Mutaz Elemam

Mutaz El Emam was born and raised in Kassala in the Eastern region of Sudan until he went to Khartoum to study Fine Arts at the Sudan University of Science and Technology. It took him three long months to finally convince his academically minded parents that in spite of his high grades at school, what he really wanted to study above all else was Art.
Between 2003 and 2007 he worked in Art Therapy at the Grace Child Care Organization in Khartoum, an establishment that lodges and teaches young survivors of wars and adverse social circumstances until they reach the age of adolescence.
His artistic practice encompasses Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media and Collage.
His work has been showcased in Italy, Spain, Libya , Uganda, China,Bulgaria ,Sudan , Egypt and throughout the Middle East.
He has participated in numerous solo and collective exhibitions regionally and internationally .

Elemam was the editor of the Africa Art file for the “Not Apartheid Art” Cam Casoria art magazine.

He lives and works between Egypt and Sudan.

Solo Shows:
“Paintings”-Cairo Atelier-Cairo,Egypt-March 2008
“Colours in Symphony”-Kunst Art Gallery-Cairo,Egypt-Feb 2009
“Black Touch”-Alblad Art Gallery-Cairo,Egypt-Nov 2009
“The River”-Artellewa Art Space-Cairo,Egypt-March 2010
“Climates”-Al-Mashrabiya Mohyudin Abou El Ezz Art Gallery-Cairo,Egypt-May 2010
“CO2”- Al-Mashrabiya Mohyudin Abou El Ezz Art Gallery-Cairo,Egypt-March 2011
“CMYK”-Tache Art Gallery- Cairo , Egypt-February 2013
“Sound Interpretations”- Gallery Misr, Egypt- January 2014
“SELFIE” – Cordoba Gallery - January 2015 – Cairo-Egypt
Mutaz Elemam in Alexandria -April 2015- Museum of Contemporary Art


Collective Exhibitions:
“Agenda”-Biblioteca Alexandrina-2009-2010-2011
“Africa Cam Art”-Cam Casoria Art Museum-Naples,Italy-Dec 2009
Nord Art- The Kunstwerk Carlshütte-Budelsdorf,Germany-June 2010
“Taches Taches”-Saint-Lo,France-Sept 2010
“Shadows of Memory”-Fa Gallery-Kuwait-May 2011
MENASA –Art Fair Beirut,Lebanon-July 2011
“Collage:100 Years On”-The Gallery-Cairo,Egypt-Nov 2011
“Sketch of life”-Almarkhiya Gallery-Doha-Qatar-May 2012
“A Selection Of Contemporary Sudanese Art”-Boushahri Gallery-Kuwait-June 2012
5th Beijing International Art Biennale-Beijing,China-Sept 2012
“Art…Freedom”-Zam...