MARCH SESSION 2013 MASRY MOHAMED

MASRY MOHAMED

BIOGRAPHY AND STATEMENT

Based in Cairo, Egyptian artist and photographer Mohamed El Masry has received a bachelor's degree from Art Education College, Helwan University, 2004. He has studies intensive programs on visual arts and their social role, and how to employ arts to serve the society, correct behaviors, and practice social guidance. He has also received a diploma in photography and painting from Helwan University in 2006. He is a founding member in http://www.ofaaartists.com/, a league for the winners of the Olympics golden medals in arts; a member in www.roadto2010.com since 2010; and a  representative of www.africancolours.com  in Egypt and North Africa. He participated in a number of biennales and cultural festivals from 2000 to 2012 in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, China, Indonesia, India, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Italy. He has won several awards, most importantly The Golden Medal for Arts in Beijing Olympics in 2008, The Olympic Torch of the winter Olympics in Toronto in 2006, and The Memorial Medal of Mallorca City-Bosnia. Some museums and institutions have acquired his artworks in Cairo (The Museum of Egyptian Modern Arts), Indonesia, Madrid, Beijing (The Olympics Museum), and Bosnia.