Adel Thabet Attallah
Personal Data     Fame Name : Adel Thabet Birth date : 23/3/1943 Place of birth : Assuit Activities : Criticism Email : adelsabit44@yahoo.com, iinfo@fenoungamela.com adelsabit44@gmail.com Web Site : www.fenoungamela.com
Education
- Graduated from the Higher Institute of Art Educational 1964.-Postgraduate diploma in Cairo.
Membership
- Member of the Press Syndicate.- Board member of the Egyptian Society of Critics.- Founding member of the Fine Artists Association, 64 / 133 painting.- Member of the Cairo Atelier.- Member of Al-Ghoury Artists Society and the Ahlia Fine Arts Society.
Jobs
Worked as caricaturist at al-Masaa newspaper and Sabah el-Kheir magazine, during his study at the Higher Institute of Art Education. - Artistic director of Al-Kawakeb magazine.- Artistic director of Al-Mosawer magazine. - Artistic director of Dar al-Helal magazine.- Journalist and art critic at Dar Al-Helal Foundation and al-Kawakeb magazine.- Assigned to teach at the Faculty of Specific Education, Arts and music in Dokki, 1989 - 1995.- Secretary-general of the Division of the Association of Fine Artists, 1993-1996. - Head of the Fine Arts in the 6th of October City 1994. - Secretary of the Egyptian Society of Critics of Fine Art 1999. - Secretary General of the Ahlia Society of Fine Arts, 2004. - Technical Adviser for al-Kawakeb magazine, and Dar Al-Helal Foundation
Places of interest
Assuit, Cairo.
Solo shows
Exhibition in Qena, Aswan, Assiut governorates, 1968.- Exhibition of press illustrations at Assiut Cultural Palace, 1973. - Exhibition in Cairo Atelier, 1983 1984.- Exhibition in Anfoushy Cultural Palace, Alexandria, 1983.- Exhibition in Donia art gallery Bab al-Louq (from Cairo to shore and vice versa) 1997.- Exhibition at the invitation of the Egyptian Arts Academy in Rome 1994.- Exhibition entitled (Playing on Strings of the Beautiful Time), Egyptian Center of International Cultural Cooperation (foreign diplomats), 1999. - Shadikor art gallery in Heliopolis May 2003. - Exhibition in Conrad Hotel in Cairo January 2004. - Exhibition in Shadikor Hall in Heliopolis May 2004. - Exhibition in Arabesque art gallery, Nile Palace, March 2005. - Exhibition in Arabesque art gallery, Nile Palace, March 2006. - At Shadecor gallery , Heliopolis 2006 - At Fine Arts gallery , Zamalek 2007
Local exhibitions
- Exhibition of the Association of Teachers of Art Education in Cairo 1968. - The Second Winter Salon in Alexandria 1972. - Maternity Exhibition at Bab el-Louq Gallery, Cairo 1977. - Drawing Competition at the Modern Art Museum in Cairo 1982.- Joint exhibition at Assiut Cultural Palace 1983.- Salon of Cairo Atelier 1983 - 1984. - Exhibition in Assiut Governorate, 1968. - The General Art Exhibition, (11) 1981, (12) 1982, (13) 1983, (21) 1990.- Spring Salon, Alexandria 1982.- Joint exhibition with artists participating in Al-Mahers Fine Arts Festival of Tunis 1994. - Exhibition of the Egyptian Society of Critics, 1996-1997. - Joint exhibition with Ibrahim Abdul Malak in Alexandria Atelier 1998.- Exhibition of the critics’ artists in Alexandria Atelier 1999.- Exhibition in Reach art gallery, Cairo 1999. - Exhibition entitled (Visions of 2000) in gallery Shadikor 2000.- The First Press Illustration Exhibition at the Arts Palace March 2004. - The Premiere Black and White Drawing Salon, at Gezira Arts Center, May 2004. - Exhibition in Hanager Arts Center, April 2005.- The 29th National Art Exhibition, 2005. - Exhibition ` Ramadan Nights` at Shadecor gallery , Heliopolis 2006 -1st Festival of Fine Creation (30th General exhibition and 1st Fine Art Fair) 2007 - At Cairo Atelier 2007 - Exhibition ` Egyptian nights` at Shadecor gallery , Heliopolis 2007 - Mini tableaus and Sketchs Festival at Shadecor gallery , Heliopolis 2008 - At Fine Arts gallery in co-oepration with Saudi Students Club 2008 - At Shadecor gallery 2008
International exhibitions
- The 14th Alexandria Biennale of the Mediterranean Countries, 1982.- The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany 1985.- Two sessions of the International Fine Arts Festival in al-Mahers (Tunisia), 1993 1995.
Scholarship
Sabbatical Leave Grant for Fine Arts from the Ministry of Culture, for three years.
Assignment
- Overseeing Shadikor Gallery in Heliopolis. - Member of the Jury Committee on the Fourth Salon of Mini Works of Art, 2002. - Overseeing a group of artists at Luxor Studios by the Plenary of Houses of Culture. - Honor of the Fine Arts Sector, Ministry of Culture, for participating in the High Committee of the first Press Illustration Exhibition at the Arts Palace March 2004. - Member of the Supreme Committee of the Bank of Information, upon decree of the Head of the Fine Arts Sector.
Publications and activities
- Author of many critical and analytical articles in many journals such as al-Kawakeb magazine, al-Helal magazine , al-Arabi magazine , Kuwait magazine in Kuwait , Oman newspaper , Arabian Horizons in Iraq and the Arts newspaper in Kuwait.
International recognition
First prize for design stamps of Kuwait National Day 1967. - First prize for poster design of the Organization of African Unity 1967. - Obtained a diploma and gold medal from the International Biennale of Ancona, Italy.
Private collection
Art lovers in Cairo, USA, Switzerland.
State collection
- The Ministry of Education. - The Ministry of Culture in Cairo. - Museum of Egyptian Modern Art; - Cairo Conference Center, Nasr City. - Al-Ahram newspaper.- Cultural Development Fund.