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| Safiya Hilmi Hussein |
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Personal Data
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| Birth date |
: 1/5/1923 |
| Place of birth |
: Cairo |
| Activities |
: Ceramic |
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| Education |
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Studies at the Free Section of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Cairo, 1956.
Studied under artist Hamid Abdullah and artist Gerbrian.
Free classes in alfresco, etching, drawing in special ateliers.
Porcelain classes by the artist Said Al- Sadr. |
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| Membership |
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Founding member of the Fine Artists Association, 132 / 63, (Painting).
Member of the Artists Association of Al- Ghoury.
Member Cairo Atelier.
Founding member of Ahlia Art Society. |
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| Jobs |
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Teacher of painting and ceramics at private schools. |
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| Places of interest |
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| Solo shows |
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- Exhibition at the Modern Art Museum 1959.
- Exhibition at Al- Ghoury art gallery, 1965.
- Exhibition at the Egyptian Cultural Center in London with the artist Hagrass 1976.
- Exhibition in Germany (West Berlin), with the artist Hagrass 1976.
- Exhibition at art gallery of Le Meriden Hotel 1980.
- Exhibition in Bohua, Finland, 1985. Exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, 1985.
- Al- Salam art gallery in Zamalek 1987.
Cairo Atelier, 1994.
Exhibition at Ragheb Ayad art gallery Gezira Arts Center, 2003. |
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| Local exhibitions |
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- Salon of the Art Lovers Society, 1957.
- Liberal Artists Exhibition, 1957. Joint exhibition at Hurrya Cultural Palace in Alexandria, 1965.
- Joint exhibition with sculptor Mohammed Hussein Hagrass at the Soviet Cultural - Center in Alexandria 1972, and then in Cairo, 1976.
- Group exhibition of Helwan Atelier members in Cairo Atelier, 1987, 1990, and 1994.
- The General Art Exhibition, session (21) 1990.
- The 23rd National Art Exhibition, 1993.
- Cairo Atelier, 1996.
- National Art Exhibition, session (27) 2001.
- The 28th National Art Exhibition, 2003.
- National Art Exhibition, session (29) 2003. |
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| International exhibitions |
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- The 3rd, 4th, 5th Alexandria International Biennale of the Mediterranean Countries, 1959, 1961, 1963.
- International Print Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970.
- The 1st Cairo International Triennale for Ceramic, 1992.
- International Ceramics Exhibition in Finland 1992.
- The second Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics, 1994. |
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| Scholarship |
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Grant for a month in Alivengelisheh Academy in West Berlin Germany 1985. |
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| Assignment |
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Representative of Egypt in the World Crafts Council since 1981.
First International Symposium staged in Morocco (prospects for the development of traditional industries in the Islamic world in 1991).
Participated in the International Symposium and the Third International Exhibition of Ceramics in Iris Borvo, Finland, 1992.
Participate in the establishment of the first international symposium on the crafts in the Islamic architecture with a focus on the establishment and development (inlaid, glass and balconies), Cairo 1995.
Participated in the World Crafts Council of African Region that held in Johannesburg, South Africa 1995. |
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| Local recognition |
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Second prize for painting from Cairo Salon, 1957. |
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| Private collection |
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Among collections of art lovers in Finland, Germany and most European countries. |
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| State collection |
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