George Fikry Ibrahim Youssef
Personal Data     Fame Name : George Fikry Birth date : 7/11/1963 Place of birth : Cairo Activities : Painting Email : georgefikry@hotmail.com Web Site : www.georgefikry.com
Education
Graduated from the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 1986.MA in art education, 1994. Ph.D. in art education philosophy, 2000.
Membership
Member of the Fine Artists Association.The Alumni of the High Institute of Art Education.The Art Education Teachers Union.The Ahlia Arts Society.Cairo Atelier Group of Artists and Writers.‘Home x1’ Group.Member of the Artwork Teachers Union.The Egyptian Folk Arts Society.The International Association of Education through Art (AINSEA).
Jobs
Appointed instructor at the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, 1986.Teacher of painting at the Free Studies Section, Faculty of Art Education in Zamalek.Teacher at Education Science Department, Faculty of Art Education in Zamalek.Assigned to teach public art education at Ain Shams University, 2003, 2004.Assistant teacher at the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University.
Solo shows
‘Earth Mythology’, at Ekhnaton art gallery, Zamalek Arts Center, 1994.‘Myths Consequences’, at Zamalek Arts Center, 1996.‘Tierce Drawings of the Room’, Cairo Atelier, 1997.‘Room Drawings’, at Zamalek Arts Center, 1999, 2001.Exhibition at the Egyptian Art Academy in Rome, 2002.‘Consequences of the Room Drawings’, at Ekhnaton (1) art gallery, Zamalek Arts Center, 2003.Exhibition at Albertiny Art Academy in Torino, Italy, 2005.
Local exhibitions
Participated in the Avant-garde Exhibitions from 1987 to 1995.Staff Teachers Exhibition, the 50th Jubilee of the Faculty of Art Education, 1989.The Youth Salon, from first to 8th session, 1989 to 1996.The 21st General Art Exhibition, 1990.Exhibition of ‘Home x1’ group, at art gallery of Cairo Opera House, 1993.Exhibition of ‘Home x1’ group, in Cairo Opera House, 1994, 1995.The 24th National Art Exhibition, 1995.Dream Mythology, at the Italian Cultural Centre, 1997.The 25th, 26th, 27th National Art Exhibition, 1997, 1999, 2001.The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Salon of Mini Works of Art, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.The 25th Silver Jubilee of Zamalek Arts Center, 2002.The 28th National Art Exhibition, 2003.The Premiere Black and White Drawing Salon, at Gezira Arts Center, May 2004.The 6th Salon of Mini Works of Art, 2003.“Salon Stars”, parallel to the 6th Youth Salon, 2004.The 7th Salon of Mini Works of Art, 2004.The Egyptian and Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, at Arts Palace of Cairo Opera House, 2005.The 29th National Art Exhibition, 2005. - Salon of Circle Mini Works of Art - Portrait gallery - Down Town 2006 - Exhibition of the Egyptian Cultural week in Bousna and Harsak 2006
International exhibitions
The 5th Cairo International Biennale, 1994.The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Vienna, 1995.The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Pakistan, 1997.The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Jordan, and Qatar, 1999.The Egyptian Cultural Week in Sharjah, UAE, 2000.The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Sharjah, 2000.The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Tunisia, 2001.The First Alexandria International Biennale of Artist Book, 2004.The Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Germany, accompanying Frankfurt International Book Fair, 2004.Exhibition at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Rome, 2005.Artist Book Fair in Gezira Arts Center, June 2006. - 52nd Venicia International Biennale 2007
Assignment
Member of Artists Biography Documentation Committee of the Sector of Fine Arts.Jury member of domestic and overseas art competitions of the National Center of Children.Jury member of Suzan Mubarak Award for Child Literature.Jury member of the Technical and Printmaking Committee, Exhibition Committee of the 5th, 6th and 8th Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Art Education.Designed poster and book cover of the 6th Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Art Education, May 1997.Organized group show of 30 scholars of Free Study Section, from 1999 to 2005.Commissaire of the Egyptian Contemporary Art Exhibition in UAE, 2000.Member of Students Affairs Committee, 2003.Member of the Installations and Laboratory Committee, 2005. Nominated by Helwan University in scientific mission, 2003, 2004.Travelled to Italy in a scholarship in Albertiny Art Academy in Tureno, April 2005.
Publications and activities
- Criticism and reading research Workshop at the International Conference of the World Fine Art Critics, Egyptian AICA, on (the relationship between artist, critic and audience, Egyptian AICA prize of youth critics, 1995. - Workshops in conjunction with the General Authority for Houses of Culture (Suez, Luxor, Assiut, Tanta Halaib, Sudan, Cairo) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.Art workshop in United Arab Emirates, Sharjah, 2000. Workshop of the exchange of professors of Helwan University and the University of San Jose California (Museum fellowship programme), with the support of the Fulbright Association, 2000. - Art workshop in mental health hospital of Abbasya and Helwan, 2001, 2002. - Workshop Association of the Fine Artists Association for the Palestinian Intifada, 2002. - Issued three books in art education in conjunction with Dr. Ghada Mustafa in 2000, 2001, 2002. - The preparation, organization and management of the first workshop output postgraduate (supplementary diploma), Faculty of Art Education March, 2002. - Dissemination of research and discussion on ‘the measurement of verbal response to the students of the Faculty of Art Education, on some work of contemporary Arab artists, writers Scientific Conference VIII Faculty of Art Education, 2002. - Prepared, organized and directed the second theoretical workshop for postgraduate students (supplementary diploma), diploma in art education, Faculty of Art Education, April 2003. - Dissemination of research and discussion on the role of social and cultural assets of Educational art in the development of cultural awareness in confront the globalization-book of the 4th Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Fine Arts, 2003. - Issuance of the first issue of the journal of ‘Contemporary in art education’, including articles and researches of postgraduate students, supplementary diploma, March 2002. No. 2 April 2003.- Workshop in the garden of children Sayeda Zeinab (park fees wall), 2003. - Workshop in Bibliotheca Alexandrina project (my beautiful panorama), including ten provinces, and a workshop Assiut Governorate, 2003. - Workshop for children on the south Arts Center, Exhibition artist George intellectual-wall different raw materials, 2003. - And a variety of workshops for children of the General Organization of Houses of Culture (Culture Palace Suzanne Mubarak-palace of culture Child Specialist) National Center for Culture of Child-garden children`s cultural Sayeda Zeinab, the Plastic Arts (Arts Academy south), 2004.- Workshops for the Ministry of Youth and Sports accompanying exhibition of children`s books, 2004.- Discussing the research on the role of cultural assets and aesthetic Educational artistic self-activate the child cope with the positive changes community-Faculty girls, Ain Shams University.- Discussing the research on digital culture as a gateway to enrich the artistic culture educated art conjunction with Dr. Hatem Ahmad Said Faculty of Art Education 2005. - Discussing the research on the problem of cultural and social dialogue in the digital contemporary Egyptian art-the parallel Alexandria Biennale twenty-third of the Mediterranean 2005.- Preparing, organizing and managing an international workshop Academy of Arts College-Italy entitled (from the Earth to the heart), 2005.- Participated in the workshops studies at the University of Rome, Lasabinsa with Prof. Louisa Bongrani and field study workshop associated with the government Deaf Institute with Professor Simonetti Marjna, 2005. - Workshop (Mural) at the National Center for Culture of the Child on the occasion of the passage of commemorative centenary of the death of science fiction writer Jules Vergne, 2005. - Symposia and lectures:- Symposium, and discussion of “the youth pavilion of the Cairo International Biennale about ‘philosophy, success and failure’, Zamalek Arts Center, 2-8 1995.- Symposium on “reading on the 24th General Art Exhibition and the 7th Youth Salon” in Zamalek Arts Center, 30 / 12 / 1995. - Symposium at Hanager Arts Center “the Egyptian young contemporaries”, 11 March 2002.- Symposium on ‘the aspirations of young people and curriculum development in colleges of art’, parallel to the 15th Youth Salon events, at the Palais des Arts, Egyptian Opera House, 9-9, 2003.- Symposium on the development of creative abilities of children exhibition at Children`s Book Fair, 2005.Lecture at the Abertiny Academy, Turin (Italy) on ‘the cultural and academic dialogue between different cultures to enrich the cultural and artistic visual art of art student”, 11 / 6 / 2005. - Symposium at Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum on art and its role in educating the community, 2005.
Local recognition
- Won the third prize (drawing) in the Vanguard competition (Society of Fine Arts lovers) 1990. - Third prize, a certificate of appreciation at the National Competition of Fine Arts (Painting) of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports in 1990. - An assessment of the competition in the National Fine Arts (etching) of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports in 1992.- Won the Medal and a certificate of participation in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts session 23, 1993.- Certificate of appreciation in the field of painting in the competition of the 5th Youth under 35 years Salon, in 1993. - Salon Certificate for drawing in the competition of the 6th Salon of Youth under 35 Years, 1994. - Certificate of appreciation for painting in the competition the 8th Salon Youth under 35 years of 1996.- Medal and honouring certificate for participating in the 10th Salon of youth under 35 years, 1998.- Certificate of appreciation for participating in the 6th Scientific Conference, Faculty of Art Education entitled (present and future), 1997. - Assiut University Shield for establishing workshops at the South Egypt Institute of Tumours (Assiut University), 1999. - Medal, certificate of art acquisition of Museum of the Faculty of Art Education Helwan University, 2000. - Certificate of appreciation to participate in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts session (27), 2001.- Shield and a certificate of appreciation from the Flower Sports Club in the field of Fine Arts 2002.- Certificate of appreciation to participate in the Eighth Conference of the Faculty of Art Education, entitled ‘Art Education and Development of the Arab Child), 2002.- Certificate of appreciation for participate in the 4th Scientific Conference at the Faculty of Fine Arts entitled (development of fine arts education in the face of globalization), 2003.- Certificate of Appreciation from the Egyptian Center of Children Books (the Supreme Authority of Suzanne Mubarak Award for Child Art) Jury member, 2004. - Certificate of appreciation for participating in First Child Biennale, General Authority of Houses of Culture, 2004. - Certificate of appreciation for participating in the exhibition of (Salon Stars), the 16th Youth Salon honour awards during previous sessions of the salon, 2005.- Certificate of appreciation for participating in the Second Regional Conference of the Faculty of Girls (Section child-rearing) at the University of Ain Shams title (Arab child self-efficacy in the changeable community) 2005.
International recognition
- Shield and honorary certificate at the 5th Cairo International Biennale 1994. - An Italian-language from the University of Rome (Lasabinsa) to participate in the activities of groups of scientific and technical University, 2005. - Certificate in Italian language from Albertiny Academy of Fine Arts in Milan Rome (Lasabinsa) to participate in the scientific and artistic activities of the Academy, 2005.
Private collection
Among collections of art lovers in Egypt and abroad.
State collection
- Egyptian Modern Art Museum in Cairo. - The Supreme Council for Youth and Sports. - Helwan University. - The general lack of culture. - Museum of the Faculty of Education Technical south.- Museum of Fine Arts Faculty Menia. - Academy of Arts in Turino, (Italy). - The General Authority of Cultural Palaces. - The Ministry of Culture. - The Supreme Council for Youth and Sports. Upper Egypt Society of Education and Development