GEORGE BAHGORY, Egypt (1932)
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Bio
Taking his name from the village Bahgora in Upper Egypt, Georges Bahgory was born in 1932 and studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek in 1955. He pursued his education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1970. In the 195 0s, Bahgory started his career as a cartoonist for the newspaper called Rose El-Yussef and Sabah Al-Khair and stopped as of 1975. From a Coptic Christian background, the artist showed through his works the inspiration that he found in the artistic tradition of the community. In his portraits, he recalled the faces of the deceased painted on their tombs. He liked to depict the scenes from his childhood spent in the countryside, coffee shops, or the figure Um Kulthum represented singing with her orchestra. He is a polyvalent artist who uses multiple media such as bronze, wood, or mixed media. His oeuvre gathers drawing, sculpting, engraving, tapestry, as well as he wrote several books. Georges Bahgory lives and works between Cairo and Paris.
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CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
حكاية 88 عاماً من الفن, Liwan Gallery, Zamalek , Cairo, Egypt
Solo exhibition, by Madar and Archeology center, Katameya Heights Business Centre, Cairo, Egypt
2018
وجوه مُتعبة وونس, Picasso Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2017
Egyptian Icon, Picasso East Gallery, New Cairo , Cairo, Egypt
2016
Life Notes, Picasso Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2015
Lasting Impressions: George Bahgory Exhibition, part of: In the sixth edition of Lasting Impressions, Sharjah Art Museum, UAE
2014
Nostalgic Dreams, Al Masar Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2011
أعمال ٮهحوري الممنوعة, Sakiyat Al Sawi, Cairo, Egypt
2007
Picasso Gallery, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
Nahdet Misr Gallery, Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum, Giza, Cairo, Egypt
2005
Bahgoury Café, Picasso Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2004
Solo exhibition, Dar El Mashreq, Amman, Jordan
2000
Picasso Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1999
Arabesque Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1996
Khan Al-Maghraby Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Al-Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1998
Al-Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1973
Fine Arts Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
The Collector’s Eye VI’ , Ubuntu Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
A la plume, au pinceau, au crayon : dessins du monde Arabe, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
2018
The Collector’s Eye V, Ubuntu Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2017
The Collector’s Eye IV, Ubuntu Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2016
The Collector’s Eye III, Ubuntu Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2015
The Collector’s Eye, Ubuntu Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Egyptian Quartet, Picasso Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2011
Caravan, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
2008
Festival of Sketches and Mini Tableaux, Shadecor Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Caricature Exhibition, Mahmoud Saeed Center of Museums , Alexandria, Egypt
13th Aswan International Symposium of Sculpture, Aswan, Egypt
2007
Egyptian Smiles, 18th Gabrufu Biennale, Bulgaria
Art and Grant, Al-Oruba Rotary Club, Cairo
1st Festival of Fine Creation, Cairo, Egypt
30th General Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt
2005
29th National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Cairo, Egypt
2nd International Biennial of Book Fancy, Alexandria, Egypt
2004
1st Exhibition of Press Illustrations, Palace of Arts, Cairo
1984
Contemporary Arab Art Exhibition, Tunisia
1983
Contemporary Arab Artists, Iraqi Culturel Center, London, UK
1977
Exhibition of the Contemporary Art, Sudan
1976
15th Spring Exhibition Cairo, Egypt
1966
Venice Biennale, Italy
1965
Alexandria Biennale, Egypt
Awards and Honors
1979
Honorary Prize of Comic Strip, Damascus, Syria
Prize and Golden Medal by Franco Characater Caricature, Spain
1978
Prize from Biennial of Caricature, Italy
Publications
Bahgory, George. Trilogy of Icon. Cairo: n.d.
Bahgory, George. أيقونة الجسد. Cairo: Dar AL Thakafa al jadeeda, 2010.
Bahgory, George. Port Said 65 – Sadat 80 – Paris 1990. Cairo: n.d
Bahgory, George. من بهجر في المهجر. Cairo: Kotob Arabia, 1989.
Bahgory, George. الرسوم الممنوعة. Cairo: Kotob Arabia, 2005.
Bahgory, George. رواد فن الكاريكاتير لصوص ظرفاء. Cairo: n.d.
Bahgory, George. ذكريات الجوافة رسم على رسم. Cairo: Dar Al Thakafa, 2017.
Bahgory, George. أيقونة مصرية, Picasso East, Cairo, 2017.
Bahgory, George, George Fakhry, Maged Gobran, and Samar Mokhtar. Bahgory Legacy. Maadi, Egypt: Obelisque Publications, 2013.
Mégally Samir, and Bahǧūrī Ǧūrǧ al-. L'Égypte chantée. Paris (BP 298, 75265 Cedex 06): S. Mégally, 1994.
Bahjūrī Jūrj. Min Bahjūrah ilá Bārīs. ʻAmmān: Riwāq al-Balqāʻ, 1997.
Bahjūrī, Jūrj. Ayqūnat Faltas. al-Qāhirah: Dār Sharqīyāt lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ, 1997.
El-Bahgory, George. El-Bagaa El-Taieba. Cairo: Dar el-Maaref, 1972.
Bahjūrī Jūrj. Nice Antibel. Cairo: publisher not identified, 1978.
El-Bahgory, George. Om El-Defirra. Cairo: Dar el-Maaref, 1971.
Bahjūrī Jūrj, Humphrey T. Davies, Bahjūrī Jūrj, and Bahjūrī Jūrj. Bahgory: an Egyptian Artist's Words and Pictures = Bahjūrī. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2008.
Collections
Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan
Museum of the Modern Egyptian Art, Cairo, Egypt
El Shona Arts center and Museums, Alexandria, Egypt
Egyptian Embassy in France
Egyptian Embassy in England
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Press
كتابه «الرسوم الممنوعة» أثار أزمة كاريكاتيرية بهجوري: دافعت عن فن الكاريكاتير فهاجموني باسم صلاح جاهين
Salah Chahin
Al Qabas, Arabic
يتضمن الرسوم الممنوعة لجورج البهجوري: كتاب يكشف عن صراعات السلطة داخل صورة الكاريكاتور
Al Quds, Arabic, 2007
شاهد.. جورج بهجورى يرسم اللوحات الفنية مع أطفال مستشفى 57357
Youm 7, Arabic, 2019
كتاب "أيقونة مصرية" يحتفى بـجورج بهجورري ويضم 300 عمل فنى بالألوان
Besent Jamil
Yom7, Arabic, 2017
جورج بهجوري.. الجندى المقاتل بالريشة والألوان
Fadi Francis
Al Masri aL Youm, Arabic, 2016
حكاية البهجورى .. بيكاسو المصرى
Sabah Rose El Youssef, Arabic, 2015
جورج البهجوري بعد كتابه المثير للجدل: رواد فن الكاريكاتير "لصوص ظرفاء
Syria Cartoon, Arabic, 2010
"ذكريات الجوافة".. كتاب جديد لـ"جورج بهجور!"
Abdalaah Al Sawi
Dostor, Arabic, 2017
جورج بهجوري: الفنان كائن غير مسئول
Wahid Taja
Islam Online, Arabic
جورج بهجوري: عبد الناصر ضحك من قلبه عندما رسمته في كاريكاتير ساخر والسادات غضب ووضعني علي القائمة السوداء!
Al Quds, Arabic, 2007
أعمال "جورج بهجوري" في رسالة ماجستير للباحثة "رشا جوهر"
Al Bawaba News, Arabic, 2017
جورج بهجوري ُيرقص العالم في راحةكفه
Noura Amine
Al ArabI al Jadeed, Arabic, 2016
George Bahgoury: Painting Egypt from Exile
Radwan Adam
Al Akhbar/ English, English, 2011
الفكر يواجه بالفكر وليس بالإرهاب
Ayman Abdel Majid
Al Arab, Arabic, 2015
جورج بهجوري المستعاد كما لو أنه الآخر الذي يرسم نفسه
Farouk Youssef
Al Arab, Arabic, 2011
"جورج بهجوري.. فنان متيم بالتحديق في وجوه البشر "
Khaled Hammad
Aswat online, Arabic, 2019
جورج البهجوري لـ «الراي»: تشققات الوجوه في أعمالي سرد لـ قسوة ما نعيشه
Khaled Hamad
Al Rai, Arabic, 2013
الفنان المصري جورج بهجوري: كنت أتمني أن ألقى التكريم الذي أستحقه
Tomatocartoon, Arabic, 2019
صور| تعرف على الأعمال الفائزة فى مسابقة جورج بهجورى للكاريكاتير
Ahmad Nabil Khodr
Mobtada, Arabic, 2013
ياسين فراج: الاستمتاع ركيزة أساسية لتقييم الأغاني
Mohammed Al Hamamsi
Al Arab, Arabic, 2020
فنان استلهم أبطاله من قلب البيئة الشعبية في مصر
Hatem Al Jasmi
Al Arab, Arabic, 2017
جورج البهجوري أيقونة مصرية
Hanane Akil
Al Jadid, Arabic, 2016
This is one of my greatest achievements': George Bahgory, Egypt's renowned artist on his own museum
Rania Khallaf
Ahram Online, English, 2019
مودي حكيم يكتب بهجر و بهاجيجو
Moudy Hakim
Rose Al Youssef, Arabic, 2020
جورج البهجوري : أسلوب خاص وخطوط مميزة.. تجمع بين الفن التشكيلى والكاريكاتير الساخر
Eid Abdel Halim
Al Ahlya Gate, Arabic, 2020
جورج البهجوري: رسمت حتى ارتويت ودخلتُ عالم الأدب من النافذة
Yasser Sultan
Ammon News, Arabic, 2011
جورج البهجوري.. فنان عالمي يهدي لوحاته لمقاهي القاهرة
Khalaf Jaber
Al Mayadeen, Arabic, 2020
Cairo Art Crime: George Bahgory and the Missing Pieces
Jonathan Guyer
ICWA, English, 2015
يعرض اعماله في غاليري دار المشرق: جورج بهجوري علامة فنية وخصوصية غير متعارف عليها
Mohamed El Ameri
Al Dustur, Arabic, 2004
بالصور.. أعمال بهجورى الممنوعة من الأهرام تعرض بساقية الصاوى
Al Yawm aL sabeh, Arabic, 2011
Art Alert: Georges Bahgory's 'Nostalgic Dreams' in Al Masar Gallery
Ahram Online, English, 2014
George Bahgory’s nostalgic dreams
Thuraya Abou Baker
Daily News, English, 2014
بالصور.. جورج بهجورى يقدم 50 لوحة فى معرضه الجديد بحضور فاروق حسنى
Youm 7, Arabic, 2017
الفنان التشكيلي جورج بهجوري.. 85 عامًا من الحياة بالألوان
Nema Ezzeddine
Erem News, Arabic, 2017
معرض جديد لبهجوري.. وجوه مُتعبة وونس
Hicham Aslan
Al Modon, Arabic, 2018
جورج بهجوري: لوحات للحب وكرة القدم
Al Araby Al Jadeed, Arabic, 2018
«حكاية 88 عاماً» يروي مشوار جورج بهجوري في الفن والحياة
Al Sharq Al Awsat, Arabic, 2019
الفن يمزق الأقنعة و يقترح حياة أخرى
Charif Al Chafii
Sahifat Al Arab, Arabic, 2019
فاروق حسنى يزور معرض الفنان جورج بهجوري بالزمالك
Ahram Online, Arabic, 2020
جورج بهجوري... ريشة لا تحتاج إلى توقيع
May Ibrahim
Independent Arabia, Arabic, 2019
Madar, Arteology exhibit exclusive paintings of George Bahgoury
Mustafa Marie
Egypt Today, English, 2019
Highlights from ‘The Collector’s Eye VI’ at Cairo’s Ubuntu Gallery
Arab News, English, 2019
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