
Mahmoud Hamdi
Born in Giza 1980, Hamdi graduated from the faculty of Art Education in Fall 2002 . He lives and works in Cairo. The Artist has presented six solo exhibitions: AUC Fifth Floor Gallery – 2006; Saad Zagloul Art Centre – 2008; Gezira Art Centre – 2011, Isis Gallery in Moukhtar Museum – 2014; Arts Creativity Center in Alexandria 2016 and Gezira Art Center 2018. He has also participated in many national and international exhibitions including: several Youth Salons; Mediterranean Biennial for Young Artists in Italy 2008; Cairo Documenta 2010/2012; the Arab symposium in Katara – Doha 2014; Caravan “Amin” Exhibition in Cairo / Washington / New York; Cairo Salon 2016/2018; Imaging the Book – Mogo Gallery in Dubai 2016. Hamdi won the Youth Salon prize in 2009.
The Artist worked in the Culture Management Field; he was the Installation Coordinator for the Falaky gallery – AUC 2006, then the Manager of El-Genena Theatre in Cairo’s Azhar Park 2007. After that he started to work for the Ministry of Culture in 2008 as the Art Program Director in Folk & Show Arts House, then finally the Manager of Karmet Ibn Hanie Cultural Center – Fine art Sector 2009/2012, and recently the Visual Art Curator for TCC, Tahrir Cultural Center in AUC till July 2019. Hamdi is the founder of M.A.D. Sudio in Cairo – an Art space that organises art events including workshops in Visual Arts/ Performing Arts.