Studied Art & Design
in Sudan and UK; (BA) in Graphic Design, C.E.A.A., Sudan. MA
in Art, Design & Visual Culture, L.G.U, London.
An award-winning visual artist and art & design tutor/workshops
facilitator with many national and international prizes and
medals in painting and graphics.
Awards:
The Mould’s
Grand Prize, Khartoum, Sudan ;
NOMA
International Prize, Asian/Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO,
Tokyo, Japan (Encouragement and Runners-up prizes/medals);
Gold Medal from Sharjah’s
Biennial with other Sudanese artists including M. A. `Otaibi, Issam
A. El-Hafeez, Mohamed M. Idris and Hassan A. Ahmed (Sudan’s
Pavilion, 1993).
Exhibitions:
Mounted many individual exhibitions including two shows
on poetry as a theme. These include ‘Women in T
S Eliot’s Poetry’ and ‘Men in T S Eliot’s
Poetry’.
Participated in many group exhibitions and artistic workshops
in many countries including Sudan, UK, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait,
Bahrain, US, Japan and UAE. In the UK, And exhibitions
such as "Inspired by the V & A Collection"’ at
the Victoria & Albert Museum (Works Chosen by a Panel
of Judges as Works of Outstanding Caliber, in 1999), and ‘Poetry’ at
The Foreign Press Association, London in 2002.
Publications:
Published many articles and essays on art and culture in
different magazines and newspaper (in Arabic and English).
Career:
Edited the page of ‘Artist’s Vision’,
Sudanow magazine (1984-1992).
Created columns such
as ‘Reader’s Gallery’, New-Horizon Newspaper
and ‘Gallery el-Khartoum’, majalat el-Khartoum.
Designed and taught many Art & Design courses in Sudan
and UK as well as facilitated many artistic/educational workshops
in the two countries.
Designed and taught Graphic Design
to students at Palace of Children & Youth, Omdurman, Sudan
in 1989-90, and Perpetual Beauty Carnival College in London
in 1999 (also assessed candidates against G/NVQ standards).
Furthermore, taught at Thames College in London in 2000- 01.
Examples
of artistic/educational workshops include 'Childhood', Goethe
Institute, Khartoum in 1992 and 'Symphony of Letters',
Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London 2000
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