Omar Toussoun

Born in Alexandria 1972, graduated from Faculty of Specific Education (Alexandria University) class 1993, Toussoun holds a diploma in art from Alexandria University 1996 and another diploma in sound and marble from Serbia. Toussoun worked in art teaching in The Faculty of Specific Education and Atelier Alexandria for almost 8 years and is currently a full-time freelance artist and curator who has participated and organized many art events and exhibitions locally and internationally. He had many solo exhibitions the last one was in 2018 and participated in many group exhibitions in Egypt, France, Lebanon, UAE, KSA, Spain, Romania and Serbia, he has many awards his holdings are in many museums and individuals in many countries. Toussoun is a member of the International Field Sculpture Organization and participated in establishing the theater and auditorium of the Mohammed Rashid Foundation for Cultural Development with Mr. Adrian Rodrigo Junko, the former Spanish cultural advisor in Alexandria and Cairo. He was chosen as a member of the judging committee for the State Encouragement Prize for Sculpture 2019, as well as a member of the Fine Arts Committee of the Supreme Council for Culture and the International Exhibitions Committee 2016-2017, and a member of the Committee for Documenting Images of Egyptian Artists' Works in the Fine Arts Sector of the Ministry of Culture 2002, and he also organized a number of local and international forums and workshops.

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