ADAM HENEiN

Adam Henein is one of the most prominent Egyptian sculptors of our time. Born in Cairo in 1929, Henein graduated from the sculpture department of Helwan University in 1953. He received a two-year grant to study at the Luxor Atelier, established a decade earlier by prominent Egyptian artist and diplomat Mohamed Nagi to promote ancient Egyptian art education in school curricula. This experience deeply impacted the life and art of Henein and he received the Luxor prize in 1954 and 1956. In 1958, he received a diploma in advanced practices from the Munich Academy in Germany.

In 1971, Henein moved to Paris and for two decades, he explored painting and continued to focus on ancient Egyptian themes and traditional materials. From 1989 to 1998, Henein headed the design team involved in restoring the Great Sphinx of Giza, which encouraged him to move back to Egypt in 1996. That same year, he founded the Annual International Sculpture Symposium in Aswan.

Henein was awarded Egypt’s State Medal, the State Merit Award, as well as the Mubarak Award in the arts. His work has been exhibited at the Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha), the ASB Gallery (Munich), as well as in London and Rome.

His work in public collections is included at the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Museum of Modern Art in Cairo, the Mathaf and the Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah, UAE. A large collection of his work can be seen in his private museum in the Haraneya district of Cairo.

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