About

Sabry Mansour

Egyptian artist and Professor of Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt

Professorado in Painting, Bellas Artes, Spain, 1978.
International Awards and exhibitions.
Major posts in academia and art sector in Egypt.
There are private and public acquisitions of his work; it is also among museum collections.

Academic Degrees

1964 : BA Fine Arts, Painting Dept. Helwan University, Cairo
1972 : MA Fine Arts, Painting, Helwan University, Cairo
1973 : High Institute of Art Criticism.
1978 : Professorado in Painting, Bellas Artes, San Fernando, Madrid.

Academic Career

1989-1992 : Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts Helwan University, Cairo
1988-89;1994-97 , 2001-03 : Chairman, Painting Dept. Fine Arts, Helwan Univ. Cairo

Grants and Invitations

1971 : Ministry of Culture Grant for Creative Production, Egypt
1974-78 : Scholarship, Escuela de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain
1987 : International Visitor to the US, American Information Agency.

Awards Received

1970 : Acquisition Prize, Alexandria Biennale Award
1981 : First Award, Painting, General Fine Arts Exhibition, Cairo
1982 : Drawing Award, Cairo
1983 : Third Award, Hafiz & Shawqi Competition
1985 : The Golden Sail Award, Kuwait
1986 : The State Promotion Award, Egypt، Professional Memberships
2016 : The State Merit Award in Arts .

Professional Memberships

1964 : Member of Artist’s Syndicate, Egypt
1983 : Member of Administration Board, Artist’s Syndicate Committees, Egypt

Committees

1998-2001: Chairman of Academic Promotions Committee, Faculties of Fine & Applied Arts, And Art Education, Egypt
2002 : Member of Academic Promotions Committee, Higher Institute for Art Criticism, Arts Academy, Cairo.
1981-1990/2003-2005: Member of Plastic Arts Committee , Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt
2005 : Chairman of Plastic parts Committee – Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt
2008 : Chairman of Academic Promotions Committee, Faculty of Fine Arts ,Patents and Publications, Egypt

Patents and Publications (written by Sabry Mansour)

2000 : Studies in Fine Arts, Cairo: General Organization for Cultural Palaces, Egypt
2006 : Illuminations in Plastic Arts(Art criticism), Cairo, General Organization for Cultural Palaces Commissary, Egypt

Commissary

1984 : Commissaire, International Art Festival, Valparaiso, Chile
2001 : Contemporary Egyptian Art, Madrid, Spain
2003: National Art exhibition, Cairo, Egypt
2008 : 100 Years of Fine Arts Exhibition in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

One Man Show

1971 : The Soviete Cultural Center, Egypt
1972 : Ikhnaton Gallery, Egypt
1977 : Toison Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1979 : Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Egypt
1982 : Aida Ayoub’s Gallery, Egypt
1983 : The Italian Cultural Center, Gallery, Egypt
1982 : Gallery Arabesque, Cairo, , Egypt
1984 : Tanagara Gallery, Alexandria,, Egypt
1985 : Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1985 : El- Salam Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1993 : Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy
1993 : Novotel Gallery, London
1994 : Damascus Gallery, Syria
1994 : The Diplomatic Centre Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1997 : Khan El-Maghraby Gallery, Egypt
2003 : Zamalek Art Gallery, Egypt
2005 : Henry Gerner Gallery, Norway-National & International Exhibitions
2006 : Kasr El-Fenoon, 2006
2010 : Ibdaa Gallery, Cairo
2016 : Ibdaa Gallery – Drawing – Retrospective
2018 : • Ofok (1) Gallery – Retrospective 2018

National & International Collective Exhibitions

1965 : Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition, Egypt
1966.67,71,81,83 : The Cairo Salon, Egypt
1968 : Ibiza International Biennale, Spain
1968 : Sofia International Youth Festival, Bulgaria
1969-92 : Annual General Fine Arts Exhibition, Egypt
1969 : Moscow International Youth Festival, Egypt
1970 : Alexandria Biennale, Egypt
1971 : Contemporary Egyptian Art, Paris
1972 : Cairo Autumn Salon, Egypt
1976 : Toison Gallery, Madrid
1976 : Egyptian Cultural Centre, Madrid
1976/77 : San Fernando’s Annual Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
1979 : Contemporary Egyptian Art, AUC, Egypt
1979 : El-Salam Gallery, Egypt
1980 : Artist’s Syndicate, Cairo
1982 : Contemporary Egyptian Art Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
1982 : International Painting Festival, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
1983 : Ostraca Gallery, Alexandria
1984 : Italian Centre, Cairo, Egypt
1984 : Contemporary Egyptian Painting, West Germany
1985 : Arab Biennial, Kuwait
1986 : Ragab Papyrus, Egypt
1987 : Egyptian Academy, Rome, Italy
1991 : Egyptian Artists, Rome, Italy
1994 : Arts of Drawing, The Diplomatic Center Gallery, Egypt
1999 : National Exhibition, Egypt
2000 :Contemporary Egyptian Art, Kuwait
2001 : First Annual Exhibition of Mosaic, Diplomatic Center, Egypt
2001 : Egyptian Art, Ibda Gallery, Egypt
2001 : Contemporary Egyptian Art, Tunisia
2001 : Contemporary Egyptian Art, Mexico
2003 : Twentieth Century Egyptian Art, Alexandria, Egypt
2004 : First Drawing Saloon, Egypt
2003 : National Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt
2004 : Egyptian Faces, Alexandria Library, Egypt
2004 : Mediterranean Encounter, Alexandria, Egypt
2007-2009 : National Exhibition, Egypt
2008 : 100 Years of Fine Arts Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt

Documentary Film

1988 : Sabry Mansour: Village Reminiscences, directed by Shwikar Khalifa, Alwan Series, Egypt
1996 : Egyptians: Rise Up! directed by Mahmoud Ibrahim, Egyptian Artists Series , Egypt.
2008 Exhibition, Dream, Contemporary Art, Karmat Ibn Hani’ Centre
2014 Tarasina Gallery, Alexandria 2014
2016 El Asema Gallery – Cairo
1995 – 2014 Design and Implementation Murals for Al-Ahram organization, Al-Ahram Canadian University and Helwan University