Gorge Bahgroy

Bahgoury was born in 1932 in a small village in  nag hammadi , upper egypt   hence the name of his family, ‘Bahgoury’ (coming from Bahgora). In 1953, he embarked on his career as a political cartoonist, a role that would see him featured in Sabah Elkheir and  Rose EL YOUSSEF . In 1955, he studied painting at the Faculty of fine arts  in Zamalek, under the guidance of the Egyptian artist Hussein Bikkar . In 1970, he studied at the Academy of arts in Paris. Soon thereafter, in 1975, he ceased publishing as a cartoonist. A Silver Medalist for his painting "A Face from Egypt", Bahgoury's artwork has been widely displayed in galleries and museums, including the louvre museum , the museum of modern art in Amman , the Museum of modern art in cairo, and the Al Masar Gallery for Contemporary Art in Zamalek, Cairo.Local exhibitions 1976, 15th Spring Exhibition – Cairo. 2004, 1st Exhibition of Press Illustrations, at Palace of Arts. Cairo. 2005, 29th National Exhibition of Fine Arts. Cairo. 2006, "Ramdaniat" Exhibition at Salama Gallery – Mohandessen. Cairo. 2007, "Art and Grant" Exhibition at Al-Oruba Rotary Club. Cairo. 2007, 1st Festival of Fine Creation, "30th General Exhibition and 1st Fine Art Fair". Cairo. 2008, Festival of Sketches and Mini Tableaus at Shadecor Gallery – Heliopolis. Cairo. 2008, Caricature Exhibition at Mahmoud Saeed Center of Museums – Alexandria. International exhibitions:1966, Venice Biennail – Italy.1965, Alexandria Biennail – Egypt.1977, Exhibition of the Contemporary Art – Sudan.1984, Contemporary Arab Art Exhibition – Tunisia.2005, 2nd International Biennail of Book Fancy – Alexandria Library. Egypt.2007, "Egyptian Smiles" Exhibition – 18th Gabrufu Biennale – Bulgueria.2008, 13th Aswan International Symposium of Sculpture – Egypt. Solo shows : More than 100 exhibitions all over the world. The most important done in Egypt: 1973, at Fine Arts Gallery – Cairo. 1998, at Mashrabia Gallery of Cont. Art, Downtown - Cairo 1996, at Mashrabia Gallery of Cont. Art, Downtown - Cairo 1996, at Khan Al-Maghraby Gallery – Cairo. 1999, at Arabesque Gallery – Cairo.2000, at Picasso Gallery – Cairo. 2005, "Bahgoury Cafe" Exhibition, at Picasso Gallery – Cairo. 2007, At Nahdet Misr Gallery – Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, Giza. Cairo. 2007, at Picasso Gallery, Zamalek – Cairo. 2017, at Picasso East Gallery, New Cairo - Cairo. 2019, at Liwan Gallery, Zamalek - Cairo. 2020, at Mashrabia Gallery of Cont. Art, Downtown - Cairo .Prizes : 1978, Prize from Biennial of Caricature. Italy. 1979, Honorary Prize of Comic Strip in Damascus. Syria. Prize and Golden Medal by Franco Characater Caricature.

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