Farouk SHEHATA
Farouk SHEHATA
Born 1938 / Alexandria, Egypt
Education
1962 Alexandria College of Fine Arts, Department of Printmaking, Egypt
Experience
1962 Appointed Tutor, Alexandria College of Fine Arts, Egypt
1967 Professor, Academy of Fine Art, Dusseldorf, Germany
1980 Ph.D. degree, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany
1982 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Academy of Arts, Nuremberg, Germany
1984 Visiting Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, Germany
1999 Visiting Professor, University of Zeigen, Germany
Since 1985 Professor of Printmaking, Alexandria College of Fine Arts, Egypt
1990 1994 Cultural Counselor and Head of the Student Fellowship Mission with the rank of the Minister Plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic and Austria
Professor of Art Appreciation, Arab Academy of Technology, Egypt
1995 Vice Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Egypt
Membership
1992 Member, UNIDO and Observer of UNESCO, Vienna, Austria
1996 Member, Specialized National Commissions for Arts & Culture, Egypt
1997 Expert, Committee for Information, Culture & Tourism of the Peoples Assembly, Egypt
2001 Member, State Committee for Creativity and Sponsorship
2000 Member, Alexandria Tourism Organization Committee for the Alexandria Library, Egypt
Professional Activities
1973 Art Consultant for the Tourism Organization, Alexandria, Egypt
1981 Art Consultant for the Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
1982 Art Consultant for the Alexandria Biennale of the Mediterranean Countries, Egypt
1985 Elected reporter of the Alexandria Plastic Artists Syndicate’s Cultural Committee, Egypt
1975 – 1994 organized more than 80 exhibitions of the contemporary Egyptian art
Participated in official art delegations to France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Syria, Lebanon, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Iraq, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bangladesh, Hungary, Austria. Since 1962 many group exhibitions in Egypt and abroad, represented Egypt at four Alexandria Biennales and in Biennales in France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Bulgaria, Japan, Germany, UK, Hungary and Bangladesh. On behalf of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture organized many cultural and artistic activities in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria and Czech Republic and 46 solo exhibitions in Egypt, Europe, Arab Countries and USA.
He lives in Alexandria, Egypt.
Contact: j_shehata@yahoo.de