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
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,
Awards
Exhibitions
- Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, 1978[9]
- Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, 1984[9]
- Arab Artists,
- Egyptian Contemporary Art exhibition, Beirut, 1995[9]
- Egyptian Artists, Beijing, 1994-1995 [9]
References
- ^ "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
- Sawsan Amer (in Arabic)
