Ahmed Kamel (*1981)
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Education
2012–2014 Master’s Degree, Major: Photography and Moving Image
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), Leipzig, Germany
1998–2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Painting
Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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Graphic Design Experience
January 2017 – January 2023 (6 years)
Senior Graphic Designer (Freelance)
Brands4Friends, Berlin
Responsibilities:
• Visual conception and implementation of online marketing campaigns
• Development of visual solutions for desktop and mobile apps
January 2015 – December 2016 (2 years)
Senior Graphic Designer (Full-Time)
eBay Fashion, Berlin
Responsibilities:
• Visual rebranding consulting
• Conception and implementation for the e-commerce platform
• Accompaniment of the photo shootings
August 2008 – December 2014 (6 years, 5 months)
Senior Book Designer (Freelance)
Dar Sharqiyat Publishing House, Cairo
Responsibilities:
• Visual conception and implementation of book covers and interior layouts
• Visual consulting for authors
January 2008 – December 2008 (1 year)
Senior Graphic Designer (Full-Time)
Synergy Advertising Agency, Cairo
Responsibilities:
• Visual conception and implementation of advertising materials for online and print
• Realization of corporate designs
April 2005 – April 2007 (2 years)
Book Designer (Freelance)
Ministry of Culture, Cairo
Responsibilities:
• Visual conception and implementation of book covers
• Coordination with the printing houses
January 2005 – December 2007 (3 years)
Graphic Designer (Full-Time)
Equinox Graphics Design House, Cairo
Responsibilities:
• Visual conception and implementation of advertising materials for online and print
• Design of interior architectural elements
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Teaching Experience
October 2023 – Present
Freelance Lecturer for Media Design and Photography
Berufsförderungswerk Berlin-Brandenburg e. V. (BFW), Germany
Responsibilities:
• Preparation of teaching materials
• Conducting theoretical and practical lessons
• Evaluation and presentation of participants’ results
Workshop Experience
2022 “Introduction to Photography” – Workshop for Children
ARCHiNOS, Cairo, Egypt
2019 “Homebase” – Workshop on Urban Photography for Youth
wannseeFORUM, Berlin, Germany
2018 “Images Movement Berlin” – Workshop on Digital Photography for Youth
wannseeFORUM, Berlin, Germany
2017 “Introduction to Art” – Workshops for Teachers and Students
Organized by the Goethe-Institut and the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Sohag, Egypt
2015 “Camera Obscura” – Workshop for Art Students
Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
2010 “Creative Photography” – Workshop for Young Artists
Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), Cairo, Egypt
Responsibilities:
• Leading workshops
• Conceptualizing and developing theoretical and practical content
• Evaluation and presentation of participants’ results
Activities on Teaching Platforms
Customized lessons are tailored to meet the individual needs of students
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Visual art practice - Solo Exhibitions
2023 “Did Not Happen,” Cologne Contemporary Concept, Köln, Germany.
2018 “Did Not Happen,” zone E, Essen, Germany.
2017 “Did Not Happen,” Rooftop Studio Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Germany.
2016 “Sight/Spiral,” Erstererster, Berlin, Germany.
2015 “About Paradise/Repetitive Units,” Zone B Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2011 “Extension,” Cinéma les Variétés, Marseille, France.
2010 “Local Star,” Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2010 “By Law,” Marks blond, Bern, Switzerland.
2010 “Spiral,” Stadtgalerie Progr, Bern, Switzerland.
2009 “Shop-Abutting,” ArtElLewa, Cairo, Egypt.
2008 “Home-the Self,” Institut français d’Égypte (Le CFCC), Mounira, Cairo, Egypt.
Visual art practice - Group Exhibitions
2024 “1-54 Art Fair,” DaDa, Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco.
2023 “Menart Fair,” Palais d’Iéna, Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Paris, France.
2023 “Otherwise, Agaze,” ARD, Cairo, Egypt.
2023 “Art in War,” Christophe Person Gallery, Paris, France.
2023 “1-54 Art Fair,” La Mamounia, Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco.
2022 “History Leads to Twisted Mountains,” ARD, Cairo, Egypt.
2022 “Abutting Afar,” Photo Festival, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
2022 “1-54 Art Fair,” Christie’s, Katharina Maria Raab Galerie, Paris, France.
2021 “Drawing Room,” Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020 “Faraway So Close,” Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany.
2020 “Positions,” Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany.
2020 “PhotoBasel,” Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2019 “About Paradise,” Fotohaus, PARIS-BERLIN, Arles, France.
2019 “1-54 Art Fair,” La Mamounia, Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco.
2019 “Power Struggle,” Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, Factory TT, Tehran, Iran.
2018 “1-54 Art Fair,” Pioneer Works, Katharina Maria Raab Gallery, New York, USA.
2016 “Fragments of HiStories,” Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, Germany.
2016 “Art Market Budapest,” Galleries Association of Berlin, Hungary.
2015 “Wohin Gehen Wir,” Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany.
2014 “Cairo Open City,” East Wing, Doha, Qatar.
2014 “Arab Contemporary,” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark.
2013 “Alternative Nomadi,” Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy.
2013 “Cairo Open City,” Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany.
2013 “Twice,” Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB), Germany.
2013 “Errors Allowed,” Mediterranea 16 – The Young Artist Biennial, Ancona, Italy.
2013 “Cairo Open City,” Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.
2013 “Prekär,” Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB), Germany.
2012 “Cairo Open City,” 5th European Month of Photography, Berlin, Germany.
2012 “Cairo Open City,” Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany.
2012 “Cairo Documenta 2,” Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt.
2011 “Shaabi,” Serpentine Gallery, London, England.
2011 “Funkenschlag,” OKK, Berlin, Germany.
2011 “Propaganda by Monuments,” Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), Cairo, Egypt.
2010 “Cairo Documenta,” Viennoise Hotel, Cairo, Egypt.
2010 “Noord,” Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2010 “20 Years Mashrabia,” Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2009 “Invisible Presence,” Samaa Khana, Cairo, Egypt.
2009 “Embedded Realities,” Kunstraum, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2009 “20th Youth Salon,” Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan.
2009 “Under Constriction,” Hayaka Arti, Istanbul, Turkey.
2009 “20th Cairo Youth Salon,” Palace of Arts, Cairo, Egypt.
2009 “Photocairo 4,” Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark.
2008 “Photocairo 4,” Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.
2007 “Malash-Kairo,” Meinblau Kunst & Atelierhaus, Berlin, Germany.
2007 “A Face In Cairo,” Falaki Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Visual art practice - Publication
2023 ‘Art In War’, by Sebbani Madiha, Courtesy of Contemporary Lab & Galerie Person.Paris, France
2022 “Abutting Afar”, by Hamdy Reda, Photo Festival, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2021 “Faraway so close”, by Galleries Association of Berlin (LVBG), Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
2019 “Hanan al-Cinema Affections for the Moving Image” by Laura U. Marks, MIT Press, Berlin, Canada
2019 “Power Struggle”, by Asieh Salimian, and Katharina Maria Raab, Factory TT, Tehran, Iran
2019 Border Lines / Body Borders, by Tina Bara, FOTOHAUS I PARISBERLIN, Paris, France.
2017 “AArtists in Residence”, by Galleries Association of Berlin (LVBG),
The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Germany
2016 “Fragments of HiStories”, by Tina Bara, Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, Germany
2016 “Art from Berlin”, by Galleries Association of Berlin (LVBG), Art Market Budapest, Ungarn
2014 “Alternative Nomadi”, by Mediterranea Biennial, Milan, Italy
2014 “Arab Contemporary”, by Michael Juul Holm Mette and Marie Kallehauge,
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
2014 “Invisible Presence: Looking at the Body in Contemporary Egyptian Art”, by Stefania Angarano,
Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2013 “Cairo Open City”, Florian Ebner, by Constanze Wicke Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2011 “Propaganda by Monuments”,by Mia Jankowicz and Clare Butcher,
Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
2009 “Photography and Egypt”, by Maria Golia Publisher; Reaktion Books – Exposures, Cairo, Egypt
2008 “The long shortcut” by Aleya Hamza and Edit Molnár, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
2007 “Sowar Min El Salon”, by Aleya Hamza, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt
Visual art practice - Grants/Awards
2021 Neustart, Bildkunst Kulturwerk, Berlin, Germany.
2016-2017 The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Galleries Association of Berlin, Germany.
2010 Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2010 Prohelvetia, Progr, Bern, Switzerland.
2009 Land NRW, Dusseldorf, Germany.
2009 “Amongst Neighbours,” Istanbul, Turkey.
2006 “Images of the Middle East,” Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 “El-Marasim,” Luxor’s art studios, Ministry of Culture, Egypt.
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