Professional Experience

    2003 – present    Owner and artistic director, Graffitti Cairo – a graphic arts studio and gallery located in Ma’adi, Cairo, Egypt with workshops for the production of the woodwork line and 10 outlets for the products.Co-owner of Sandouqa. A showroom for educational toys. Co-owner of Hands: a company that produces design furniture and garden accessories. Co-owner of Maadiguides: specialized guides on diverse topics like: galleries, women, wedding, pets, entertainment and new comers.

1997 – 2003         Communications & Public Awareness Manager at the Cairo

                             Air Improvement  Project (CAIP). Entered as communications

                             specialist – promoted to senior designer then acting manager.
 

1989 – 1997        Owner and artistic director, Graffitti Cairo.Consultancy in

                            packaging with Gerber Egypt. Consultancy in Public awareness

                            with Chemonics, Egypt on the   GreenCom project  for the

                            Ministry of Water Resources and  Irrigation.

1987 – 1989        Art director, Eastern Language System, Provo Utah.

                            Responsible for advertising, creating new Arabic typefaces, and

                            translating the computer manual for Al Katib Al Dawli .

 1987                   Freelance work for The  LDS Church. Guest lectures on

                            Egyptian Art. Employed  at WYCAT Computers designing

                            computer graphics using and Beta   testing Boticelli

1981 – 1987        Owner and artistic director of Graffitti Cairo.
 

1980  1981          Art director, Publigraphics, Cairo. (Middle East representatives

                            of

                            McCan –   Erickson.)
 

1979 – 1980      Art Director, AMA (Advertising & Marketing Associated—S.O.P./

                          Grant-

                          K&E  Group) New AMA Leo Burnett.
 

1979 – 1980      While pursuing graduate studies:

                           -  Lecturer, cultural consultant, and graphic designer at the

                              American

                              University in Cairo .

                           -  Arabic language teacher (AUC)

                           -  Egyptian Culture teacher (Cairo American College)

                           -  Lecturer and tour guide for various groups and organizations

                           -  Recorded Arabic language tapes for the  American University

                              in Cairo.

                              Published two series and prints and ten different greeting

                              cards
 

1968 – 1974          While serving in the Egyptian Army

                           -  Designed puppets, stage costumes, interiors, and murals

                           -  Illustrated articles in Radio and TV Magazine

                           -  Illustrated and published articles in Sabah El Kheir (Good

                              Morning)

                              Magazine, one of Egypt’s most respected youth magazines.

                                 Official military duties including cartography.

   1967 – 1968          Researcher, Egyptian Folk art Center, Cairo.

 Exhibitions

    2004                     One- man show at gallery World of Art in Cairo

    2002                      Exhibit with 3 artists at the American University in Cairo

    2000                      Group Show at the Cairo Opera House

    1999                       Group Show at Salama Gallery, Cairo

    1995                       One – man show of CSA

    1989 – 2005          Yearly exhibit at Cairo American College

    1985 – Present      Permanent Exhibit in own gallery

    1979                      One – man Show, Goethe Cultural Center, Cairo

    1976                      One – man Show, Goethe Cultural Center, Cairo

    1968                      One – man Show, Czechoslovak Cultural Center, Cairo

    1968 – present     Several public shows and charity events in Egypt and two in the

                                  U.S.

                                                         Education

1997 – present    Courses in presentation Skills , Writing Reports,  Qualitative

                             surveys, Arabic Calligraphy.

    1988                     A.A.S, degree in Graphics / Commercial Art. Utah Valley

                                 Community College, Provo, Utah. Graduated with honors.

    1978                     Coursework for a Master of Arts degree in Islamic Art History with Scholarship. American University in Cairo.

    1967                     Bachelor of Arts, Interior Design, with honors. Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo.

                                                      Personal Data

I am a 60 year-old, Egyptian citizen. I was married to an American spouse for 15 years. I have 3 children:  Camelia, vice president of Milestones, a Rehabilitation Organization for ex-convicts with drug problems now studying public policy at UCLA  - Wanis, owner of  PowerPoint  marketing company - Silvana, a Law school student at North Western University in Chicago USA.Our family enjoys archeology, sports, reading, music, and travelling and I have a special fondness for volleyball and hiking. I am an optimist, a bit of an idealist, and surely a romantic. My art often reflects these themes, and in my business transactions I prefer to handle jobs with a strong social and ecological impact.While Working with CAIP from 1997 to the present:

I developed new skills in communication and public awareness includin

-  Management skills in USAID projects

-  Helped in writing a communication strategy

-  Developing work plans.

-  Initiating and supervising programs, documentaries, TV spots, -puppet shows.       

-  Writing and designing a 3D animation spot.

-  Making presentations

-  Conceptualizing exciting exhibits with limited budgets

-  Managing events

-  Training the trainers in:

-  Preparing visuals for community projects

-  Presentation skills

-  Developing activities to enhance environmental public awareness

Portfolio

I have worked with various mediums including: pen and ink, watercolors, acrylics, air brush, oils, computer graphics, and paper casting, in producing the following published works

Computer Skills
Photoshop/ Freehand/ Fontographer/Quark Express                                                           

Calendars & Prints

        -  Scenes of Cairo (12 designs)

        -  Disappearing Face of Cairo (6 designs)

        -  Folk Costumes of Egypt (12 designs)

        -  Faces and Places (12 designs)

        -  The Seasons (4 designs)

        -  Egyptian Vistas (6 designs)

        -  Oriental Fantasy

        -  Horses (6 designs)

        -  Pharaonic Impressions (6 designs)

        -  Folk Art of Egypt (12 designs)

        -  Zodiac (12 designs)

        -  Stories of the Egyptian Minstrel (6 designs)

        -  Folk Art Motifs (6 designs)

        -  Portraits of Egypt (12 paintings)

        -  Simple People (12 paintings)

        -  Simple Joys (12 paintings)

        -  Ages of man (4 paintings)

        -  Paradise before Sin

        -  Murals for the Love of Egypt (4 murals).

        - Egyptian Children Folk Games (8 designs) .

        - I helped introduce the Art Calendar in 1977, modern color

        separation in 1982 in Egypt, and eco design and  printing in 1985.

Puzzles

      -  Egyptian Hieroglyphs

      -  Arabic Numerals

      -  Ancient Egyptian Hunter

      -  2D puzzles in wood

      - 3D puzzles in wood

Greeting Cards

             Designed and published over 100 different cards.

    Corporate Art

 Print campaigns, handling conferences, presentations, Preparing art        exhibitions, logos, brochures and pamphlets, business cards and stationery (corporate identity), posters, training manuals, annual reports, maps, folders, stickers, invitations, awards and certificates, flyers, programs, murals, reports, fold- outs, newsletters, magazines, books, booklets, signage systems, give- away items, commissioned work for private collections.

Memberships

                                  Member of the Fine Arts syndicate.

                                  Member of the Egyptian Folklore Society.

                                  Member of Earth Architecture Association in  Cairo    

                                                      
Clients Included

Chase national Bank, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Swissair Restaurant, Hyatt Salam Hotel, Wings Tours, Drexel, Quick Cargo, Maadi Community Players, Cairo Choral Society, Academy of Arts, EMCIP, EWUP, CHF, and NARP. (U.S.A.I.D. programs), AUC, CAC, CSA, MWG, Emeraude, Karim movie productions, Framchem, LDS Church, Eastern Language System, Gerber Food Products, KIDMIX magazine, the Social Fund, Osman group, Ideal Standard, Association for the protection of the environment, and various artists and galleries. World Bank, National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, Cairo American College, The American University in Cairo.  

Wood Work

-Produced 2 new lines of furniture: Modern baladi, and Norag.

-Produced a line of 100 designed sculptures, educational materials  and movable toys.

Mosaic & Metal work

                                 Designed and executed mosaic and metalwork for Art and

                                 Function (see website).

Garden Furniture

                              Co-Designed a line of products ( Hands) in stone, metal and fiber.  

 TV

                              Hosting a weekly TV program teaching art, and creative thinking to

                              children aged 9 – 12.

Environmental Art

                              -   Held numerous workshops for arts and crafts for raising inter-

                                  cultural and environment awareness  .

                              -   Designed and supervised children and/ or adults in making  

                                  murals at the following institutions:

                              -   Suzanne Mubarak museum.

                              -   Mubarak public.

                              -   Cairo American College.

                              -   Zahira Abdin Orphanage.

                              -   Children ward at the Cancer institute.

                              -   Community services Associations.

                              -   The City of Alpine- Utah celebration.

                              -    Nabq ecolodge festival.    

Publications

                          -   Stories of Goha (an Egyptian trickster) in English.

                          -   Five activity books on Egyptian culture forgrades one to five.

                          -   An activity book on Egyptian Culture for preschool kids with

                              visual aids.

                          -   Two activity books on water conservation and air pollution.

In Preparation

                             Development of products aimed at reviving dying Folk Arts.

                         -  An illustrated  report on The Village architecture of Naqada

                            with Earth Architecture Association  NGO; jointly with 5

                             architects.

                         -  The hand carts (10 models)

                         -  The sugar doll multi-media workshop and publication.

                         -  The wooden door research and publication.

                         -   Soft dolls and Marionettes

                         -   Medieval Illumination

                         -  Kunooz Massriyya ( Egyptian Treasures}, A series of activity

                             books on Egyptian cities: Nubia, Alexandria. Cairo, Fayyum etc.