Nūn Art Gallery • Luxor, Egypt • Artist Mahmoud Mokhtar el-Refaey

Nūn Art Gallery • Artists • Mahmoud Mokhtar

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Mahmoud Mokhtar el-Refaey

Mahmoud Mokhtar el-Refaey
Contemporary Egyptian sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar

Egyptian artist Mahmoud Mokhtar is specialised in sculpture. Born in 1986, he graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo in 2008. Since 2011, he works as a sculpture specialist at the Replica Production Unit of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Works at Nūn Art Gallery:

From the "In the Picture" Exhibition
at Nūn Art Gallery in December 2021 / January 2022


Click to enlarge Nostalgia Basalt Height: 35 cm 25,000 EGP	Click to enlarge Sacrificial Basalt Height: 30 cm 17,500 EGP	Click to enlarge Until the Last Moment Basalt Height: 30 cm 20,000 EGP

Click to enlarge Morning Yawn Height: 45 cm Aluminum, 1 of 8 Copies, 5,800 EGP Also Available in Bronze, 14,300 EGP

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Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, Minya University
2008-2009 Preliminary MA degree, Faculty of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, Cairo University
2015 Ancient Egyptian language course, Sennari House, Cairo
2015 Archaeological excavation course, Egyptian-German mission in Tuna el-Gebel

Work Experience:

2008-2010 Designer at Clay Motion Media Production
2010-today Artifact restorer and replica sculptor at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Sculpture workshops for many institutions like the Sennari House in Cairo, Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, the Museum of Fine Arts in Alexandria, the All Saints Cathedral, ind Cairo and the Sheikh Zain Mahmoud School in Cairo

Exhibitions, Art Residencies, Symposiums & Festivals:

2021 In the Picture, double exhibbition with Abdullah Ali Butler, Nūn Art Gallery Luxor
2021 Aldau Sculpture Symposium, Hurghada
2021 Biennale of Arts, Dandy Mega Mall, Giza
2020 World Arts Youth Forum, Sharm El-Sheikh
2020 Collective Exhibition, Vermillion Art Gallery, Alexandria
2020 Cairo Atelier Salon, Cairo
2019 The Artists, Exhibition of the Ministry of Antiquities, Ahmed Shawky Museum, Giza
2019 International Symposium of Nubia, Aswan
2018 Egypt International Symposium, Sheraton, Sharm El-Sheikh
2018 World Arts Youth Forum, Sharm El-Sheikh
2018 Sculpture Salon, Cairo
2018 Ancient Egypt Symposium, Cairo
2018 Youth Salon, Cairo
2018 Luxor is the Capital of Arts and Culture Exhibition, Luxor
2017 International scientific meeting on the efforts and activities of the Egyptian-German Mission at Tuna El-Gebel, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
2016 BUC First International Stones and Metals Sculpture Symposium
2016 Collective Exhibition, Foreign Diplomats Gallery, Cairo
2016 Festival of Traditional Crafts, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
2016 Sfax is the Capital of Arab Culture Exhibition, Sfax, Tunisia
2015-2016 Several collective exhibitions at Sennari House, Ubuntu Art Gallery, Mahmoud Said Museum, Arts Museum, Cairo Atelier, Darb 1718 and Fine Arts Academy in Cairo

Collectables:

in Austria, Spain, Italy, Canada, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Tunisia

Grants:

2016 Grant from the European Union

Memberships:

Member of the Syndicate of Fine Artists
2015 Member of the Board of Directors of the Cairo Atelier
2011 Member of the General Trade Union of Workers of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities