Sawsan Amer سوسن عامر (born 1937, Cairo) is an Egyptian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

and art educator, considered as a pioneer Egyptian woman artist. She has been Director of the Art Research Unit at th
Academy of the Arts
and a professor on the faculty of Art Education at the College of Art Education.

Education and career

Amer graduated from the College of Art Education, and has been Director of the Art Research Unit at the Academy of the Arts and a professor on the faculty of Art Education. She has authored a book and numerous articles on folk art, which has also inspired other artist's work. Furthermore, she was also noted for her paintings on glass and her collages, combining traditional iconography with personal imagery. Her work, inspired by traditional

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, is known for its rich color sense.

Awards

* ''Cairo Salon'', 1972 * ''Research Award'' from the ''Egyptian Committee on Public Art'', 1991

Exhibitions

* Egyptian Cultural Center,

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, 1978 * Egyptian Cultural Center, Paris, 1984 * Arab Artists,

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 ope ...

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, 1994 * Egyptian Contemporary Art exhibition,

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, 1995 * Egyptian Artists,

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, 1994-1995

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Sawsan Amer
(in Arabic) {{DEFAULTSORT:Amer, Sawsan Living people 20th-century Egyptian women artists 21st-century Egyptian women artists Egyptian painters Art educators 1937 births