Islam Abdel Azim Zaher Ghanim

Country: 
Egypt
General: 

Education

-Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Helwan University, 1994.

Artist residence

-Giza
-Cairo

Internships and Grants

-The "Grant of Devotion" from the Ministry of Culture 1996.

Local and international encyclopedias

-Youth saloon encyclopedia, part2, Critic Mohamed Hamza 2002, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.
-Youth saloon encyclopedia, part3, Critic Mohamed Hamza 2004, issued by the Fine Arts Sector.
 

Exhibition: 

Private exhibitions

-2003 "90's (Generation)" exhibition, Gezira Center of Arts, Zamalek
-2005 "Out of Vacuum– solo exhibition – Karim Francis Contemporary Art Gallery, Zamalek
-2007 "Untitled Portraits" exhibition, XVA Gallery, Dubai
-2010 "Intuited Happiness" – solo exhibition – Karim Francis Contemporary Art Gallery – Down town 
-2015 "Pink and Lamentation" –solo exhibition– Gallery Misr, Zamalek
-2017 Remnants of Enchantment, Gypsum Gallery

Group exhibitions

-Student exhibitions, Faculty of Fine Arts, 1992-94
-Youth competition at the French Culture Center in Heliopolis 1995.
-Heliorama exhibition for youths at the French Culture Center Heliopolis 1995.
- Youth Saloon 7th edition 1995, 9th edition 1997, 10th edition 1998, and 13th edition 2001.
-Saloon of miniature art work 2nd edition 1998, 4th edition 2000, 5th edition 2002, and 6th edition 2003.
-Blue Color Knights at Picasso Gallery 1998.
-18 visions from "90s Generation" exhibition, Gezira Center of Arts, Zamalek 1999.
-"Occidentalism" exhibition - nineteen artists from Egypt have been commissioned by Karim Francis to create works of art driven by the question "How do you see the West?" – Swiss Hotel, Downtown, Cairo 2007.
-National Exhibition, 31st Edition, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art 2008.
-"Faces" exhibition - Horizon Gallery 1, Mahmoud Khalil Museum 2009.
-National Exhibition, 33rd Edition, Palace of Art 2010.
-Human Body Exhibition, Palace of Art 2010.
-Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Youth Salon, Palace of Art 2015.
-National Exhibition, 37th Edition, Palace of Art 2015.
-Dai Gallery opening exhibition 2016.
-Paper Trails, Gypsum Gallery 2017.

-Octagon, Gallery Misr, 2018.

International group exhibitions

-The Egyptian culture week in Al Shariqah, UAE 2000.
-Artists from the Middle East, Artspace Gallery, Dubai 2011.

- BEIRUT ART FAIR, 2018

Collectibles: 

Private acquisitions

-Individuals in Egypt and abroad.

Official acquisitions

-The Museum of Modern Art in Cairo.

 

Prize: 

Local prizes

-The second prize for drawing from Salon of Youth (5th Edition) 1995.
-The "Grant of Devotion" from the Ministry of Culture 1996.
-The prize of Jury from the Salon of Youth (9th Edition) 1997.
-Two prizes of Jury and "ICA" at the Salon of Youth (10th Edition)1998.

11th Luxor International Painting Symposium