Sawsan Amer
Sawsan Amer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1937 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, Painter, Professor |
Sawsan Amer (سوسن عامر; born 1937, in Cairo)[1] is an Egyptian painter and art educator, considered as a pioneer Egyptian woman artist.[2] She has been Director of the Art Research Unit at the Academy of the Arts and a professor on the faculty of Art Education at the College of Art Education.
Education and career[edit]
Amer graduated from the College of Art Education, and has been Director of the Art Research Unit at the Academy of the Arts and a professor on the faculty of Art Education. She has authored a book and numerous articles on folk art,[3] which has also inspired other artist's work.[4] Furthermore, she was also noted for her paintings on glass and her collages,[5] combining traditional iconography with personal imagery.[6] Her work, inspired by traditional Arabic architecture,[7] is known for its rich color sense.[8]
Awards[edit]
Exhibitions[edit]
- Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, 1978[9]
- Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, 1984[9]
- Arab Artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, 1994 [5][9]
- Egyptian Contemporary Art exhibition, Beirut, 1995[9]
- Egyptian Artists, Beijing, 1994-1995 [9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Amer, Sawsan". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ El saadi, Hoda (2007). Women Pioneers of Egyptian Art: Words and Images. Women and Memory forum.
- ^ "Sawsan Amer". The World's Women On-Line!. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ Karnouk, Lilian (2005). Modern Egyptian art, 1910-2003. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 239.
- ^ a b Burnham, Anne Mullin (1994). "Reflections in Women's Eyes". Saudi Aramco World. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "The contemporary art of Arab women".
- ^ Aziza, Mohamed (1978). L'Image et l'Islam: l'image dans la société arabe contemporaine (in French). Albin Michel. p. 95.
- ^ Nashashibi, Salwa Mikdadi (1994). Forces of change: artists of the Arab world. International Council for Women in the Arts. p. 94.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nawar, Ahmed (January 2005). "Sawsan Amer". Al Hayat (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
External links[edit]
- Sawsan Amer (in Arabic)
