Hakeem Aboukila

Born in Alexandria in 1989 where he is currently based, Hakeem graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Printmaking department, at Alexandria University in 2012.

His work is inspired by his national and international environment and the streets surrounding him as he translates a variety of influences onto his canvas. Some ideas stem from fantasy others from reality with borrowed elements from myths and legends or even history through inherited culture or religious interpretations. Strands of political, social, economic, scientific and historical elements are clearly sewn through his artworks as he portrays personal or societal understandings and perspectives.

He don't prefer art projects that are just very personal but I like those who serve the surroundings of the executing artist locally and internationally because change and gradually into a better, more complex, or more advanced state will not happened if you just sink in yourself. The top view of the cities reflects a do-not approach area. Whereas it is built as a kind of sarcasm from all the types of chaos in our community all over the world. However, with all that misery in the city it is still coping and living. Maybe without belonging to it. As an artist you should awar...

Bachelor's of fine art – Graphic Design
–Printmaking Division 2012

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022" Middle of Nowhere, Centre of Everywhere, I LOVE YOU”
Ubuntu Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

2020 " Do We Exist?" Ubuntu Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2018 " Between H and G" Ubuntu Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2017 " Zero " Atelier D’Alexandrie, Alexandria, Egypt
2015 " Horus is Upset " Mahmoud Saeed Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
2014 " Experimental Projects " Janaklees Studio, Alexandria, Egypt

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Scope Miami Art Fair “ Honored List “ Florida
2021 AKKA African Art Fair “Paris"
2020 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair "Marrakech"
2019 "Revisited IV" Ubuntu Art gallery, Cairo "EGYPT"
2017 Context Art fair Miami "USA"
2016 Image of The World “EASN”, Palermo ”ITALY”
2016 "Points of View II" Ubuntu Art gallery, Cairo "EGYPT"
2015 Context Art fair Miami "USA"
2015 Context Art fair NEWYORK "USA"
2015 Turin Festival for Egyptians short movies "ITALY"
2015 ELKASABI ART GALLERY Group Exhibition "KSA"
2015 MAIL ART Atelier Alexandria "EGYPT"
2015 South Salon for visual Arts, Luxor "EGYPT"
2014 Lyon festival for Arab Revolutions "France"
2014 Bibliotheca Alexandria 6th Biennale for the Book Artist's
“EGYPT”
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