“When the beginnings are visible, the end becomes absolute. I do not deal with abstraction for its catharsis, but for the emancipation it offers.” Through his use of abstraction, Hosny has transformed the eternal signs of his native country into restless, calligraphic gestures using vivid colors evocative of the Egyptian landscape: the black of sudden nightfall, the blue of sea water, the white of limestone, the violet of the Sinai mountain range, the burning ochre of the desert, the green of the flowing Nile, the gray of ancient stones, and the orange of flaming sunsets.
Personal Data
1938 Born in Alexandria, Egypt
1964 Graduated from the Alexandria Academy of Arts
Work Experience
- Director of Anfoushy Cultural Palace in Alexandria, Egypt
- Cultural Attaché at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris, France
- Director of the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Rome, Italy
- Minister of Culture - Egypt
Awards & Recognitions:
Prize, Cagne-sur-Mer Festival, France.
1993 Honorary Ph.D., Soka Gakkai University, Japan,
1993 Culture and Peace Award, Soka Gakkai University, Japan
1999 Grand Official Award, Government of Italy
2005 Mediterranean Arts Award of the Lazio region
2006 Mediterranean Sea Award of Arts
2007 Grand Audio-Visual Award, International Council of Films, Television and Audio-Visuals,
UNESCO Paris
2008 Grand Montana Forum Award, Monte Carlo, Monaco
2008 Mediterranean Forum Peace Award, Lecce, Italy
Select Exhibitions
1968 Alexandria Atelier – Alexandria, Egypt
1968 Alexandria - Palace of Culture – Alexandria, Egypt
1972 International Painting Festival - Cagne Sur Mer - France
1976 Cammionale de Mante la Jolie - France
1977 Egyptian Cultural Center - France
1978 Egyptian Cultural Center - France
1978 Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
1979 Egyptian Academy Rome - Exhibition of three Egyptian artists, Italy
1980 Egyptian Contemporary Art – Berlin, Germany
1980 Egyptian Contemporary Art – Vienna, Austria
1980 Biennale (Castle of the City) – Marino, Italy
1981 Studio S for Modern Art – Rome, Italy
1982 Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
1982 International Festival for Modern Art 25 - Spoleto Italy
1982 Modern Egyptian Art Cabela de Santa Barbra – Naples, Italy
1983 Gallery Beaux Arts – Venice, Italy
1984 Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
1985 Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum - Egypt
1987 Studio S - Contemporary Art – Rome, Italy
1989 Biennale Kuwait - Kuwait
1990 Retrospective Exhibition - Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
1991 Gallery El Shaboury - Alexandria, Egypt
1992 Bahrain National Museum - Bahrain
1992 Exhibition Hanager Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
1992 National Exhibition of Fine Arts Egypt
1994 Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
1995 Gallery UNESCO Org - Paris France
1995 Raoshan Art Gallery – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1996 Gallery Extra Zamalek – Cairo, Egypt
1997 Carrousel Museum - The Louvre – Paris, France
1997 National Exhibition of Fine Arts - Egypt
1998 Vigor art Museum Tokyo, Japan
1998 Vienna Museum – Vienna, Austria
1998 Gallery Sursok – Beirut, Lebanon
1998 El Sharjah - Art Museum - UAE
1998 Kuwait Art Gallery - Kuwait
1999 Contemporary Egyptian artists - Metropolitan Museum - New York, USA
1999 National Exhibition of Fine Arts - Egypt
2000 Arab Museum of Fine Arts – Doha, Qatar
2001 Grant Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2001 Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
2001 National Exhibition of Fine Arts - Egypt - 2001
2002 Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
2003 Zamalek Art Center – Cairo, Egypt
2003 Gallery Hassan 2nd for International Gatherings - Morocco
2003 Zamalek Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2004 Zamalek Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2004 Gallery Doha for Art – Doha, Qatar
2004 National Geographic Explorer Gallery, USA
2004 Vittoriano Museum Complex - Italy
2005 Zamalek Art Gallery - Egypt - 2005
2005 National Exhibition of Fine Arts - Egypt
2006 Zamalek Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2007 Zamalek Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2008 Zamalek Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2008 Fort Lauderdale Museum – Florida, USA
2008 Houston Museum of Fine Arts – Texas, USA
2008 Venice Art Gallery - Egypt
2008 Collective Exhibition - El Massar Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2009 Zamalek Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2010 Zamalek Art Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
2011 Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum – Cairo, Egypt
2013 ARTSPACE – Dubai, UAE
2013 ART Abu Dhabi, UAE
2014 Naila Art Gallery – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2015 Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum – Cairo, Egypt
2015 Ward Gallery – Dubai, UAE
2015 Athr Gallery - Jeddah – Saudi Arabia
