Yehia Dessouki (
Arabic: يحيى دسوقى; born 13 March 1978) is an Egyptian
painter and
visual artist making
contemporary art using diverse kinds of media both traditional and digital. He is also an architect, who graduated from the faculty of fine-arts,
architecture department, of
Helwan University. He has participated in many group exhibitions showing several art works featuring different themes, such as: Architecture of Old
Islamic Cairo -
Still Life - Lanterns of
Ramadan Fawanees - Circus, and later on he made his first solo exhibition about "Joy of Roses" including soft
pastel sketches and also
oil paintings.
Digital painting of artist Yehia Dessouki on cover of newspaper Akhbar Al-Adab
Artist Yehia Dessouki has a distinguished style,[1] remarkable for his use of vivid and rich colorful palettes in most of his art-works.[2]
Being raised among an artistic family was an early dominant influence on his art life. His father is the
Batik artist Ali Dessouki and his mother was an
art critic and
lawyer. More influence came along with his summer study trip to
Italy (
Società Dante Alighieri), giving him a golden chance to visit art museums in Rome, Milan, Florence and Pisa and most importantly, visiting
Venice Biennial of Plastic Arts.
Thanks to his passion for digital graphics, he made some diverse experimental
digital art works specially in digital painting showing an innovative art theme which mixes between Marionettes of theater and
Arabic calligraphy. One of those digital-paintings was the first digital painting art work ever to be published on the cover of a formal Egyptian newspaper Akhbar Al-Adab, which is a famous weekly Egyptian newspaper read by Egyptian cultural elite.
Biography
Born in Cairo on 13 March 1978.
He has graduated from the faculty of Fine-Arts, Architecture department, Helwan university followed by Pre-master's degree studies, Faculty of Fine-Arts 2002.
Member of "Engineers" syndicate in Egypt.
Member of "Plastic artists" syndicate in Egypt.
Member of Art Society "Ghouri artists".
Member of the art-group "El Lakta El Wahda".
Exhibitions
Local Exhibitions
Group exhibitions including yearly college student exhibits, Pioneers society "al talae3" and private galleries' exhibitions in gallery Shomoa, Cairo Opera house gallery, gallery Salama, gallery Picasso, gallery Droob, gallery Saqiet el Sawy and finally gallery of Egyptian Artists' syndicate.
Seven group-exhibitions with members of the art society "Ghouri Artists".
Five group-exhibitions with the art-group "El Lakta El Wahda" .
Solo Shows
Joy of roses at gallery Cordoba on 8 March 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
Awards
National awards
First Prize in "Drawing" from Society of Art-lovers, headed by famous pioneer artist
Salah Taher.
International awards
First Prize in "Digital Photography" from
Al-Arabi (magazine) by Kuwait 2009.