue of influence and influence of the young artist.
*Workshops:
- A workshop on artistic works prepared in the prepared space - Palace of Arts Hall - Youth Salon 1999.
- A workshop with the children of Marsa Matrouh Governorate - Siwa Oasis - about supporting Palestinian children (the Intifada) with the artist Muhammad Abla - Abdel Wahab Abdel Mohsen - Salah El-Melegy.
- A workshop with the children of the city of Rafah about the October 6 War with the artist Abdel Wahab Abdel Mohsen 2001.
- A critical reading of the works of the artist Omar Hamdi (Malva), Al-Roshan Hall - April 2002 - Jeddah.
- A workshop in the field of (engraving), Leadership Development Center - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia - The cognitive framework of artistic appreciation and criticism for Saudi artists, 2003.
- A workshop for young artists in Siwa Oasis 2010.

Local awards

- Incentive Award for designing the Food Security postage stamp, 1978.
- First prize in the field of decoration and advertising, May 15 Exhibition - Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, 1979.
- First Prize at the Youth Exhibition of Fine Arts in the field of design and advertising 1980, 1981.
- First prize (for Military Scientific Research Day) in the field of plastic arts while performing military service.
- First prize in photography for the twenty-third and twenty-fourth Vanguards Exhibition - Fine Arts Lovers Association 1983, 1984.
- A special certificate of appreciation for a work of art executed with various materials - Fine Arts Lovers Association 1987.
- Photography Award for the Young Contemporary Photographers Exhibition at the Faculty of Fine Arts - Minya University 1988.
- Second prize in the Egyptian Opera House Competition 1988.
- Appreciation Award from the Jury in the Art of Drawing - First Youth Salon 1989.
- Jury Prize from the 8th Youth Salon.
- Chemical Society Award, College of Science, 2001.
- Shield of the General Authority for Cultural Palaces 2010.
- State Award for Excellence in the Field of Arts 2022.

International awards

- Gold Award for the (Colorful Saudi Arabia) Exhibition Competition, Saudi Airlines - Jeddah 1990.
- First Prize for designing an environmental conservation poster, King Saud University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2001.
- Chemical Society Award, College of Science - Riyadh - Saudi Arabia 2001.

Special collectibles

- Some individuals have Dr. Youssef Al-Raheb - Dr. Abla Hanafi - Dr. Sherif Khattab - Italian Consul in Alexandria - French Ambassador in Cairo - Eng. Mbardi, owner of the Isalo company - the great architect and engineer Jamal Bakri - the artist Mina Saroufihm - the leading Saudi artist Munira Mosli.

Official collectibles

- The Supreme Council for Youth and Sports.
- Saudi Airlines - Saudi Color. .
- Military Research Authority.
- Egyptian Opera House.
- Conference Hall, Nasr City.
- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo.
- Raja Hotel in Cairo.
- Hilton Hurghada.
- Egyptian American Bank.
- Jeddah International Airport Projects Authority.
- Extra Hall.
- Four Seasons Hotel - Garden City - Cairo.
- Kaminsky Hotel - Cairo..

For important artistic works in the artist’s life

- Beautification of (Egyptian American Bank) main center - photography boards.
- Beautification of the Raja Hotel in Dokki - Photography paintings.
- Cosmetology (Nahdet Misr Medical Society - Giza) - Photography board.
- Conference hall building in Nasr City - photo panel.
- Beautification of the rest house of engineer (Ali Issa), the largest export company for Egyptian oranges.
- Office of the Great Architect, Professor Dr. Engineer Farouk El Gohary.
- Office of Architect Ashraf Farag - Photography plates.
- Office of Architect Azza Farag - Photography plates.
- Museum of Modern Art in Cairo, more than 25 pictorial works.
- Saudi Airlines (Jeddah International Airport) photographic plates.