Nadia Baher Sirry ( ar, نادية سري) is a

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-born painter of Turkish-Lebanese descent, born in 1958.

Life

Sirry is a graduate of

Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. History Ain Shams University was fou ...

. She worked for a time at the British Institute in Egypt before devoting herself full-time to her artistic career. She currently lives and works in Cairo.

Membership

*Member of the Syndicate of

Plastic Arts Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a plastic medium by molding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics. Less often the term may be used broadly for all the visual arts (such as painting, sculpture, film and pho ...

. *Member of the National Society of

Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...

. *Member of Cairo Atelier – union of artists and writers. *Member of Fine Art Lovers Society. *Member of

Art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

Companions Group. *Member of the Egyptian Arts Preservation Society.

Private Exhibitions

*Shadicor art gallery (Reality and Fantasy) March 2006 *

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Cultural Center (Tangible Dreams) April 2006 *The Russian Cultural Center in

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(Between Contemplation and Dreams) August 2006 *Ewart Gallery the

American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs ...

( Contemplation of the Heart) March 2007 * Alexandria Center of Arts (Touches) August 2007 *The Syndicate of Journalists (Bicar) show room (Vision) June 2008 *

Cairo Opera House The Cairo Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا المصرية, ''Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya''; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to mos ...

(Salah Taher Hall) exhibition (The Feather) December 2015

Collective Exhibitions

*Participating in Collective shows since college in 1978 *I smailia Cultural Center 2005 *Shadicor Gallery 2006 *Spring exhibition at El Sawi Cultural Wheel, April 2006 *The Third Art Festival of the National Society of Art At Alexandria Art Center, August 2006. *Egyptian Opera House December 2006 with the National Society of Fine Arts. *Art for Every Family exhibition at Shadicor Gallery, March 2007 *Spring Second Salon at el Sawi Cultural Wheel, April 2007 *Eastern Harmonies exhibition at Al-Ghawri Historical Palace organized by the National Society of Arts and sponsored by the Cultural Development Fund, April 2007 *Exhibition of Acquisitions at the Opera House Palace of Arts, April 2007 *The (Pentagonous) exhibition at Shadicor gallery - May 2007 *The (Salon Gallery) at the Opera House Art Palace. May – June 2007 *(The Desert) exhibition with Art Companions Society, July 2007 *National Society of Fine Arts( 20th Salon) at the Opera House 2008 *(Art for Every Family) at Shadicor gallery for arts, March 2008 *Art companions exhibition at the future library, March 2008 *Cairo Atelier (Salon 56th) in August 2008 *Exhibition in favor of the Children Cancer Hospital of the Opera House in August 2008 *(Egypt in My Mind) exhibition at the Alexandria Center of Arts with the Egyptian Art Preservation Society, November 2008 *Art Companions Fourth exhibition at the Future Library December 2008 *Shadicor gallery exhibition (Art for All Family), March 2009. *(Exhibition of Acquisitions) at Port Said Museum of Modern Arts, April 2009 *(National Exhibition) Twenty Third (Third Festival of Fine Arts) 2009 *Art Companions Fifth exhibition at the Opera House October 2009 *Exhibition at the Syndicate of Plastic Artists with Art Preservation society September 2009 *Cairo Atelier Salon Fifty Seven September 2009 *(Art Companion Group 6th Exhibition) at The Greek Cultural Center – January 2010 *Exhibition (I am an Egyptian) at the Opera House with Art Preservation Society January 2010 *Art for every family exhibition 2010 at Shadicor Gallery *Exhibition entitled (Creative Artists) at

Effat Nagy Effat Nagy ( ar, عفت ناجي. Nagi, Effat Naghi, or Effat Nagui) (5 April 1905 – 4 October 1994) was an Egyptian artist who has a museum in Cairo devoted to her and her husband's works. The museum is called ''Museum of Saad El-Khadem and Ef ...

and Saad El Khadem Museum March 2010 *National Association of Fine Arts ( 21st Salon) May 2010 *Exhibition for nine artists at Shadicor Gallery 2010 *Cairo Atelier ( Salon Fifty Eight) - September 2010 *(Twenty Fifth of January Tunes) at Road El Farag Cultural Center affiliated to the Egyptian Art Preservation Society 2011 *(Egyptian Art in Revolution)

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at Hilton Waterfalls Sharm 2011 *Exhibition (Art for every family) at Shadicor Gallery 2011 *National Society of Fine Arts (Twenty Second Salon) at the Opera House main show room 2011 *Exhibition at Saad Zaghlol Cultural Center by the Egyptian Art Preservation Society and the ministry of culture – September 2011 *Exhibition (Sahwa 2) at El Hanager show room – Opera House – February 2012 *Exhibition (

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Heritage) at the Supreme Council of Culture – March 2012 *Exhibition (Art for every family) 2012 *Exhibition (Creations) for Coptic Arts at Al-Ghawri Dome – May 2012 *Exhibition (Different Visions 2) at Al-Ghawri Dome – affiliated to the Cultural Development Fund Association and the Egyptian Art Preservation Society – October 2012 *Exhibition (Peace Mission) at Al-Ghawri Dome as a part of the monthly event of Peace Mission celebration – December 2012 *Exhibition (Egyptian Creations) at the Opera House

Salah Taher Salah Taher (1911–2007) was an Egyptian painter. He worked for some time as a drawing and art teacher in Al-Abaseyya High School in Alexandria. He went on to fame in the 1960s as he was appointed head of the Museum of Modern Arts. In 1962, he wa ...

Gallery – January 2013 *Exhibition (Glimpse of Egypt) at Road El Farag Cultural Center – February 2013 *Exhibition (Art for Every family) Shadicor Art Gallery – April 2013 *Guest of Honor for Exhibition (Artist Adel Sabet and Art Learners) – June 2013 *Exhibition (Egyptian Features) at the

Coptic Museum The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. The museum traces the history of Egypt from its be ...

as a part of the Culture and Art Festival – October 2013 *Exhibition (Egyptian Features 2) at Saad El Khadem and Effat Nagy Museum – October 2013 *Exhibition (Egyptian Features 3) at Banha Cultural Center supervised by the General Organization of

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Palaces – October 2013 *Exhibition (Egyptian Features 4) at Giza Cultural Center organized by both the General Organization of Cultural Palaces and the Egyptian Art Preservation Society – December 2013 *(Cairo Atelier Salon for Painting) Mohamed Nagi Round – March 2014 *Exhibition (Art for Every Family) Shadicor Art Gallery – March 2014 *Exhibition (Love for Egypt) in favor of the Egyptian Fund Box at Salah Taher Gallery – Opera House – April 2014 *Exhibition (Egyptian Vision of the World) ten artists from the Art Companions Group at the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation – April 2014 *Exhibition (Female Artists) organized by The National Society of Fine Arts at El Shaer House - July 2014 *Exhibition (Beauty of

Islamic Arts Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslim populations. Referring to characteristic traditions across a wide ra ...

) at Prince Taz Palace – February 2015 *National Society of Fine Arts Salon at the Opera House Art Gallery – March 2015. ;International Exhibitions: *The Fourth Intercontinental

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of Indigenous Millenarian Art in

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Ecuador – October 2012 *The traveling Gallery of the Intercontinental Biennial of Indigenous – Millenarian Art in

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Canada – June 2013 *The Fifth Intercontinental Biennial of Indigenous Millenarian Art in Quito

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August 2014 *Traveling Gallery "Recreando El Planeta" coordinated by IR-MANO Artistas Latinoamericanos

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and the Ministry of exterior affairs in Uruguay held at Santos Palace, Montevideo

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November 2014.

Local Awards

* Several Certificates of Appreciation for participation in different exhibitions *Honored and awarded a certificate of appreciation from the Minister of Culture and the Director of Fine Arts Sector 2012 and 2015. *Honored by The Egyptian Arts Preservation Society 2015. *Honored by The National Society of Fine Arts 2015.

International Awards

*Special Award in

Watercolor Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

Painting from the Fourth Intercontinental Biennial of Indigenous- Millenarian Art - October 2012 *First Award in

Painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

from at the Fifth Intercontinental Biennial of Indigenous-Millenarian Art – August 2014.

Acquisitions

*The Egyptian Museum of

Modern Art Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...

Agricultural Museum An agricultural museum is a museum dedicated to preserving agricultural history and heritage. It aims to educate the public on the subject of agricultural history, their legacy and impact on society. To accomplish this, it specializes in the di ...

of Egypt *Contemporary Art Museum of the

Casa De La Cultura Ecuatoriana La Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (''The House of Ecuadorian Culture'') is a cultural organization founded by Benjamín Carrión on August 9, 1944, during the presidency of Dr Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. It was created to stimulate, to direct and ...

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*International Biennial of Indigenous – Millenarian Art Acquisitions –

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirry, Nadia 1958 births Living people Egyptian women painters 20th-century Egyptian painters 21st-century Egyptian painters 20th-century Egyptian women artists 21st-century Egyptian women artists Artists from Cairo