Mohamed Yousri El-Kouedi
Personal Data     Fame Name : Yousri El-Kouedi Birth date : 10/3/1940 Place of birth : Alexandria Activities : Painting Email : ykouedi@yahoo.com
Education
- Free studies of Fine Arts- 1961. - BA in Commerce (Economy section) Cairo University- 1961.
Membership
- Member of the Fine Artists Syndicate- painting- 6739. - Member of the National Association - Member of Alexandria Atelier , Painting 607
Jobs
- worked at the diplomatic career- Ministry of Foriegn Affairs- since 1962. - worked at the Egyptian Embassies in Budapest, Jakarta, Washington, Wellington. - Delegated Minister in Tokyo then ambassdor in Herrary (1993:1997) - Assistant ambassador for the Foriegn Affairs Minister- 1999. - currently pension ambassador (2000) .
Places of interest
- ALexandria - Cairo. - Hungary, Indonisia, USA, New Zealand, Japan, Zimbabwe, Tanzania.
Solo shows
- group exhibitin with Artist\ Mohamed Naguib- the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation- Zamalek- 1977. - at Extra Gallery - Zamalek- February- 1999. - at Extra Gallery - Zamalek- Novemer- 1999. - Horas Gallery- Faculty of Art Education- Zamalek- October- 2000. - at the Egyptian Embassy- Washington- May- 2001. - at Czar Gallery- Stella de Mar Village- Sokhna- September 2001. - Evback Gallery (the Egyptian Association for Propaganda) December 2001. - at Gezira Art Center (Ahmed Sabry) April- 2002. - Extra Gallery- Zamalek- October 2002. - Metro Gallery- Opera House- Gezira- September- 2003. - Extra Gallery- Zamalek- 2004. - Bikaso Gallery- 2004. - at Gezira Art Center- Ahmed Sabry- April 2006. - Extra Gallery- Zamalek- 2007.
Local exhibitions
- at the Faculty of Commerce- Cairo University- 1959- 1960. - the University Youth Week- Damascus- 1960. - The Diplomat Artists- 1970- 1983. - Ramadan and the Christmas- Shadecor- Nov- 1999. - The Atelier Gallery- Naser City- April 2001. - Mashrabia Gallery - 2003. - The 6th Small Works Salon- Art Center- Zamalek- 2003. - National Fine Art Exhibition- session 28\ 2003. - 1st Drawing Salon (Black and White) Gezira Art Center- 2004. - 7th Small Works Salon- 2004. - Al-Ahlia Fine Art Salon- Art Center Zamalek- Cairo- 2004. - Al-Ahlia Fine Art Salon- Alexandria Creation Center- Alexandria- 2004. - 1st Form Through Light- Art Palace- Nov 2004. - 2nd Form Through Light- Art Palace- Oct- 2005. - National Fine Art Exhibition- 29\ 2005. - Small Round Pieces- Portrait Gallery- Cairo Down Town- 2006. - 1st Fine Art Creation (General Exhibition and the 1st Fine Art Fair) 2007. - A Date in Alexandria- Mahmoud Said Center For Museum- 2007. - group exhibition at Dar Ebn Luqman- Mansoura National Museum (with artist Esmat Dawestashi and artist\ Fathi Al-Khatib- 2007. - 2nd Festival of Fine Creation (31st General exhibition) 2008 - At museum of Fine arts, Alexandria, May 2008 - Exhibition of the Personal portrait at exhibitions gallery in Karma Ibn Hanee Cultural Center, Ahmed Shawky museum, January 2009 .
Assignment
- supervised workshops in `paper folding`- session 23- Leaders Center of Culture Palaces- 2000, 2002, 2003 and at Alexandria Atelier 2006. - supervised a workshop parallel to a course of Library Works- Heliopolis- Oct 2002. - supervised `The Vacant Formation` Workshop- for the participants in the Child Culture Superviors- Cultural Palaces- Ismailia - Oct- 2003.
Publications and activities
- `Forming the Vacants`- Sep- 2003. - `The Escape to the Art Oasis` Sep- 2004. - `A Journey with Tableaus, Memories and Thoughts`- Sep- 2006. - `Pages from My Un-diplomatic Case`- Sep 2007. - Globalization of Museums`- 2007. - `Labib Tadrus- The Unfinished Song`- 2007.
Local recognition
- 1st Prize in Art Excellence- Faculty if Commerce- Cairo University- 1959- 1960. - Order of Merit- 3rd Class- Egypt- 1979.
International recognition
- Order of The Holy Treasure- Japan- 1991.
Private collection
- Mexico ambassador at Cairo, ambassador of Portugal, Sweden and others.
State collection
- Cairo International Conference Center. - The Egyptian Modern Art Museum.