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Artist Statement:
I’m a digital artist born in
Cairo, Egypt 1976 to a family
of artists. I have a BFA as
well as a MFA and I’m
currently working on my PhD in
Digital New Media and
Fractals. My work is mostly
abstract, I guess I’ve always
liked how everyone can see
something different in just
one painting, I am sometimes
amazed of how different people
view a single painting of
mine, it only shows that art
is somewhat a cooperative
experience, you do one thing
and then you see another,
completely different, through
other people’s eyes....
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Artist Exhibitions:
April 28, to May 24, 2007,
First International Exhibition
“Artists & Books”, Fine Arts
Gallery and Studio Cairo,
Egypt – the exhibition
included artists from Egypt,
Russia, Bella Russia, Sudan,
and Japan.
September 12, 2006, “The
Saatchi Gallery”, London
Contemporary Art Gallery
online:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.u
k/yourgallery/artist_profile/Mo
hrah+...
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Artist Galleries:
Fine Arts Gallery and Studio
Cairo, Egypt.
The Saatchi Gallery, London
Contemporary Art Gallery
online.
Ministry of Culture, Sector of
Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt.
Ministry of Culture,
El-Jazeera Art Center, Cairo,
Egypt.
"Lovers of Fine Arts Society",
Cairo, Egypt.
Nile satellite Culture
Channel.
The 34th Cairo International
Book fair, ...
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Mohrah Sakr Biography:
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Age
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31
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Muslem |
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Reading, Writing, Painting, Taking long walks |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Computer Art
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Fauvism - (1898 - 1908)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Monet
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| Favorite Work of Art |
The Road Bridge at Argenteuil, Monet1874
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
My Dad, he is an artist too, and i just love his work. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I Couldn't think of anything else to become grwing up, i guess i have always wanted to be an artist. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
My name is Mohrah Hamed Sakr. I have a BA in Fine Arts from the faculty of Fine Arts Helwan University Cairo, Egypt. I come from a family of artists; my Father is a painter and a professor of painting at the same faculty. My Mother also graduated from the same faculty, interior design & decoration division. My younger sister is also a graduate from the same Faculty Painting division where she works now as a teacher’s assistant. I also have an uncle and an aunt that graduated from the faculty of Art Education. Therefore I had no other choice but to be an artist myself growing around all those artists in my family, and actually I do conceder it to be a privilege to be able to create, to be able to express myself and whatever goes into my mind or soul through my paintings.
I usually work fast; I mean my greatest peaces are always the ones that I don’t take time creating. I guess it’s because the idea or mood I want to express is so clear to me, and my feelings are so vivid, that I don’t really need time to put them all together in some tangible form, which is usually a painting.
I worked with almost all kinds of mediums such as oil, gouache, pastel, water color and I also did a lot of work, mostly fast sketches, using pencils and charcoal. The one thing I found out I liked so much about paining was the colors, and the way they leave a textured surface when used without diluting in thick, fast, and free strokes. Of the works of the famous paining masters I like the colored works of the expressionists, and the fauves such as Monet, Renoir, Van Gough, Gauguin, and Matisse. I also like the works of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Miro.
I first knew about the endless possibilities of the computer through my studies for a diploma in IT in the Information Technology Institute (ITI) in Cairo. In there I learned almost everything there is to know about computers. Some of the courses I took there dealt with computer operating systems, data structure, programming, and networking. My specialization was multimedia, a field I find really amazing.
Now I work as a graphic designer and a Multimedia Developer in the Ministry of Information in Egypt. In my work I design book covers, layout for printed materials like magazines or brochures, and I also design interfaces for Multimedia CDs. My work there provided me with a lot of experience and has definitely improved my skill and style.
Recently I had my Master Degree in Fine arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts Helwan University in Cairo. The Thesis was about “Digital Painting”. During my research I found out a lot about digital fine art history, famous artists, and all different ways of creating through the digital medium, which helped me a lot in my work. I am also proud to say that I was officially considered an Egyptian pioneer in this field and a copy of my thesis could be found in the famous library of Alexandria known as “Bibliotheca Alexandrina”. Now I am doing my PhD Reasearh which is about Fractal and New Media Arts, it is another step in my studies in digital art as I'm really interested in this field.
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