Bahaa Amer

Born in 1977 in Cairo, Bahaa Amer obtained a bachelor’s degree in art education from Helwan University, Egypt, in 2005, and a master’s degree in restoration painting from the University of Cairo in 2010. He also received a diploma in art criticism at the Academy of Arts in Cairo.

Bahaa Amer actively contributes to the cultural and artistic scene of his hometown: he is the founder and manager of the B. Art Gallery and the director of Ebdaa Palace (an art center affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Culture). He worked as an instructor of conservation works at the American research center in Egypt and on conservation plans for archaeological sites like Isis Temple in Luxor and supervised and coordinated the “Creative Corner “(artistic programs and workshops at the annual Abu Dhabi Book Fair). The artist’s work explores the place of the human being in a society of perpetual motion building a bridge between the legends and beliefs from the past and today’s issues. Recalling mural paintings in his oeuvre, he animates the characters, the elements of nature in a fantasist way, diving the spectator into a surrealist and abstract world. 

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