FineArt Sector - Biographies - Zenat Ahmed Abdel-Gawad Saleh

Zenat Ahmed Abdel-Gawad Saleh

Personal Data

Fame Name	: Zenat Abdel-Gawad
Birth date	: 29/5/1944
Place of birth	: Gharbia
Activities	: Ceremics
Email	: zenat74@hotmail.com

Education

- BA in Ceramics- Faculty of Applied Arts- 1966.
- MA in Ceramics - Faculty of Applied Arts- 1974.
- PhD in ceramics- Faculty of Applied Arts- 1983.

Membership

- of the Terachers Syndicate.
- of the Applied Designers Syndicate.
- of the Fine Artists Syndicate.
- of Cairo Atelier Association for Artists and Writers.

Jobs

- Head of the Fine Art Department, at Tanta Cultural Palace, 1967:1968.
- Head of the Fine Arts Department- at the General Administration in Cairo- 1968:1969.
- A reader, then an Associate Professor, at the Ceramics Department- Faculty of Applied Arts- 1974.
- Assistant Professor of Ceramics, at the Faculty of Education- Umm Al Qura University- Mecca.
- Assistant Professor of the industrial designs- Faculty of Applied Arts- 1995.
- Teached at the Faculty of Specific Education- Nasr City- 1995, 1996.

Places of interest

- Tanta and its surounding villages.
- Cairo during his study periode from 1960.
- Ridge City, southern London, 1977:1980.
- Mecca- KSA, 1984:1990.

Solo shows

- at Ekhnaton Gallery- March 1984.
- at the Art and Design gallery- Faculty of Applied Arts- February 1993.
- at the Egyptian Academy for Arts- Rome- Italy- October 1994.
- at Cairo Atelier- June 1995.
- at Suzan Mubarak Culture Hall- Tanta- 1996.
- at Cairo Atelier- JAnuary- 1997.

Local exhibitions

-Fine Arts Lovers Association Exhibitions 1975:1983.
- The General Exhibition For Fine Arts session 1975
- The General Exhibition for Fine Arts session 12- 1982, and session 13 1983.
- Women`s International Day 1983.
- Art and Turquoise- Al-Ahram Journal Building- 1983.
- Faculty Applied Arts Exhibition- Al-Wadi El-Gedid- 1983.
- Faculty of Fine Arts Festival- Menia University- 1984.
- the Teaching Staff Exhibiton- Faculty of Applied Arts- parallel to the 4th Biennale 1992.
- a Group Exhibition at the Round Hall- Fine Artists Syndicate- 1993.
- the National xhibition- Session 23- 1993.
- the Teaching Staff Exhibiton- Parallel to the 1st Graphic Triennale- January- 1994.
- the Ceramics Department Exhibition- Faculty of Applied Arts- 1994.
- the Teaching Staff Exhibiton- Parallel to the 5th Scientific Internaional Conference- faculty of Applied Arts- April 1995.
- a Group Exhibtion at Salama Fiine Arts Gallery- August-1995.
- Cairo Atelier Salon- 1995.
- the National Exhibition for Fine Arts- session 24- 1995, session 25- 1996.
- the 1st Spring Exhbition for Sculptur, ceramics and 3d painting- Doroub `Pathes` Hall- May- 1996.
- at Khan el-Maghraby Gallery- Zamalek- 2006.

International exhibitions

-1st Cairo Ceramics Triennale- 1992.
- 48th International Ceramics Biennale- Italy- 1993.
- 2nd Cairo Ceramics Biennale- 1994.
- 2nd Configure Exhibition for Fine Arts- Germany- 1995.
- 3rd Cairo International Ceramics Biennale- 1996
- 4th Cairo International Ceramics Biennale- 1998.

Publications and activities

- `the Local Characteristics of the Egyptian Ceramics and its obstacles`, The Future of Art and Culture in Upper Egypt- Menia University- April 1992.
- `Developing the Creative Powers for Learning the High Education girl Students the Ceramics Art` - issued on `the domestic economization Researches` Monufia University- 1993.
- `the Impact of Ornamentation on Ceramics` 5th Scientific Conference- Faculty of Applied Arts, towards an Egyptian production ` the Development` April 1995.
- `the Aethetics of Ceramics and their Impact on Picasso`s Ceramics- the 1st Conference of the Faculty of Fine Arts- Alexandria University - October- 1995.

Local recognition

-1st prize of the General Exhibiton for Fine Arts- session 12- 1982.
- 3rd prize of the General Exhibition for Fine Arts session 13- 1983.

International recognition

- the Biennale Prize of the 4th International Ceramics Biennale- 1998.

State collection

- Ministry of Culture.

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