List of Egyptian artists
This is a list of notable visual artists from, or associated with, Egypt.
A
- Mohamed Abla (born 1953), painter
- Inji Aflatoun (1924–1989), painter
- Armen Agop (born 1969), sculptor
- Mariam A. Aleem (1930–2010), painter
- Doa Aly (born 1976), painter
- Ghada Amer (born 1963), artist
- Sawsan Amer, painter
- Heba Amin (born 1980), artist
- Kamal Amin (1923–1979), graphic artist
- Evelyn Ashamallah (born 1948), Coptic painter
- Alaa Awad (born 1981), muralist, street art, painter
- Islam el Azzazi, photographer and filmmaker
B
- Clea Badaro (1913–1968), painter
- George Bahgoury (born 1932), artist and caricaturist
- Lara Baladi (born 1969), Egyptian-Lebanese multimedia artist
- Bek, sculptor
C
- Chico (born 1985 or 1986), graffiti and street artist
D
- Dina Danish (born 1981), multimedia artist
- Yehia Dessouki (born 1978), digital and mixed media artist
E
- Doaa El-Adl (born 1979), cartoonist[1]
- Gamal El-Sagini (1917–1977), sculptor
- Samir Elmesirri (born 1941), artist
- Gamal Elkheshen (born 1988), artist
- Ahmed Emad Eldin (born 1996), digital artist
G
- Hussein El Gebaly (1934–2014), painter
- Habib Gorgi (1892–1965), landscape painter
- Sherin Guirguis (born 1974), contemporary artist
H
- Tahia Halim (1919–2003), painter
- Nermine Hammam (born 1967), visual artist, photographer[2]
- Fathi Hassan (born 1957), installation artist
- Hassan Mohamed Hassan (1906–1990), painter
- Susan Hefuna (born 1962), visual artist
- Adam Henein (1929-2020), sculptor
- Menhat Helmy (1925-2004), painter and printmaker
- Hassan Heshmat (1920–2006), sculptor
- Mustafa Hussein (1935–2014), painter and cartoonist
K
- Amal Kenawy (1974–2012), video and performance artist
- Hend Kheera (born 1981), street artist
L
- Van Leo (1921–2002), photographer
M
- Mohamed Nagy (1888–1956), painter
- Mahmoud Mokhtar (1891–1934), sculptor
- Ahmed Morsi (born 1930), poet and painter
- Ramzi Moustafa (1926-2015) visual artist in the Hurufiyya movement[3]
- Miral Mokhtar (born 1996) visual artist
N
- Youssef Nabil (born 1972), artist and photographer
- Ahmad Nady (born 1981), comic artist and cartoonist
- Effat Nagy (1905–1994), artist
- Sabah Naim (born 1967), multimedia artist
- Margaret Nakhla (1908–1977), painter
- Moataz Nasr (born 1961), painter and sculptor
S
- Senewosret-Ankh, sculptor
- Gazbia Sirry (born 1925), painter
- Nadia Sirry (born 1958), painter
- Sherif Sonbol (born 1956), photographer
T
- Nazir Tanbouli (born 1971), mural painter
- Aya Tarek (born 1989), painter and muralist
- Arto Tchakmaktchian (1933-2019), painter and sculptor
- Thutmose, sculptor
- Diane Tuckman, silk artist
V
- Dom Hubert van Zeller (1905–1984), writer and sculptor
W
- Adham Wanly (1908–1959), painter
- Seif Wanly (1906–1979), painter
References
- ^ Inc., Clitoraid. "Egyptian woman Cartoonist, Doaa Eladl, publishes a controversial cartoon on FGM - She tells Clitoraid why. - Clitoraid.org Restoring a Sense of Pleasure and Dignity". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ ""Let's play": Egyptian artist Nermine Hammam on the credibility of images". Art Radar. March 27, 2015.
- ^ Ali, W., Modern Islamic Art: Development and Continuity, University of Florida Press, 1997, p. 167