Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in the Mansoura, in northern Egypt in 1953. In 1973 he moved to Alexandria to start a five-year art study at the Faculty of Fine Arts. After graduation, he moved to Cairo and inn 1978 he began a seven-year journey throughout Europe, where he visited museums in Spain, France, Belgium and Germany. Abla has participated in several local and international exhibitions and events. In 2007 Mohamed Abla founded The Fayoum Art Center where artists meet, work and collaborate. In the 2009 he established the first caricature museum in the Middle East. Mohamed Abla now lives in Egypt and works between Cairo, Fayoum and Germany.