Ahmed Magdy

Ahmed Magdy (b. 1987, Assiut, Egypt) is an Egyptian sculptor and visual artist whose practice explores the intersections of cultural identity, collective memory, and the dialogue between ancient civilizations and contemporary human experience. Raised in Upper Egypt, amid one of the richest landscapes of ancient Egyptian heritage, he developed an early visual consciousness shaped by temples, archaeological sites, and the folklore, myths, and oral traditions of the Nile Valley. These influences continue to inform a contemporary sculptural language that reinterprets historical and archaeological references through themes of identity, belonging, resilience, and the shared human condition.
His artistic formation began several years earlier through intensive studio practice under renowned Egyptian sculptors Mamdouh El Kouk and Abdel Hadi El Weshahi, where he gained practical experience while contributing to major sculptural projects.
For more than two decades, Magdy has developed a body of work rooted in the visual legacy of ancient Egyptian civilization while addressing contemporary questions of memory, place, cultural transformation, and humanity. Rather than reproducing historical forms,His work has been presented in solo and group ex...

Bachelor of Fine Arts Education - Department of Arts, Specialization in Sculpture - Assiut University - Egypt 2008

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
-Participating in the 10 Years of Artists of Tomorrow exhibition - Grand Egyptian Museum - Tam Art Gallery - May 2026
-Participation in the Group ( Ad Design Exhibition ) - Mumbai, India – 2025.
-Participating in the international exhibition "Resonance of Soul" at Bikaner House, New Delhi, India
- November 2025 - Bespoke Art Gallery.
-Participation in the First Sculpture Symposium - Simposio internazionale di scultura - Monastero di
Siloe a Grosseto - Italy 2025
-Participation in the group exhibition at the Polo culturale Le Clarisse / Museo Luzzetti
Fondazione Grosseto Cultura - Italy 2025.
-Participation in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in two consecutive sessions - Egyptian Opera
House - 2024-2025.
- Participation in the group exhibition "Born in a Poem" at Cordoba Gallery, Cairo, May 2025.-Solo
exhibition entitled "Conditions" at Azad Gallery, Cairo, November 2023.
-Participation in the Arab Artists Exhibition at the Grand International Ceramics Exhibition in
Jingdezhen Expo 2023 - China
-Group Exhibition Opera House- Cairo "3rd Sculpture Salon" 2023.
-Group Exhibition "The Nile" AZAD art gallery 2022.
-Egypt international Art Fair - Cairo 2021
-The 30th Youth Salon exhibition- C...