“… I see my art as more universal. It’s mixed from Egypt, Italy, Holland and the world. It is not a cultural statement, it is a human story…...”
Personal Data
Born 1958, in Cairo, Marouf lives and Works between Cairo and Amsterdam.
Education
Studied painting from 1976 at Faculty of Fine Arts - Helwan University in Cairo and graduated in 1981 at Mural Painting Section.
From 1982 until 1985 studied at Accademia di Bella Arte in Roma.
Selected Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art Cairo, KPMG Nederland, ING Bank,
Gemeente Amsterdam, Helmond, CBK Amsterdam, Tilburg, Deventer,
BKU Utrecht, SBK Amsterdam, Kunstuitleen Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
and many other public and private collections internationally.
Selected Catalogues
2010 “One Art, One World”. (Artnow International Corporation)
2009 “Undercurrent”, Art Sawa Gallery Dubai
2008 “Biennale Cairo 2008”
2008 “Same story, different people - Essam Marouf”, Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai
Grant
National Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, The Netherlands
Selected Exhibitions
2011 “Same people, same story”, Galerie Helga Hofman, Alphen aan de Rijn, NL
2011 “Realisme” Artfair, Galerie Smarius/ Steven Sterk, Amsterdam
2010 Art Paris Abu Dhabi, Artfair, Galerie Art Sawa Dubai
“Human body”, Art Palace, Cairo
“Contemporary views III”, Almasar Gallery, Cairo
“Zomergasten”, Galerie Helga Hofman, Alphen aan de Rijn, NL
“Essam Marouf, works on paper”, Mashrabia Galery, Cairo (solo)
2009 “Undercurrent”, Galerie Art Sawa, Dubai, UAE
Art Paris Abu Dhabi, Artfair, Galerie Art Sawa, Dubai
Luxor International Painting Symposium.
“Faces” Horizon One Hall, Cairo
“Unforgettable Views”, Galerie Helga Hofman
2008 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Smarius, Sonnega, NL
“Same story, different people”, Art Sawa Gallery, Dubai (solo)
La Quatrième Pyramide, Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris, FR
11th Biennale Cairo, Horizon One Hall, Cairo
Gallery Salon 2, Art Palace, Cairo
2007 “L'Uomo del mediterraneo”, Complesso del Vittoriano, Roma, Italia
“Giornata”, Galerie Smarius Sonnega (solo)
“Eigthies”, Ebdaa Gallery, Cairo
National Exhibition Cairo
2006 “Essam Marouf”, Galerie Smarius Sonnega (solo)
“Other people”, Mashrabia Gallery Cairo (solo)
2004 Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam (solo)
2003 “De kwetsbaarheid van het moment”, Artoteek Oost, Amsterdam (solo)
Art Twente, Hengelo, Galerie Witteveen
2001 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo (solo)
2002 “Op de huid gekeken”, SBK- Kunsthal de Remise, Amsterdam
Galerie Windkracht 13, Den Helder (solo)
“Onafscheidelijk”, De Vrije Academie, Den Haag (solo)
Kunstpaviljoen, Nieuw Roden (solo)
1998 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo (solo)
“Eeuwig kwetsbaar”, Provinciaal museum Begijnhofkerk St. Truiden, Belgium
Museum of religious art, Uden, NL
Anthropological Museum, Groningen, NL
1997 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo (solo)
1995 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo (solo)
“A moment out of time”, Outline, Amsterdam (solo)
“One hour art”, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1993 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo (solo)
“Kleine werken, grote dromen”, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
“Duo”, Galerie Pictura, Dordrecht
1991 Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo (solo)
1992 Galerie CriCri, Amsterdam (solo)
1989 First solo exhibition in Egypt at Nile Gallery (Art Palace), Cairo
