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curriculum vitae

Born: Alexandria, Egypt. 1950

Qualifications:

Diploma of Arts - RMIT University, Melbourne. Australia.
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Photography, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Graduate Studies - Glass Sculpturing, School of American Craftsmen, New York. USA.
Graduate Studies in Museumology & Art Conservation. University of Melbourne, Australia.
Graduate Diploma - LeTTOL (online Teaching Program) The Sheffield College, England. UK.
Graduate Diploma - Business Management - RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. USA.

Currently:
Photo Artist, Sculptor and Tour Leader (France)
.

Past Co-Director - BA Photography Program, School of Media and Communication
RMIT University, Melbourne. Australia

Areas of Expertise:

Lecturing in Still Photography and Museum Studies.
Coordinator and Tour Leader - Art/Photography Tours to France.
Sculpturing – Marble and Bronze
.
Contemporary Glass Sculpturing.

Skills & Areas of Special Interest:

Fluent in French, Italian and Spanish Languages
Museumology and Art Conservation
Photography and Photographic Education
French Impressionist Art/Photography Studies
Historical Photographic Imaging Processes
Xingu Amazonian Tribal Society of Brazil
European and Middle Eastern Culinary Arts

Exhibitions:

Solo Shows:
1975 Drummond Street Gallery, Carlton.
1979 Drummond Street Gallery, Carlton.
1982 The Photo Gallery, R.I.T Rochester. New York.
1983 The Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne.
1983 Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney.
1984 M.G.M Glass Gallery, Melbourne.
1984 Sherwood Gallery, Warrnambool.
1985 Canberra School of Art Gallery, A.C.T
1990 Hammond Gallery, Melbourne.- Antipodes Festival.
1993 Monash Studio Gallery, Collingwood.- Antipodes Festival,
1994 Finche's Gallery, Macedon.
1994 Oblique Gallery, Tempe Arizona, USA.
1998 Viscom 9 Gallery, RMIT Melbourne.
1998 Boilerhouse Gallery, Dilkara Arts Festival - Sunbury, Victoria.
2000 Boilerhouse Gallery - Dilkara Arts Festival - Sunbury, Victoria.
2002 Arts Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin. New Zealand.
2003 The Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton. Victoria.
2004 Zischke Studio Gallery, Phoenix. Arizona. USA.
2009 Ballarat International Foto Biennale - Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria.
2014 Gross Gallery - Romsey Victoria.
2014 Photo International Festival Pingyao - Pingyao, China.

Group Shows:
1975 Drummond Street Gallery, Carlton.
1977 Photographers Gallery, Melbourne.
1978 RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne.
1980 M.F.A Gallery, R.I.T. Rochester, New York. USA.
1981 Visual Studies Workshop. Rochester, New York. USA.
1981 The Photo Gallery. R.I.T Rochester, New York. USA.
1981 The Photo Gallery. R.I.T Rochester, New York. USA.
1982 The Upper Gallery. R.I.T Rochester, New York. USA.
1982 Bevier Gallery. R.I.T Rochester, New York. USA.
1982 Pyramid Gallery Rochester, New York. USA.
1982 P.P.A Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada. USA.
1982 Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, New York. USA.
1983 Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne.
1983 Contemporary Artists’ Society, Melbourne.
1984 Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne.
1986 Joan Gough Gallery, Melbourne.
1987 Westpac Gallery-Antipodes Festival, Melbourne.
1989 RMIT Optimum ‘89 - RMIT Gallery, Melbourne.
1989 Museum Dan Galeri, Penang, Malaysia.
1992 Faculty Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne.
1993 Mercer Gallery, Rochester, New York. USA.
1994 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
1994 Faculty of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne.
1995 Mercer Gallery, Rochester, New York. USA.
1995 Gallery 101, Collins Street Melbourne.
1995 Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney.
1996 Dilkara Arts Festival, Victoria.
1996 Internacional de Technologias de Imagem. Sao Paulo, BRAZIL.
1996 Mercer Gallery, Rochester, New York. USA.
1997 Dilkara Art Festival, Sunbury.
1997 'Festivale de la Photographie D'Arles' - Arles FRANCE.
1998 Art Crawl Festival - Kyneton, Victoria.
1999 Melbourne Arts Club, Nth. Melbourne.
2000 Dilkara Festival, Sunbury.
2000 Boilerhouse Gallery. Melbourne.
2000 Harrison Gallery, Melbourne.
2000 Mt. Macedon Gallery, Victoria.
2001 Boilerhouse Gallery, Melbourne.
2001 Harrison Gallery, Melbourne.
2001 Galleria Nespore, Majorca. Spain.
2002 PIEA Photographic Travelling World Tour exhibition.
2003 Boilerhouse Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Art Centre Gallery, Wanchi, Hong Kong.
2006 Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne.
2006 Mad Gallery Lancefield Glass Exhibition.Victoria.
2007 Mt. Macedon Gallery-Creative Palette, Victoria.
2007 Boilerhouse Gallery, Melbourne.
2007 Mad Gallery Lancefield Bronze Exhibition,Victoria.
2008 Parliament House Gallery - AIPP/VIVID National Photo Festival, Canberra.
2008 Mt Macedon Gallery - Creative Palette, Victoria.
2008 MAD Gallery Lancefield Glass Exhibition, Victoria.
2008 Field36 Gallery, -'Open Vision', Melbourne.
2009 Gasworks Art Park - 'South North Exchange', Melbourne
2009 MAD Gallery Lancefield Sculpture Exhibtion, Victoria.
2009 Boilerhouse Gallery, Melbourne.
2009 Field36 Gallery - 'Pinhole Exhibition', Melbourne.
2010 Mad Gallery Lancefield Photo Exhibition, Victoria.
2011 Colenso Gallery Sculpture Exhibition, Victoria.
2011 Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
2011 St Edwards University Gallery – Travelling Paris Tour exhibition, Austin Texas, USA.
2012 Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
2012 Colenso Gallery –Boxes Exhibition, Victoria.
2012 Field36 Gallery, - Footsteps of the Impressionist study tour RMIT, Melbourne.
2013 Colenso Gallery – Mix Media Exhibition, Victoria.
2013 Field36 Gallery, - Footsteps of the Impressionist study tour OUA/RMIT, Melbourne.
2014 Colenso Gallery –Boxes Exhibition, Victoria.
2015 Pingyao Photo International Festival 'Stills Co-Op, Pingyao China
2015 Colenso Gallery – Mix Media Exhibition, Victoria.
2016 Colenso Gallery Woodend– Bronze Exhibition, Victoria.
2016 The Con Artists Gallery NYC USA – 'Stills Co-Op
2016 The Magnet Gallery, Melbourne – 'Stills Co-Op
2017 RMIT Gallery Melbourne

Works in Permanent Collections:

Wallace Memorial Library Archives RIT Rochester, New York. USA.
Thomas Ball Memorial Prize Rochester, New York. USA.
Visual Studies Workshop Rochester, New York. USA.
K.A.S.K. Academietraat 2 Ghent, Belgium.
Museum National De Arte Moderna. Porto, Portugal.
Musium de Galeria Penang, Malaysia.
National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne, Australia.
Kings Park Secondary College Melbourne, Australia.
Craft Council of Victoria. Melbourne, Australia.
University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
The Melbourne Boulevard. Melbourne, Australia.
Polaroid Australia Sydney. Australia.
Oblique Gallery Tempe, Arizona. USA.
Legeay - Air France Airlines Paris, France.
University of Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Polariod Australia Melbourne, Australia.
Jens Waldermaier Hamburg, Germany.
Casa Nespore Soller, Mallorca. Spain.
Zischke Studio, Phoenix Arizona, USA.

Publications:

Photographs/Articles
1981 Folio Techmila '81, RIT, Press, Rochester, New York.
1982 Folio Techmila '82, RIT Press, Rochester, New York.
1982 Graduate Study '82, RIT Press, Rochester, New York.
1983 Victorian Craft Magazine, Melbourne.
1983 International Greek Artists of the World, Sydney.
1984 Kodak 'Darkroom Expressions', Rochester, New York.
1984 Craft in Australia, Sydney.
1985 Constructora , Melbourne.
1986 Ad Art Volume 3/86, Melbourne.
1987 Antipodes Festival, Melbourne.
1989 Optimum '89 RMIT, Melbourne.
1990 Antipodes Festival, Melbourne.
1993 Openline RMIT, Melbourne.
1993 The Samians, Melbourne.
1993 Antipodes Festival, Melbourne.
1993 The Melbourne Report, Melbourne.
1993 Homage to Hariton, Melbourne.
1994 Photography: An Introduction, RMIT-OLAA Melbourne.
1994 Openline RMIT, Melbourne.
1994 Polaroid - Evolution and Change, Melbourne.
1994 Storm Magazine, Melbourne.
1994 ProPassport News, Kodak. Melbourne.
1995 Polaroid - True View, Sydney.
1995 Openline RMIT, Melbourne.
1995 Visual Perception & Photography, RMIT. Melbourne.
1995 Polaroid - Professional Photography Award Exhibition.
1996 Internacional de Technologias de Imagem. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sth. America.
1996 Openline RMIT, Melbourne.
1997 Museum Visions, RMIT. Melbourne.
1997 Let's Look at Museums - Paris/France Study Tour, RMIT. Melbourne.
1999 Integrated Field Study Tour - Paris, Nice, Arles/France, Majorca/Spain - RMIT. Melbourne.
1999 (Revised) Photography: An Introduction, RMIT-OLAA Melbourne.
2000 Photographic Tours - Majorca, Spain - RMIT University. Melbourne.
2001 Travel Guide - Sunday Herald Publication. Melbourne.
2002 The Heads are calling - Photographic Tour to Easter Island. - RMIT University. Melbourne.
2002 The Red Centre Photographic Study Tour - Central Australia - RMIT University. Melbourne.
2004 Footsteps of the Impressionists Study Tour to Paris France - RMIT University. Melbourne.
2006 Online Photography Course and Digital Photography for VIS15 Photography OUA.
2006 Project Designing Video Stre\aming components for OUA unit VIS15 Photography Online.
2007 Foreward: BA Photography Graduates Exhibition, RMIT University. Melbourne
2008 VIGEX International Photographic Imaging.
2009 Ballarat International Foto Biennale - 20 Artists Program - 'Photogenic Images'.
2011 LTIF - Footsteps of the Impressionist Online project - RMIT University, Melbourne.
2011 Foreward: BA Photography Graduates Exhibition, RMIT University. Melbourne.
2012 BA Photography Promotional Video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3nbR-sunH4
2012 Footsteps of the Impressionist Study Tour Promotional Video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghq9pXYTag0

2013 Go Global – School od DSC, International Study Tours - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdth8d-e7LI
2014 International Photo Festival Pinyao, China - 'Photogenic Images' - http://vimeo.com/106065156

2014 Photography on Facebook: Immediate, Social, Global - Blog http://whatonearth14.wordpress.com/
2014 2 Girls Building - Abbotsford BA Photography/RMIT Project.http://www.2girlsbuilding.com.au/
2014 Foreward: RAW - BA Photography Graduates Exhibition, RMIT University. Melbourne.
2014 Footsteps of the Impressionists - Paris ISBN: 9780646928210.

Memberships:

ICOM - International Concil of Museums, Paris. FRANCE.
SPE - Society of Photographic Education, USA.
PIEA - Photo Imaging Education Association, USA.
FREE RADICAL - Australian Photographic Society, AUSTRALIA.

 
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