BIO
Fady is an interdisciplinary artist, born in 1991 at a desert road village in Alexandria Egypt.
Painter, illustrator, Animator, bookmaker, and filmmaker, His Practice is about how to manipulate the mediums to serve different experiences through his module of (Learn, practice, merge, repeat),
By self acquiring different skills on regular basis, practicing them to a certain point where I can make a living out of them, then find connections to merge them in new ways to serve the current project, and again and again,
His work explores the relationship between Meaning and Medium, Words and tools, and artist and commercialism. I use a diverse range of materials to create sharable experiences of my views and processes.
His recent body of work is about the visual representation of the idea of (Clouser) especially in relationships, specifically after a hard separation.
CV
Education
BFA 2013 Faculty of fine arts, Helwan University, Painting Dep, Cairo Egypt
Solo exhibitions
- 2014 "The Complementary Religion" video installation, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Group exhibitions
- 2013 First Exhibit Saloon. Painting exhibition, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo.
- 2013 Brain Damage. Painting exhibition: Darb1718 Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2013 “Digital Life” exhibition, sound installation, Ahmed Shouky Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2013 “24th Salon of Youth” exhibition, live interactive drawing, Art Palace, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2014 “Tilapia Talks” musical film, Biennale Méditerranéenne d’art contemporain d’Oran, Algeria.
- 2014 The Yellow Funny Bunny'sWayto the Flag, Montalbano Di Licona, Italy.
- 2014 "Peacock" video, Altima (Oslo Contemporary Music Festival), Oslo, Norway.
- 2014 "Saints" video installation, Curated Place, Manchester, UK.
- 2015 "Cinemania", Painting exhibition, Darb1718 Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2016 “Log in” Video installation, Darb1718 Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2021 "Draw on The Face Mask" 30th Salon of Youth exhibition, Interactive drawing, Art Palace, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2021 ”Sensory Approach” an Audiovisual interactive live performance, Bisarya, Alexandria, Egypt.
- 2021 ”U made me face blind” video premiere at (Cairo Video Festival) Cairo, Egypt.
- 2022 "The unmovable mover" 31th Salon of Youth exhibition, Interactive installation, Art Palace, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.
Residencies
- 2014 Artist in residency, Montalbano Di Licona, Italy.
- 2021 Artist in residency, First "Bysarya BAV_Lab" Funded by UNIC, Alexandria, Egypt.
Grants/ Awards
- 2021-2022 Full-time subsidy from the ministry of Culture - Egypt.
- 2014 British Council’s ‘Grants to Artists’ fund for 2014-15
- 2013 First Exhibit Saloon. Painting exhibition, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo.
Awarded the Solo Exhibition:
2014 "The Complementary Religion" video installation, Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Publications
- 2017 "A Tour" book, written and illustrated by Fady Galal published by Madbouly Publishers, Cairo, Egypt.
- 2021 (4-Egyptian-Songs) Illustrations + poets by Noor El din, Part of K-Oh-llective Library.
Workshops
- 2013 Technical Exhibitions installation) Workshop, Town House, Cairo, Egypt.
Resume
Artist Statement
Practice is the medium!
For me, It's the exploration journey itself of semi-professionality in multi forms as a medium, started as an electrician and satellite installment guy, then painting and sculpture, design, video editing, writing, wall art, interactive installation, tattooing.
Through the years I’ve been in and out of most scenes across mediums to test the possibilities of each and revise my practices.
Interdisciplinary is an important element in my practice as I always start from a strange encounter through my receiving channels, either a personal experience or a movie, or a book. Then I start approaching the mediums one by one to find the intersection that allows the Idea to emerge take form. Recently trying to acquire more to my toolbox, Mainly interactive design and generative art, tattooing, and marketing as an artistic medium.
Currently playing on the human relationships within the formal context, and how bizarre the practices are, and how accepted it is, from a scope of a personal bad experience with the angle of safety feeling within the boundaries of emotional and physical spaces.
Designing/Video Editing:
10 years of experience as a freelancer Designer for organizations such as:
Sawiras Foundation- Darb17/18- Culture Resource- Doum Cultural Foundation-Action For Hope
- 2013-2017 (Body Shapers) gyms, designer.
- 2013 3 months training at (Digital Republic).
- 2015 (Reham Gehad) beauty centers ,designer.
- 2014 (Doum Cultural Foundation), Designer/ Editor.
- 2015-2017 (Darb17/18), Designer/ Editor.
- 2015-2017 (Rush and Rolling Productions), Editor/Assistant Editor.
- 2019-2020 (Rush and Rolling Productions), Senior Editor.
Books:
- 2017-2021 (Madbouly Publishers) in designer and covers designer.
- 2017 (A Tour) a book written and illustrated by me, published by (Madbouly Publishers)
- 2021 (4-Egyptian-Songs) Illustrations + poets by Noor El din, Part of K-Oh-llective Library.
Editorial Design:
- 2016 Sawiras Foundation Annual Report
- 2016 Wataneya Annual Report
- 2018 Juhayna Food Industries Sustainability Report
- 2018 Juhayna Food IndustriesFactory Tour Guide
- 2018 GIZ (EPP) project training books
- 2019 Magrabi Foundation_Company Profile
Media:
-2012 “The Doctor” (Short Film) Assistant D.P
-2012 “Rekhes Eldam” (Short Film) Assistant D.P
-2013 “29 February” (Short Film) Assistant D.P
-2013 “Night” (Short Film) Assistant D.P
-2013 “The Animal” (Short Film) Assistant D.P
-2014 “Mahnash Mn Dool” ( Music video) Gaffer
-2015 “Ma3loma Ma Thmaksh” (YouTube Series) Assistant Director/Editor
-2015 “El Jameaa with Omar Hussain” (an OSN talk show) Assistant Editor
-2015 “El Plateau” (Al Nehar sitcom series) Assistant Editor
-2016 ”Min Hoby Fek Ya Gary” (Short film) Art Director
-2017 “Zozo” (Short film) / Art Director
-2016-2018 Assistant Art Director in TV commercials for clients like:
(Pfizer - Edita- Chipsey- Orange- Vodafone)
-2019 “3aqareb el sa3a” Illustrations/Animating music video by (Hawas Band)
-2019 “Kollin” Animated music video by (Hawas Band)
-2019 “El SamEl Sab3a” music video, Creation/Editing/Directing, by (Hawas Band)
-2019 “Ya Seedy Ya Aref” Illustrations/Animating music video by (3aranees)
Marketing Certificates:
-Digital Marketing Professional, Udacity, Sep 2021.
-Digital Marketing Challenger, Udacity, June 2021.
-The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Google, Jul 2021.
