African artist Introduction

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: Gazbia Sirry, Alexander Boghossian, Fathi Hassan, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Zarina Bhimji, Dilomprizulike, Hédi Khayachi, Anton van Wouw, Syd Brak, Jennifer Maestre, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Wangechi Mutu, Georges Hanna Sabbagh, Gerhard Marx, Louis Maqhubela, Pauline Vogelpoel, Nicholas Hlobo, Nnenna Okore, Kantilal Jivan, Thamsanga Mnyele, Omar Badsha, Nike Davies-Okundaye, Ben Agbee, Madi Phala, Gavin Jantjes, Yinka Adeyemi, Ibiyinka Alao, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Owusu-Ankomah, Chaïbia Talal, Lukman Alade Fakeye, Ndidi Dike, George Pemba, Obiora Udechukwu, Kebedech Tekleab, Tony Nsofor, Uche Okeke, Beezy Bailey, Jeremy Wafer, Thomas Mukarobgwa, Willie Bester, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Abrie Fourie, Bill Ainslie, Eser Afacan, Bela Duarte, Bisi Silva, Charles Fernando, Rachid Koraïchi, Ada Udechukwu, Brett Murray, Chike Aniakor, Tayo Adenaike, Ismaïla Manga, George Edozie, Godfried Donkor, Paul Stopforth, Georgia Papageorge, Joseph Amedokpo, Jimmy Ogonga, Romuald Hazoumé, Georges Adéagbo, Willem Boshoff, Sunday Jack Akpan, Constance Stuart Larrabee, Robert Paul, Ezrom Legae, Etiyé Dimma Poulsen, Elizabeth Habte Wold, Mansour Sora Wade, Kingsley Sambo, Yegizaw Michael, Nsukka group, Bodo, Berry Bickle, Barthélémy Toguo, Efiaimbalo, Garth Erasmus, Koos van Ellinckhuijzen, Ibrahima Kébé, Jill Trappler, Kim Schmahmann, Minnette Vári, Mickaël Bethe-Selassié, Joe Daly, Hatem El Mekki, Donovan Ward, Njogu Touray, Colla Swart, Calixte Dakpogan, Gedewon, Thakor Patel, Ouanes Amor, Seni Awa Camara, Néjib Belkhodja, James Madhlope Phillips. Excerpt: Gazbia Sirry (Arabic: ¿) (born 1925) is an Egyptian painter. Born in Cairo, Gazbia Sirry studied fine arts and became a professor in the painting department of the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University. Gazbia is considered one of the leading Egyptian artists, with a varied and innovative career of more than 50 years. Her career is rich and diversified, and is characterized by an extraordinary versatility. It would be difficult, though, to confine and limit Gazbia in any traditional school, although her vivid and bold brushstrokes share features with Neo-Expressionism: a school of individuality and personality. With a rich curriculum, including more than 50 personal exhibitions, from Paris to Washington, D.C., from Venice to Sao Paolo, from Kuwait to Tunis, official purchases by international museums, international prizes, scholarships and important university chairs, Gazbia continues to paint for the love of art, a way to express her joys and fears. Gazebia Serry's art are distinguished for renewal where she expressed the feelings and traditions of the Egyptian woman during the 1960s. In the 1970s, she used the pyramid images and constructional mixture in her works for expressing the daily life of the Egyptian woman, and in the 1990s she helped in liberating the Egyptian woman from the old traditions through her work. Positions Held EducationGraduated from the High Institute of Girls, Fine Arts Department, 1948. Diploma in art education 1949. Postgraduate studies under professor Marcele Gromier in Paris 1951, Rome 1952 and the Slid Faculty of London University 1953 -1955. Membership Places of interestCairo, Fayoum, Paris, Rome, California, Berlin, Beirut, and European countries. Solo shows Local exhibitions The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Japan, 1974. "Egypt Today", The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in USA, by 16 artists, 1981. International exhibitions Sch...