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Mariam A. Aleem (28 December 1930 – 26 April 2010) was an Egyptian artist and art professor specializing in printed design. She received her
Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
from the Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo in 1954 and her
Master of Fine Arts A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admi ...
in graphic printing 1957 from the
University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
. Beginning in 1958, Aleem taught
printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proces ...
at the Faculty of Fine Arts in
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. In 1968 she became an assistant professor, heading the Printmaking Department. Aleem became a full professor in 1975 and led the Design Department from 1985 to 1990. She earned her Ph.D. in the history of art from
Helwan University Helwan University is a public university based in Helwan, Egypt, which is part of Greater Cairo on over . It comprises 23 faculties and two higher institutes in addition to 50 research centers. Overview Helwan University is a member of the ...
in Cairo. Aleem exhibited worldwide, with shows in the
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Notable awards

* Biennnial Norwegian Festival (1954) * The National Order for Art and Science of the First Degree from Egypt (1974) * International Year of the Woman from Egypt and Italy (1975) * First Prize, Biennial Norwegian Festival (1984)


Selected exhibitions

* 1954 Biennial Norwegian Festival * 1964
Venice Biennial The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), ...
, Venice, Italy * 1971 ''Aspects of Contemporary Egyptian Art'' (''Visages de l'Art Contemporain Égyptien''), the Musée Galliéra, Paris * 1984 International Exhibition of Graphics, Yokohama, Japan * 1987 International Graphics Exhibition, East Germany * 1991 Triennial, Finland * 1994 ''Forces of Change: Artists of the Arab World'', the
National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openi ...
, Washington


Further reading

*
Mariam Abdel Aleem, 1930-
Art & Artist files at the Warren M. Robbins Library,
National Museum of African Art The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the Washington, D.C., United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African ar ...


References

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