List of Egyptian artists explained

This is a list of notable visual artists from, or associated with, Egypt.

A

• Zeinab Abd al-Hamid, (1919–2002) painter
• Mohamed Abla (born 1953), painter
• Inji Aflatoun (1924 - 1989), painter
• Armen Agop (born 1969), sculptor
• Mariam A. Aleem (1930 - 2010), painter
• Doa Aly (born 1976), painter
• Ghada Amer (born 1963), artist
• Sawsan Amer (born 1937), painter
• Heba Amin (born 1980), artist
• Kamal Amin (1923 - 1979), graphic artist
• Evelyn Ashamallah (born 1948), Coptic painter
• Alaa Awad (born 1981), muralist, street art, painter
• Islam el Azzazi, photographer and filmmaker

B

• Clea Badaro (1913 - 1968), painter
• George Bahgoury (born 1932), artist and caricaturist
• Lara Baladi (born 1969), Egyptian-Lebanese multimedia artist
• Bek, sculptor

C

• Chico (born 1985 or 1986), graffiti and street artist

D

• Dina Danish (born 1981), multimedia artist
• Yehia Dessouki (born 1978), digital and mixed media artist

E

• Doaa El-Adl (born 1979), cartoonist^[1]
• Gamal El-Sagini (1917 - 1977), sculptor
• Samir Elmesirri (born 1941), artist
• Ahmed Emad Eldin (born 1996), digital artist

G

• Hussein El Gebaly (1934 - 2014), painter
• Habib Gorgi (1892 - 1965), landscape painter
• Sherin Guirguis (born 1974), contemporary artist

H

• Tahia Halim (1919–2003), painter
• Nermine Hammam (born 1967), visual artist, photographer^[2]
• Fathi Hassan (born 1957), installation artist
• Hassan Mohamed Hassan (1906 - 1990), painter
• Susan Hefuna (born 1962), visual artist
• Adam Henein (1929-2020), sculptor
• Menhat Helmy (1925-2004), painter and printmaker
• Hassan Heshmat (1920 - 2006), sculptor
• Mustafa Hussein (1935 - 2014), painter and cartoonist

K

• Amal Kenawy (1974 - 2012), video and performance artist
• Hend Kheera (born 1981), street artist

L

• Van Leo (1921 - 2002), photographer

M

• Mohamed Nagy (1888 - 1956), painter
• Mahmoud Mokhtar (1891 - 1934), sculptor
• Ahmed Morsi (born 1930), poet and painter

N

• Youssef Nabil (born 1972), artist and photographer
• Ahmad Nady (born 1981), comic artist and cartoonist
• Effat Nagy (1905 - 1994), artist
• Sabah Naim (born 1967), multimedia artist
• Margaret Nakhla (1908–1977), painter
• Moataz Nasr (born 1961), painter and sculptor

S

• Senewosret-Ankh, sculptor
• Gazbia Sirry (born 1925), painter
• Nadia Sirry (born 1958), painter
• Sherif Sonbol (born 1956), photographer

T

• Nazir Tanbouli (born 1971), mural painter
• Aya Tarek (born 1989), painter and muralist
• Arto Tchakmaktchian (1933-2019), painter and sculptor
• Thutmose, sculptor
• Diane Tuckman, silk artist

V

• Dom Hubert van Zeller (1905 - 1984), writer and sculptor

W

• Adham Wanly (1908 - 1959), painter
• Seif Wanly (1906 - 1979), painter

See also

• List of Egyptian women artists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Egyptian woman Cartoonist, Doaa Eladl, publishes a controversial cartoon on FGM - She tells Clitoraid why. - Clitoraid.org Restoring a Sense of Pleasure and Dignity. Clitoraid. Inc.. 12 December 2016.
2. News: "Let’s play": Egyptian artist Nermine Hammam on the credibility of images . Art Radar . March 27, 2015.