1. MOHAMMAD ABOU EL NAGA sarah grace cheek

2. Biography  Mohammed Abou El Naga was born in Tanta, Egypt.  He Attended Alexandria University  Masters Degree in fine art  PhD. Philosophy of Art  His first exhibition was in Atelier Cairo, Egypt (1992) and his most recent exhibition was the International Exhibition and International Workshop in Romania ( 2006).  Papermaking is his specialty. He studied it in Egypt and in Japan.  He hand makes all of his paper.  He uses color from natural oxides to create paintings and installations.  He concentrates on providing his viewers with history about past events and current affairs.  He also works with lithographic prints and sculptures made of cast paper.

3. Main Works  Installations  Paintings  Videos  Book Art  Photography

4. Installations- The Lion  “I always dreamt of being a lion, fearless and valiant. I knew then that there were tribes that take the name of lion such as Beni Assad and Ghadanfar. So many times have I been told: “be lion hearted” and I always felt that my masculine aspirations drove me towards being a lion…Thus, I saw the lion in the shape of a mummy that will be resurrected. And I saw my powerful lion bonded with medical tissue and wrapped in wires with a masked face, simulating thus, Horus the guardian of heaven or Anobis the guardian of the dead. A defeated lion in its cage, lonely and submissive; a body with no hope, yawning lazily like a full cat. However, looking into its eyes, I felt scared feeling a deep historical fear that shakes those who see through these eyes. Two deep eyes that tell it is the next life. A life that could frightful”  http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksIconID=3 http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksIconID=3

5. Hand Made Paper & Mixed Media  2006 2006  http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=265 http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=265  2007  http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=289 http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=289  http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=353 http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=353  2008  http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=393 http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=393  http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=402 http://www.abouelnaga.com/PouUpWorks.aspx?WorkID=402

6. Book Art Mixed Media  http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksI conID=11 http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksI conID=11

7. Sources  http://www.salwazeidangallery.com/Mohammed_A bou_El_Naga_1.html http://www.salwazeidangallery.com/Mohammed_A bou_El_Naga_1.html  http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksI conID=11 http://www.abouelnaga.com/WorksIn.aspx?WorksI conID=11  http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.e xe?request=hiersearch;dtype=i;id=502143 http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.e xe?request=hiersearch;dtype=i;id=502143