Ahmed El-Shaer
Born in Cairo-Egypt 1980
He completed his BFA of art education from Helwan university , He works as a web & multimedia designer in the sector of Fine arts .
Most of his works is in Video arts , he exhibited more than seven video films through the national exhibitions like the Youth salon and Form Through Light , he obtained two awards the honorary and the First award in youth salon in Video art . Also he is one of the curators for the first annual international web exhibition as a web designer .
From the international web exhibitions (Art communicate across the world) on the German embassy website , Group exhibition at Summer Academy-Salzburg-Austria and in national exhibitions in Cairo & Alexandria , Also he have a video film in the collection of modern art museum in Cairo .
Education
06/2002 B.A. in Art Culture
Art College, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
01/2004 Certificate of Excellence in Macromedia Dreamweaver M X 2004, Russian Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt
08/2006 Certificate of Video Game/ Video Art, From Summer Academy for Fine art , Salzburg-Austria
08/2007 Certificate of Video Art By Artist Vale Export , From Summer Academy for Fine art , Salzburg-Austria
11/2002 to present Graphic computer designer and web site designer as
Chairman of Graphic Department at
Information Technology Administration in
Ministry of Culture, Cairo, Egypt.
International Exhibition
05/2008 Daleky Blizky Vychod 2008 Festival for short Films in Slovakia
05/2008 The International Association of the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (BJCEM) Bari- Italy 2008
03/2008 Dubai Art Fair, Video Art-Curator" Contemporay Practices Magazine" Sherif Awaad .
08/2007 Group Exhibition at Summer Academy for Fine Art in Salzburg - Austria .
04/2007 2nd international Youth Salon At Alexandria Atiller .
03/2007 After Urban - Videoart & architecture even Festival- University of Pennsylvania, 34th & Walnut - Philadelphia USA– curator Luca Curci
08/2006 Group Exhibition at Summer Academy for Fine Art in Salzburg - Austria .
05/2006 2emes Rencontres de L'Image By French Culture Center in Cairo .
04/2006 1st international Festival for Short Films By French Culture Center in Port Said .
04/2006 1st international Youth Salon At Alexandria Atiller .
02/2006 1st international annual web exhibition At Egyptian Contemporary Artists site www.ecartists.com
11/2005 The Exhibition of "Form through Light 2" In Art of Palace.
07/2005 "Art communicates – across the world" project at the German Embassy Site http://www.kairo.diplo.de/de/kunstprojekt/ahmed__elshaer__seite.html
11/2004 The Exhibition of "Form through Light" In Art of Palace
National Exhibitions
02/2008 19th Youth Saloon, video art film titled,"Barcode"
01/2008 1st Group Exhibition at Artellewa Gallery Curator Artist Hamdy Redea
06/2007 Cairo Atiller Salon
04/2007 1st Group Exhibition for Interactive Art At " Nahdet Masr" Hole in Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum
03/2007 18th Youth Saloon, video art film titled, "My Dream … Your Dream"
11/2006 1st Exhibition for Artists how make personal Exhibitio in last 2 years in El Gezera Art Center – El Zamalek Cairo - Egypt
12/2005 The 1st Video art Festival , In CIC Cairo
09/2005 Seventeenth Youth Saloon, video art film titled, "News Every Day"
04/2005 The Exhibition of "Cairo- Alexandria" in Alexandria Atiller
03/2005 The Exhibition of " Rateb Sediq Prize " in Cairo A tiller .
12/2004 Fifth Nile Salon for Photography, photographic Picture titled, ‘’Black Ink’’
09/2004 Sixteenth Youth Saloon, video art film titled, ‘at the railroad Crossing’
09/2003 Fifteenth Youth Saloon, video art film titled ‘Hearing Ears’
12/2003 First Salon of Youth Artists Group, Cairo Atelier, video art film titled, Í can’t hear Myself.’
04/2003 Sixth Small Works Salon, video art film titled ‘Mouled Wi Sahbu Ghayeb.’
04/2002 Fifth Small Works Salon, computer graphic work titled, ‘Time = 0’
09/2002 Fourteenth Youth Salon, video art film titled, “Éxplosion.”
10/2002 Fourth Nile Salon for Photography, photographic picture titled, ‘’Phiala Temple’’
01/2002 Helwan University Exhibition for Art, A paint titled “Wahida”
04/2002 Helwan University Exhibition of Art Colleges for Youth, computer graphic work titled, “Red eye.”
11/2002 Ministry of Youth Exhibition of Art for Youth, computer graphic work titled, “Kima.”
06/2002 Media film graduation project of Education Art Colleges, video art film titled, “The time.”
Personal Exhibition
08/2007 Personal Exhibition at "ALCATRAZ" Gallery
Summer Academy in Salzburg - Austria
05/2007 Personal Exhibition at Tahia Halim hole
Cairo Atelier – Cairo - Egypt
07/2006 Personal Exhibition at "ALCATRAZ" Gallery
Summer Academy in Salzburg - Austria
05/2005 Personal Exhibition Title "Conversation"
in El Gezera Art Center
Grant
08/2007 Grant at Summer Academy for Fine Art
in Video Art by Artist "Vale Export" – Salzburg - Austria
07/2006 Grant at Summer Academy for Fine Art
in Video game& Video Art by Artist Fung Meng bo– Salzburg - Austria
Curator
06/2008 Organizing & Teaching in Workshop for Beginners in Video Art at Townhouse Gallery" the Product artworks of this workshop showing at New Museum in New York – USA"
Professional Development
07/2002 Third Practice of Education Art Colleges Workshop
in Video Art and Media
2002 Second Update Workshop in video art and media, German Culture Center (Gota)
Awards
09/2003 First Prize in Media Art,
Fifteenth Youth Saloon
09/2002 Honor Prize, Media Art,
Fourteenth Youth Salon