Mona Zaalouk
Mona Zaalouk | |
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| Born | 1947 Egypt |
| Died | 1995 |
| Education | American University in Cairo |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, tapestry designer |
| Movement | Abstraction |
Mona Zaalouk (1947 – 1995) was an Egyptian abstract painter and tapestry designer. She lived in Paris for some ten years at the end of her life.
Biography
[edit]Mona Zaalouk was born in 1947, in Egypt.[1] Zaalouk graduated from the American University in Cairo in English literature (1967), and she did additional studies at the same university in theatre directing.[2] She had been a student of Fouad Kamel (1919–1973), the noted Egyptian surrealist painter.[1][3]
In her early artwork she made tapestries from the thick woolen thread.[1] She later pivoted to making paintings, and using sand, rocks and natural minerals for pigments and color.[1]
Zaalouk has held solo exhibitions at the French Cultural Centre, Cairo (1979); at the Centre Culturel d'Égypte, Paris (1982); at the Van Loo Gallery, Brussels (1988); at the Galerie Salem, Paris (1989); and at the Galerie Gramme, Paris (1991).[1] She has been featured in group exhibitions, including at the Cairo Salon (1978, 1979); the Salon d'Art Sacré, Paris (1982); and the Salon des Femmes Peintres Sculpteurs, Paris (1986).[1]
Her work is included in museum collections, including at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, Jordan.[2] The Warren M. Robbins Library at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. have her artists' file and archives.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Zaalouk, Mona". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. October 31, 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00200733. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ a b "Mona Zaalouk". Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (JNGFA). Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ "Fouad Kamel - Biography". Safarkhan Art.
- ^ "Zaalouk, Mona 1945-1996 in Art & Artists Files". Smithsonian Libraries.
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