1952          born in Behera, Egypt

1970/76     M. D. at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

1974/75     Independent studies, Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo, Egypt

1979          takes up painting full time

1980          moves to Milan, Italy

1990          returns to Cairo where he lives and works

Group exhibitions :

2008 Cairo biennale - Cairo , Egypt

2008 Arabia Italia : Chelsea  art museum - New york ,U.S.A

2008 Word into Art - Artists of the Middle East, British Museum :  travelling

exhibition (curated by Venetia Porter), The British Museum, Dubai, UAE

Mediterranean Triology , Palais des Arts, Marseilles, France

Arab artists in between Italian and Mediterranean Traditions (curated by

Martina Corgnati), Damascus,  , Beirut , Cairo

2007 Occidentalism (curated by Karim Francis) The Swiss hotel, Cairo, Egypt

2005 Al Azhar Park, Cairo, Egypt

2005 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2005 Fonoon Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2005 Espace Karim Francis, Cairo, Egypt

2003 ARAB canvas (curated by Saleh Barakat) Dubai, UAE

2003 Arab paintings for Children (curated by Mohi Al Labbad)

The Arab World Institute, Paris, France

2003 Repliques, Initiative of Philippe Mouillon, Algeria

2003 Human Face in Contemporary Egyptian Art, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

2002 Contemporary Egyptian Art, Beijing, China

2002 Ateliers Arabes, Unisco Hall, Beirut

2002 18 International artists: Hommage to King Henry the Fourth Initiative of

Philippe Mouillon, Lyon, France

2001 Contemporary Art in Egypt, Mexico City, Mexico

2000 Italian – Egyptian Contemporary Art Confrontation, Gezira Art Center, Cairo

1999 A la nuit Tombée - virtual art show, Philippe Mouillon, Grenoble, France

1999 12 Contemporary Egyptian Artists, The Arab World Institute, Paris, France

1998 Bellektin - Moderling, Dolmabachi Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey

1998 Days of Kom Ghurab, Hanager Art Center, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt

1997 Biennale of Venice: Modernities and Memories, recent works from the Islamic

world, Venice, Italy

1997 Biennale of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

1997 Contemporary Egyptian Art, University of Lebanon, Beirut

1997 Biennale of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

1997 Trans African Art, Orlando Museum of Modern Art, Florida, USA

1997 Sans Frontières, Gallery Micheline Fallet, Geneva, Switzerland

1996 Biennale of Sao Paolo, Sao Poalo, Brazil , parallel works in  Rio

1996 Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt

1995 Lexus Hall, Jedda, Saudi Arabia

1995 Modern Egyptian Art Exhibition, Marseilles, France

1995 International Institute for Commerce, Mexico City, Mexico

1995 Korean Cultural Center, Paris, France

1994 The Arab World Institute, Paris, France

1994  rencontr africaine National Gallery, Johannesbourg, South Africa

, Capetown, South Africa, Lisbona, Portugal

1994 British Institute, Cairo, Egypt

1993 Modern Art Museum, New Delhi, India

1989 Ghury Palace, Cairo, Egypt

1986 Foreign Artists in Italy, Innocenti Palace, Florence, Italy

1975 Egyptian Universities Art Festival

Solo exhibitions

2008 The Face and Beyond / Au delà du visage, Le Violon Bleu, Tunisia

2007 Siwi Faces Art space, Dubai, UAE

2006 My stars Mashrabia gallery, Space Karim Francis, Cairo, Egypt

2005 French Cultural Center, Alexandria, Egypt

2004 lllusion Art Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait

2003 Al Riwaq Gallery, Manama, Bahrain

2004 Atassi Gallery, Damascus, Syria

2004 Agial Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

2003 Ammar Farhat Gallery, Tunisia

1999 Ekhnaton Gallery, Art Center Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

1999 Vision Egyptienne d'Eternité, Ville d" Agde, France

1996 Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy

1995 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

1993 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

1993 Epreuve d’ Artiste, Beirut, Lebanon

1992 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

1990 Papiry Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1990 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

1989 Koreuber Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1988 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

1987 Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

1985 Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

1980 Cairo Atelier, Cairo, Egypt

Other Achievements

1994 Art director in film Ya Donia ya Gharami, Egypt

1995 Translation and presentation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Theory on Painting

1996 Initiator of Experimental Community Art - project in Kom Ghurab, Old Cairo

1997 Editor of Ain, Visual Arts Magazine

1997 Member of the Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt

2001 Translation and presentation of Paul Klee’s Bauhaus Lectures

2006 translation of Giuseppe Ungaretti’s The Life of a man