Updated Catalogue of the Prophet

Series of artworks inspired by the PROPHET by Gibran Khalil Gibran

Eman Osama

Hanan El Sheikh

Shayma Kamel

Weaam El Masry

Bio. Of Eman Osama Born in 1976, lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo.

Ms. Eman Participated in more than 65 local collective exhibitions ,and 30 international exhibitions in Egypt, USA, Europe, Asia and Africa. Most notably: The Egyptian International print exhibition, The 4th Egyptian International Print Triennial, 12 eme Biennale, Internationale de la Gravure et des Nouvelles Image de Sarcelles (France), VI'e Binnale internationale de la gravure d'lle-des Versai (France), Egyptian Cultural Week (Cuba), The 9th Artenim Exhibition (France), The 10th International Biennale of Drawing and Graphic Art (Hungary), Arabian Cultural Week (Johannesburg), The 3rd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing (Thailand), Imago Mundi (Italy). Ms. Eman accomplished also a four solo exhibitions.

Ms. Eman selected as a jury member of 23rd Youth Salon & 5th AL Sakia Salon and a commissar of Printmaking workshops for The 19th International Graphic Art Biennale in Poland. And participated in many workshops, Symposiums and residencies in Egypt and Spain and she has many acquisitions in Egypt and abroad and received many awards, certificates and medals for her artworks.

،‫وهل الموت إال أن نقف عراة في مهب الريح‬ ‫وأن نذوب في وقدة الشمس؟‬ ‫وهل تنقطع منا األنفاس إال لكي تتحرر من‬ ‫شهيقها وزفيرها المتعاقبين علها تصعد‬ ‫وتنطلق ساعية إلى هللا بغير قيود؟‬

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides that it may rise and expand and seek god unencumbered?

Death | 49 x 64 cm | painting | mixed media on paper |2013 | 15,000 EGP.

‫فانشد صديقك دائماً لتقاسمه سويعات الحياة‬ ‫ فما وجد الصديق ليمأل فراغ نفسك‬،‫المثمرة‬ .‫بل ليسد حاجتك‬ ‫ولتمزجن عذوبة الصداقة بالضحك والبهجة‬ ‫ ففي قطر الندى الذي يبلل دقائق‬،‫المشتركة‬ .‫ يطالع القلب صباحه وينتعش‬،‫األشياء‬

Seek him always with hours to live.

For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.

And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Friendship | 49 x 64 cm | painting | mixed media on paper |2013 | 15,000 EGP.

‫ فكذلك يشدكم على‬،‫إن الحب إذ يكلل هاماتكم‬ ‫ كذلك‬،‫ وهو كما يشد من عودكم‬.‫الصليب‬ .‫يشذب منكم األغصان‬ ‫وكما يرتقي إلى قنن هاماتكم ويداعب‬ ،‫أغصانكم الغضة تميس في ضوء الشمس‬ ‫كذلك يهبط إلى جذوركم العالقة باألرض‬ .ً‫فيهزها هزا‬

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

Love | 120 x 80 cm | mixed media on hard paper | 2014 | 25,000 EGP.

،‫إن ثيابكم تحجب من جمالكم الكثير‬ .‫لكنها ال تخفي ما قبح فيكم‬ .ً‫ لتجدوا فيها رسناً وقيدا‬،‫ وإن تنشدوا في الثياب حرية الخلوة بأنفسكم‬،‫وإنكم‬ .‫ليتكم تستطيعون أن تستقبلوا الشمس والرياح بمزيد من جلدكم وقليل من ملبسكم‬ ،‫فإن أنفاس الحياة تكمن في أشعة الشمس‬ .‫ويد الحياة تجري مع الرياح‬

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, Yet they hide not the unbeautiful.

And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain.

Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment.

For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind.

Clothes | Mixed media on hard paper 120 x 80 cm | 2014 | 25,000 EGP.

: ً‫ ناجها قائل‬،‫وحين تقضم التفاحة بين أسنانك‬ ،‫(( لسوف تحيا بذورك في جسدي‬ ،‫وتزهر براعم غدك في قلبي‬ ،‫ويصبح عبيرك أنفاسي‬ .)) ‫ومعاً نبتهج على مرً الفصول‬

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, Say to it in your heart: ((Your seeds shall live in my body, and the buds of your to-morrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons)).

Food | media on hard paper | 65 X 50 cm | 2014 | 15,000 EGP.

Bio. Of Hanan El Sheikh Born in 1973, Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in Cairo. Hanan El Sheikh graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University in Cairo in 1996 and gained her Master degree in Islamic painting in 2003 then a Ph.D. in art philosophy in 2009. She has taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts since 1998 until now. Ms. El Sheikh has also set her talent to the stage, painting most of the backdrops of the stage scenes for the Cairo Opera House Theatre between 1996-2001, for productions by companies such as Opera Taiess and Ballet of Osiers.

She has participated in numerous exhibitions, biennales and events, in Egypt and abroad (Bosnia, Rome, Barcelona, Beijing, Budapest, Berlin, Azerbaijan, Korea, Oman, Jeddah, Bahrain), the most recent: 3rd-, 4rd and 5th Beijing Biennale (China), representing Egypt with a group (Ankh project) each with an installation in Berlin streets during the Berlin touristic festival March 2012 (Germany), Egyptian Emages - klebelsberg kulturkuria pesthidegkut (Budapest), Egyptian contemporary art 2009 – artsawa gallery (Dubai), Egyptian women art now - Egyptian cultural centre (Vienna - Berlin).

Ms. El Sheikh received several awards, and her artworks shown in private national and international collections.

Ink on paper | Each with frame 100 x 76 cm 2013 & 2014 Each 5000 EGP.

‫ومضى القوم‬

“Wa Mada Al-Qawm,” responding to parts of the text that dealt with communities and evoked imagery of masses of people.

Ink on paper | Each with frame 100 x 76 cm 2011 & 2013 Each 5000 EGP.

‫قد طالما رأيتكم ساجدين على ركبكم أمام أبواب المدينة والى جوانب المواقد تعبدون حريتكم‪ ،‬وانتم بذلك أشبه بالعبيد اللذين يتذللون أمام سيدهم العسوف الجبار يمدحونه‬ ‫وينشدون له وهو يعمل السيف في رقابهم‪.‬‬

‫”‪“At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom.‬‬ ‫‪Ink on paper | Each with frame 100 x 76 cm | 2014 | Each 5000 EGP.‬‬

‫ال مفر من نثر الشراع‬ Ink on paper | Each with frame 100 x 76 cm | 2014 Each 5000 EGP.

. ‫«لن أبرح هذه المدينة إال وفي الروح جروح‬ ،‫طويلة كانت أيام أساي بين أسوارها‬ ،‫وطويلة كانت ليالي وحدتي فيها‬ ‫ومن ذا يستطيع أن ينفصل عن أساه ووحدته غير آسف؟‬

“ How shall I go in peace and without sorrow?

Nay, not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city. Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?

Each 61 x 61 cm | Charcoal on paper |2014 Each 5000 EGP.

‫الجريمة والعقاب‬ El-Sheikh tackles Gibran’s musings on Crime and Punishment Each 61 x 61 cm | Charcoal on paper |2014 | Each 5000 EGP.

El-Sheikh tackles Gibran’s musings on Crime and Punishment. For this topic she draws crows in charcoal, the generally disliked black bird that, to the artist, is a personal charm of good luck.

“Crows are a highly intelligent community, did you know they hold a conference when one of them steals from another’s food or flirts with another’s wife to decide his fate?” the artist says, elaborating on the series’ connection with the text.

Each 61 x 61 cm | Charcoal on paper |2014 Each 5000 EGP.

Bio. Of Shayma Kamel Shayma Kamel is an Egyptian painter, born in 1980 in Giza City, Egypt. lives and works in Cairo. She got her BA in Psychology from Ain Shams University on 2002.

Her passion for art led her to start painting since she was still at university where she participated in her first group exhibition. Shayma’s first solo exhibition was on 2004 where her work talked about personal and family issues, after that her work developed quickly to highlight issues from the society and political issues.

Shayma participated in several group exhibitions in Egypt, Greece, USA, Germany, Nonwage, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudia Arabia… also she did several solo exhibitions both in Egypt and abroad like Nile Art Gallery (Cairo EG), Mashrabia Gallery (Cairo EG), Villa Sträuli art Space (Switzerland), Kunst Nah Gallery (Hamburg | Germany), Tach Art Gallery (Cairo EG), Mashrabia Gallery (Cairo EG), Bamako Biennial, French Cultural Center, Kunsit Transit Artist Gallery, DE, Knauer Gallery, West Chester University USA, Faces in Time Pennsylvania USA , Intimacy KUNST Gallery (Cairo EG), Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre (Cairo EG), Chairs Cairo Atelier (Cairo EG), Shababek Community Services Association (Cairo EG), Hadouta Falaki Gallery, American University in Cairo (Cairo EG), Cat-Mona-Night Cairo Atelier (Cairo EG).

‫فلسفة االعمال الخاصة بالفنانة شيماء كامل‬ ‫تعريفات هو الموضوع الذي تتناوله شيماء كامل في مشروعها عن جبران خليل جبران في‬ ‫كتابه (النبي)‪.‬‬ ‫ان الرؤيه التي تظهر للقارئ لكتاب النبي ان تناوله لمواضيع مثل المحبه والزواج واالطفال‬ ‫وغيرها من الموضوعات قد تظهر عامة او تعريف نألفه جميعا ونعرفه ولكن من يستطيع ان‬ ‫يري ما وراء السطور والكلمات سيتعرف علي تعريفات جديدة للحياة بكل ما تحمله من‬ ‫معاني صادقة وواضحة‪.‬‬ ‫ووسط هذا التناول العميق الروحي لكتاب النبي وما يحمله من الكثير من االشارات‪ ،‬اال ان‬ ‫شيماء كامل اتخذت هذه التعريفات وحولتها الي معاني اخري قد ظهرت مختصرة في‬ ‫المعني من خلل تقنيات مختلفة مندمجة فيها بالقماش وااللوان المختلفة التي تراها في‬ ‫صراحه التناول كانها قرآه طفولية ولكن كم من رؤية االطفال ماهو اصدق واكثر اتصال‬ ‫وتواصل مع الخالق والمخلوقات‪.‬‬

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

100 x 100 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

120 x 80 cm | mixed media on canvas| 2014 | 9000 EGP.

Bio. Of Weaam El Masry Born in Dec. 1976, lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. Holds PH.D. in media art from the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University. Weaam El Masry is a rising contemporary artist in Egypt, a painter who at times moves to photography, animation and installation. Her work has been exhibited at galleries, festivals, Biennales and museums nationally & internationally. Notably; the 5th Beijing International Art Biennale 2012 (China), One Minute Film & Video Festival in Aarau 2008 (Switzerland), The Egyptian Museum of Contemporary Art (Egypt), and many group and solo exhibitions in Egypt and abroad. With over 25 awards and scholarships from different institutions in Egypt and abroad such as; the Culture Resource Award for Artistic Production for Young Arab Artists & Writers, D.A.A.D (Germany), The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists, Pro-Helvetia (Switzerland), Alexandria library (Egypt), Kulturamt Dßsseldorf (Germany) and over 55 exhibitions under her belt. El Masry’s works are in private and public Collections including Bibliotheca Alexandrina; The Museum of Egyptian Modern Art and private collections in Egypt, Germany, USA, UAE and Spain.

The concept behind the artworks of Weaam El Masry

‫فلسفة االعمال الخاصة بالفنانة وئام المصري‬

Weaam Elmasry in her latest collection has a new approach to artistic creativity. Here she relies on reducing the control of the conscious mind and opens the door for the subconscious, or what may be called the higher consciousness, to lead the process of creativity and artistic creation.

‫تقدم وئام المصري في مجموعتها الفنية الجديدة منهجا مختلفا في‬ ‫ فهي تعتمد على تقليل سيطرة العقل الواعي المادي و‬،‫ابداعها الفني‬ ‫تفسح المجال للوعي او ما يمكن ان نطلق عليه الوعي االسمى‬ .‫ليقود عملية االبداع والخلق الفني‬

On this intellectual journey, Weaam evokes the thoughts of Gibran Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet. She is inspired by texts within that nurture the unconscious and then surrenders to the ideas flowing in all directions from biology to science bioenergy, construction and architecture, complex human emotions, to values and ideals.

In her paintings, Weaam employs transparent colors and inks to record her ongoing dialogue and industrious search. Through its many layers, each painting can express this rich and enjoyable intellectual journey from beginning to its maximum depth.

‫في هذه الرحلة الفكرية تستحضر وئام افكار جبران خليل جبران في‬ ‫كتابه النبي و تستلهم منها نصوص تغذي بها اللوعي ثم تستسلم‬ ‫لتداعي االفكار التي تفيض في كل االتجاهات من البيولوجي لعلوم‬ ‫ للعلقات االنسانية‬.....‫ للبناء و المعمار‬....‫الطاقة الحيوية‬ .‫ للقيم و المثل العليا‬....‫المعقدة‬ ‫اعتمدت وئام في لوحاتها على استخدام االلوان واالحبار الشفافة‬ ‫لتسجل حوارها الدائم وبحثها الدئوب مع اللوحة حيث تعبر من خلل‬ ‫عن هذه الرحلة الفكرية الغنية الممتعة من بدايتها‬، ‫الطبقات المتعددة‬ .‫ألقصى عمق لها‬

‫ تطرح‬، ‫ فتتناولها بالتحليل‬،‫ تحاول وئام ان تتخلص من نوبات الهلع التي تصيبها‬:‫القلب‬ ‫على اللوحة األعراض و المسببات لعل رؤيتها متجسدة أمام عينيها تفتح لها بابا للشفاء‬ The heart: Weaam tries to rid herself of the panic attacks from which she suffers. She analyzes them, presenting the painting with the symptoms and causes in the hope that by seeing them embodied before her eyes this will open the door to healing.

40 x 40 cm | pen and Ecoline on paper | 2014 | 5000 EGP.

‫ تبحث عن صلتها‬،‫ تواصل وئام في هذه اللوحة تحليلها لنوبات الهلع التي تصيبها‬:‫العقل‬ ‫بمراكز الطاقة الحيوية في الجسم و المراكز الحسية و العصبية في المخ‬ The mind: In this painting, Weaam continues to analyze her panic attacks, searching for its link to the bioenergy in the body, and the sensory centers and nerves in the brain.

40 x 40 cm | pen and collage on paper |2014 | 5000 EGP.

‫ تتشابك حياة الشريكين و تتداخل لكن يظل كل منهما كيان قائم بذاته‬: ‫الزواج‬ .‫ ليعطيا الحياة ايقاعها الجميل‬،‫ كلٌ بنغماته الخاصة‬،‫يعزفان سويا‬ ‫ «امالوا كل‬:‫تستلهم وئام في هذه اللوحة كلمات جبران خليل جبران في كتابه النبي‬ ‫ أعطوا من خبزكم كل واحد‬...‫ ولكن ال تشربوا من كأس واحدة‬،‫واحد منكم كأس رفيقه‬ ..‫ وكونوا فرحين أبدا‬،‫ غنوا وارقصوا معا‬...‫ ولكن ال تاكلوا من رغيف واحد‬،‫لرفيقه‬ »‫ولكن فليكن كل منكم وحده‬ Marriage: The lives of both partners intertwine and intersect but each of them maintains an individual entity. They play their instruments together, each to his/her own tune, to give life its beautiful rhythm.

In this painting, Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet: “fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup… give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.

40 x 40 cm | pen, Ecoline and collage on paper |2014 | 5000 EGP.

‫ "إن أوالدكم‬:‫تستلهم وئام في هذه اللوحة كلمات جبران خليل جبران في كتابه النبي‬ “‫ ومع أنهم يعيشون معكم فهم ليسوا ملكاٌ لكم‬- ‫ليسوا أوالدا لكم‬ In this painting, Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet, “Your children are not your children – And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may house their bodies but not their souls.”

40 x 40 cm | pen, Ecoline and collage on paper |2014 5000 EGP.

ٌ،‫تعبرٌوئامٌفيٌهذهٌاللوحةٌعن فكررة االتصرال‬ ٌ‫فكلٌعناصرٌالكونٌمنٌاصغرهاٌألكبرهاٌمتصلة‬ ٌ‫وٌمترابطررةٌفرريٌنسرري ٌواحرردٌوٌعنرردماٌيصررل‬ ٌ‫االنسررانٌلهررذهٌالدرجررةٌمررنٌالرروعيٌيبل ر ٌمقررام‬ .‫التنور‬ Here Weaam depicts the idea of contact. All the elements of the universe, from the smallest to the largest, are connected and linked in a single fabric. When people reach this level of consciousness, they become enlightened.

120 x 80 cm | pen and Ecoline on hard paper | 2014 | 15,000 EGP.

‫ تناقش وئام في هذه اللوحة مسئولية المجتمع ككل عن آثام‬: ‫اإلثم‬ .‫ فكلنا يحمل بداخله وزر تلك الخطايا‬،‫أفراده‬ ‫تستلهم وئام في هذه اللوحة كلمات جبران خليل جبران في كتابه‬ ‫ يجب أن تقرعوا برهة‬،‫ « الجل ذلك االثم الذي تقترفونه‬:‫النبي‬ ‫ ان القتيل ليس بريئا من جريمة‬...‫وتنتظروا على بوابة القدوس‬ .....‫ وليس المسروق بال لوم في سرقته‬،‫القتل‬ ‫ ينظر الحائك الى النسي بأسره ثم يرجع‬،‫اذا انقطع الخيط األسود‬ »‫الى نوله يفحصه وينظفه‬ Sin: Weaam explores in this painting the responsibility of society as a whole for the sin of its individuals. Each of us bears the brunt of these sins.

120 x 80 cm | pen and Ecoline on hard paper | 2014 | 15,000 EGP.

Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet:” For the wrong committed must you knock and wait a while unheeded at the gate of the blessed… The murdered is not unaccountable for his own murder, and the robbed is not blameless in being robbed.

The righteous is not innocent of the deeds of the wicked, and the white-handed is not clean in the doings of the felon…..

When the black thread breaks, the weaver shall look into the whole cloth, and he shall examine the loom also”

‫ متىٌنصبحٌأحرارا؟‬:ٌ‫تطرح وئامٌفيٌهذهٌاللوحةٌسؤاال‬ ‫هلٌحريةٌالتصرفاتٌوٌحريةٌالجسدٌهيٌجوهرٌالحرية؟‬ ‫أمٌأنٌالحريةٌالحقةٌهيٌانطالقةٌروحٌطفلٌيعيشٌفيٌعالمهٌالخاليٌمنٌالقيود؟‬

In this painting Weaam poses the question: When do we become free? Is the freedom of behavior and of the body the essence of freedom? Or does true freedom lie in the soul of a child who lives in a restraint-free world?

100 x 100 cm | pen and watercolors on canvas | 2014 |20,000 EGP. collaborative work between the artist and her 6 years old son

‫ جميع االشياء تتحرك في كيانكم‬:‫تستلهم وئام في هذه اللوحة كلمات جبران خليل جبران في كتابه النبي‬ ‫ ما تسعون‬، ‫ ما تتعشقون وما تستكرهون‬،‫ كل ما تشتهون وما تخافون‬،‫متعانقة على الدوام عناقا نصفيا‬ .‫ جميع هذه الرغبات تتحرك فيكم كاالنوار والظلل‬....‫وراءه وما تهربون منه‬

In this painting Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet: “Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape. These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling.”

120 x 80 cm | pen and mixed media on canvas | 2014 | 20,000 EGP.

Circus of life 35 x 35 cm | Pen and watercolors on paper | 2014 | 5000 EGP.

Circus of life I the Clown 30 x 40 cm | Pen and watercolors on paper | 2014 | 5000 EGP.

:‫تستلهم وئام في هذه اللوحة كلمات جبران خليل جبران في كتابه النبي‬ ...‫ تسلبوا لبن األم من رضيعها لتطفئوا ظمأكم‬...‫« تقتلوا لتأكلوا‬ ‫ سوف يسلمني الى يد أشد‬،‫ ان الناموس الذي أسلمك الى يدي‬:‫ ناجيها في سريرتك قائل‬،‫حينما تنحر ذبيحتك‬ »....‫بأسا‬ »‫« المخطأ ال يأتي الخطيئة اال بارادة مستترة منكم جميعا‬ In this painting Weaam evokes the words of Khalil Gibran in his book The Prophet: “ Since you must kill to eat, and rob the newly born of its mother’s milk to quench your thirst…

When you kill a beast say to him in your heart: for the law that delivered you into my hand, shall deliver me into a mightier hand…” “ The wrong-doer cannot do wrong without the hidden will of you all.”

200 x 100 cm | Acrylic on canvas | 2014 | 35,000 EGP.

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