Nazli Madkour or Nāzlī Madkūr[1] (Arabic: نازلي مدكور; born 1949) is an Egyptian visual artist.[2][3][4][5][6]
Early life and education
editMadkour was born on 25 February 1949 in Cairo, Egypt. She has a BA in economy and political science from the University of Cairo (1971), and a diploma in business administration management (1977) and a master's degree (1980) from The American University in Cairo.[4] Her masters thesis was on Egyptian Defense Programs and their Impact on the Development of Egypt.[7]
She worked for the United Nations as a researcher on family planning from 1972 to 1978, and as an economic expert at the Industrial Development Centre for Arab States before becoming a full time artist in 1981.[3]
Artistic career
editMadkour has held solo exhibitions since 1982 in many galleries in Egypt and elsewhere, and her works are held in collections including those of the Egyptian Modern Art Museum and Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.[2][8]
In 1989 she wrote a book in Arabic whose title translates as Egyptian Women and Artistic Creativity, which was published by Association of Arab Women Solidarity; it was republished in English in 1993 by the State Information Department as Women and Art in Egypt.[3]
In 2005 she illustrated a limited edition of Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz for the American Limited Editions Club; the prints were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. in 2005.[3]
Selected publications
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Catalog record for "Arabian nights and days". Worldcat. OCLC 61761760. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Nazli Madkour". Picasso Art Gallery - Egypt. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Zamalek Art Gallery, Artist Nazli Madkour Biography". www.zamalekartgallery.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b "FineArt Sector - Biographies - Nazli Madkour". www.fineart.gov.eg. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Nazli Madkour". Saatchi Art. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ El-Ashri, Nagwa (8 September 2020). "Artist Nazli Madkour, lover of nature and Egyptian women - Art - Al-Ahram Weekly". Ahram Online. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Madkour, Nazli. "Egyptian Defense Programs and their Impact on the Development of Egypt". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Nazli Madkour". New Hall Art Collection. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Catalogue record for "Women and Art in Egypt". Worldcat. OCLC 31132387. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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