ISLAM ZAHER

Artist Bio

Name: Islam Zaher
Address: EG

Born in 1972, Islam Zaher studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, graduating in 1994. He received the Grant of Devotion from the Ministry of Culture in 1996 and has been awarded several prizes including the Grand Jury Prize at the 9th and 10th editions of the Youth Salon (1997-98). Since then he has exhibited in various group and solo exhibitions. The artist lives and works in Cairo.

Gallery Misr Approach Vol. 4 2019

List of Art Exhibitions

2026 "Recent Traces" -- solo exhibition, Ubuntu Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2025 "Views of a Dystopian City" -- solo exhibition, Gezira Art Center, Cairo, Egypt

2024 Arab Dialogue Vol. 1' Gallery Misr, in collaboration with Art D'Egypte, at Dar Al Darb at the Salah Al-Din Citadel, Cairo, Egypt

2023 "The Shadow of Absence" -- solo exhibition, Gallery Misr, Cairo, Egypt

2023 "As I am II" -- Group Show -- Gallery Misr, Cairo, Egypt

2022 "Egypt Int'l Art Fair", Cairo, Egypt

2021 "Dubai Art Fair", Dubai, UAE

2020 "Free Davestation" -- solo exhibition, Gallery Misr, Cairo, Egypt

2020 "Passive Constructions" -- solo exhibition, Gallery Misr, Cairo, Egypt

2019 "As I am" -- Group Show -- Gallery Misr, Cairo

2019 Changeable Summer Collection, Easel and Camera Contemporary Art Gallery

2019 "Myths and Magic" --Group show -- Founoun Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

2018 11th Luxor International Painting Symposium , Luxor, Egypt

2018 Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon

2018 "Octagon" --Group show-- Gallery Misr, Zamalek , Cairo, Egypt

2017 "Paper Trail" -- Group show --Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2017 "Remnants of Enchantment" -- solo exhibition -- Gypsum Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2016 Dai Gallery opening exhibition, Cairo , Egypt

2015 National Exhibition, 37th Edition, Palace of Art, Cairo, Egypt

2015 "Pink and Lamentation" –solo exhibition– Gallery Misr, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

2014 Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Youth Salon, Palace of Art

2011 Featured Artists, Artspace Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2010 Human Body Exhibition, Palace of Art, Cairo, Egypt

2010 National Exhibition, 33rd Edition, Palace of Art, Cairo, Egypt

2010 "Intuited Happiness" –solo exhibition, Karim Francis Contemporary Art Gallery, Downtown, Cairo, Egypt

2009 "Faces" exhibition - Horizon Gallery 1, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Cairo, Egypt

2008 National Exhibition, 31 Edition, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo, Egypt

2007 "Occidentalism" exhibition -nineteen artists from Egypt - Swiss Hotel, Downtown Cairo, Egypt

2007 "Untitled Portraits" exhibition, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2005 National Exhibition, 29th Edition, Palace of Art, Cairo, Egypt

2005 "Out of Vacuum – solo exhibition– Karim Francis Contemporary Art Gallery, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

2003 "90's Generation" -- Group exhibition, Gezira Center of Arts, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

2000: 2003 - Autumn Salon for Miniature Works, Gezira Center of Arts, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

1999 18 visions from "90s Generation" exhibition, Gezira Center of Arts, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

1998 Exhibition of Blue Color Knights - Picasso Art Gallery Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt