Guirguis Lotfy

Born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1955, he received his B.Sc., Masters and PhD from Helwan University in Cairo. He is  greatly influenced by  ancient Coptic art, as well as the artistic techniques of ancient Egyptians. His  canvases are filled with people and crowds going by their daily business, their feasts (moulids), picnics, zars (an exorcism ritual), their mourning rituals, and their legends  and often portraying them looking up to the sky to the God they pray to save them from their miseries. The artist currently lives and works in his native Alexandria.