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Mohamed Youssef Ali (Fine Artist - Sculptor)

Founder of Emirates Fine Arts Society in Sharjah in 1980

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Graduate from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1979.

1981 to date : Member of Arab Fine Arts Federation.

Member of "Al Rola", theatrical magazine Editing Staff issued by Sharjah National Theatre.

1978 – 85 : Founder and Chief of Chinaware Department at the Ministry of Education.

Chief of the School Theatre Section after it was reestablished at the Ministry of Education.

1978-84 : Chairman of Sharjah National Theatre for several periods.

Chief Editor of the "Fine Arts Bulletin" published by Emirates Fine Arts Society.

Currently : Chief Artistic Activities Department at the Ministry of Education and Youth.

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Collective Exhibitions :

1. All Emirates Fine Arts Society Exhibitions since it was founded, the most important of which is from the First until Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of the Society held between 1980 and 1994.
2. 1979 : Arab Artists Exhibition held in Kuwait.
3. Thirteen Exhibition organized by Emirates Fine Arts Society.
4. Exhibitions held abroad in Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Japan, India, Italy, France, Spain and Morocco.

Prizes :

1. 1979 : Appreciation prize at the Arab Artists Exhibition held in Kuwait.
2. Distinction prize in sculpture at the thirteenth exhibition organized by Emirates Fine Arts Society.

Achievements :

1. Supervision of training sessions in ceramics and sculpture.
2. President of Jury at the First Biennial exhibition held in Sharjah in 1993.
3. Member of Jury at the Biennial Exhibition held in Muscat in 1990.
4. Member of several Juries inside the UAE, the most important of which is the Children’s Paintings Competition organized by the Ministry of Education and on GCC countries level.
5. Organization and member of Jury of painting competitions since the First Festival for Children Culture for three courses.
6. Founder of National Arts Festival in Sharjah in 1981.
7. Member of Jury at several Logos Competitions.
8. Design of the Loyalty Certificate in collaboration with Artist Abdul Rahim Salem, offered to H.H. President of the State Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan for the occasion of the 23rd National Day.
9. Setting up of caricultural sceneries and drawings for some occasions, most important of which are municipalities, traffics and drugs weeks.
10. Representative of the UAE in signing the First Fine Arts Agreement between the UAE represented by the Fine Arts Society and the Soviet Painters Federation in Moscow in 1989.
11. Author of several articles dealing with Fine Arts and dramatic theatre in the UAE under its column "Fi Assaha" in "Al Ittihad" newspaper.

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