List of Egyptian artists

This is a list of notable visual artists from, or associated with, Egypt.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• See also

A

• Mohamed Abla (born 1953), painter
• Inji Aflatoun (1924–1989), painter
• Aya Tarek (born 1989), painter and muralist
• 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, 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, graffiti and street artist

D

• Dina Danish (born 1981), multimedia artist
• Yehia Dessouki (born 1978), digital and mixed media artist

E

• Doaa El-Adl cartoonist[1]
• Gamal El-Sagini (1917–1977), sculptor
• Samir Elmesirri (born 1941), 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 (born 1929), 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 (b. 1926) 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, street artist
• Arto Tchakmaktchian (born 1933), 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

1. 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.
2. ""Let's play": Egyptian artist Nermine Hammam on the credibility of images". Art Radar. March 27, 2015.
3. Ali, W., Modern Islamic Art: Development and Continuity, University of Florida Press, 1997, p. 167