Sawsan Amer
Sawsan Amer is an Egyptian painter and art educator, considered as a pioneer Egyptian woman artist.[1] She has been Director of the Art Research Unit at the Academy of the Arts and a professor on the faculty of Art Education at the College of Art Education.
Sawsan Amer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation | Artist, painter |
Education and career
She graduated from the College of Art Education, and has been Director of the Art Research Unit at the Academy of the Arts and a professor on the faculty of Art Education. She has authored a book and numerous articles on folk art,[2] which has also inspired her artist work.[3] She was noted for her paintings on glass and her collages,[4] combining traditional iconography with personal imagery.[5] Her work, inspired by traditional Arabic architecture,[6] is noted for its rich color sense.[7]
Exhibitions
- Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, 1978[8]
- Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, 1984[8]
- Arab Artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, 1994 [4][8]
- Egyptian Contemporary Art exhibition, Beirut, 1995[8]
- Egyptian Artists, Beijing, 1994-1995 [8]
References
- El saadi, Hoda (2007). Women Pioneers of Egyptian Art: Words and Images. Women and Memory forum.
- "The World's Women On-Line!". wwol.is.asu.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- Karnouk, Lilian (2005). Modern Egyptian art, 1910-2003. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 239.
- Mullin Burnham, Anne (1994). "Reflections in Women's Eyes". Saudi Aramco World.
- The contemporary art of Arab women
- Aziza, Mohamed (1978). L'Image et l'Islam: l'image dans la société arabe contemporaine (in French). Albin Michel. p. 95.
- Nashashibi, Salwa Mikdadi (1994). Forces of change: artists of the Arab world. International Council for Women in the Arts. p. 94.
- Nawar, Ahmed (January 2005). "Sawsan Amer". Al Hayat (in Arabic).
External links
- Sawsan Amer (in Arabic)