2024 From Thebes to Cairo, Yossi Milo Gallery, NYC, NY, USA 2019 Pillars of Light, Cary Arts Center, NC 2018 Claymaker's Gallery, Durham, NC 2017 Shababik, STARworks Enterprises, Star, NC, USA 2016 Shababik, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG , Greensboro, NC, USA 2013 Convergence, Steele Hall Gallery, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC, USA 2009 Cairo Atelier Gallery of Contemporary Art,Cairo, Egypt 2005 Sawy Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
Group Exhibitions
2026 Nceca, Detroit, MI, USA 2024 Nceca, Richmond, VA, USA 2023 Underneath Everything: Humility and Grandeur in Contemporary Ceramics, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, USA 2022 Making Place Matters, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2021 Armory Show, NYC, USA Contemporary Clay, WCU Fine Art Museum, NC, USA 2020 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC, NY, USA Critical Function 2: Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA, USA 2019 The 10th Korean International Ceramic Biennale, South Korea The 43rd Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art, Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1st International Ceramic Biennale, Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia The Plate, Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt In Place, Anderson Center, MN, USA Korean International Ceramic Biennale (KICB2019), Online Platform Exhibition, South Korea 2018 The Burke Prize 2018: The Future of Craft Part 2, Museum of Art and Design, NYC, NY, USA Garden (Feast) of Paradise, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA Garden (Feast) of Paradise, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2017 The Last Drop, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC, USA Prize Finalist Show, Zanesville, OH, USA 6th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, Irving Art Center, Irving, Texas, USA Shaping The New South, Hudgens Center for Arts, Duluth, GA, USA Conference: a Woodfire International, STARworks Enterprises, Star, NC, USA Masterworks of Ceramics, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI, USA Contemporary Ceramics Forum, El-Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt 2016 Themes of Egypt, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG , Greensboro, NC, USA Art + Dialogue: Responding to Racial Tension in America, Sechrest Art Gallery, High Point University, NC, USA 2015 Annual Gathering Exhibition, STARworks, Star, NC,USA Prized Pieces, NC Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC, USA Ashes to Ashes: Religion in Contemporary Ceramic Art, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA Light for the Dark Months: Pendant Lighting , The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2014 COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK The Clay Studio National, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2013 35th Annual General Exhibition of Fine Art in Egypt 2012 Winter Show Green Hill Gallery, Greensbor, NC, USA Give Me Wings, FRANK Gallery,Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2011 Masqat Festival, Masqat, Oman. 2010 International Competition and Exhibition of Islamic Arts, Qatar Della Rambla, Cordoba, Spain 33rd Annual General Exhibition of Fine Art in Egypt International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Teapot Art, Shanghai, China International Exhibition of Ceramics and Pottery, Kuwait. Ramadan Exhibit, Sawy Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt 2008 Ceramica Della Rambla, Cordoba, Spain 2007 4th World Ceramic Exposition Korea (CEBIKO) 2005 Exhibition of Asala Association, Sawy Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt 2003 QatarSummer Festival, Doha, Qatar 2002 Exhibition of Asala Association, Gent, Belgium
Collections
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., USA Wellin Museum of Art, NY, USA Colby Museum of Art, Maine, USA Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee, WI, USA Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, USA Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI, USA. Fidelity Investments Corporate Collection, Boston, MA V&A Museum, London, England CEBIKO Museum, Korea Bait al-Baranda Museum, Muscat, Oman Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt Center of Islamic Art, Kuwait Fustat Ceramics Center, Cairo, Egypt
Awards- Recognitions
2024 Maxwell-Hanrahan Award in Craft 2020 Metcalf Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters 2019 Viewers Choice Award,The 10th Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2018 Delham Service League Purchase Award, Mint Museum Permanent Collection Daisy Wade Bridges Memorial Award, Mint Museum Permanent Collection Finalist Burke Prize, Museum of Art and Design 2017 People's Choice Award, Zanesville Prize 2011 First Prize in Innovation and Creativity, Masqat Festival, Oman 2010 Prize in Innovation and Creativity (one of three), Doha, Qatar Jury Prize for Art Festival and the masses Street Muizz Fatimid Cairo Historical, Cairo, Egypt 2007 Honorary Award from 4th World Ceramic Exposition Korea
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Symposiums, Workshops and Artist Talks
2020 NCECA Maker's Space Presenter, Richmond, VA, USA 2019 The 9th International Ceramic Symposium, Tunis, Tunisia Workshop, Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY, USA 2017 Panel Discussion on Contemporary Diaspora Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, USA International Woodfire NC Conference, STARworks Enterprises, Star, NC, USA 2016 Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, USA Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Islamic Design in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA 2015 Ceramic Artist in Residence (September-December), STARworks, Star, NC, USA Ceramic Artist in Residence (June-July), The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2013 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, USA 2011 11th Annual Pottery Symposium, Fayum Oasis, Egypt 2009 10th Annual Pottery Symposium, El Kherga Oasis, Egypt 9th Annual Pottery Symposium, Ashmon Greis, Monofia, Egypt 2008 Participant in the International Congress on Employment of Handicrafts within Architectural Projects, Tunisia 2002 Workshop with Hella Berent in Goethe Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Teaching
2014- present Adjunct Faculty, Wheel Throwing and Hand Building, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Memberships
International Academy of Ceramics IAC Art Axis Access Ceramics Syndicate of Plastic Arts Egyptian National Committee of International Association of Art.