There is a philosophical approach that sees art as an aesthetic value, while there is another one that sees it as a social message. Therefore, opinions differed on the form and content, but Hanafy Mahmoud’s artworks gather them together. He was born on the 14th of August, 1970 in El-Wadi El-Gedid. He graduated from the faculty of Art Education in 1993 and got a master’s degree in painting in 2002.
He worked in academic positions, as he was a researcher and a professor in the faculty of Art Education and the American University in Cairo. He held more than 10 private exhibitions. The first one was in the faculty of Art Education’s showroom, then he kept on holding exhibitions till he held two exhibitions called Illusion 1 and Illusion 2 in 2016. In these two exhibitions, he expressed the space between imagination and symbol in an artistic experience that was like a symphony, as he transferred his self and feelings to a fine artwork taking down shorthand a lot of traditional fine details which makes the hero of the artwork is the human with his essence and what they reveal in their visual contact with the recipient while keeping the aesthetic form and aiming to deep human values.
His painting style was outstanding and reflected his vision of intellectual and existential issues. In all of the fine artists’ paintings, you can recognize his from a long distance. He took part in many group national and international exhibitions. In Egypt, He participated in many galleries starting from the Youth Salon in 1993 with its consecutive round, then the Association of Fine Arts Lovers’ Al-Tala’e Exhibition since 1994, and more than one round of the Small Artworks Salon; the first round was the 4th salon in 2000. He also participated in the first Creative Fine Art Festival in 207; he regularly took part in the National Public Gallery and Black and White Gallery. Besides, he had outstanding participation in private showrooms, galleries, such as Masryetna in 2011, Rosoum in 2012, Cartography in 2017, Generations of Art 2018, Selections in 2019, the Second Nubian Forum for Painting in 2020, Agenda in 2020, A Body without a Body in 2020, and Tawasol in 2021,
Moreover, on the international level, he took part in many events, such as Jerash Festival in Jordan in 2000, Contemporary Egyptian Art Gallery in Dubai in 2006, Contemporary Egyptian Art in Alicante, Spain in 2006, the Egyptian Fine Art forum in Vienna, Austria in 2008, the 11th International Cairo Biennale in 2008, a fine arts gallery simulating Turin’s Book Fair in 2009, Fine Arts Gallery in the Egyptian Cultural Center in Tripoli, Libya in 2009, Fine Arts Gallery in the program of the African Cultural Festival in Algeria in 2009, and the International Arts Festival in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Mahmoud got the Luxor Ateliers’ scholarship and many awards, such as the painting prize from the Fine Art Lovers’ Association in the 33rd and the 34th rounds of Al-Tala’a gallery, the Jury Prize in the 12th Youth Salon, the Oscar of the 16th Youth Salon, the Golden Pyramid and so many other awards.
Many of his holdings are with individuals inside Egypt and outside Egypt in Germany and Belgium. There are also holdings in the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Cairo Opera, Holland’s Embassy, and the Indian Embassy in Egypt.
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